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.
Interested in adding an event to our calendar? Please click the green “Post Your Event” button below.
Due to the impending rain forecast – AVL WBL Ride #3 has been moved indoors!
All the details and to sign up are here –>
https://mailchi.mp/idaph/avl-wbl-ride-3-is-going-indoors-four-locations?fbclid=IwAR1lxKBxu6UbArTQx5NWlBrLCXTdxaE1-4Hb8rFzmozcP9A2Y3QPVg78CFY
https://www.facebook.com/events/195874344681570/
We will be celebrating our open house Saturday, December 1st. Come take advantage of special sales and join us for refreshments.
We look forward to sharing some holiday cheer with you!
https://www.facebook.com/events/487211081793837/
FREE group run which will be held at Lake Conestee Nature Park We
will be using the same 5 mile loop as 2017 and 2018 for the 8k and the 50k 6 loop group run.
https://www.facebook.com/events/216170962403045/
Reclaimed Creations is a unique sculpture exhibit created by renowned artist Sayaka Ganz. Utilizing reclaimed plastic objects, such as discarded utensils, Ganz creates amazing sculptures that visually appear unified at a distance, but are in fact separated when examined up close. Described as using a “3D impressionistic” style, Ganz’s exhibit includes installations of animals in motion, which are in rich in color and energy, to create an illusion of form.
About the Artist
Born in Yokohama, Japan, Sayaka Ganz grew up living in Japan, Brazil and Hong Kong. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Indiana University, Bloomington, and a Master of Fine Arts degree in sculpture from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. A lecturer and teacher, Ganz’s work has been displayed at various institutions around the globe, including the Hermann Geiger Foundation in Cecina, Italy, the Isle Gallery in Isle of Man, and the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California.
My work is about perceiving harmony, even in situations that appear chaotic from the inside. When observing my sculptures up close, one might see gaps, holes and items being held on only by small points; step away, however, and the sculptures reveal the harmony created when the objects are aligned to the same general (but not identical) direction. Similarly, it is important to gain perspective by stepping back from current problems and look at the larger picture. Then one can perceive the beauty and patterns that exist.”
Do you ever feel like your life feels like Groundhog day? Same boss yelling at you, same lack of motivation? Let’s change all that!
It’s time to figure out what you want in 2019 create habits and systems to make what you resolve to do a reality!
Program Includes:
-2 Online Classes/Month (first Wednesday at 1pm EST and third Thursday at 6:30pm)
-Facilitated Facebook Group
-Two 1:1 calls with Lisa per month
-Limited to 10 participants
CLASS TOPICS:
SELF LOVE // HIGH ACHIEVEMENT HABITS // RELATIONSHIP WITH MONEY // HOW TO CHANGE YOUR MOOD // WHEN THINGS GO BAD // WRITING GOALS // HOW TO BE A BADASS // DAILY HABITS
$225/month or $750 paid in full
https://www.facebook.com/events/181861672698881/
Bounty Of Bethlehem Volunteering is truly a double blessing – to those you serve and like a boomerang it comes right back to bless you as well! Many hands make light work, and we would love to have yours/your family’s help as we serve our 36th Annual Community Christmas Dinner, December 25, 2018!!!
If you would like to give back to your Hendersonville Community, please reach out to us at 828 702-1467 and we’ll return the call. We are in need of some leadership spots prior to the sign up date.
The sign up date will be open to first come first serve for the available spots. We’d love to have you work with us to feed our community Christmas Day.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2135564953438104/
Free pancake breakfast to all kids and adults (donations welcome). Free visit with Santa and one free Polaroid-type photo per child. Free craft activity.
https://www.facebook.com/events/330026644493976/
The last of our Mountains to Sea Trail hike series will be Saturday December 1. We have two hikes both ending at the Folk Arts Center. The first hike is about five miles starting at Craven Gap; the second is about two miles and begins near the Folk Art Center. Meet at 8:30 AM at Burnsville Town Square. Yancey Transportation is offering shuttle service for a $5.00 donation. Contact hike leader Dennis Smith at [email protected] or call 828-284-4000 to reserve your spot!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1908881122741646/
Planning for your birth is important – but don’t forget to plan for everything after! Join us for a fun, informative, and hands-on 4th Trimester class. This five hour class will walk you through the early postpartum period when you land home, emotions, nutrition, bonding, taking care of yourself, being present in your relationship with you newborn and partner, physical changes and settling into your body again, baby care basics, and more. Each class will also include a “make and take” of sitz bath herbs so your can nourish and heal in the early days of recovery. This class is ideal to take with your partner but can be taken solo if needed.
This class is taught alternately by Kelly Brown and Ginny Parham. Kelly and Ginny are both DONA certifited birth doulas, DONA trained postpartum doulas, and Certified Lamaze Childbirth Educators.
https://www.facebook.com/events/249329585660489/
Freshly made Christmas decorations and gifts! Items are unique and each item handcrafted by the Land O’ Sky Garden Club membership.
All proceed go toward scholarships.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1110146392509800/?event_time_id=1110146399176466
I will be vending again this year at The Asheville Flea For Y’all. This years Flea will be a two day event!!!! How exciting! Come get your holiday shopping done!
December 1st – 9am-5pm
December 2nd – 10am-4pm
This event has a $3 admission/kids are free
Can’t wait to see all you lovely people. ?
NOTE: I am not the host of this event, I am only participating. If you’d like information on being a vendor check out the Flea For Y’all Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2174433666125058/
Christmas at Biltmore Daytime Celebration*
Saturday, November 3, 2018 – Sunday, January 6, 2019 (daily)
*Included with estate admission.
*Does not include “Candlelight Christmas Evenings”
Experience the holidays wreathed with the wonder of Biltmore. Our celebration presents Christmas on a grand scale with more than 55 trees decorated by our talented staff, accented with miles of ribbon, garlands, and lights. Festive menus in our restaurants and holiday wine tastings make for a memorable visit.
Learn more about #ChristmasAtBiltmore or plan your visit: biltmore.com/Christmas
https://www.facebook.com/events/104655743803303/?event_time_id=104655767136634
Christmas in the Mountains. 9 am – 2 pm. Indoor art and craft show and sale with visiting artisans just in time for holiday giving. Free cookie decorating table for kids. The Schoolhouse Cafe will be open all day and the Gallery is open until 5:00 PM.
https://www.facebook.com/events/166606457597798/
4th annual ~
Holiday Flea For Y’all
TWO DAYS!
SAT, Dec 1 (9-5)
SUN, Dec 2 (10-4)
Vintage, antiques & handmade FLEA MARKET.
A must-do for antiquers, vintage collectors, art seekers and sellers. The finest vintage picking around, local handmade art and objects, people watching, collecting, and connecting with over 100 local and regional vendors and artists.
VENDORS Apply Now!! http://ashevillefleaforyall.com/apply/
ASHEVILLE FLEA FOR Y’ALL https://www.facebook.com/ashevillefleaforyall/
Location: WNC AG Center
$3 ADULT admission, kids FREE
FREE PARKING!
Across from the Asheville Airport, WNC AG Center, Davis Event Building and Expo Center Gate # 5. (Exit 40 on I-26)
https://www.facebook.com/events/151868778997558/
HCA is hosting the annual Holiday Market at Webster Baptist Church on December 1st from 9am-3pm. We will have over 30 vendors with unique and handmade products! Come shop for Christmas, or just treat yourself!
https://www.facebook.com/events/954403111415814/
SOLD OUT
Saturday, December 1, 9am-4pm
Josef Albers’s Color and Design Workshop.
Fritz Horstman, Education Coordinator at The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation leads this workshop exploring and expanding upon Josef Albers’s classroom exercises from the Bauhaus, BMC, and Yale. In his time teaching at Black Mountain, Jacob Lawrence sat in on Albers’s famous color course, and later recalled how important it was to his own painting. In the workshop we will try Albers’s color experiments and also investigate paper folding, design studies, and more.
$40 for BMCM+AC members + students w/ID / $60 non-members
(Cover image: Genevieve Naylor, Josef Albers teaches paper folding.)
https://www.facebook.com/events/2034204106910034/
Learn to direct warp your rigid heddle loom and get weaving in one day! We will be focused on learning the direct warping method for rigid heddle, threading and basic beginning weaving techniques. You will leave with a warped loom, ready for weaving!
Note: You will need to bring a rigid heddle loom to participate in this workshop. If you do not have one, but would like to rent or purchase one, please contact Karen Donde, who will have a limited supply available first-come, first served.
Level: All levels welcome
https://www.facebook.com/events/190225485151160/
Free admission, 35 different vendors, handmade gifts, baked goods, hourly door prizes (must be present to win) This supports “Backpacks of Love” which helps feed homeless children in Haywood County. For more info call 828.648.0101 or 828.400.5345
https://www.facebook.com/events/1839897832784846/
Join Diamond Brand Gear and In Blue Handmade to learn the basics of sewing, how to use a machine, and leave with your very own creation. In an intimate setting in downtown Asheville, we will be creating a growler bag (all materials provided). Bring your own sewing machine to learn more about your tool or use one of ours at the micro-factory. At the end of the class enjoy refreshments and an opportunity for additional Q&A with our master sewing wizards. You leave with your very own bag. With all of the great breweries in Asheville, don’t you need one? Cost of the class (materials included) is only $35!
SEW YOUR VERY OWN INSULATED GROWLER BAG!
Join Diamond Brand Gear and In Blue Handmade to learn the basics of sewing, how to use a machine, and leave with your very own creation. In an intimate setting in downtown Asheville, we will be creating a growler bag (all materials provided). Bring your own sewing machine to learn more about your tool or use one of ours at the micro-factory. At the end of the class enjoy refreshments and an opportunity for additional Q&A with our master sewing wizards. You leave with your very own bag. With all of the great breweries in Asheville, don’t you need one? Cost of the class (materials included) is only $35!
https://www.facebook.com/events/364712127603088/
This is our annual end of the year seminar, where we feature our very latest research discoveries and practical techniques with healing stones!
It is also the only seminar of the year where we make available our best stones we have found over the last 12 months, through extensive hands-on vibrational testing at the largest gem and mineral shows in North America. This year we have many great new discoveries & developments to share, including our now creating our own custom-cut stones here at the Vesica Institute (cut into optimal shapes for practical vibrational applications).
This class is one of our most popular every year, with very limited seating.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2228913024059675/
Join Pure Yoga Asheville for a purrfectly fun event to benefit the Asheville Humane Society! Yoga with Kitties is led by Pure Yoga Asheville at the Asheville Humane Society at 14 Forever Friend Lane. The class is one hour. Cost is $15. Attendees are required to sign up ahead of time through Pure Yoga Asheville.
Kittens and cats will be provided by the Asheville Humane Society – please don’t bring your own cat. Do bring your own yoga mat. Space is limited and expected to sell out! The class is taught by Farrell! Questions – email Beth at [email protected].
https://www.facebook.com/events/2284641568439700/
Join us with instructor Lauren for a warming Yoga flow class followed by a fresh cup of joe!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1982649088482129/
Local author Terry Ruscin will present an illustrated program at the Genealogical and Historical Society, 9:30 a.m., Saturday, December 1. The slideshow, set to music, will center around Ruscin’s latest book, “Images of America: Henderson County,” which released this September.
Images and facts include the county’s first deed, which was not for an exchange of land. Other firsts include the first commercial building on Main Street, first city hall, first hospital, first black registered nurse, first bank, and first black church.
The program and book take in the entire county with images and facts from Macedonia and Mountain Page, to Gerton, Bat Cave, Middle Fork and Shaws Creek. The collection of photographs includes fires, mills, still, houses of worship, schools, commercial buildings and homes, and families and individuals.
https://www.facebook.com/events/804161533249095/
Join us for the Nature Center’s annual holiday celebration: A Winter’s Tail! There will be festive crafts, games and of course, animal programs!
Activities Include:
Photos with Santa (12-4pm)
Garland crafts
Candle dipping
Holiday mask making
Sidewalk chalk art
Special animal enrichment programs
Standard admission rates apply, more info at wildwnc.org/plan-your-visit.
As always, Friends members get in for free! Membership information: wildwnc.org/membership
https://www.facebook.com/events/139382626873796/
Join the Bullington Elves as we open our doors and our hearts to new & old friends at our annual Holiday Sale & Open House. Shop for custom made wreaths, amaryllis, poinsettias, handcrafted ornaments and crafts, swag and cyclamen.
Freshly cut, native Fraser Firs and wreaths are available by pre-order. Order must be placed by 4 pm, November 21 and can be ordered online or by phone.
We are also offering the opportunity to purchase Veteran’s Wreaths that will be placed at the State Veteran’s Cemetery in Black Mountain. Call to order or order online.
https://www.facebook.com/events/907572839630610/
Join in on the fun for the final Baby Boogie session of 2018!!!
Music, movement, laughter and play come together to help your little one discover the basic fundamentals and joy of dance! Bond with your toddler through movement activities, action songs, fun props, sing-a-longs, parachute play and more!
Saturdays 10:00-10:45am
November 3rd, 10th, 17th
December 1st and 8th
Located at The Mothership
227A Haywood Road in West AVL
Drop In for $8/family!
Register Here:
https://squareup.com/store/baby-steps-dance
https://www.facebook.com/events/334418070700963/?event_time_id=334418090700961
Our Annual Christmas Show is Saturday, December 1st 10am-5pm.
All Vendor Spots have been filled for this Show.
WoodMill is happy to welcome back previous vendors as well as some new!
Alpaca Barn returns with Hats, Socks, Scarves and Gloves.
Darby’s Kitchen featuring Elderberry Syrup, Jelly, Jam & Apple Butter.
Willona Apiary Honey.
Blue Goat Dairy Goat Cheese.
LadyBug Bakery Bread, Cookies & elderberry syrup.
Delightful Dips with yummy homemade dips and cheese-ball mixes.
Scentsy has fragrance for your house, car, laundry, and your skin with Warmers, Wax, Diffusers, Lotions, Sprays
Zendays Designs Home wood signs.
Pink Zebra Home Fragrance Sprinkles, that allows you to create your own personal recipe of fragrance and color.
Leatherman Farm Tin Signs, Books & Crafts.
Young Living Essential Oils & Products.
Walnut Creek Pottery & Leather.
Pampered Chef Kitchen Utensils.
Tuppperware.
Spi Rolls will have her delicious Cake Rolls. Homemade specialty cake rolls in a large variety of flavors.
Black Pug Pottery, featuring pottery for Animal Lovers.
31 Gifts.
Now That’s Fudge.
Try Something Wild Game Jerky.
Whimsies & Whatnots Gemstone Jewelry and Yard Art.
Udderly Simple Soap Company Goat Milk Soap, Organic Lip Balm, Mineral Toothpaste & More!
Paparazzi Jewelry.
LuLaRoe Dresses, Tops & Leggings.
Oragami Owl with custom jewelry known for telling stories through signature Living Lockets, personalized Charms, Bracelets and Earrings, Sugar Hand Scrub & Soap. .
Ricky’s Originals Wooden made Christmas Crafts.
Rainbow Vacuum.
Art by Todd.
Katie’s Kissable Klub, LipSense.
Turned Bowls & Wooden Cowboy Hats.
Randy Rocks of Fire Candles.
Home Improvement vendor; Universal Windows Direct.
Complimentary Wine Tastings and Winery Tours will be available throughout the day.
Wine Specials – 10% off 3 or more bottles of wine and 20% off cases of wine during Event!
Free Admission / Free Parking / Free Wine Samplings
Rain or Shine Event – No Pets Allowed
1350 John Beam Road – Vale, NC 28168 / (704)276-9911
https://www.facebook.com/events/904210969781700/
Join us as we celebrate the holiday season here in Asheville at our gallery in Biltmore Village! With the holidays in full swing, we’re hosting a weekend-long event for you to come browse handmade gifts and meet our makers. Marc Tickle of On Reflection Kaleidoscopes will be demonstrating his kaleidoscopes. As well as Bill Apelian of The Linden Wood Studio showcasing his woodcarving skills. Both of these makers will be here throughout Saturday and Sunday. The gallery will have music from the Charles D. Owen High School Barbershop Quartet, Fourmata, along with cider and cookies to get in the spirit of the season. We look forward to having you here in Biltmore Village!
Event URL: https://www.southernhighlandguild.org/event/dickens-in-the-village/
More about Dickens Village Festival:
A beautiful historic district in Asheville transforms during the holidays, transporting you back in time to the days of Charles Dickens and A Christmas Carol.
On the first weekend of December, Historic Biltmore Village takes on new life as a quaint Victorian town for the Old World Dickens in the Village Festival. Biltmore Village is a unique shopping and dining destination in Asheville, located just outside of Biltmore Estate and just two miles from downtown.
The Dickens in the Village festival is an immersive holiday experience featuring performances by strolling carolers, actors and musicians dressed in Dickensian era costumes. As you stroll the brick-lined streets of the Village during the festival, pick up freshly roasted chestnuts or hop on a horse-drawn carriage ride.
Each year, this Asheville holiday tradition features a tree lighting ceremony on the Village Green. To go with these lights are beautiful white lights outlining the historic buildings and streetlights throughout the Village, which all combine to create a magical atmosphere.
The Dickens Festival is expanding in 2018 with the addition of an enhanced light display. The new Local Lights holiday display in Biltmore Village will be designed by the same team that creates the wildly popular Winter Lights at the North Carolina Arboretum. The new lights will feature large 3-D angels and stars hanging across Biltmore Village Streets. The Local Lights display is a partnership between the Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority (BCTDA), the North Carolina Arboretum, the City of Asheville, the Asheville Downtown Association and the Historic Biltmore Village Association.
Also new this year, is “Mugs of Merriment,” a free tasting event and hot drink contest featuring local restaurants! Sip these delicious drinks and vote for your favorites at this event presented by The Blind Pig.
And, stroll the new Show and Tell Pop Up Market slated for Friday. This village-style market will offer local crafts and gift items. Roots + Wings School of Art and Design will have crafts for kids and wreath-making classes.
As you enjoy the festivities, head inside the warm and welcoming shops to discover unique finds for each person on your list. Biltmore Village offers a collection of retailers which include everything from local merchandise stores to high-end boutiques and international retailers. During Dickens in the Village, many of the shops stay open late.
Biltmore Village is also home to highly-sought and diverse dining experiences. And, it’s home to outstanding accommodations from luxury hotels to family-friendly lodging.
https://www.facebook.com/events/322386235015593/
We need 10 volunteers to help us plant trees and shrubs and move rocks. Free food and distillery tastings will be available to volunteers. There will also be some live music. We hope to have a good turn out so everyone can see what great work we all have accomplished out at Elevated Park! $10 donations for non-volunteers.
Please contact Caitlin Worsham to RSVP by November 30th
[email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/events/1916293291819263/