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.
Now available as Video On Demand!
All tickets are $25.00 plus taxes and fees and benefit ACT.
Asheville Community Theatre’s annual fundraiser Costume Drama: A Fashion Show is a fashion show where designers create garments from unconventional materials. Twelve designers competed in this year’s challenge, four were chosen as category winners – and one was named the Best in Show winner.
As in years past, Best in Show will receive a $500 prize, and the other 3 winners will each receive a $250 prize. Winners are revealed at the end of the broadcast!
Costume Drama: A Fashion Show originally aired on Saturday, August 8, 2020. Video On Demand of this show will be available for purchase until September 30, 2020 at 11:59 pm.

Our limited edition t-shirt run sold out within just a few hours last time. We were blown away by your generosity and excitement! If you missed out, we’re psyched to announce we have the second, limited edition batch, in charcoal gray this time, ready for sale!
Thanks to our amazing local friends at Image 420 Screenprinting, this is a second, special, limited edition t-shirt and sticker merch bundle that you can buy NOW! Click here.
These awesome shirts, which come in unisex sizes S through 4X in a charcoal heather gray, plus the matching sticker, are available for a $50 bundle price which will include one of each. The full price of your purchase will benefit our campaign to keep the Orange Peel alive and well until it is safe for us to all be together enjoying shows again in person.
There are only 100 of the charcoal gray bundle from local designer, Brent Baldwin. Every penny will bring us closer to hosting your favorite artist on our stage in the coming months when we can gather safely, and we will be SO thankful to all those who choose to demonstrate their support this way. We can’t wait to see you around town in your gear that helped save the music.
If you’d prefer to make a direct donation, or if your preferred size sells out, please click here to make a direct monetary donation.
Thank you all for your love and support. Don’t forget, another amazing way to help us, even if you don’t have the means to buy a shirt, is to contact our elected representatives and let them know that you want congress to save independent live music! You can do that here: saveourstages.com. Sending a letter (which takes 30 seconds and only requires your name and address) is a MAJOR contribution that we appreciate equally to those who can buy a shirt. Or even better, do both.
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Now available as Video On Demand!
All tickets are $25.00 plus taxes and fees and benefit ACT.
Asheville Community Theatre’s annual fundraiser Costume Drama: A Fashion Show is a fashion show where designers create garments from unconventional materials. Twelve designers competed in this year’s challenge, four were chosen as category winners – and one was named the Best in Show winner.
As in years past, Best in Show will receive a $500 prize, and the other 3 winners will each receive a $250 prize. Winners are revealed at the end of the broadcast!
Costume Drama: A Fashion Show originally aired on Saturday, August 8, 2020. Video On Demand of this show will be available for purchase until September 30, 2020 at 11:59 pm.

Our limited edition t-shirt run sold out within just a few hours last time. We were blown away by your generosity and excitement! If you missed out, we’re psyched to announce we have the second, limited edition batch, in charcoal gray this time, ready for sale!
Thanks to our amazing local friends at Image 420 Screenprinting, this is a second, special, limited edition t-shirt and sticker merch bundle that you can buy NOW! Click here.
These awesome shirts, which come in unisex sizes S through 4X in a charcoal heather gray, plus the matching sticker, are available for a $50 bundle price which will include one of each. The full price of your purchase will benefit our campaign to keep the Orange Peel alive and well until it is safe for us to all be together enjoying shows again in person.
There are only 100 of the charcoal gray bundle from local designer, Brent Baldwin. Every penny will bring us closer to hosting your favorite artist on our stage in the coming months when we can gather safely, and we will be SO thankful to all those who choose to demonstrate their support this way. We can’t wait to see you around town in your gear that helped save the music.
If you’d prefer to make a direct donation, or if your preferred size sells out, please click here to make a direct monetary donation.
Thank you all for your love and support. Don’t forget, another amazing way to help us, even if you don’t have the means to buy a shirt, is to contact our elected representatives and let them know that you want congress to save independent live music! You can do that here: saveourstages.com. Sending a letter (which takes 30 seconds and only requires your name and address) is a MAJOR contribution that we appreciate equally to those who can buy a shirt. Or even better, do both.
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Now available as Video On Demand!
All tickets are $25.00 plus taxes and fees and benefit ACT.
Asheville Community Theatre’s annual fundraiser Costume Drama: A Fashion Show is a fashion show where designers create garments from unconventional materials. Twelve designers competed in this year’s challenge, four were chosen as category winners – and one was named the Best in Show winner.
As in years past, Best in Show will receive a $500 prize, and the other 3 winners will each receive a $250 prize. Winners are revealed at the end of the broadcast!
Costume Drama: A Fashion Show originally aired on Saturday, August 8, 2020. Video On Demand of this show will be available for purchase until September 30, 2020 at 11:59 pm.

Our limited edition t-shirt run sold out within just a few hours last time. We were blown away by your generosity and excitement! If you missed out, we’re psyched to announce we have the second, limited edition batch, in charcoal gray this time, ready for sale!
Thanks to our amazing local friends at Image 420 Screenprinting, this is a second, special, limited edition t-shirt and sticker merch bundle that you can buy NOW! Click here.
These awesome shirts, which come in unisex sizes S through 4X in a charcoal heather gray, plus the matching sticker, are available for a $50 bundle price which will include one of each. The full price of your purchase will benefit our campaign to keep the Orange Peel alive and well until it is safe for us to all be together enjoying shows again in person.
There are only 100 of the charcoal gray bundle from local designer, Brent Baldwin. Every penny will bring us closer to hosting your favorite artist on our stage in the coming months when we can gather safely, and we will be SO thankful to all those who choose to demonstrate their support this way. We can’t wait to see you around town in your gear that helped save the music.
If you’d prefer to make a direct donation, or if your preferred size sells out, please click here to make a direct monetary donation.
Thank you all for your love and support. Don’t forget, another amazing way to help us, even if you don’t have the means to buy a shirt, is to contact our elected representatives and let them know that you want congress to save independent live music! You can do that here: saveourstages.com. Sending a letter (which takes 30 seconds and only requires your name and address) is a MAJOR contribution that we appreciate equally to those who can buy a shirt. Or even better, do both.

Show everyone that you are an Arts Ally and help fund programs and services that support the entire local arts community.
+ Individual ($8.50/mo or $100/yr)
+ Dual ($17/mo or $200/yr)
+ Corporate ($500-$1,000/ yr)
Your membership funds programs and services that support the entire local arts community.
Advocacy
- Successfully advocated for Grassroots Arts Program grants to be used for operating support instead of programs this year
- Successfully advocated for nonprofits to be eligible for One Buncombe funding
- Worked closely with Arts NC and the NC Arts Council to support the arts at the state and local level
- Kept Asheville City Council and Buncombe County Commissioners informed of impacts to the arts sector
- Launched the #AVLArtsMatter campaign
- Launched the #WNCArtsMatter campaign
- Attended ongoing meetings of the Western Arts Agencies of NC, Asheville Area Arts Council Arts Advisory Council, Buncombe County Schools Arts Advisory Council, Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Business Association Committee, and BCTDA’s Tourism Partner Organization Committee
- Leadership Asheville panelist- Asheville Open for Business? – Next Steps (6/24)
- Grants Presentation for the Asheville African American Business Association (8/18)
- Asheville Rotary Club speaker- State of the Arts Sector (8/27)
Coming soon
- Keynote speaker for Olli’s Arts Day- State of the Art Sector (11/3)
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Now available as Video On Demand!
All tickets are $25.00 plus taxes and fees and benefit ACT.
Asheville Community Theatre’s annual fundraiser Costume Drama: A Fashion Show is a fashion show where designers create garments from unconventional materials. Twelve designers competed in this year’s challenge, four were chosen as category winners – and one was named the Best in Show winner.
As in years past, Best in Show will receive a $500 prize, and the other 3 winners will each receive a $250 prize. Winners are revealed at the end of the broadcast!
Costume Drama: A Fashion Show originally aired on Saturday, August 8, 2020. Video On Demand of this show will be available for purchase until September 30, 2020 at 11:59 pm.

“As we continue to press into Hope, we continue to hear from supporters, and the message is loud and clear – they also feel the Hope connected to our mission, and want to keep supporting us.” Discovering new ways to sustain The Village Potters Clay Center during this season is the primary job now for the resident potters at TVPCC. As Sarah continues to apply for loans and grants, other potters are choosing hope each day by taking the torch from her to carry on the mission with a second “chapter” of Vessels of Hope.
The Village Potters are Sarah Wells Rolland, George Rolland, Judi Harwood, Lori Theriault, Julia Mann, Christine Henry, and Tori Motyl. They comprise an intentional Collective of potters who share a commitment to nurture creative exploration through education, experience, and community. The Village Potters includes a fine craft gallery, a Teaching Center offering ongoing classes in wheel and hand building for adults, an Advanced Ceramic Studies Program, and online demonstration and workshops. The Village Potters Clay Center is an educational member of The Craft Guild of the Southern Highlands, and is an official distributor for Laguna Clays.

Our limited edition t-shirt run sold out within just a few hours last time. We were blown away by your generosity and excitement! If you missed out, we’re psyched to announce we have the second, limited edition batch, in charcoal gray this time, ready for sale!
Thanks to our amazing local friends at Image 420 Screenprinting, this is a second, special, limited edition t-shirt and sticker merch bundle that you can buy NOW! Click here.
These awesome shirts, which come in unisex sizes S through 4X in a charcoal heather gray, plus the matching sticker, are available for a $50 bundle price which will include one of each. The full price of your purchase will benefit our campaign to keep the Orange Peel alive and well until it is safe for us to all be together enjoying shows again in person.
There are only 100 of the charcoal gray bundle from local designer, Brent Baldwin. Every penny will bring us closer to hosting your favorite artist on our stage in the coming months when we can gather safely, and we will be SO thankful to all those who choose to demonstrate their support this way. We can’t wait to see you around town in your gear that helped save the music.
If you’d prefer to make a direct donation, or if your preferred size sells out, please click here to make a direct monetary donation.
Thank you all for your love and support. Don’t forget, another amazing way to help us, even if you don’t have the means to buy a shirt, is to contact our elected representatives and let them know that you want congress to save independent live music! You can do that here: saveourstages.com. Sending a letter (which takes 30 seconds and only requires your name and address) is a MAJOR contribution that we appreciate equally to those who can buy a shirt. Or even better, do both.

Show everyone that you are an Arts Ally and help fund programs and services that support the entire local arts community.
+ Individual ($8.50/mo or $100/yr)
+ Dual ($17/mo or $200/yr)
+ Corporate ($500-$1,000/ yr)
Your membership funds programs and services that support the entire local arts community.
Advocacy
- Successfully advocated for Grassroots Arts Program grants to be used for operating support instead of programs this year
- Successfully advocated for nonprofits to be eligible for One Buncombe funding
- Worked closely with Arts NC and the NC Arts Council to support the arts at the state and local level
- Kept Asheville City Council and Buncombe County Commissioners informed of impacts to the arts sector
- Launched the #AVLArtsMatter campaign
- Launched the #WNCArtsMatter campaign
- Attended ongoing meetings of the Western Arts Agencies of NC, Asheville Area Arts Council Arts Advisory Council, Buncombe County Schools Arts Advisory Council, Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Business Association Committee, and BCTDA’s Tourism Partner Organization Committee
- Leadership Asheville panelist- Asheville Open for Business? – Next Steps (6/24)
- Grants Presentation for the Asheville African American Business Association (8/18)
- Asheville Rotary Club speaker- State of the Arts Sector (8/27)
Coming soon
- Keynote speaker for Olli’s Arts Day- State of the Art Sector (11/3)

Supporters of Blue Ridge Humane are invited to host their own events in the format they desire while practicing social distancing and adhering to current gathering guidelines; invite guests to learn more about the work of Blue Ridge Humane; raise funds that allow us to continue to rescue animals in our community; and relive the connection and fun that takes place each year at Wags to Riches.
Hosts can register their event for free and will receive a complementary host basket featuring items highlighting local small businesses. Parties can be held at any time on September 19, at any location of the host’s choosing, whether it’s a backyard, favorite local business, a friends business, or community clubhouse. You can also support with a donation to Blue Ridge Humane in lieu of hosting. Donate at the $250 or above amount and receive the same host gift and acknowledgement. Businesses are also invited to participate if they are able.
“The mission of Blue Ridge Humane is the protection and quality of life for our animals in our community and surrounding areas; promoting education; and community involvement. We do that through adoptions, but also by supporting pet owners that need a helping hand, and talking to kids about what a pet needs and how pets feel and communicate. Creating connection and deeper empathy to animals brings us all a little closer,” shares Prodrick.
To learn more about the Barkyard Parties as an event host, to donate, or to get involved on the business level, please visit https://www.blueridgehumane.org/get-involved/fundraising-events/barkyard/.
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Now available as Video On Demand!
All tickets are $25.00 plus taxes and fees and benefit ACT.
Asheville Community Theatre’s annual fundraiser Costume Drama: A Fashion Show is a fashion show where designers create garments from unconventional materials. Twelve designers competed in this year’s challenge, four were chosen as category winners – and one was named the Best in Show winner.
As in years past, Best in Show will receive a $500 prize, and the other 3 winners will each receive a $250 prize. Winners are revealed at the end of the broadcast!
Costume Drama: A Fashion Show originally aired on Saturday, August 8, 2020. Video On Demand of this show will be available for purchase until September 30, 2020 at 11:59 pm.

Sign up for Amazon Smile today and support FRP at no cost to you. Amazon donates 0.5% of your purchase price directly to FRP. Participation is easy, and, once you’re set-up, you shop online and Amazon takes care of the rest.
To register, visit http://smile.amazon.com/. If you are not already supporting another organization, you will be prompted to select one. To contribute to Flat Rock Playhouse, search our business name: The Vagabond School of the Drama, Inc. Once you select us, you are all set! Don’t forget to bookmark your smile page, as purchases will only be applied through Amazon Smile.
Grow your impact by spreading the word to your friends and family!

“As we continue to press into Hope, we continue to hear from supporters, and the message is loud and clear – they also feel the Hope connected to our mission, and want to keep supporting us.” Discovering new ways to sustain The Village Potters Clay Center during this season is the primary job now for the resident potters at TVPCC. As Sarah continues to apply for loans and grants, other potters are choosing hope each day by taking the torch from her to carry on the mission with a second “chapter” of Vessels of Hope.
The Village Potters are Sarah Wells Rolland, George Rolland, Judi Harwood, Lori Theriault, Julia Mann, Christine Henry, and Tori Motyl. They comprise an intentional Collective of potters who share a commitment to nurture creative exploration through education, experience, and community. The Village Potters includes a fine craft gallery, a Teaching Center offering ongoing classes in wheel and hand building for adults, an Advanced Ceramic Studies Program, and online demonstration and workshops. The Village Potters Clay Center is an educational member of The Craft Guild of the Southern Highlands, and is an official distributor for Laguna Clays.

Our limited edition t-shirt run sold out within just a few hours last time. We were blown away by your generosity and excitement! If you missed out, we’re psyched to announce we have the second, limited edition batch, in charcoal gray this time, ready for sale!
Thanks to our amazing local friends at Image 420 Screenprinting, this is a second, special, limited edition t-shirt and sticker merch bundle that you can buy NOW! Click here.
These awesome shirts, which come in unisex sizes S through 4X in a charcoal heather gray, plus the matching sticker, are available for a $50 bundle price which will include one of each. The full price of your purchase will benefit our campaign to keep the Orange Peel alive and well until it is safe for us to all be together enjoying shows again in person.
There are only 100 of the charcoal gray bundle from local designer, Brent Baldwin. Every penny will bring us closer to hosting your favorite artist on our stage in the coming months when we can gather safely, and we will be SO thankful to all those who choose to demonstrate their support this way. We can’t wait to see you around town in your gear that helped save the music.
If you’d prefer to make a direct donation, or if your preferred size sells out, please click here to make a direct monetary donation.
Thank you all for your love and support. Don’t forget, another amazing way to help us, even if you don’t have the means to buy a shirt, is to contact our elected representatives and let them know that you want congress to save independent live music! You can do that here: saveourstages.com. Sending a letter (which takes 30 seconds and only requires your name and address) is a MAJOR contribution that we appreciate equally to those who can buy a shirt. Or even better, do both.

Show everyone that you are an Arts Ally and help fund programs and services that support the entire local arts community.
+ Individual ($8.50/mo or $100/yr)
+ Dual ($17/mo or $200/yr)
+ Corporate ($500-$1,000/ yr)
Your membership funds programs and services that support the entire local arts community.
Advocacy
- Successfully advocated for Grassroots Arts Program grants to be used for operating support instead of programs this year
- Successfully advocated for nonprofits to be eligible for One Buncombe funding
- Worked closely with Arts NC and the NC Arts Council to support the arts at the state and local level
- Kept Asheville City Council and Buncombe County Commissioners informed of impacts to the arts sector
- Launched the #AVLArtsMatter campaign
- Launched the #WNCArtsMatter campaign
- Attended ongoing meetings of the Western Arts Agencies of NC, Asheville Area Arts Council Arts Advisory Council, Buncombe County Schools Arts Advisory Council, Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Business Association Committee, and BCTDA’s Tourism Partner Organization Committee
- Leadership Asheville panelist- Asheville Open for Business? – Next Steps (6/24)
- Grants Presentation for the Asheville African American Business Association (8/18)
- Asheville Rotary Club speaker- State of the Arts Sector (8/27)
Coming soon
- Keynote speaker for Olli’s Arts Day- State of the Art Sector (11/3)
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Now available as Video On Demand!
All tickets are $25.00 plus taxes and fees and benefit ACT.
Asheville Community Theatre’s annual fundraiser Costume Drama: A Fashion Show is a fashion show where designers create garments from unconventional materials. Twelve designers competed in this year’s challenge, four were chosen as category winners – and one was named the Best in Show winner.
As in years past, Best in Show will receive a $500 prize, and the other 3 winners will each receive a $250 prize. Winners are revealed at the end of the broadcast!
Costume Drama: A Fashion Show originally aired on Saturday, August 8, 2020. Video On Demand of this show will be available for purchase until September 30, 2020 at 11:59 pm.

Sign up for Amazon Smile today and support FRP at no cost to you. Amazon donates 0.5% of your purchase price directly to FRP. Participation is easy, and, once you’re set-up, you shop online and Amazon takes care of the rest.
To register, visit http://smile.amazon.com/. If you are not already supporting another organization, you will be prompted to select one. To contribute to Flat Rock Playhouse, search our business name: The Vagabond School of the Drama, Inc. Once you select us, you are all set! Don’t forget to bookmark your smile page, as purchases will only be applied through Amazon Smile.
Grow your impact by spreading the word to your friends and family!

“As we continue to press into Hope, we continue to hear from supporters, and the message is loud and clear – they also feel the Hope connected to our mission, and want to keep supporting us.” Discovering new ways to sustain The Village Potters Clay Center during this season is the primary job now for the resident potters at TVPCC. As Sarah continues to apply for loans and grants, other potters are choosing hope each day by taking the torch from her to carry on the mission with a second “chapter” of Vessels of Hope.
The Village Potters are Sarah Wells Rolland, George Rolland, Judi Harwood, Lori Theriault, Julia Mann, Christine Henry, and Tori Motyl. They comprise an intentional Collective of potters who share a commitment to nurture creative exploration through education, experience, and community. The Village Potters includes a fine craft gallery, a Teaching Center offering ongoing classes in wheel and hand building for adults, an Advanced Ceramic Studies Program, and online demonstration and workshops. The Village Potters Clay Center is an educational member of The Craft Guild of the Southern Highlands, and is an official distributor for Laguna Clays.
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Your contributions help us face the challenges. Please consider a generous Gift of Literacy to support students and tutors working together to improve literacy in our community.
Now available as Video On Demand!
All tickets are $25.00 plus taxes and fees and benefit ACT.
Asheville Community Theatre’s annual fundraiser Costume Drama: A Fashion Show is a fashion show where designers create garments from unconventional materials. Twelve designers competed in this year’s challenge, four were chosen as category winners – and one was named the Best in Show winner.
As in years past, Best in Show will receive a $500 prize, and the other 3 winners will each receive a $250 prize. Winners are revealed at the end of the broadcast!
Costume Drama: A Fashion Show originally aired on Saturday, August 8, 2020. Video On Demand of this show will be available for purchase until September 30, 2020 at 11:59 pm.

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