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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Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Save Our Stages Donate to The Orange Peel! Keep Live Music ALIVE!
Dec 1 all-day
Online

Thank you for always being such a great friend of The Orange Peel. Your continued support means so much to us!

But, we still need your help!

Thanks to you, the Save Our Stages Act passed in the House of Representatives — but as you may know, it’s not law yet. We’re pushing to get it included in the next COVID-19 Relief package, which is being negotiated now – and we need your voice (again) ASAP.

The situation gets more dire with each passing day. With no emergency relief, hundreds of venues have already shuttered forever, through no fault of their own.

Even if you’ve done it before, can you please take 30 seconds to remind your Congressional representatives that you want them to pass the next COVID-19 Relief Act now and include crucial assistance for independent venues and promoters. Just click here to Save Our Stages.

When legislators hear from you it makes all the difference – and can help us get this across the finish line. On behalf of the nearly 3,000 members of the National Independent Venue Association, thank you for your continued support.

You don’t know what you’ve got ‘till it’s gone…

You can also donate directly to The Orange Peel to help us get through this difficult time. Just click here!

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Tuesday Early Jam
Dec 1 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
The One Stop at Asheville Music Hall

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Categories: Community Food & Drink Music
Tuesday Night Funk Jam
Dec 1 @ 10:00 pm – Dec 2 @ 6:00 pm
The One Stop at Asheville Music Hall

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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

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Categories: Food & Drink Music
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Blue Ridge Orchestra: Beyond the Concert Hall
Dec 2 all-day
Online

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!

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Categories: Music
Save Our Stages Donate to The Orange Peel! Keep Live Music ALIVE!
Dec 2 all-day
Online

Thank you for always being such a great friend of The Orange Peel. Your continued support means so much to us!

But, we still need your help!

Thanks to you, the Save Our Stages Act passed in the House of Representatives — but as you may know, it’s not law yet. We’re pushing to get it included in the next COVID-19 Relief package, which is being negotiated now – and we need your voice (again) ASAP.

The situation gets more dire with each passing day. With no emergency relief, hundreds of venues have already shuttered forever, through no fault of their own.

Even if you’ve done it before, can you please take 30 seconds to remind your Congressional representatives that you want them to pass the next COVID-19 Relief Act now and include crucial assistance for independent venues and promoters. Just click here to Save Our Stages.

When legislators hear from you it makes all the difference – and can help us get this across the finish line. On behalf of the nearly 3,000 members of the National Independent Venue Association, thank you for your continued support.

You don’t know what you’ve got ‘till it’s gone…

You can also donate directly to The Orange Peel to help us get through this difficult time. Just click here!

Read more
Categories: Donations Music
Virtual Jazz Hour at Pack Library
Dec 2 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Online w/ Pack Library

From Buncombe County Libraries:

Back by popular demand! Need an evening to mellow out or connect with others? Join us for a virtual jazz by request hour hosted by composer and Steinway Pianist, Michael Jefry Stevens. Michael will be hosting theme nights and taking requests. If you have something you especially want to hear or want to surprise your partner with a favorite song, let us know before the program begins via email at [email protected].

This program is free, but you do need to register and get the password.

To register:

For the Dec. 2 at 5:30 p.m. session, click here.

For the Dec. 16 at 5:30 session, click here.

You will receive a pop-up and email notification with the meeting link and password to get into the program. If you have any issues, please call 250-4700 or email [email protected].

This program is brought to you by Pack Memorial Library and the Friends of Buncombe County Public Libraries.

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Virtual Jazz Hour with Michael Jefry Stevens- Music from the Great American Songbook
Dec 2 @ 5:30 pm
Online

Back by popular demand!
Need an evening to mellow out and reconnect? Join us for a virtual jazz by request hour hosted by composer and Steinway Pianist, Michael Jefry Stevens. Michael will be hosting theme nights and taking requests. If you have something you especially want to hear or want to surprise your partner with a favorite song, let us know before the program begins via email, [email protected].
All you need to do is register to access the link and password to the program. The program is free and sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

You will receive a pop-up and email notification with the meeting link and password to get into the program. If you have any issues, please call 250-4700 or email [email protected]
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Mountain Music Jam Every Wednesday at Oklawaha Brewing
Dec 2 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Oklawaha Brewing

A Wednesday tradition at Oklawaha Brewing Company

The French Broad Valley Music Association: FBVMA jam session is focused on regional fiddle tunes and songs. Carol Rifkin and John Mitchell cohost weekly, bring an instrument to play or just enjoy the music, its free, kid friendly, donations encouraged.

Key Players are intermediate to advanced but beginners are most welcome and encouraged to attend to listen, learn/quietly play along. More experienced players sit in the inner circle and take turns choosing fiddle tunes or songs. Guests, families and kids are invited to listen and often sing along. This style of community play has been used to entertain and pass down music to kids for generations.

The French Broad Valley Music Association is a 501c3 non-profit organization formed to celebrate local musical heritage. “Our community. Our music. Our sense of place.”

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Live Stream: The High Lonesome Dreamers featuring Sally Barris, Sam Gay + Templeton Thompson
Dec 2 @ 7:00 pm
online with Isis Music Hall

Venue: Live Stream

The High Lonesome Dreamers’ will take you on a journey filled with quirky characters, heartfelt stories and uplifting messages all wrapped up in their kindred spirit driven harmonies.

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Open Mic With Thomas Yon
Dec 2 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Twin Leaf Brewery

Music, poetry, comedy – we’d love for you to share or just come be entertained, sip some great brews, and eat some hot boiled peanuts while supporting your local scene. See you at 7 pm tonight! Sign up starts at 6:30 pm

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Categories: Food & Drink Music
Maggie Rose
Dec 2 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
The Grey Eagle

Maggie Rose

Exceptionally versatile singer-songwriter Maggie Rose released her highly anticipated album, Change The Whole Thing, September 21, 2018. The album was named by Rolling Stone as one of the “Best Albums of 2018”. Stamped with her affinity for finely crafted melodies and intricate storytelling, the project encompasses a blend of American music melding Rock, Soul, Rhythm and Blues, Country and Gospel. Recorded entirely live at the famed Starstruck Studios in Nashville, TN and released to overwhelming critical-acclaim, Rose marked major milestones with first-time performances on NBC’s “Today Show,” Southwest’s Live at 35, a debut at AmericanaFest with a show-stopping performance as part of WMOT/NPR’s Wired In series, AOL Build, Paste Sessions and more.

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Thursday, December 3, 2020
Blue Ridge Orchestra: Beyond the Concert Hall
Dec 3 all-day
Online

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!

Read more
Categories: Music
Save Our Stages Donate to The Orange Peel! Keep Live Music ALIVE!
Dec 3 all-day
Online

Thank you for always being such a great friend of The Orange Peel. Your continued support means so much to us!

But, we still need your help!

Thanks to you, the Save Our Stages Act passed in the House of Representatives — but as you may know, it’s not law yet. We’re pushing to get it included in the next COVID-19 Relief package, which is being negotiated now – and we need your voice (again) ASAP.

The situation gets more dire with each passing day. With no emergency relief, hundreds of venues have already shuttered forever, through no fault of their own.

Even if you’ve done it before, can you please take 30 seconds to remind your Congressional representatives that you want them to pass the next COVID-19 Relief Act now and include crucial assistance for independent venues and promoters. Just click here to Save Our Stages.

When legislators hear from you it makes all the difference – and can help us get this across the finish line. On behalf of the nearly 3,000 members of the National Independent Venue Association, thank you for your continued support.

You don’t know what you’ve got ‘till it’s gone…

You can also donate directly to The Orange Peel to help us get through this difficult time. Just click here!

Read more
Categories: Donations Music
Mr Jimmy at the Bold Rock Cidery
Dec 3 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Bold Rock Hard Cider (Mills River, NC)

Enjoy authentic Blues music from Mr. Jimmy

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Categories: Food & Drink Music
Tim Easton
Dec 3 @ 7:00 pm
Isis Music Hall--The Main Stage

Seated Concert with Dinner – reservations highly recommended. Please call the venue for tickets and reservations. 828-575-2737

Nashville-based singer-songwriter Tim Easton‘s 14th CD Exposition, is a a vibrant, personal testimony from a songwriter that demands to be heard.

Nashville-based singer-songwriter Tim Easton takes his wandering troubadour persona pretty seriously. For his latest project, Exposition, he hit the road to record in several musically significant locations: the Okfuskee Historical Society in Okemah, Oklahoma,where Woody Guthrie was born; the Gunter Hotel in San Antonio, Texas, where Robert Johnson made his historic recordings back in 1936, and the Shack Up Inn in Clarksdale, Mississippi, Muddy Waters’ birthplace.

The result is a 10-song collection of personal songs that look both inward and outward. The former include first-person narratives such as “Saint Augustine,” “Sail Away Sailors” and the heart-wrenching “New Year’s Day.” The latter are showcases for Easton’s well-known activism, including the calls to action “If You Want Something Done Right” and “Don’t Spectate; Participate.”

Exposition is very much a solo project. Easton earns credits for writing, performance, recording and production, and the only collaborator credited – for handclaps and backwards piano – is his young daughter. Easton accompanies his gritty vocals with his usual excellent guitar, as well as bass, mandolin and piano, and the production is clean and sharp. While this collection doesn’t

Come enjoy an evening of live music, food and drinks at the Isis Music Hall. Reservations are highly recommended.

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David Wilcox
Dec 3 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Peace Center

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“Fueled by brilliantly articulate guitar, an honestly pretty baritone, and deft lyrics, David Wilcox combines the best of both pop and modern folk aesthetics” (The Boston Globe). Considered a songwriter’s songwriter, Wilcox was first inspired to play the guitar in college and is now three decades and 20 records into a career marked by personal revelation and wildly loyal fans.

Keeping up a brisk national tour itinerary, Wilcox and his unique brand of storytelling takes audiences on a musical journey that is “compelling and richly deserving of a listen” (Rolling Stone). His most recent project “The View From The Edge” includes the song “We Make The Way By Walking” which won him the Grand Prize in the 2018 USA Songwriting Contest.

We are committed to a safe and comfortable return to live music. These concerts provide a listening room feeling while adhering to COVID-19 CDC recommendations. Please note the following:

  • Face masks are required except when seated at your table.
  • Only 25 tables of four are available, allowing you to enjoy a socially distanced performance with your close family and friends.
  • This concert will not have an intermission.
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Blake Christiana + Rick Bugel of Yarn w/s/g Mike Sivilli of Dangermuffin
Dec 3 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
The Grey Eagle

Blake Christiana & Rick Bugel of Yarn w/s/g Mike Sivilli of Dangermuffin

Blake Christiana and Rick Bugel are the founding members for the band, Yarn. That’s certainly no small accomplishment, especially for a band that spent two years honing their chops during a Monday night residency at the famed Kenny’s Castaway in New York’s Greenwich Village. In effect, it allowed them to rehearse onstage, mostly in front of audiences that often ranged in size from five to fifty people on any given Monday night.

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Rotating Local Shuffle
Dec 3 @ 10:00 pm – Dec 4 @ 2:00 am
The One Stop at Asheville Music Hall

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Friday, December 4, 2020
Blue Ridge Orchestra: Beyond the Concert Hall
Dec 4 all-day
Online

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!

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Categories: Music
BMC faculty member featured: New Jersey Symphony Orchestra’s recent Concert Film
Dec 4 all-day
Online w/ Brevard Music Center

BMC@Home

From our home to yours: students and faculty share new concerts, living room recitals, and masterclasses.

BMC faculty member Jonathan Spitz, BMC 2018 concertmaster Eric Wyrick and 2018 guest artist Daniel Bernard Roumain are featured in the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra’s recent Concert Film. Included in this performance are music of Mahler, Mozart, a world premiere commission of Daniel Bernard Roumain and Delights & Dances by Michael Abels, featuring soloists from the Sphinx Organization. Definitely one not to be missed!

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BrainPOP: Arts + Music
Dec 4 all-day
Online

Brevard Music Center Staff Picks From Around the Web

BrainPOP:
Arts & Music
Family friendly exploration of how Art & Music go hand-in-hand through movies, crafts, and activities!

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Categories: Family Fun Music
Does it Swing?: An Animated Jazz History
Dec 4 all-day
Online

Brevard Music Center Staff Picks From Around the Web

Does it Swing?:
An Animated Jazz History
Enjoy this brief animation on the various musical influences that made jazz music what it is today.

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Categories: Education Music
Ginger Smock: First Lady of Jazz Violin
Dec 4 all-day
Online

Brevard Music Center Staff Picks From Around the Web

Ginger Smock:
First Lady of Jazz Violin
100 years after her birth, learn more of the incredible hidden contributions of jazz violinist Ginger Smock.

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Live from Music Hall: Cincinnati Symphony and Pops
Dec 4 all-day
Online w/ Brevard Music Center

Around The Web  Brevard Music Center

Live-streamed performances, resources, and activities we love from around the web, updated regularly.

Live from Music Hall: Cincinnati Symphony and Pops
Don’t miss this incredible series of live-streamed Cincinnati Symphony concerts from Music Hall! These engaging free concerts include performances by Augustin Hadelich, Awadagin Pratt, Anthony McGill and everyone’s favorite Holiday Pops. These concerts will be available for archived viewing through December 12.

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Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor
Dec 4 all-day
Online w/ Brevard Music Center

Digital BMC

Selected past performances by BMC orchestras, faculty, and guest artists on YouTube, SoundCloud, and Open Air Brevard.

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466
II. Romanze
Brevard Music Center Orchestra • Christian Zacharias, conductor/piano
Recorded on July 26, 2019,
at the Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium at the Brevard Music Center.

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Perpetuum mobile Op. 34, No. 5 by Franz Ries
Dec 4 all-day
Online w/ Brevard Music Center

BMC@Home

From our home to yours: students and faculty share new concerts, living room recitals, and masterclasses.

BMC 2020 guest conductor Teddy Abrams and violinist Gabriel Lefkowitz perform the spirited and exciting Perpetuum mobile Op. 34, No. 5 by Franz Ries. Mr. Abrams is Music Director of the Louisville Orchestra and shares this performance through the orchestra’s online DUET series.

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Save Our Stages Donate to The Orange Peel! Keep Live Music ALIVE!
Dec 4 all-day
Online

Thank you for always being such a great friend of The Orange Peel. Your continued support means so much to us!

But, we still need your help!

Thanks to you, the Save Our Stages Act passed in the House of Representatives — but as you may know, it’s not law yet. We’re pushing to get it included in the next COVID-19 Relief package, which is being negotiated now – and we need your voice (again) ASAP.

The situation gets more dire with each passing day. With no emergency relief, hundreds of venues have already shuttered forever, through no fault of their own.

Even if you’ve done it before, can you please take 30 seconds to remind your Congressional representatives that you want them to pass the next COVID-19 Relief Act now and include crucial assistance for independent venues and promoters. Just click here to Save Our Stages.

When legislators hear from you it makes all the difference – and can help us get this across the finish line. On behalf of the nearly 3,000 members of the National Independent Venue Association, thank you for your continued support.

You don’t know what you’ve got ‘till it’s gone…

You can also donate directly to The Orange Peel to help us get through this difficult time. Just click here!

Read more
Categories: Donations Music
Tchaikovsky Swan Lake Suite
Dec 4 all-day
Online with Brevard Music Center

Digital BMC

Selected past performances by BMC orchestras, faculty, and guest artists on YouTube, SoundCloud, and Open Air Brevard.

TCHAIKOVSKY Swan Lake Suite
II. Mazurka
Brevard Concert Orchestra • Ken Lam, conductor
Recorded live on July 13, 2014,
at the Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium at the Brevard Music Center.

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Free Dead Fridays
Dec 4 @ 5:30 pm
The One Stop at Asheville Music Hall

Join us at The One Stop at Asheville Music Hall every Friday at 5:30PM for our FREE Acoustic Grateful Dead series Featuring members of Phuncle Sam and great drink and food specials.

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An Evening with Jacob Johnson
Dec 4 @ 7:00 pm
Isis Music Hall--The Main Stage

“The guitar is not just an instrument in the hands of Jacob Johnson – it’s his soul-mate.” – No Depression

Part virtuoso and part storyteller, you might say that Jacob Johnson does with a guitar what Gene Kelly did with dance. Although his songwriting has won awards and his guitar-playing has put him on stage with Tommy Emmanuel and Phil Keaggy, his ability as an entertainer is what has won fans throughout the southeast. He refers to himself as “a ham that just wants to be on stage” but he’s much more than that. Jacob is an amazingly talented guitarist and songwriter which, combined with a bit of a personality, makes for a wildly impressive stage performance.

Seated Concert with Dinner – reservations highly recommended. Please call the venue for tickets and reservations. 828-575-2737

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