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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Thursday, April 20, 2023
OUTPOST: Bearly Dead
Apr 20 @ 7:00 pm
The Outpost

– ALL AGES
– STANDING ROOM ONLY
– RAIN OR SHINE

Bearly Dead is an all-star cast of players with deep roots in the New England jam & festival scene. While the band plays all of the Grateful Dead classics, they also dive into an extended catalog, which may include any song that any member of the Dead ever performed. With over 230 songs in rotation and new material being added all the time, Bearly Dead performs wildly different setlists every night and ensures that each show is a unique experience. With no designated “Jerry” or “Bobby”, this band is able to breathe new life into songs with their fresh, high-energy approach to them. Bearly Dead is a setlist-nerd’s dream!

Founded during an intense snowstorm in April 2015, Bearly Dead played its first show at Church of Boston, marking the beginning of its hallowed Wednesday Night Residency. In September of that year, Church was sold and the band found a new home on Wednesday nights at Thunder Road in Somerville. During their 5 years at Thunder Road, Bearly Dead was nominated twice for the Boston Music Award’s “Live Music Residency of the Year,” and burst onto the scene as New England’s premier Grateful Dead tribute band. The phrase “Never Miss A Wednesday Show” became ubiquitous around Boston…and you really never knew what might happen! Bearly Dead’s Wednesday Night Residency at Thunder Road continued unabated every week since its inception in September 2015 until the club’s closing in 2020. Thunder Road was a beacon to all musicians on Wednesday nights to join in the fun, with notable appearances by Mike Campbell (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers), Paul Wolstencroft (Slightly Stoopid), Steve Molitz (Particle/Phil Lesh & Friends), Kebbi Williams (Tedeschi Trucks Band), Rob Compa (Dopapod), Hayley Jane (Hayley Jane & The Primates), Johnny Trama (Dub Apocalypse), and Gary Backstrom (Gary Backstrom Band); and a surprise appearance by Jerry Garcia’s “Wolf” guitar in 2018 on Jerry Garcia’s birthday! The Wednesday Night Residency was briefly revived in 2021 at The Burren and Sonia before officially ending in May 2022.

Silverados Season Kickoff Party w/ Empire Strikes Brass
Apr 20 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Silverados

4/20 TRINITY PHARMS HEMP CO SEASON KICKOFF PARTY AT SILVERADOS MUSIC PARK FEATURING EMPIRE STRIKES BASS WITH SPECIAL GUESTS CHILLTONIC AND JOSH CLARK’S VISIBLE SPECTRUM.

PALMYRA
Apr 20 @ 7:30 pm
White Horse Black Mountain

Drawing from the sounds of Appalachia and Midwestern Americana, Palmyra captures the collective spirit of three Virginia natives, Teddy (he/him), Manoa (he/him), and Sasha (they/them). With an ever-expanding sonic palette, Palmyra’s live set explores the fusion of traditional folk string instruments, three part harmonies and foot percussion.

The burgeoning trio sounds like a distant cousin of the progressive folk band, Punch Brothers, mixed with elements of Fleet Foxes or the Avett Brothers. Palmyra’s songs are intimate and contemplative, with three-part vocal arrangements that allow them to create the illusion of a full, larger-than-three ensemble.

HAPPY AGAIN TOUR JUDAH + THE LION
Apr 20 @ 8:00 pm
The Orange Peel

Judah and the Lion’s Revival comes at a moment of rejuvenation and evolution for the band, both personally and professionally, with a world looking to get back to normal. Judah Akers and
Brian Macdonald return with the band’s fourth album that aims to channel the energy and spirit presented at the beginning of the group’s journey.

Revival is a collection of songs that speaks to the band’s return to innocence and hope through reclamation. They look inwards on life’s changes as a group that still finds energy in innocence
after touring for 8 years and reaching heights on the Billboard charts and earning awards like iHeart Music’s Best New Alternative Rock Artist of the Year in 2018.

“It’s learning to let go of things that are out of our control,” Judah said, reflecting on working with his therapist through anxiety and depression. “Finding purity in life again. For all of us, we’re
gifted innocence when we’re born, and at some point in our lives, be it through choices or tragedy, innocence is robbed. Second innocence is where we’re not given it, but we choose to take it.”

In their last release, Pep Talks, Judah processed the loss of stability with his family. In the leadup to Revival, he was able to process his grief and anxieties alone in his home. The band toured nonstop for eight years, giving the project everything they had. Being primarily on the road prior to 2020 created a misunderstanding of where they were individually and their connection to feeling at home.

“Being home and not getting to mask my emotions with being on tour and being around crowds was big,” Judah said. “It’s an easy distraction because you can avoid dealing with it emotionally. You can get on stage and perform, and everything’s fine.”

Brian also had a journey in finding peace and putting in work to feel complete in a different emotional environment. His wife attended a graduate program in Sweden, thousands of miles from the home they made. As the world slowed to a halt, he had to find comfort in Visby Island’s cold, lonely, and grey terrain.

“The big thing for me was re-learning what ‘home’ means,” Brian said. “Leaving my home and trying to make a new one and realizing that home wasn’t a physical place for me.”

When they came back together, their fulfillment alone proved to change not just themselves but how they fit together. Founding member Nate Zuercher informed them he was leaving the group, changing dynamics for a group of friends making music together for over a decade. Brian picked up the banjo, trying his best to fill the void Nate left but making his playing be his own and offering a new style.

The loss of a key member helped Brian and Judah grow further in reinvigorating their partnership. It brought new energy to their songwriting and collaboration. In the Fall of 2021, Judah & Brian invited their longtime friends and touring musicians with them to record at Echo Mountain in Asheville, North Carolina.

“It was one of the most fun times we had in the studio,” Brian said. “There was a lot of freedom to it, and it felt like a retreat. We were all in it.”

The Sadies
Apr 20 @ 8:00 pm
The Grey Eagle

– ALL AGES
– STANDING ROOM ONLY

THE SADIES

Without doubt or qualification, The Sadies are one of this continent’s greatest extant rock ’n’ roll bands — just as they have been for the last quarter-century. Versatile and imaginative, they skip from astral psychedelia to shuffling bucolics and leap from puckish pop to righteous garage-rock without losing momentum or mastery. Their albums deliver masterclasses on pointed songwriting, lockstep harmonies, and a devil-may-care attitude to expectations and past successes.  With their new album – Colder Streams – out now, check out what Shindig Magazine calls “a stone-cold masterpiece”.
Friday, April 21, 2023
Mother Earth Food: Local + sustainable food delivered to your door
Apr 21 all-day
online w/ Organic Growers School
OGS Ad

Mother Earth Food:

Local & sustainable food delivered to your door!

 

Ever wish your favorite items from your local farmers market could be delivered to your door? Mother Earth Food makes that possible!

Mother Earth Food is a family-owned, grocery home delivery service featuring local organic food from farmers and food artisans from Asheville and across Western North Carolina. Mother Earth Food delivers organic and sustainably raised vegetables, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods, prepared meals, wellness items, and pantry items to those living in Western NC.

“We believe that supporting locally raised and produced food is how we can best change our food system and help our community move towards a healthier and more sustainable future. By partnering with Mother Earth Food, you dramatically lessen the miles that your food travels to get to your plate. It is estimated that meals in the U.S. travel about 1,500 miles to get from farm to plate, while local meals travel an average of 50 miles. The environmental and economic ripple effect from what we do is not only changing our community… it’s changing the world! We’re lessening our carbon footprint by bringing the Farmer’s Market to your door!” – MEF Team.

 

Use the coupon code “OGS25” to get $25 off your first order.

Volunteer with Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity
Apr 21 all-day
Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity

We build strength, stability and self-reliance through shelter.

Welcome to our online volunteer calendar!

Whether sorting donations in the ReStore, hammering on the construction site, or assisting families with critical home repair, we hope you’ll find the volunteer opportunity that is right for you!

  • Our construction sites are open! Sign-up to build with us with just your email and first name. No password is required. If you need additional assistance please email Stephanie Wallace.
  • Looking to schedule a team build day? We welcome corporate and faith groups year-round. To inquire about sponsorship opportunities please email Zoe Trout.
  • Looking for ReStore opportunities? Please email Carrie Burgin.

 

  • Building together for 40 years

    Homes

    Safe, stable housing is linked to improved health, better educational outcomes, financial stability, and much more. See data below.

    Hope

    With thousands already served, those seeking stable housing can see what safe, decent housing has done for others and what it can do for them.

    Communities

    Communities are built when neighbors connect. Through our homebuyer education program, neighbors get to know each other long before move-in day.

    Since incorporating on February 11, 1983, thousands of local adults and children have benefitted from AAHH’s affordable Homeownership and Home Repair Programs. Each home build and home repair project has been an exercise in partnership. Volunteers, donors, advocates, homeowners, and ReStore supporters – folks of various religions, ethnicities, socio-economic classes, and political beliefs – unite around a shared vision and build homes, communities, and hope.

    We are grateful to all who have been part of the journey thus far. And we invite new partners to our work. There is still much work to be done, and it will take all of us

Work out for free at Linwood Crump Shiloh Community Center
Apr 21 all-day
Linwood Crump Shiloh Community Center

Asheville Parks & Recreation (APR) recently renovated fitness centers at Linwood Crump Shiloh and Stephens-Lee community centers – and community members can enjoy use of cardio equipment, exercise machines, free weights, open gym time, and more through June 30, 2023. During this time, APR will waive membership and daily pass fees so more people can access the necessities for a regular fitness routine. Locals can sign up online or at either community center to receive a fitness center key fob that can be scanned at either location.

 

“Our team is committed to creating spaces in which everyone feels welcome,” according to D. Tyrell McGirt, APR Director. “We are in the community building business. The gyms and fitness rooms at these two locations are filled with everything you’d expect from other top-notch fitness facilities and dedicated to body positivity and accessible wellness. By waiving the cost to use them for the first six months of the year, we hope more friends and neighbors will be able to connect with each other and maintain healthy lifestyles.”

Work out for free at Stephens-Lee Community Center
Apr 21 all-day
Stephens-Lee Community Center

Asheville Parks & Recreation (APR) recently renovated fitness centers at Linwood Crump Shiloh and Stephens-Lee community centers – and community members can enjoy use of cardio equipment, exercise machines, free weights, open gym time, and more through June 30, 2023. During this time, APR will waive membership and daily pass fees so more people can access the necessities for a regular fitness routine. Locals can sign up online or at either community center to receive a fitness center key fob that can be scanned at either location.

 

“Our team is committed to creating spaces in which everyone feels welcome,” according to D. Tyrell McGirt, APR Director. “We are in the community building business. The gyms and fitness rooms at these two locations are filled with everything you’d expect from other top-notch fitness facilities and dedicated to body positivity and accessible wellness. By waiving the cost to use them for the first six months of the year, we hope more friends and neighbors will be able to connect with each other and maintain healthy lifestyles.”

Downtown After 5: Devon Gilfillian with Joe Lasher + Kaitlyn Baker
Apr 21 @ 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Downtown After 5

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  • May 19: Baba Commandant with Coconut Cake
  • June 16: Victoria Victoria featuring Charlie Hunter with Josh Phillips
  • July 21: The Rumble featuring Chief Joseph Boudreaux with Funk’N Around
  • August 18: Asheville All-Stars with Asheville Rock Academy
  • September 15: The Sensational Barnes Brothers with Alex Krug Combo
LAZOOM Tours: BAND AND BEER TOUR
Apr 21 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
LaZoom Room

Wanna hear the best local music ​and​ drink the best local beers? Hop aboard LaZoom’s Purple Bus and rock out with a local band while we take you on a journey to Asheville’s premiere local breweries.

  • Curated Live Music & Brewery Bus experience
  • 3 Hours long, includes three 30 Minute Local Brewery Stops
  • You Can Drink on the Funky Purple Bus! **Must be purchased at LaZoom or at brewery stop**
PATIO: Lua Flora
Apr 21 @ 6:00 pm
The Grey Eagle

– ALL AGES
– LIMITED PATIO SEATING IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED

LUA FLORA

Lua Flora is the soundtrack of your favorite daydream. The Asheville, NC-based group’s sun-kissed melodies are rooted in the harmonies of Appalachia, rhythms of the West Indies, and lyricism of American folk. Live, the band allures listeners with gut-punching jams weaved between powerful lyrics. Lua Flora has supported Satsang, Franc Moody, Of Good Nature, Kendall Street Company, and more. Their recent debut album amassed over 150,000 streams in the first week.

“The musical embodiment of Asheville’s creative spirit”   -Face The Current

“…easy and melodic — a light, laidback recluse from the grind.”   -Top Shelf Music

“Lua Flora shows folk & reggae mix.”   -Grateful Web

LAUNCH CELEBRATION for White Horse Stepstone
Apr 21 @ 7:30 pm
White Horse Black Mountain

A CONCERT CELEBRATING

THE LAUNCH OF THE NEW

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN

NON-PROFIT

Come Celebrate With Us

Enjoy Great Live Music

and

Learn More About The Exciting

Benefits of Becoming a

Supporting Member

The Celebration will feature performances by:

Tony Cedras

(performed with Paul Simon, Harry Belafonte, and

Hugh Masekala),

Anne Coombs

(founder of Asheville’s ‘Rock Academy’ and

legendary Asheville-based performer),

BJ Leiderman

(Songwriter and entertainer of NPR fame),

Connell Sanderson

(Extraordinary Celtic Piper),

Palmardelu

(featuring Ecuadorian native Patricia Kayser,

founder of Autism and Music)

Black Mountain’s own

David LaMotte

(singer, songwriter, author,

founder of PEG Partners)

and

Bob Hinkle

the founder and owner of the White Horse

White Horse Black Mountain has a long history of service to our community and our region. We love hosting benefits for worthy causes, and nourishing community through shared experiences of music and other events. Our new non-profit status will allow us to expand our ability to serve. We will be better able to collaborate with other organizations on events, pursue grants, and do a wide variety of new and exciting things.

We are inviting YOU to join us in our efforts to impact individual lives, impact our community, impact our region— and impact the world. We are kicking off the new non-profit with a BIG musical celebration on Friday, April 21, and YOU are invited to celebrate with us! The night will feature this awesome lineup:

Everyone will be warmly welcomed to all White Horse shows, with or without membership, but the members will have some extra perks that we are excited to share with you, including discounts on event tickets and merchandise, a cool White Horse lapel pin, private member events, public gratitude at the White Horse, and the knowledge that you are a part of the team that makes the White Horse a resource for the whole community.

To learn more about membership, email: [email protected]

And by the way, if you join us on the 21st, you can become a ‘founding member’! And if you can’t make it to the big celebration event, you can become a member any time at www.WhiteHorseBlackMountain.com/membership

The April 21st Celebration is going to be one of those events that people will talk about for years to come, and we hope you will join us!

Live Music at Hickory Tavern
Apr 21 @ 9:00 pm – Apr 22 @ 6:00 pm
Hickory Tavern
This is What Dreams Are Made Of: Disney Channel Dreams + 2000s Pop Throwbacks Dance Party
Apr 21 @ 9:00 pm
The Grey Eagle

A Disney Channel Dreams & 2000s pop throwback Dance Party in Asheville, presented by Le Petite Fete!

Saturday, April 22, 2023
Mother Earth Food: Local + sustainable food delivered to your door
Apr 22 all-day
online w/ Organic Growers School
OGS Ad

Mother Earth Food:

Local & sustainable food delivered to your door!

 

Ever wish your favorite items from your local farmers market could be delivered to your door? Mother Earth Food makes that possible!

Mother Earth Food is a family-owned, grocery home delivery service featuring local organic food from farmers and food artisans from Asheville and across Western North Carolina. Mother Earth Food delivers organic and sustainably raised vegetables, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods, prepared meals, wellness items, and pantry items to those living in Western NC.

“We believe that supporting locally raised and produced food is how we can best change our food system and help our community move towards a healthier and more sustainable future. By partnering with Mother Earth Food, you dramatically lessen the miles that your food travels to get to your plate. It is estimated that meals in the U.S. travel about 1,500 miles to get from farm to plate, while local meals travel an average of 50 miles. The environmental and economic ripple effect from what we do is not only changing our community… it’s changing the world! We’re lessening our carbon footprint by bringing the Farmer’s Market to your door!” – MEF Team.

 

Use the coupon code “OGS25” to get $25 off your first order.

Volunteer with Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity
Apr 22 all-day
Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity

We build strength, stability and self-reliance through shelter.

Welcome to our online volunteer calendar!

Whether sorting donations in the ReStore, hammering on the construction site, or assisting families with critical home repair, we hope you’ll find the volunteer opportunity that is right for you!

  • Our construction sites are open! Sign-up to build with us with just your email and first name. No password is required. If you need additional assistance please email Stephanie Wallace.
  • Looking to schedule a team build day? We welcome corporate and faith groups year-round. To inquire about sponsorship opportunities please email Zoe Trout.
  • Looking for ReStore opportunities? Please email Carrie Burgin.

 

  • Building together for 40 years

    Homes

    Safe, stable housing is linked to improved health, better educational outcomes, financial stability, and much more. See data below.

    Hope

    With thousands already served, those seeking stable housing can see what safe, decent housing has done for others and what it can do for them.

    Communities

    Communities are built when neighbors connect. Through our homebuyer education program, neighbors get to know each other long before move-in day.

    Since incorporating on February 11, 1983, thousands of local adults and children have benefitted from AAHH’s affordable Homeownership and Home Repair Programs. Each home build and home repair project has been an exercise in partnership. Volunteers, donors, advocates, homeowners, and ReStore supporters – folks of various religions, ethnicities, socio-economic classes, and political beliefs – unite around a shared vision and build homes, communities, and hope.

    We are grateful to all who have been part of the journey thus far. And we invite new partners to our work. There is still much work to be done, and it will take all of us

Work out for free at Linwood Crump Shiloh Community Center
Apr 22 all-day
Linwood Crump Shiloh Community Center

Asheville Parks & Recreation (APR) recently renovated fitness centers at Linwood Crump Shiloh and Stephens-Lee community centers – and community members can enjoy use of cardio equipment, exercise machines, free weights, open gym time, and more through June 30, 2023. During this time, APR will waive membership and daily pass fees so more people can access the necessities for a regular fitness routine. Locals can sign up online or at either community center to receive a fitness center key fob that can be scanned at either location.

 

“Our team is committed to creating spaces in which everyone feels welcome,” according to D. Tyrell McGirt, APR Director. “We are in the community building business. The gyms and fitness rooms at these two locations are filled with everything you’d expect from other top-notch fitness facilities and dedicated to body positivity and accessible wellness. By waiving the cost to use them for the first six months of the year, we hope more friends and neighbors will be able to connect with each other and maintain healthy lifestyles.”

Work out for free at Stephens-Lee Community Center
Apr 22 all-day
Stephens-Lee Community Center

Asheville Parks & Recreation (APR) recently renovated fitness centers at Linwood Crump Shiloh and Stephens-Lee community centers – and community members can enjoy use of cardio equipment, exercise machines, free weights, open gym time, and more through June 30, 2023. During this time, APR will waive membership and daily pass fees so more people can access the necessities for a regular fitness routine. Locals can sign up online or at either community center to receive a fitness center key fob that can be scanned at either location.

 

“Our team is committed to creating spaces in which everyone feels welcome,” according to D. Tyrell McGirt, APR Director. “We are in the community building business. The gyms and fitness rooms at these two locations are filled with everything you’d expect from other top-notch fitness facilities and dedicated to body positivity and accessible wellness. By waiving the cost to use them for the first six months of the year, we hope more friends and neighbors will be able to connect with each other and maintain healthy lifestyles.”

Pisgah Project Day
Apr 22 @ 12:09 am – 1:09 am
Pisgah Ranger District
The Pisgah Conservancy is pleased to announce the return of Pisgah Project Day, a community work day that allows volunteers to make hands-on improvements to the Pisgah Ranger District, on April 22. Interested volunteers are invited to register at www.pisgahconservancy.org now through April 17.
Pisgah Project Day was first held in September 2016 and returned last spring after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Pisgah Project Day 2022 resulted in 1,320 working hours spent improving the Pisgah Ranger District across 23 different projects in a single day thanks to the more than 325 individuals who volunteered.
This year’s projects include bridge construction and repair, maintenance and viewshed improvement, trail maintenance, graffiti removal, trash removal, gardening, invasive species removal, and much more.
Volunteers will be working at project sites throughout the Pisgah Ranger District, including at Looking Glass Falls and Fryingpan Tower and on Sam Knob, Barnett Branch, Cat Gap, Estatoe, Daniel Ridge, and Turkeypen Gap trails.
The following sponsors have collectively contributed more than $55,000 toward this year’s event: Transylvania County Tourism Development Authority, Hunter Subaru, Blue Ridge Orthodontics, D.D. Bullwinkel’s Outdoors, Fisher Realty, Mast General Store, Motion Makers Bicycle Shop and Sycamore Cycles, Oskar Blues Brewery, Pilot Cove, Range Urgent Care, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Vulcan Materials Company, Adventure Pisgah, Bartlett Tree Experts, Comporium, GRAYL, Looking Glass Realty, O.P. Taylor’s, Pisgah Coffee Roasters, Piney Mountain Bike Lounge, Pisgah Map Co., REI, Water Oak Dental, 3Oak Handcrafted, Altura Architects, Brevard Insurance Company, ELEVATE Physical Therapy, First Citizens Bank, FYZICAL Therapy & Balance Centers, Gaia Herbs, PLATT, and Unplug with Nature Hiking Group.
The following partner groups are involved in Pisgah Project Day: U.S. Forest Service, Back Country Horsemen of Pisgah, Carolina Climbers Coalition, Carolina Mountain Club, FIND Outdoors, Further Trails, NC Fish and Wildlife Conservation Council, Pisgah Area SORBA, Pisgah Cowboys, Southern Appalachian Wilderness Stewards, Trail Dynamics, Transylvania County Extension Master Gardeners, and Trout Unlimited.
The Pisgah Conservancy is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) whose mission is to provide funding to preserve the natural resources and scenic beauty of the Pisgah Ranger District and to enhance the recreational experience of all visitors to Pisgah. For more information, visit www.pisgahconservancy.org.
Get Involved: Earth Day Cleanup
Apr 22 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
various locations in Asheville

 

What better way to celebrate Earth Day than to help Buncombe County beautify its parks? The 2023 Earth Day cleanup is a volunteer day for community members, schools, clubs, organizations, businesses, etc to engage in a hands-on way to clean up various parks throughout Buncombe County in preparation for increased use as warm weather amps up. This will include Lake Julian Park, Charles D Owen Park, Buncombe County Sports Park, Ledges Whitewater Park, and Alexander River Park.

The event is Saturday, April 22 (Earth Day) from 9 a.m.-noon. The tasks volunteers can help with include litter pickup and landscaping. The litter pickup would include cleaning up trash and debris from along roadways, walking paths, entrances to parks, and wooded areas. The landscaping opportunities include:

  • Trimming limbs and shrubs
  • Planting flower plugs and other small plants and bushes along buildings and picnic shelters, park entrances, in garden areas and on embankments
  • Rejuvenating garden areas with wildflower seeds and plugs, and watering plants, clearing brush
  • Removing fallen limbs, overgrowth from pathways planted areas,
  • Removing invasive species from choking out native species in some areas.

Volunteer groups are limited in capacity by location and volunteers can choose which park and task they would like to be involved with. Volunteers will be provided materials such as gloves, litter pickers, trash bags, loppers, shovels, shears, watering cans, seedlings, bulbs, shrubs, flowers, safety vests, etc. Registration is available on Simpletix and is set to be active March 15-April 15.

Gatherings of Artists + Writers Coffee
Apr 22 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Tryon Fine Arts Center

TFAC invites all artists: painters, sculptors, writers, performers & more — to a casual weekly drop-in gathering on Saturday mornings at 9 AM to share your works in progress, alert others, and chat about art and what’s happening in your community.

The first weekly Coffee is Saturday, August 20 at 9 am.

No RSVP needed, just drop by!

Free parking available on Melrose Avenue, behind and alongside TFAC.

AmiciMusic Presents “THE RUSSIAN CELLO”
Apr 22 @ 2:00 pm
White Horse Black Mountain
Featured Performers

Alicia Ward, Director of the Peabody String program in Baltimore, Md

Dr. Daniel Weiser , Concert Pianist and Founding Director of AmiciMusic

Great works for cello and piano by Russian composers

Works By: BALAKIREV, SHOSTAKOVICH, AND RACHMANINOFF

Join us for a powerful and passionate program of Russian music with a wonderful cellist named Alicia Ward who directs the Peabody Prep String program in Baltimore and has performed around the world.  We will perform the amazing Rachmaninoff Cello Sonata, filled with some of the most incredible melodies in all of the literature as well as some truly virtuosic writing and over the top emotion. Also included is the Shostakovich Cello Sonata from 1934 that brings us to Soviet Russia under Stalin and some incredible contrasts in styles and idioms from a long bleak winter to an exciting peasant dance to some of his most romantic writing as well, having just fallen in love. Finally, we perform an early work by Balakirev, one of the Russian Five, who helped create the new idea of Russian Nationalist composers.

Cellist Alicia Ward made her orchestral debut as a featured soloist at the age of twelve, and has since performed throughout the United States and abroad as chamber musician, recitalist and soloist. She has most recently performed as recitalist at Strathmore, the Kennedy Center, the Music on the Lake Series of Lake Barcroft, as well as several of the embassies of Washington, DC. Ward was chosen as an Artist in Residence at Strathmore for the 2010-2011 season, at which time her debut CD Tableaux was released.

She has been a soloist with the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of St. John, the American Youth Philharmonic and the Peninsula Youth Orchestra. Ward has been a top prize-winner of several competitions throughout the United States including the grand prize at the Music Teacher National Association Young Artists Competition held in Denver, and second place with her piano trio at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. As an active chamber musician, she has performed at the Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival, the Menuhin Chamber Music Seminar in San Francisco, the International Music Academy in the Czech Republic, Jordan Hall, Strathmore and the Kennedy Center. In 2005, Ward was one of twelve cellists selected to perform at the International Piatigorsky Seminar for Cellists held at the University of Southern California.

She has also been invited to attend the Banff International Cello Master Classes and the Young Artists Program of the National Arts Centre, under the direction of Pinchas Zukerman. Ward began studying cello in San Francisco with Barbara Wampner. She received her Bachelor of Music degree from the Peabody Conervatory as the recipient of the Steven Kates Memorial Scholarship where she studied with David Hardy. Ward received her Master of Music degree from the New England Conservatory as the recipient of the Natica Righter Williams Scholarship, under the tutelage of Laurence Lesser. Her other principal teachers include Sandy Walsh Wilson of the Alexander String Quartet, Tanya Carey, and Hans Jorgen Jensen.

 

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THE LOUDES
Apr 22 @ 5:00 pm
The Grey Eagle
– ALL AGES
– LIMITED PATIO SEATING IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED

THE LOUDES
The Loudes formed in 2018 as a 3 piece acoustic-electric punk-folk band, digging in with an aggressive all original format.  Over the next few years Sam Barker and Tony Preston expanded the band to a five piece. From the deep archival talents of lead guitarist Glen Case they added many cover tunes to their song list with Kaiya Pelletier’s soulful, sassy vocal skills completing the circle.Gritty original and cover material are their hallmark, ever transmitting the great fun and joy of performing for live audiences.  They have been playing professionally around the greater Asheville area for the past few years, pausing only briefly for Covid Cloud to pass by.

LAZOOM Tours: BAND AND BEER TOUR
Apr 22 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
LaZoom Room

Wanna hear the best local music ​and​ drink the best local beers? Hop aboard LaZoom’s Purple Bus and rock out with a local band while we take you on a journey to Asheville’s premiere local breweries.

  • Curated Live Music & Brewery Bus experience
  • 3 Hours long, includes three 30 Minute Local Brewery Stops
  • You Can Drink on the Funky Purple Bus! **Must be purchased at LaZoom or at brewery stop**
Copeland: Beneath Medicine Tree 20th Anniversary Tour
Apr 22 @ 8:00 pm
The Grey Eagle

– ALL AGES
– STANDING ROOM ONLY
– LIMITED NUMBER OF VIP MEET AND GREET PACKAGES AVAILABLE, INCLUDING: 
– One (1) general admission ticket to see Copeland live
– Early Entry
– 3 song pre-show acoustic performance and Q&A Session
– Meet and Greet / Photo with Copeland
– One (1) exclusive poster, signed by Copeland
– Crowd-free merchandise shopping

COPELAND
Longevity in music comes through pushing yourself and expanding the possibilities of your sound. This has never been more true for Copeland on their latest effort Blushing, a collection of 11 new tracks that advance and evolve everything the trio of musicians has done up until now. The band,
which originally formed in Lakeland, Florida in 2001, has unveiled six albums, spanning from their 2003’s debut Beneath Medicine Tree to 2016’s Ixora. While they began as a rock band, Copeland’s music has explored multiple genres and pulled in various stylistic influences like electronic and symphonic. In the past the musicians have aptly melded these styles, creating a unique amalgam of sounds. This time they wanted to take each sound and style and push it to its logical extreme.

80S VS 90S DANCE PARTY featuring DJ Molly Parti + DJ Oso Rey
Apr 22 @ 9:00 pm
The Orange Peel
Sunday, April 23, 2023
Incendiary Performer + Piano Rocker Jesse Daniel Edwards
Apr 23 all-day
Shakey's

High-energy, piano & guitar based alt rock marked by virtuosic musicianship; dark and masterful songwriting; soaring vocals; and a band that crosses nimbly from gritty guitars to pounding piano.

Jesse Daniel Edwards is an alternative rock songwriter from the small mountain town of Cuyamaca, CA where he grew up without TV, internet, or significant exposure to the outside world. Leaving home at 16, he spent his late teens busking on street corners around the US and abroad with his brother. While singing outside of bars on Music Row in Nashville, TN Jesse struck up a friendship with Al Bunetta (John Prine). Bunetta served as a mentor to the young artist, encouraging Jesse to write and tour full-time in the years to follow. His songs have been featured in radio, TV, streaming movies, video games, and film- with his latest album (produced by Joe Chiccarelli- The Shins, The Strokes) releasing in June of 2023.

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Mother Earth Food: Local + sustainable food delivered to your door
Apr 23 all-day
online w/ Organic Growers School
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Mother Earth Food:

Local & sustainable food delivered to your door!

 

Ever wish your favorite items from your local farmers market could be delivered to your door? Mother Earth Food makes that possible!

Mother Earth Food is a family-owned, grocery home delivery service featuring local organic food from farmers and food artisans from Asheville and across Western North Carolina. Mother Earth Food delivers organic and sustainably raised vegetables, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods, prepared meals, wellness items, and pantry items to those living in Western NC.

“We believe that supporting locally raised and produced food is how we can best change our food system and help our community move towards a healthier and more sustainable future. By partnering with Mother Earth Food, you dramatically lessen the miles that your food travels to get to your plate. It is estimated that meals in the U.S. travel about 1,500 miles to get from farm to plate, while local meals travel an average of 50 miles. The environmental and economic ripple effect from what we do is not only changing our community… it’s changing the world! We’re lessening our carbon footprint by bringing the Farmer’s Market to your door!” – MEF Team.

 

Use the coupon code “OGS25” to get $25 off your first order.

Work out for free at Linwood Crump Shiloh Community Center
Apr 23 all-day
Linwood Crump Shiloh Community Center

Asheville Parks & Recreation (APR) recently renovated fitness centers at Linwood Crump Shiloh and Stephens-Lee community centers – and community members can enjoy use of cardio equipment, exercise machines, free weights, open gym time, and more through June 30, 2023. During this time, APR will waive membership and daily pass fees so more people can access the necessities for a regular fitness routine. Locals can sign up online or at either community center to receive a fitness center key fob that can be scanned at either location.

 

“Our team is committed to creating spaces in which everyone feels welcome,” according to D. Tyrell McGirt, APR Director. “We are in the community building business. The gyms and fitness rooms at these two locations are filled with everything you’d expect from other top-notch fitness facilities and dedicated to body positivity and accessible wellness. By waiving the cost to use them for the first six months of the year, we hope more friends and neighbors will be able to connect with each other and maintain healthy lifestyles.”