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Upcoming events and things to do in Asheville, NC. Below is a list of events for festivals, concerts, art exhibitions, group meetups and more.
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Friday, October
4, 2019
Mom’s Out, Local Comedy Showcase
The parents are out of town and the kids (local comedians) are running the show!
Come out to LaZoom for a night of comedy from Asheville’s best comics.
Tickets $10 advance, $12 day of
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/moms-out-tonight-local-comedy-showcase-tickets-71017628639
Saturday, October
5, 2019
NC Dance Festival
Asheville
$5 at the door
Experience the energy and talent of professional dance artists from across NC with the 29th Season of the NC Dance Festival. The Festival aims to support the creation of new choreography and the presentation of high-quality repertory, build and strengthen relationships between dance artists within the state, and provide access to and education about modern and contemporary dance to audiences and students.
Vania Claiborne (Greensboro) presents (Bro)tha/Brother, a duet for two men that celebrates and explores black male joy, friendship, and humanity.
In Studio C Projects (Durham) atmospheric Two, three dancers follow two sets of movement instructions that test the accuracy of memory in response to a shifting environment.
MARO Movement (Southern Pines) explores the sometimes taboo topic of mortality and vulnerability with Impact, inspired by choreographer Matthew Rocks late grandmother.
The multigenerational dancers of Durhams Big Red Dance Project, ranging in age from 38-78 and directed by Gerri Houlihan, reveal the melodic and rhythmic complexities of J.S. Bachs Violin Concerto in A Minor in Dances for the Time Being.
Wilmington’s Alyona Amato presents Its All About Me, an ensemble dance that combines video and movement to capture the sense of competition and self-centeredness that can characterize our modern culture.
Local Asheville company Stewart/Owen presents an excerpt of a new theatrical work that broadly speaks to power, control, vulnerability, and how human beings manifest each of those qualities and surrender to them.
Asheville
Intergenerational Modern Dance
Come join 2019 NCDF Artist Gerri Houlihan as she teaches this intergenerational modern dance class at the Wortham Center for the Performing Arts in Asheville!
$5 at the door
October 5 @ 10-11:30 a.m.
Click to register
Henry Labrun Studio in the Wortham Center for the Performing Arts, Asheville, NC
Sunday, October
6, 2019
Waltz Night
$5 lesson
$10 dance
Lesson | 6:00pm – 6:45pm
Dance | 7:00pm – 9:45pm
Tickets At The Door
Tuesday, October
8, 2019
107th Cherokee Indian Fair
It’s over a century old. It’s a cornucopia of sights and sounds—a treat for all your senses. It’s a carnival and an agriculture show. It’s an art show and a game show. There’s food, music, and rides. It’s pure, unfiltered fair entertainment with that unmistakable Cherokee touch.
General admission is $10 per person at the ticket booth (gate), Tuesday through Saturday. Children ages 6 to 10 are $5 per person. Youth under 6 years old will be admitted for free. Enrolled members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and other federally recognized tribes will receive free admission with their enrollment card.
Tuesday: Parade Day (gates open at 5:30 p.m. and close at 11 p.m.)
Wednesday: Children’s Day (gates open at 9 a.m. and close at 11 p.m. and from noon until closing, youth 17 years old and younger are admitted for free and will get a wristband to enjoy complimentary rides)
Thursday: Elder’s Day (gates open at 9 a.m. and close at 11 p.m. and all Elder’s ages 59 and a half are admitted for free)
Friday: Veterans’ Day (gates open at 9 a.m. and close at 11 p.m. and all Veterans’ are admitted for free)
Saturday: Community Day (gates open at 9 a.m. and close at 11 p.m. and will feature a variety of traditional competitions for the communities to compete against one another for a chance to win cash prizes)
Thursday, October
10, 2019
Singles Soiree
Bill Burr US Cellular Center
Singles Soiree
An alternative to online dating
Swiped out? Join us and support the momentum of the singles of Asheville taking the dating game off the apps, and go face to face!
William Frederic Burr is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and podcaster. Outside of stand-up, he is known for playing Patrick Kuby in the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad, creating and starring in the Netflix animated sitcom F Is for Family, and co-founding the All Things Comedy network. He has hosted the bi-weekly comedy podcast, Monday Morning Podcast, since May 2007.
Friday, October
11, 2019
BalletX Matinee at Diana Wortham
BalletX
Friday, October 11, 2019 at 10am
Recommended for Grades 5-12
Diana Wortham Theatre
BalletX’s website
Experience a unique mix of original, dynamic choreography from a company whose dancers have been hailed as “among America’s best” by The New York Times. Inspiring for children and adults alike BalletX challenges the boundaries of classical ballet with contemporary works of athleticism, emotion and grace.
Group reservations:
Download the 2019/2020 Matinee Series Order Form + Y.E.S. Fund Application
TICKETS
$10 for Individuals – Call the box office at 828-257-4530.
$9 for Groups of 11 or more – Download the Matinee Series Reservation Form / Y.E.S. Fund Application
For school groups of 11 or more: 1 free teacher ticket per every 10 students. Deposit of $1 per ticket required for groups.
Need-based scholarships available
Visit the Matinee Series page
Visit the Youth Education Scholarship (Y.E.S.) page
Visit the Matinee Series page
Visit the Youth Education Scholarship (Y.E.S.) page
Literacy Changing Lives Tour
Bill Burr US Cellular Center
LaZoom Comedy: Totally Exhausted Women (FRIDAY)
BalletX
Friday, October 11, 2019 at 10am
Recommended for Grades 5-12
Diana Wortham Theatre
BalletX’s website
Experience a unique mix of original, dynamic choreography from a company whose dancers have been hailed as “among America’s best” by The New York Times. Inspiring for children and adults alike BalletX challenges the boundaries of classical ballet with contemporary works of athleticism, emotion and grace.
Group reservations:
Download the 2019/2020 Matinee Series Order Form + Y.E.S. Fund Application
TICKETS
$10 for Individuals – Call the box office at 828-257-4530.
$9 for Groups of 11 or more – Download the Matinee Series Reservation Form / Y.E.S. Fund Application
For school groups of 11 or more: 1 free teacher ticket per every 10 students. Deposit of $1 per ticket required for groups.
Need-based scholarships available
Visit the Matinee Series page
Visit the Youth Education Scholarship (Y.E.S.) page
Visit the Matinee Series page
Visit the Youth Education Scholarship (Y.E.S.) page
Please join us for coffee and a one-hour tour of the Literacy Council.
Space is limited. Please RSVP below and click here to use the driving directions from our website.
William Frederic Burr is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and podcaster. Outside of stand-up, he is known for playing Patrick Kuby in the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad, creating and starring in the Netflix animated sitcom F Is for Family, and co-founding the All Things Comedy network. He has hosted the bi-weekly comedy podcast, Monday Morning Podcast, since May 2007.
Lace Larrabee is back this October for two nights! She is bringing a whole new crew of very exhausted women from Atlanta!!!
Sponsored by BRÖÖ Craft Beer Hair*
Tickets $12 General Admission, $18 VIP
FRIDAY NIGHT
~General Admission: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lazoom-comedy-totally-exhausted-women-friday-tickets-70459096053
~VIP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vip-lazoom-comedy-totally-exhausted-women-friday-vip-tickets-70459250515
SATURDAY NIGHT
~General Admission: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lazoom-comedy-totally-exhausted-women-saturday-tickets-70459996747
~VIP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vip-lazoom-comedy-totally-exhausted-women-saturday-vip-tickets-70460263545
*VIP tickets include VIP seating and a bag of BRÖÖ products valued at $15
Saturday, October
12, 2019
LaZoom Comedy: Totally Exhausted Women (SATURDAY)
Lace Larrabee is back this October for two nights! She is bringing a whole new crew of very exhausted women from Atlanta!!!
Sponsored by BRÖÖ Craft Beer Hair*
Tickets $12 General Admission, $18 VIP
FRIDAY NIGHT
~General Admission: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lazoom-comedy-totally-exhausted-women-friday-tickets-70459096053
~VIP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vip-lazoom-comedy-totally-exhausted-women-friday-vip-tickets-70459250515
SATURDAY NIGHT
~General Admission: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lazoom-comedy-totally-exhausted-women-saturday-tickets-70459996747
~VIP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vip-lazoom-comedy-totally-exhausted-women-saturday-vip-tickets-70460263545
*VIP tickets include VIP seating and a bag of BRÖÖ products valued at $15
Sunday, October
13, 2019
Southeast Wise Woman Herbal Conference
LaZoom Comedy: Norlex Belma
The Southeast Wise Women Herbal Conference was inspired by the thriving herbal conferences for women in the Northeast, Northwest, and California, which were founded in the 1990’s. After many years of running Red Moon Herbs and teaching herbal medicine for women, Corinna Wood—student and apprentice of Wise Woman Herbalist Susun Weed—recognized that the Southeast, too, would be eager for this kind of gathering. From our first annual event in 2005 with 200 women attending, we quickly discovered that the community was more than ready, that this event is filling a deep hunger for the Wise Woman Ways in this region. The conference now has a heart and soul of its own. For many, it has become an annual event—with over a thousand women, the October gathering is a tradition in education, inspiration, and sisterhood.
3 Full days of workshops, intensives, gatherings and more.
For a complete schedule visit: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HcEve8IzhO29Qt_ZFRQXF3jcXtsffDk31v5HEbUNm_A/edit#gid=2075348263
With an even keeled delivery belying blistering takes, Norlex Belma has become one of the hottest comics working in New York City. Norlex got his start in one of the nation’s fastest growing comedy scenes, Pittsburgh, after attending Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Music. Norlex now resides back home in his native Brooklyn and has performed at clubs and colleges around the country including UCB NYC, Carolines on Broadway, The Stand, New York Comedy Club, Broadway Comedy Club, The Comedy Studio in Boston, Pittsburgh Improv, The Grisly Pear, Zanies, The Blue Note, University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, SUNY Oswego, and NYU. Norlex has opened for national headliners such as Gary Gulman, Emma Willmann, Jessica Kirson, Sam Tallent, Marina Franklin, Jermaine Fowler, The Lucas Brothers, Liza Treyger, and Rob Schneider.
In 2016, he was featured in the PBS documentary, The Comedy Confluence, detailing the rise of the Pittsburgh comedy scene.
Since then, he has been a part of the New York Comedy Festival, Red Clay Comedy Festival in Atlanta, Pittsburgh Comedy Festival, Oak City Comedy Festival in Raleigh, WDVE Comedy Festival, and the Orlando Indie Comedy Festival. In the summer of 2018, Norlex headlined Carolines on Broadway as a part of the Breakout Artist Series.
Tickets $10 advance, $12 day of
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lazoom-comedy-norlex-belma-tickets-71312622975
Thursday, October
17, 2019
LaZoom Comedy: Kevin O’Brien
Kevin O’Brien is Brooklyn based comedian, DJ, writer, and overall expressionist. A regular at clubs and colleges across the country he has opened for some of the biggest names in comedy from Dave Chappelle to Irene from “The Real World.” He has been featured on Viceland, the A.V. Club, and NPR. His comedy has been described as, “Very funny, very depressing” by Youtube commenter Ssgt Griggs. He has also appeared at a number of festivals including TruTv’s High Plains Comedy Festival, Laughing Devil Comedy Festival, and Fest in Gainesville.
Tickets $10 advance, $12 day of
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lazoom-comedy-kevin-obrien-tickets-70194548785
Friday, October
18, 2019
The Trail Mixer featuring Local Adventure Pop Up Shop
80s vs 90s Dance Party
LaZoom Comedy: Jono Zalay (friday)
If you’re keen to explore Asheville but don’t know where to go, then don’t miss Diamond Brand Outdoors Local Adventure Pop-Up Shop at Aloft Asheville Downtown’s Wxyz Bar. We’ll have our local experts there to share their favorite hikes, gear essentials, and uniquely Asheville souvenir suggestions.
Jono Zalay began his standup career in Boston, while simultaneously earning his Doctorate in Neuroscience (he gave cocaine to rats). Since dropping his science hobby to pursue comedy full time, Jono has been named one of Comedy Central’s ‘Comics to Watch,’ and earned international press for his pranks on the DMV. Jono now lives in Los Angeles where he has written comedy for Fox, Amazon, and Comedy Central. He has been featured in over 30 comedy festivals around the country including Bridgetown, Big Sky, Limestone, and New York Comedy Festival.
Tickets $10 advance, $12 day of
FRIDAY: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lazoom-comedy-jono-zalay-friday-tickets-70462791105
SATURDAY: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lazoom-comedy-jono-zalay-saturday-tickets-70463025807
Saturday, October
19, 2019
LaZoom Comedy: Jono Zalay (saturday)
Jono Zalay began his standup career in Boston, while simultaneously earning his Doctorate in Neuroscience (he gave cocaine to rats). Since dropping his science hobby to pursue comedy full time, Jono has been named one of Comedy Central’s ‘Comics to Watch,’ and earned international press for his pranks on the DMV. Jono now lives in Los Angeles where he has written comedy for Fox, Amazon, and Comedy Central. He has been featured in over 30 comedy festivals around the country including Bridgetown, Big Sky, Limestone, and New York Comedy Festival.
Tickets $10 advance, $12 day of
FRIDAY: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lazoom-comedy-jono-zalay-friday-tickets-70462791105
SATURDAY: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lazoom-comedy-jono-zalay-saturday-tickets-70463025807
Sunday, October
20, 2019
49th Annual LEAF Festival
Comedy at Fleetwood’s: John Conroy
LEAF Festival sits below Mt. Mitchell with mountain lakes and rolling hills with 600 stunning acres featuring rustic cabins, large camping fields with mountain views, hiking trails, barns, streams, and lakes for canoeing, swimming, and the zooming zipline. This enchanting land offers lots of outdoors adventures for the whole family!
The 1st LEAF Festival premiered Fall 1996, and has become a tradition twice a year, May and October. The name Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF) was chosen to honor the lake and the former Lake Eden Inn & Resort. “Arts” embraces a broad creative palate and of course it was to be a “festival”. In envisioning LEAF, we sought to embrace world cultures, reflect the creativity of the Asheville area, and to complement the stunning landscape. The location and size, attendance is limited to 6,000 people on site per day, makes LEAF Festival one of the best small festivals in the world. The right place, the right size.
D.C. native, John Conroy, brings an everyman’s attitude to smart, sharply written material that runs the gamut from shrewd observations to social satire.
Over the next few years he made a rapid transition from opener to headliner, playing hundreds of shows each year and touring the top clubs throughout the country. Conroy is a jovial iconoclast whose good-humored but aggressive act makes a lasting impression.
Tickets $7 advance, $10 day of
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/comedy-at-fleetwoods-john-conroy-tickets-71543148483
Wednesday, October
23, 2019
Requesting Supplemental Breast Milk for Our Preemie Patient
Dear All,
One of our preemie patients is in need of supplemental breast milk. If you or someone you know is able to make a donation, the family would greatly appreciate it.
Please reach out to the Clinic’s Front Desk for details. We can be reached at (828) 258-9016 or [email protected]
Sincerely,
Front Desk Staff
Chinese Acupuncture & Herbology Clinic
Thursday, October
24, 2019
Requesting Supplemental Breast Milk for Our Preemie Patient
City Dance
Slice of Life Comedy Open Mic!
Slice Comedy Open Mic
Dear All,
One of our preemie patients is in need of supplemental breast milk. If you or someone you know is able to make a donation, the family would greatly appreciate it.
Please reach out to the Clinic’s Front Desk for details. We can be reached at (828) 258-9016 or [email protected]
Sincerely,
Front Desk Staff
Chinese Acupuncture & Herbology Clinic
Beginner’s workshop lesson at 7:30 P.M., then 8-11 P.M. Contra Dance with Country Waltzing at the break and the final dance. This is a partner dance but it’s not necessary to come with a partner. We have different live bands and callers.
Show: 9pm
Doors: 8:30pm
$5 members
$7 non-members
Comics get in free
Ages 21+
Tickets At The Door
Comics sign up at door or email [email protected]
New comics to venue get 3-5m
Regular comics get as much time as available. Look for light
Contact Michele at [email protected] for more info/sign up early or request a feature (paid 20m) spot
Thursday night 10/24
Slice of Life Comedy Open Mic!
Hosted by Cody Hughes
Featuring Ryan Cox
Doors 8:30p/9:00p show
$5 members/$2 for year membership
Professional and Newbie comics
Comics get in free (+free membership)
Free snacks/drink specials
Comics sign up at door or email [email protected]
New comics to venue get 3-5m
Regular comics get as much time as available. Look for light
Contact Michele at [email protected] for more info/sign up early or request a feature (paid 20m)
Friday, October
25, 2019
Requesting Supplemental Breast Milk for Our Preemie Patient
Friday The 25th w/ Dj Audio + Brent Brown
LaZoom Comedy: Adam Mamawala (friday)
LaZoom Comedy: Sam Tallent (friday)
Dear All,
One of our preemie patients is in need of supplemental breast milk. If you or someone you know is able to make a donation, the family would greatly appreciate it.
Please reach out to the Clinic’s Front Desk for details. We can be reached at (828) 258-9016 or [email protected]
Sincerely,
Front Desk Staff
Chinese Acupuncture & Herbology Clinic
On Friday OCT the 25th, DJ AUDIO + Brent Brown are coming to Ole Shakey’s to kill everything! Get ready to dance that ass off to big beats under the most amazing light show ever . Music Powered by the Hottest Dj’s in the city. NO COVER. 21+. RSVP NOW & Tag a friend!
Adam Mamawala is a stand-up comedian based out of New York City. Named one of Funny or Die’s “Top 30 Under 30: Comedians to Watch”, Adam has appeared on Comedy Central, MTV, BET and SeeSo, and his debut album One of the Good Ones debuted at #1 on the iTunes Comedy Charts in December of 2017. Adam has headlined over 200 colleges across more than 35 states and his recent festival appearances include the NBC/Second City Breakout Comedy Festival, Laughing Skull Comedy Festival, and New York Comedy Festival. Adam has been a freelance contributor to Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update and a writer for Someecards.
Tickets $10 advance, $12 day of
FRIDAY: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/adam-mamawala-at-lazoom-friday-tickets-70464738931
SATURDAY: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/adam-mamawala-at-lazoom-saturday-tickets-70464921477
Known for whip-quick wit and rollicking improvisations, Sam Tallent is one of the sharpest, most original rising talents in comedy today. Fresh off his New Faces debut at the prestigious Just For Laughs Comedy Festival, Sam has been called “the absurd voice of a surreal generation” by the Denver Post, and, when not maintaining a “Black Flag esque tour schedule” (Savage Henry Magazine), Sam has worked alongside many of the biggest names in comedy, including Russel Peters, Ron White, Dave Chappelle, Doug Stanhope, Dana Carvey and Hannibal Buress. He recently won his battle on Comedy Central’s Roast Battle, and was seen on VICELAND’s Flophouse as well as the Chris Gethard Show. His writing has been published on VICE.com. His debut novel, “Running the Light”, will be available this fall wherever fine books are sold. He lives in Denver with his wife and dog.
Featuring Steve Vanderploeg
Tickets $10 advance, $12 day of
FRIDAY: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lazoom-comedy-sam-tallent-friday-tickets-70464738931
SATURDAY: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lazoom-comedy-sam-tallent-saturday-tickets-70464921477
Saturday, October
26, 2019
HAUNTED GROVE HOUSE INFERNO 2019
#1 HALLOWEEN DANCE PARTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
3-DANCE FLOORS ~ 4-DJ’s ~ 5-BARS
THREE VENUES / ONE PRICE
$1,000 COSTUME CONTEST
The GROVE HOUSE Entertainment Complex is famous for the scariest and BEST annual Halloween costume and dance party in WNC! This year will be the most frightening and fun to-date!
You’ll be terrified by monsters lurking around every corner…beware as you walk through each themed-area dripping with creepy décor. You will succumb to your fears as you migrate throughout the HAUNTED GROVE HOUSE INFERNO’s three levels – themed to Dante’s Nine Circles of Hell.
Enchanted Forest
Descent
Disembodied Heretics
Spider Chasm
Psychedelic Passage
Limbo
Lost Souls
Abyss
THREE LEVELS OF DANCING
4-DJ’s playing a variety of music genres
REMEMBER!!! – $1,000 IN CASH COSTUME CONTEST…so deck-out in your most terrifying best (or worst), and you may end the night with a fist-full of cash! Gates open at 9pm and ONE price gives you access to the ENTIRE complex (Club Eleven On Grove, Scandals Nightclub, and BOILER ROOM.)
Gates open at 9pm (18 & over)
Contest registration/pre-judging from 9:30pm-12:30am
Contest on main stage at 1am
Closing is at 3am