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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Originally a business major, BlackNote style of music blends heavy bass with rap influences from his childhood to create a deep bass dance experience.
Seymour has always grown up in big music environment. From him breakdancing to going out to big dance parties.
Rooted in hip hop and DnB, Chillum (Matt Lucas) has spent the last five years building a name for himself as a DJ with few boundaries. Having played at several important venues around Atlanta like Quad, Aisle 5 (Slow and Low), Lava Lounge, Alley Cat, Union, Iris (Rush Lounge), and the Masquerade (Torch); as well as the Alchemy and Euphoria burns, he is versatile enough to please any crowd. In the last year he’s played 3 out of state shows including a headlining event in Boston.
Vending
Capacity is 70, outdoor only.
First Come, First Serve
Lenny P. covering bass keys with his left, keys w his right, singing, triggering some beats and efx… delivering a full live-band sound as just one dude. 3 sets of music at this OUTDOORS SOCIALLY DISTANCED venue on a fabulous Friday evening!
Recipient of a 2018 Avery Fisher Career Grant and a 2017 Lincoln Center Award for Emerging Artists, the Calidore String Quartet first made international headlines as winner of the $100,000 Grand Prize of the 2016 M-Prize Chamber Arts Competition. The quartet was the first North American ensemble to win the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship, a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, and is currently in residence with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Bowers Program (formerly CMS Two).
PROGRAM
“Schubert in Bohemia”
FRANZ SCHUBERT: Quartet in A minor, D. 804, Op. 29 “Rosamunde”
LEOS JANACEK: Quartet No. 1, “Kreutzer”
ANTONIN DVORAK: Quartet in F major, Op. 96, “American”
Come boogie to a Friday night dance mix featuring some amazing visuals on the outdoor big screen.
BRO: Beyond the Concert Hall explores the ways the members of the Blue Ridge Orchestra are playing, practicing, and enjoying music during the 2020 pandemic. New videos will be added weekly so check back to see more musicians!
Calling all spoken word artists 15 years or older
ABOUT WORDplay©
WORDplay© is a twelve month slam poetry competition featuring Spoken Word Poets from all over Western North Carolina. Each month ten to twelve Poets will be selected via video submissions, for the chance to compete for Different Strokes Performing Arts Collective’s WORDplay© championship and a $1,000.00 cash prize. The monthly online competition, hosted by local Poets Barbie Angell and Shanita Jackson, is open to regional Poets who are at least 15 years of age. One Poet from each month’s competition will be selected to compete in front of a live audience in the October and November 2021 Semi-Finals. Two remaining Poets will vie for the WORDplay© championship in December 2021. The second place Poet will receive $500.00. Each Semi-Finalist will receive $100.00.
We are accepting submissions for January and February rounds now through November 23, 2020. Selected Poets will be notified by December 23, 2020.
Recipient of a 2018 Avery Fisher Career Grant and a 2017 Lincoln Center Award for Emerging Artists, the Calidore String Quartet first made international headlines as winner of the $100,000 Grand Prize of the 2016 M-Prize Chamber Arts Competition. The quartet was the first North American ensemble to win the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship, a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, and is currently in residence with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Bowers Program (formerly CMS Two).
PROGRAM
“Schubert in Bohemia”
FRANZ SCHUBERT: Quartet in A minor, D. 804, Op. 29 “Rosamunde”
LEOS JANACEK: Quartet No. 1, “Kreutzer”
ANTONIN DVORAK: Quartet in F major, Op. 96, “American”
BRO: Beyond the Concert Hall explores the ways the members of the Blue Ridge Orchestra are playing, practicing, and enjoying music during the 2020 pandemic. New videos will be added weekly so check back to see more musicians!
Calling all spoken word artists 15 years or older
ABOUT WORDplay©
WORDplay© is a twelve month slam poetry competition featuring Spoken Word Poets from all over Western North Carolina. Each month ten to twelve Poets will be selected via video submissions, for the chance to compete for Different Strokes Performing Arts Collective’s WORDplay© championship and a $1,000.00 cash prize. The monthly online competition, hosted by local Poets Barbie Angell and Shanita Jackson, is open to regional Poets who are at least 15 years of age. One Poet from each month’s competition will be selected to compete in front of a live audience in the October and November 2021 Semi-Finals. Two remaining Poets will vie for the WORDplay© championship in December 2021. The second place Poet will receive $500.00. Each Semi-Finalist will receive $100.00.
We are accepting submissions for January and February rounds now through November 23, 2020. Selected Poets will be notified by December 23, 2020.
Bluegrass Brunch
hosted by Aaron Woody Wood & The Sufi Brothers
Pickin’ on the Porch w/ Chicken Coop Willaye 1030AM
Bald Mountain Boys 11AM – 12:30PM
Sufi Brothers 12:45PM – 3PM
Be sure to check out our Bloody Mary Bar, the BEST selection of pickled products and other additions in Asheville. The MOJO Kitchen will be serving a special Brunch menu until 3PM as well.
Food & music start at 10:30am
ADULT beverages at Noon.
Recipient of a 2018 Avery Fisher Career Grant and a 2017 Lincoln Center Award for Emerging Artists, the Calidore String Quartet first made international headlines as winner of the $100,000 Grand Prize of the 2016 M-Prize Chamber Arts Competition. The quartet was the first North American ensemble to win the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship, a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, and is currently in residence with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Bowers Program (formerly CMS Two).
PROGRAM
“Schubert in Bohemia”
FRANZ SCHUBERT: Quartet in A minor, D. 804, Op. 29 “Rosamunde”
LEOS JANACEK: Quartet No. 1, “Kreutzer”
ANTONIN DVORAK: Quartet in F major, Op. 96, “American”
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
Every Sunday Except First of Month.
BRO: Beyond the Concert Hall explores the ways the members of the Blue Ridge Orchestra are playing, practicing, and enjoying music during the 2020 pandemic. New videos will be added weekly so check back to see more musicians!
Calling all spoken word artists 15 years or older
ABOUT WORDplay©
WORDplay© is a twelve month slam poetry competition featuring Spoken Word Poets from all over Western North Carolina. Each month ten to twelve Poets will be selected via video submissions, for the chance to compete for Different Strokes Performing Arts Collective’s WORDplay© championship and a $1,000.00 cash prize. The monthly online competition, hosted by local Poets Barbie Angell and Shanita Jackson, is open to regional Poets who are at least 15 years of age. One Poet from each month’s competition will be selected to compete in front of a live audience in the October and November 2021 Semi-Finals. Two remaining Poets will vie for the WORDplay© championship in December 2021. The second place Poet will receive $500.00. Each Semi-Finalist will receive $100.00.
We are accepting submissions for January and February rounds now through November 23, 2020. Selected Poets will be notified by December 23, 2020.
“Ubóu (The World)” from The Garifuna Collective’s album “Ayó” Directed by Katia Paradis
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LEAF International Saint Vincent’s Elite Steel Pan Orchestra is getting creative with ways to keep the world connected to their culture. They are creating videos that demonstrate drum rhythms and patterns as part of their cultural exchange series. Led by culture keeper Kesslon Wilson, the orchestra is exploring tunes that relate to youth as young as 18 months.
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Haiti has been experiencing immense turmoil for the past few years and the climate of violence is worsening. At LEAF, we stand in solidarity with Haiti. Despite the climate, young people have found hope in creating music as a positive outlet. These young people have been part of Prosjekt Haiti (LEAF partner) for the past 20 years. Their perseverance and strong foundation of faith is impeccable.
Isis Music Hall and Kitchen, a family-owned and operated business, is housed in a historic renovated theater in the heart of West Asheville. In this interview we learn how they have pivoted to safely provide dinner and a show in midst of 2020 craziness.
BRO: Beyond the Concert Hall explores the ways the members of the Blue Ridge Orchestra are playing, practicing, and enjoying music during the 2020 pandemic. New videos will be added weekly so check back to see more musicians!
“Ubóu (The World)” from The Garifuna Collective’s album “Ayó” Directed by Katia Paradis
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LEAF International Saint Vincent’s Elite Steel Pan Orchestra is getting creative with ways to keep the world connected to their culture. They are creating videos that demonstrate drum rhythms and patterns as part of their cultural exchange series. Led by culture keeper Kesslon Wilson, the orchestra is exploring tunes that relate to youth as young as 18 months.
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Haiti has been experiencing immense turmoil for the past few years and the climate of violence is worsening. At LEAF, we stand in solidarity with Haiti. Despite the climate, young people have found hope in creating music as a positive outlet. These young people have been part of Prosjekt Haiti (LEAF partner) for the past 20 years. Their perseverance and strong foundation of faith is impeccable.
Isis Music Hall and Kitchen, a family-owned and operated business, is housed in a historic renovated theater in the heart of West Asheville. In this interview we learn how they have pivoted to safely provide dinner and a show in midst of 2020 craziness.
- ALL AGES
- 8PM SHOW / 7PM DOORS
- PARTIALLY SEATED SHOW (SEATS ARE FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE)
Since 1980, the 4 or 5 or 6 (or more) Floptops known as Negativland, a multimedia
collective originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, have been creating records,
CDs, video, fine art, books, radio and live performance using appropriated sounds,
images, objects, and text. Mixing original materials and original music with things
taken from corporately owned mass culture and the world around them, Negativland
surreally re-arrange these found bits and pieces to make them say and suggest
things that they never intended to. In doing this kind of cultural archaeology and
“culture jamming” (a term they coined way back in 1984), Negativland have been
sued twice for copyright infringement.
EVERY Tuesday at Asheville Music Hall! Tuesday Night Funk Jam has been a huge part of Asheville’s vibrant music scene since 2008 and is #Asheville’s hottest weekly concert. Tuesday Night Funk Jam is programmed and orchestrated by an evolved Legendary House Band with trombonist Derrick Lee Johnson at the helm. At 10PM sharp, the Legendary House Band kicks off the night
BRO: Beyond the Concert Hall explores the ways the members of the Blue Ridge Orchestra are playing, practicing, and enjoying music during the 2020 pandemic. New videos will be added weekly so check back to see more musicians!
“Ubóu (The World)” from The Garifuna Collective’s album “Ayó” Directed by Katia Paradis
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LEAF International Saint Vincent’s Elite Steel Pan Orchestra is getting creative with ways to keep the world connected to their culture. They are creating videos that demonstrate drum rhythms and patterns as part of their cultural exchange series. Led by culture keeper Kesslon Wilson, the orchestra is exploring tunes that relate to youth as young as 18 months.
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