Calendar of Events
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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This Labor Day Weekend art affair will feature a collection of national and regional artists specializing in hand-made works of art. There will be painters, potters, jewelers, glass blowers and much more. Asheville’s historic Pack Square is the picturesque venue for the Downtown Asheville Festival of the Arts. The show is set up on N. and S. Pack Square around Vance Memorial.
Our Vintner’s Table Food Truck is here for the season! Buy salads, cheese boards, BRAND NEW lobster rolls and more to enjoy with Burntshirt Vineyards wine!
Saturday Hours: 12pm to 6pm
Sunday Hours: 12pm to 5pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/430291697703807/?event_time_id=430291737703803
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The Band’s Visit is the winner of 10 Tony Awards®, including Best Musical, making it one of the most Tony-winning musicals in history. And now it’s also a Grammy Award® winner for Best Musical Theater Album.
In this joyously offbeat story, set in a town that’s way off the beaten path, a band of musicians arrive lost, out of the blue. Under the spell of the desert sky, and with beautiful music perfuming the air, the band brings the town to life in unexpected and tantalizing ways. Even the briefest visit can stay with you forever.
With a Tony-and Grammy-winning score that seduces your soul and sweeps you off your feet, and featuring thrillingly talented onstage musicians, The Band’s Visit rejoices in the way music makes us laugh, makes us cry, and ultimately, brings us together.
https://www.facebook.com/events/669877793415194/?event_time_id=669877820081858
Rounding Third, starring FRP favorites Scott Treadway and JP Sarro. This good-humored and sincere story about a Little League coach, his team of youngsters, and his new assistant coach, is sure to hit a home run, says Rounding Third Director, Charlie Flynn-McIver. “They say that life imitates art but what is really happening here is that the art has gotten it right about life. Sports are a great metaphor for many things and when it comes to youth sports, even more so.”
Come grab a pint while meeting your new best friend!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1933832246729451/?event_time_id=1933832273396115
This comedy is often viewed as Shaw’s wittiest play! This is a borderline farce that will stimulate serious thinking about the nature of both romance and war. What is Raina to do when she finds that an enemy soldier has taken refuge in her room? What will her fiancée say? The plot, of course, thickens! Directed by Jim Reid and performed as Readers Theatre as a part of The Autumn Players’ Readers Theatre Showcase Series.
Jack of the Wood : Sunday-Irish Session
Sundays
1 till who knows when?
Traditional Irish music is kept alive at Jack of the Wood with our unplugged Sunday session.
Jack of the Wood
95 Patton ave
Asheville, NC 28801
(828) 252.5445
Who’s ready to bring the vegan message to the south?
The Official Animal Rights March is an annual vegan march founded by UK animal rights organisation Surge. The march began in London in 2016 with 2,500 attendees and by 2018 TOARM succeeded in a global attendance of 28,000 vegans marching in 25 cities across the world, demanding an end to all animal oppression. In 2019 we’re bringing The Official Animal Rights March back to North Carolina to spread the message of animal liberation across the globe.
This will be the second Official Animal Rights March in Asheville! In order to make this march succeed, we need your help. Invite your friends and tell every vegan you meet. This is the day when we unite, when we stand up and rise up.
The future is vegan, but we must continue to speak out on behalf of the animals until the day that their suffering ends.
Save the date, spread the word – and let’s make history for the animals.
www.theofficialanimalrightsmarch.com
www.surgeactivism.com
https://www.facebook.com/events/1756748001137899/
Bywater Bluegrass Jam Every Sunday from 4-7pm and hosted by Drew Matulich! Come out and enjoy some Bluegrass Music on the French Broad River and bring a friend!
https://www.facebook.com/events/256311128567439/?event_time_id=256311175234101
The Flying Saucers will be performing live bringing you the best music from the 50’s and early 60’s. It will be a fun night of great music, food, and of course beer! Lots of beer!
https://www.facebook.com/events/769507406779205/
Sale Dates and Times:
Public Onsale : Fri, 10 May 2019 at 10:00 AM
https://www.facebook.com/events/2449258268419286/
A new way to play trivia!
Feud Time is a survey-based trivia game with up to 6 players per team & 4 rounds of fun.
https://www.facebook.com/events/316757909191222/?event_time_id=316757999191213
www.noahproudfoot.com
Drawing upon ten years of experience in Asheville, Noah Proudfoot’s heartfelt songs are a direct reflection of the people and places that have impacted his time here. Studied in poetry and certified as a yoga teacher, his lyrics aim to uplift and inspire, while shining an honest light on the challenges of being human. His band, ‘Noah Proudfoot and the Botanicals,’ broadcasts these messages on a much larger scale, using elements of funk, soul, and roots/rock to deliver a dance party with a purpose. And for the past two years they’ve been doing just that- making waves in the transformational festival scene and gathering a dedicated following of like-minded fans.
Their five song EP, ‘Travel Light,’ is the first CD from the full band- melding blues guitar, steel pan drum, brother harmonies, and a driving rhythm section for a sound that is rich with color and life. Each song is a world unto itself, exploring themes of adventure, simple joys, and beauty amidst brokenness. Listeners will be excited to hear a much larger sound being presented, driven by vibrant melodies and meaningful lyrics that linger long after the song is over.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1444415019024076/
Forever Abbey Road – Abbey Road 50th Anniversary Show at The Grey Eagle
https://www.facebook.com/events/526821997854279/
Formed in 2010 in Geelong, fifty miles outside of Melbourne (where they now reside) as a jam band off-shoot of a variety of other projects, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard released their debut album 12 Bar Bruise in 2012. Currently the most productive band on the planet, they are a once-in-generation group who play a heady combination of psychedelia, prog rock, freakbeat, jazz, heavy metal and Krautrock at a breathless punk pace; theirs is a high-velocity sound, each album a transportative diversion down a slippery worm-hole steered by seven minds sharing one on-going journey. Those who have seen them live will attest that King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard can go toe-to-toe with any of their forefathers; Aphrodite’s Child, Mahivishnu Orchestra, Hawkwind, King Crimson, The Doors, 13th Elevators, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, and Amon Duul II.
As promised at the beginning of the year, King Gizzard successfully released an unprecedented five studio albums in 2017 with the release of Gumboot Soup arriving this past New Year’s Eve. 2017’s other previous four records – February’s Flying Microtonal Banana, June’s Murder of the Universe, August’s Sketches of Brunswick East and November’s Polygondwanaland – have all received individual critical acclaim and set the stage for the next dizzying chapter in the band’s career.
In years to come King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard will be judged not by their separate albums, but by a body of work where themes, melodies, motifs, riffs and ideas resurface and recur, each album peeling back a layer of the onion to glimpse at past and future alike.
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Homework Diners take place weekly (except on school holidays or early release days). Families are invited to the cafeteria of the middle school during the scheduled time each week. No pre-registration is required to attend. Homework Diners currently take place at four area middle schools: Asheville, Enka, Erwin and Owen Middle. All are open to any family with a K-12 student in the surrounding school district with an adult family member in attendance with the participating student.
The 2019-20 Homework Diner schedule:
- Erwin Middle on Monday nights starting September 23, 2019 from 5:30-7:00 p.m.
- Asheville Middle on Tuesday nights starting September 24, 2019 from 5-7:00 p.m.
- Enka Middle on Tuesday nights starting September 24, 2019 from 5:30-7:00 p.m.
- Owen Middle on Thursday nights starting September 26, 2019 from 5:30-7:00 p.m.
The first 25 to register receive 10% off! Use code: EarlyBird
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Our region continues to have the tightest job market in the state. We know that in this market you have to use all available resources to recruit the right talent for your company. As the region’s largest career fair, the WNC Career Expo attracts thousands of qualified career seekers helping you make the right connections to meet your company’s workforce needs. Booth details: $250 per booth; $50 for electricity; $10 for additional box lunches. |
Asheville’s hospitality industry is proving sweet dreams can truly turn into full plates.
This September, over 45 hotels are coming together for the third annual Sweet Dreams, Full Plates campaign – a major collaboration aimed at connecting Asheville area’s thriving tourism industry to local hunger relief issues.
The idea is simple. Hotel guests, during the month of September, are given the opportunity to forgo stayover services by hanging a door hanger on their room door. The door hanger says, “We Fed A Family,” and for every room that chooses to participate, the hotel makes a $2 donation on their behalf.
With each $2 donation, MANNA FoodBank is able to provide enough food for seven meals.
- AC Hotel
- Aloft Asheville Downtown
- Best Western Tunnel Road
- Country Inn & Suites
- Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Asheville Westgate
- Courtyard Marriott
- Crowne Plaza Tennis and Golf Resort – Asheville
- Doubletree by Hilton Asheville – Biltmore
- Four Points by Sheraton – Asheville Downtown
- Hampton Inn – Tunnel Road
- Hampton Inn & Suites – Asheville South
- Hampton Inn & Suites Biltmore Area
- Hampton Inn & Suites Asheville – Biltmore Village
- Haywood Park Hotel
- Hilton Asheville Biltmore Park
- Hilton Garden Inn – Asheville Downtown
- Holiday Inn – Biltmore West
- Holiday Inn Express and Suites (Donation Only)
- Homewood Suites by Hilton Asheville
- Hotel Indigo – Asheville Downtown
- Hyatt Place Asheville Downtown
- Quality Inn and Suites – Biltmore East (Donation Only)
- Renaissance Asheville Hotel (Donation only)
- Residence Inn Biltmore
- Springhill Suites Marriott
- THE WINDSOR – Boutique Hotel
- Cambria Hotel & Suites Downtown
- POSH
- Country Inn & Suites Tunnel Road
- Comfort Inn – Tunnel Road
The Tour d’Apple is an exciting ride through Western North Carolina’s apple orchards, waterfalls, and mountains to benefit the charitable projects of the Hendersonville Four Seasons Rotary Club. It includes a Century (100 miles), a metric century (100km), as well as 45 and 25mi options.
The ride takes place on Labor Day and features an exciting course (no matter which length you choose) complete with plenty of rest stops. The ride begins at 8:00 am from Blue Ridge Community College.
Hot Works 4th Asheville Fine Art Show, October 26 & 27, 2019 takes place in Pack Square Park, downtown Asheville. This art show is juried by art professionals and brings artists to sell his/her art in all discipline including paintings, sculpture, clay, glass, fiber, jewelry, wood and more. All art is original and personally handmade by the artist who is present at the show. There is something for everyone, in all price ranges. You will see many artists at this show who do not attend other shows in North Carolina or South Carolina.
As part of our commitment to bring art education into the community, a Youth Art Competition for grades K-8 or ages 5-13 is integrated within a 10×20 space at the Asheville Fine Art Show. Sponsored by Institute for the Arts & Education, the associated 501c3 non-profit organization, all students in grades K-8 or ages 5-13 are encouraged to enter his/her original and personally handmade art that will be publicly displayed in the art show the entire weekend. On Sunday, October 27 at 3pm, there is $250 in youth art awards presented. Students are exposed to the rules and entrepreneurship opportunity of doing art shows for a living. The program brings families to the art show and exposes them to great art.
Registration is now open for the next session of indoor youth tennis classes starting September 3rd at Hendersonville Racquet Club. Kids are put in groups based on age and ability with seven levels available. The session is six weeks long and is $79 for members or $99 for non-members for one class a week or $129/$149 for two classes a week plus a play day at the end of the session. Each player also gets a half hour one-on-one session with one of our certified pros.
The format for this session is having classes once or twice a week for six weeks. Then the session concludes with a fun L6 Play Day where they can get match experience. All classes are taught by certified tennis professionals and will be held on HRC’s outdoor or indoor courts.
Saved By The 90s
Show: 9pm
Doors: 8pm
$15 – $18
Ages 18+
Tickets & Info: www.theorangepeel.net/event/saved-by-the-90s-6/
Saved by the 90s is a national sensation that is bringing back the 90s with a huge interactive party, featuring a live 90s cover band that will blow your socks off!
With live bands stationed all over the USA, Saved by the 90s puts on parties regularly at theaters and clubs where anybody can jump in and join the party. The bands also specialize in playing the best music at weddings, corporate parties, and other private events.
Saved by the 90s has many imitators, but don’t be fooled by the wannabes: Saved by the 90s is the highest-quality, longest-running live music 90s party on Earth! Plus, for the young millennials out there, don’t miss our 2000s cover band, Y2K: the Millennium Party.
Once you join the party, you won’t want to leave!
www.savedbythe90s.com
https://www.facebook.com/events/429531554293959/
Come to Aux Bar for Pizza Karaoke Sunday Nights 10pm-2am, there is even free pizza when you sing!
https://www.facebook.com/events/382756985684012/?event_time_id=382757032350674
The 2019 Tour d’Apple is Western North Carolina’s Premier Cycling Tour and an exciting ride through apple orchards, waterfalls, and mountains to benefit the charitable projects of the Hendersonville Four Seasons Rotary Club. It includes a Century (100 miles), a metric-century (100km), as well as 45 and 25 mi options.
The ride takes place on Labor Day, and features an exciting course (no matter which length you choose) complete with plenty of rest stops. New for 2019 – The rides have grown in numbers so we will have staggered starts for each of the rides, starting 5 minutes apart beginning at 8:00am from Blue Ridge Community College.
T-shirts in men’s and women’s fitted styles, are complimentary for participants registered as of August 15th, after this deadline, shirts will be limited and can be ordered for an additonal $10 online until sizes run out.
The first 500 participants registered online are guaranteed a pair of DeFeet Cycling Socks!
Tour d’ Apple jerseys, custom-designed by Giordana Cycling are available when you register Size charts can be found on our registration homepage.
For more info visit here –> https://racesonline.com/events/tour-d-apple
https://www.facebook.com/events/302042393996747/
Enjoy the last holiday weekend of summer experiencing what makes Chimney Rock the ideal place to play. Hike on one of the Park’s many trails or join Fox Mountain Guides for a real rock climbing experience.
https://www.facebook.com/events/315730419278075/?event_time_id=315730429278074
Summer is all about outdoor fun, spending quality time together as a family and taking in the wonderful sights of nature. Submit your photos of your family hiking, sunlight making its way through the trees or of the fantastic views that make Chimney Rock so special. We’ll use the winning entries on our website and Facebook album, and you’ll win some fun prizes. Photos must be taken within the Chimney Rock section of the Park.
Cost: No cost to enter contest.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2346811038665486/?event_time_id=2346811115332145
Mark your calendars for this year’s event and keep checking our website for updated information.
www.ncapplefestival.org
https://www.facebook.com/events/2240693959510066/
Presented by the Lake Lure Lions Club.
Games, Fun and Prizes. Fun for the whole family. Every Monday night starting at 7:00pm. Lakeview Terrace at Rumbling Bald Resort.
May 27th – Sept 16th, 2019.
https://www.facebook.com/events/259931391584766/?event_time_id=259931424918096