Asheville.com Events Calendar - Concerts, Nightlife & More

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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Monday, September 2, 2019

Mondays Against Humanity

Sep 2 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Dry Falls Brewing Co.

Have a terrible case of the Mondays? Got a sick a twisted sense of humor? Come play Cards Against Humanity with us! We have 3 box sets with every expansion. We’re pushing tables together, making new friends, and having laughs every Monday!

https://www.facebook.com/events/371611523634185/?event_time_id=371611630300841

Open Mic Night – It Takes All Kinds – Sanctuary Brewing Company

Sep 2 @ 11:00 pm – Sep 3 @ 2:00 am

Sanctuary Brewing Company

It Takes All Kinds Open Mic Night at Sanctuary Brewing Company!

Calling all singers, songwriters, stand ups, poets and prophets! Come one, come all.

Host Josh Dunkin and Steven Durose of The Gathering Dark want to hear all of your stuff!

No Mimes!

https://www.facebook.com/events/531022364070354/?event_time_id=531022467403677

West Marches At Triskelion

Sep 2 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Triskelion Brewing Company

The Bearded Dragons Inn hosts their weekly West Marches game. This is a drop in game for all to join. If you have never played before come and join us. Our amazing community will teach you all you need to know. If you have years, or even decades of experience stop on by as well as you’ll experience a whole new style of play. For more information check out our website:
https://sites.google.com/outlook.com/westmarchesattriskelion/home

https://www.facebook.com/events/377998122745064/?event_time_id=377998239411719

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Appalachian Wildlife Refuge Wildlife Triage Interns

Sep 3 all-day

Application deadline Sept. 15

Wildlife Triage interns help in all aspects of operations including the full rehabilitation process, answering phone calls and emails about wildlife interactions, the daily care of injured and orphaned wildlife and their enclosures, assisting with transport, and communications with the wildlife rehabilitation network in western NC. Interns assist in facility upkeep and maintenance as needed and are provided the opportunity to experience all aspects of the non-profit if there is interest. No two days in wildlife rehabilitation are the same. Interns must be flexible, dedicated, dependable, and comfortable working in a team setting with other volunteers and communicating with the public. Interns are required to commit to a 4-5 month internship period with positions available in the Spring, Summer, and Fall. Schedules are determined during each season and based on animal intake.

Categories: Volunteers

Homework Diners Volunteers Needed Asheville City Buncombe County Schools

Sep 3 all-day

various see web site

Homework Diners take place weekly (except on school holidays or early release days). Families are invited to the cafeteria of the middle school during the scheduled time each week. No pre-registration is required to attend. Homework Diners currently take place at four area middle schools: Asheville, Enka, Erwin and Owen Middle. All are open to any family with a K-12 student in the surrounding school district with an adult family member in attendance with the participating student.

The 2019-20 Homework Diner schedule:

Erwin Middle on Monday nights starting September 23, 2019 from 5:30-7:00 p.m.
Asheville Middle on Tuesday nights starting September 24, 2019 from 5-7:00 p.m.
Enka Middle on Tuesday nights starting September 24, 2019 from 5:30-7:00 p.m.
Owen Middle on Thursday nights starting September 26, 2019 from 5:30-7:00 p.m.

Categories: Volunteers

Standing Strong Seeks Sponsors

Sep 3 all-day

Diana Wortham Theatre

JOIN US for standing strong!

Please join us on the evening of Thursday October 24, 2019 at the Diana Wortham Theatre. This event supports the quality health care and education programs that Planned Parenthood provides in the Asheville community. STANDING STRONG details

Sponsor Lunch with Irin: 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Sponsor Reception with Irin: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Main Program: 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Private Champagne and Dessert Reception 8:00 to 9:00 p.m.

The Sponsor Reception ($1,000+) begins at 5:30 p.m. at Diana Wortham Theatre. Guests will meet Irin Carmon and enjoy complimentary wine and heavy hors d’oeuvres before the program.

Doors open for all at 6:30 p.m. with curtain time at 7:00 p.m. in the Diana Wortham Theatre. Irin will deliver the keynote address.

To close out an evening supporting our critical work, sponsors ($500 – $150) are invited to the Private Champagne and Dessert Reception immediately following the program.

Categories: Community Fundraisers

Sweet Dreams, Full Plates Third Annual Campaign September

Sep 3 all-day

see below for participating hotels

Asheville’s hospitality industry is proving sweet dreams can truly turn into full plates.

This September, over 45 hotels are coming together for the third annual Sweet Dreams, Full Plates campaign – a major collaboration aimed at connecting Asheville area’s thriving tourism industry to local hunger relief issues.

The idea is simple. Hotel guests, during the month of September, are given the opportunity to forgo stayover services by hanging a door hanger on their room door. The door hanger says, “We Fed A Family,” and for every room that chooses to participate, the hotel makes a $2 donation on their behalf.

With each $2 donation, MANNA FoodBank is able to provide enough food for seven meals.

AC Hotel
Aloft Asheville Downtown
Best Western Tunnel Road
Country Inn & Suites
Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Asheville Westgate
Courtyard Marriott
Crowne Plaza Tennis and Golf Resort – Asheville
Doubletree by Hilton Asheville – Biltmore
Four Points by Sheraton – Asheville Downtown
Hampton Inn – Tunnel Road
Hampton Inn & Suites – Asheville South
Hampton Inn & Suites Biltmore Area
Hampton Inn & Suites Asheville – Biltmore Village
Haywood Park Hotel
Hilton Asheville Biltmore Park
Hilton Garden Inn – Asheville Downtown
Holiday Inn – Biltmore West
Holiday Inn Express and Suites (Donation Only)
Homewood Suites by Hilton Asheville
Hotel Indigo – Asheville Downtown
Hyatt Place Asheville Downtown
Quality Inn and Suites – Biltmore East (Donation Only)
Renaissance Asheville Hotel (Donation only)
Residence Inn Biltmore
Springhill Suites Marriott
THE WINDSOR – Boutique Hotel
Cambria Hotel & Suites Downtown
POSH
Country Inn & Suites Tunnel Road
Comfort Inn – Tunnel Road

Categories: Fundraisers

Youth Art Competition Application Deadline October 1, 2019

Sep 3 all-day

Hot Works 4^th Asheville Fine Art Show, October 26 & 27, 2019 takes place in Pack Square Park, downtown Asheville. This art show is juried by art professionals and brings artists to sell his/her art in all discipline including paintings, sculpture, clay, glass, fiber, jewelry, wood and more. All art is original and personally handmade by the artist who is present at the show. There is something for everyone, in all price ranges. You will see many artists at this show who do not attend other shows in North Carolina or South Carolina.

As part of our commitment to bring art education into the community, a Youth Art Competition for grades K-8 or ages 5-13 is integrated within a 10×20 space at the Asheville Fine Art Show. Sponsored by Institute for the Arts & Education, the associated 501c3 non-profit organization, all students in grades K-8 or ages 5-13 are encouraged to enter his/her original and personally handmade art that will be publicly displayed in the art show the entire weekend. On Sunday, October 27 at 3pm, there is $250 in youth art awards presented. Students are exposed to the rules and entrepreneurship opportunity of doing art shows for a living. The program brings families to the art show and exposes them to great art.

Categories: Art & Craft

Summer Fun Photo Contest

Sep 3 @ 12:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park

Summer is all about outdoor fun, spending quality time together as a family and taking in the wonderful sights of nature. Submit your photos of your family hiking, sunlight making its way through the trees or of the fantastic views that make Chimney Rock so special. We’ll use the winning entries on our website and Facebook album, and you’ll win some fun prizes. Photos must be taken within the Chimney Rock section of the Park.

Cost: No cost to enter contest.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2346811038665486/?event_time_id=2346811111998812

Tuesday Morning 5Rhythms Sweat Your Prayers!

Sep 3 @ 1:15 pm – 2:45 pm

French Broad Food Co-op

5Rhythms is a movement journey of unraveling, unwinding and embodying the thread that connects us all. Soften as your soul borrows your head, hands, feet, hips… giving you an internal shower and sending you back out in this unpredictably magical world with a renewed lightness of being; knowing more clearly what you’ve always known….but perhaps, temporarily, forgot. ♥ $10-20 Energy Exchange. ***Please do not Park in the French Broad Food Co-Op lots!! Park in the small lot across from the Orange Peel, the LaZoom Lot to the left of the FBFC or the ALoft Parking Lot (all the lots have a small parking fee).

https://www.facebook.com/events/518151585260172/?event_time_id=518151701926827

Nonprofit Fundamentals: Planning for Change

Sep 3 @ 2:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Arthur R Edington Education & Career Center

Change is constant. Successful nonprofits must evolve, respond, and adapt to changing community needs and a rapidly changing world while maintaining strategic focus. Responsive and adaptive nonprofits approach planning as an ongoing, dynamic process driven by evaluation and data and inclusive of a wide variety of community perspectives. During this interactive session, you will gain an understanding of organizational change, practice using key tools for participatory planning and strategic decision-making, learn how to gather and incorporate community data to inform planning, and build skills to create the plans that every nonprofit needs to have in place to succeed. You will leave with an outline of next steps to become more adaptable and strategic in your organization’s work. This course is appropriate for representatives from organizations of any size or developmental stage, whether you are new or experienced in the nonprofit field. We encourage multiple representatives from an organization to attend together. This course is taught by Beth Trigg.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1317127028442028/

Belly Dance with Michelle Middleton

Sep 3 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Black Mountain Center for the Arts

ATS® Level 1 – Dance Fundamentals
This is an on-going class series. You’ll learn the basic system of ATS® in a fun and supportive environment. Dance Fundamentals will have you dancing ATS® in your very first class! Each one hour class is divided into two sections.

1. Drill it – Learn the basic movements of ATS® with minimal verbal instruction and lots of following along, committing the steps to muscle memory with a fun workout-style drills.
2. Dance it – Experience the magic of ATS® and learn how to use the basic steps to dance with partners in a duet, trio, and quartet formations.

You can start this on-going class series at anytime and drop-in for drills and review.

ATS® (American Tribal Style) Belly Dance is an improv tribal style belly dance that is universal worldwide with every move having a certain cue with a leader and followers in a duet, trio, or quartet formation that is always changing leads. The beauty of ATS® is a strong Flamenco influence, along with India and North Africa dance, combined into tribal style belly dance. If you know ATS® you can dance with anyone in the world that also knows ATS®, even just meeting for the first time!

Bio
Michelle has been dancing ATS® (American Tribal Style) since 2006. She has taken countless ATS® workshop classes around the United States to further her education, knowledge, and skill of ATS®. Michelle received her ATS® Teaching Certification in 2015, and had her own troupe, Mystique Mountain Tribal Belly Dance, in Charlotte before moving to the Black Mountain area.

https://www.facebook.com/events/541775063005882/?event_time_id=541775183005870

Mechanical Code Class Continuing Ed

Sep 3 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Wesley Grant Sr. South Center

Did you know that the Development Services Department offers training opportunities for professional development? Classes are held at Wesley Grant Sr. South Center, 285 Livingston St, Asheville, NC 28801 (unless noted otherwise).

Below is a list of upcoming classes:

Mechanical Code Class: Sept. 3 and 10, 1 to 4 p.m. (tentative dates). Cost: $65.
National Electrical Code (NEC) Class for Contractors: Oct. 14-15, 6 to 10 p.m. Cost: $80.
Electrical Journeyman Test: Oct. 15, 8 a.m. to noon. Cost: $50.
Building Code Class: Nov. 5 and 12 (tentative dates), 1 to 4 p.m. Cost: $65.
Plumbing Code Class: Dec. 3 and 10, 1 to 4 p.m. (tentative dates). Cost: $65.

Categories: Education

Opening Day and Dates for Marion Tailgate Market

Sep 3 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Marion Tailgate Market

Marion Tailgate Market will have a variety local produce and crafts. We will continue to offer the best of McDowell farmer’s produce and artisans.
The Market will double up to $20.00 for EBT users!
During the season, we are planning cooking demos with items from the Market Vendors, local music, smoothies and children activities.
Make plans to come and support the Farmers and Artisans on Tuesdays 3PM-6.00PM and Saturdays starting July 6th- August 31st, 9.00AM-12.00PM.

https://www.facebook.com/events/336639643849279/?event_time_id=336639703849273

Wing Night!

Sep 3 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Sweeten Creek Brewing

8 Jumbo Smoked Wings with your choice of side for $10! Choose from our Dry Rub, Buffalo, or our weekly special!

https://www.facebook.com/events/290725515134456/?event_time_id=290725625134445

Farm to Taproom Series

Sep 3 @ 8:30 pm – 11:30 pm

Sierra Nevada Mills River

Featuring:
Smiling Hara Tempeh, LLC
Smokin J’s Fiery Foods

Sierra Nevada strives to partner with local farmers when creating our menu in the Taproom. The first Tuesday of each month from May – October, we will be partnering with these farmers to create a feature to be sold in the Taproom. In the amphitheater, Sierra Nevada will do a food demonstration and the featured vendors will be selling their amazing product. Join us for live music, demonstration, food and of course, beer!

https://www.facebook.com/events/2058307097807621/

Baa’d To The Bone Shakedown Dinner Fundraiser

Sep 3 @ 5:30 pm

Highland Brewing Company

Baa’d to the Bone Shakedown Dinner at Highland Brewing

Come enjoy the greatest tunes of several generations with The Rewind Band, enjoy some of the tastiest beverages from the famous taps of Highland Brewing Company, and fill up with “Creative Tex-Mex” from Baa’d Sheep Burritos Food Truck on October 3, 2019 at Highland Brewing Company in Asheville, North Carolina.

This fun and fabulous event will be the first of many coming your way to raise funds for administrative costs and to garner awareness for Throwing Bones, a patient-focused registered 501(c)3 for patients fighting multiple myeloma and other blood cancers. Throwing Bones’ mission is to inspire ALL blood cancer patients to keep moving forward with active lifestyles during treatment and beyond.

Categories: Food & Drink Fundraisers

Ladies’ Night Out with Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital

Sep 3 @ 9:30 pm – 10:30 pm

McGuire's Millrace Farm

Join us for a free, informative and fun gathering! All ladies 13 and over are welcome.

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August Speaker: Barry Watson, DDS
Murphy Dental Center

Topic: Healthy Teeth: The Gateway to a Healthy Body

Learn signs in your mouth that may mean other health issues, when antibiotics are important before dental work, and how medications impact dental health.
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What to know:

• Celebrate summer by wearing your tackiest tourist outfit!
• Bring a canned, dry good, or pet food to donate to area needy families, and receive an extra door prize ticket.
• Past attendees wearing their Ladies’ Night Out t-shirt also will receive an extra door prize drawing ticket.
• Refreshments will be served.

For more information, call 828-835-3667.

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Thank you to our 2019 Ladies’ Night Out sponsors!

McDonald’s of Murphy, Andrews and Robbinsville
McGuire’s Millrace Farm
MOOG, Inc., Murphy Operations
Steven Aft, State Farm Insurance

https://www.facebook.com/events/547124159126449/?event_time_id=547124179126447

Bardic Alchemy at Triskelion

Sep 3 @ 11:00 pm – Sep 4 @ 1:00 am

Triskelion Brewing Company

We’ve been talking to the folks from Bardic Alchemy, a Celtic Rock band from Asheville and they’ve agreed to play at Triskelion as many Tuesdays as they can come down to the Brewery.

Bardic Alchemy is a brand new element in the Celtic Rock world. This trio, based in the mountains of Asheville, North Carolina is comprised of multi-instrumentalist Connell Sanderson, guitarist Nick Marcone and percussionist and vocalist Tyler Watts.

Bardic Alchemy is best described as a psychedelic trip into a musical world that is heavily inspired by the Celtic musical traditions…run through various effects pedals. Everything from soothing, mellifluously reverberating whistle melodies supported by groovy guitar lines and thumping djembe beats to high energy dance tunes on the Scottish and Irish pipes to three part vocal harmonies and even improvised pieces, Bardic Alchemy is a surprisingly dynamic and unpredictable musical journey.

So… Tuesdays… will now be…

Celtic Rock Tuesday!

https://www.facebook.com/events/425715451498873/?event_time_id=425715538165531

Team Trivia Tuesdays

Sep 3 @ 11:00 pm – Sep 4 @ 1:00 am

Sanctuary Brewing Company

Come out and see what the fuss is all about! Team Trivia Tuesday at Sanctuary Brewing Company with host Josh Dunkin!

Team Trivia Western NC & The Upstate of SC is every Tuesday at 7 PM at Sanctuary Brewing Company on 1st Avenue in Downtown Hendersonville! There is no limit to how many people can participate on each team. You can have 1 or 20!

The game is free to play and the top two teams each week receive a gift card of $40 (1st place) and $20 (2nd place).

https://www.facebook.com/events/281414405828018/?event_time_id=281414522494673

Trivia Night at Aux Bar

Sep 3 @ 11:00 pm – Sep 4 @ 1:00 am

AUX Bar

Nerdy Talk Trivia brings Trivia Night to Aux Bar. Every Tuesday at 7pm. Test your skills for your chance at prizes.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2320421721617197/?event_time_id=2320421804950522

Irish Session/Jam – Every Tuesday!

Sep 3 @ 8:45 pm – 11:45 pm

White Horse Black Mountain

In true pub fashion, The White Horse has hosts a traditional Irish style session every Tuesday night. Sessions are in many ways the heart and soul of Irish traditional music, a place for players to share tunes and socialize. It’s not a performance, but rather an informal situation in which listeners are welcome to participate, whether offering encouragement, singing along on a chorus, or asking questions about the music and instruments. White Horse sessions regularly draws players from as far away as Waynesville, Cullowhee, Rutherfordton and even Clayton, Georgia.

Come join us in a long musical tradition spanning hundreds of years.

Tuesdays 6:45 til 8:45

https://www.facebook.com/events/2280967635492723/?event_time_id=2280967722159381

Turntable Tuesday at The One Stop

Sep 3 @ 10:00 pm – Sep 4 @ 2:00 am

The One Stop at Asheville Music Hall

10pm
21+
Donation$
One Stop

Join us downstairs during Funk Jam for an all-star local cast of rotating DJ’s spinnin’ vinyl and scratchin’ like there’s no tomorrow!

https://www.facebook.com/events/2261496624135396/?event_time_id=2261496744135384

Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Appalachian Wildlife Refuge Wildlife Triage Interns

Sep 4 all-day

Application deadline Sept. 15

Categories: Volunteers

Homework Diners Volunteers Needed Asheville City Buncombe County Schools

Sep 4 all-day

various see web site

The 2019-20 Homework Diner schedule:

Erwin Middle on Monday nights starting September 23, 2019 from 5:30-7:00 p.m.
Asheville Middle on Tuesday nights starting September 24, 2019 from 5-7:00 p.m.
Enka Middle on Tuesday nights starting September 24, 2019 from 5:30-7:00 p.m.
Owen Middle on Thursday nights starting September 26, 2019 from 5:30-7:00 p.m.

Categories: Volunteers

Registration Open WNC Career Expo

Sep 4 all-day

WNC Agricultural Center

The first 25 to register receive 10% off! Use code: EarlyBird

Join us for the region’s top recruiting event!

Our region continues to have the tightest job market in the state. We know that in this market you have to use all available resources to recruit the right talent for your company. As the region’s largest career fair, the WNC Career Expo attracts thousands of qualified career seekers helping you make the right connections to meet your company’s workforce needs.

Booth details:
Each 10×10 booth includes: pipe/drape, one six-foot table, two chairs, two box lunches and access to the employers lounge with drinks and snacks.

$250 per booth; $50 for electricity; $10 for additional box lunches.

A Dog’s Dream: Fundraiser for Asheville Humane Society ft. River Boy at The Grey Eagle

Sep 4 @ 12:00 am – 3:00 am

The Grey Eagle

A Dog’s Dream: Fundraiser for Asheville Humane Society ft. River Boy at The Grey Eagle

https://www.facebook.com/events/461152384662337/

Beer Brains Trivia

Sep 4 @ 12:00 am – 2:00 am

Balsam Falls Brewing Co

Beer Brains Trivia is hosted every Tuesday at 8pm. There are 8 rounds of trivia each week examples of some are categories are current events, general knowledge along with visual and audio rounds! #beerbrains #beercurvesarebetter #balsamfalls

https://www.facebook.com/events/2168166339880566/?event_time_id=2168166489880551

Modular Synth Jam

Sep 4 @ 12:00 am – 3:00 am

Local 604 Bottle Shop

Starting in July
1st Tuesdays every month
Bring your system and lets patch!

https://www.facebook.com/events/443932793007270/?event_time_id=443932799673936

Open Mic – Every Tuesday!

Sep 4 @ 12:45 am – 3:45 am

White Horse Black Mountain

Open Mic – Every Tuesday
Bring your instrument, vocal cords and friends.
Everyone is welcome!
Always free

https://www.facebook.com/events/1375534215919396/?event_time_id=1375534252586059

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