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.

Wednesday, July 22, 2020
River Arts District Farmers Market
Jul 22 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Pleb Urban Winery

Emergency Action Plan (EAP) / COVID-19
  • No token sales at this time. Unfortunately, this means no EBT sales. Please understand that this is in the best interest of safety to our staff.
  • No vendors are allowed to sample at this time.
  • Face masks are not required, however, all staff & vendors of the RAD Farmers Market are required to wear face masks during operating hours.
  • All vendors have hand sanitizer at their booths, & sanitize their hands between customers & transactions.
  • Please allow the vendor to select your produce for you.
  • Pre-orders are appreciated, as always, however, all vendors also bring goods for sale at market.
  • We love your dogs, but also appreciate if you can leave them home for your safety. It’s hard not to pet the pups, but it’s hard to social distance and do that!
  • If you do bring cash, please bring smaller bills so that you will have an easier time with the exact change policy most vendors have at this time.
  • Be understanding! We miss spoiling you so much!
Great Beer and Live music at Sweeten Creek Brewery
Jul 22 @ 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Sweeten Creek brewery

Great beer..   Great pizza and live music!! Come try our expanded menu and sip some tasty beverages..   plenty of room to roam.

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Wednesday Night Date Night! UpCountry Brewing Company
Jul 22 @ 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
UpCountry Brewing Company

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We’re starting something new for you all: Wednesday Night Date Night! Join us for dinner from 5-9PM every Wednesday for a fun evening with a great deal.

For $27, you’ll get your choice of two small salads or one large salad, one appetizer, and one pizza (specialty or a 3-topping BYO) from Grata Pizzeria. Add two UpCountry beers for a total of $37.

See you here!

Thursday, July 23, 2020
This Week’s Food Truck Schedule at Highland Brewery
Jul 23 @ 12:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Highland Brewing Company
Flat Rock Farmers Market
Jul 23 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Flat Rock Farmers Market

Celebrating over 15 years of bringing fresh, local produce and handcrafted goods to the community of Flat Rock NC.
Join us every Thursday, May – October at our location at Pinecrest Presbyterian Church at the corner of Upward Rd and Greenville Hwy. 

NC Arboretum’s “Arbor Evenings”
Jul 23 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
The North Carolina Arboretum

Relax and unwind at the Arboretum’s “ArborEvenings” after hours series. Held every Thursday, June – October, from 6 to 9 p.m., visitors will sip and stroll through the Arboretum’s beautiful gardens while enjoying live music amongst flowers and friends. Local beverages, including beer and wine, are available for purchase along with light food options.

Admission to ArborEvenings is free; however, standard parking fees apply to non-members.

One World Brewing West‎ Freemason + The Madmen (Outside Show)
Jul 23 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
One World Brewing West

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Thursday at One World West join us for an exciting evening of Outdoor-Socially-Distanced-Dancing!
As per usual, the fine folks at O.W.West will be featuring the latest dank Microbrews, and if you’re hungry, check out the Foodtruck.
So come on out, and don’t forget your favorite Mask!!

FREE MASON & THE MADMEN
– Rowdy Organ/Guitar Jazz. Jammin originals, inquisitive covers, edgy improvisations, hilarious banter, & a Hell of a good show! See Less

*Featuring*
– Lenny Pettinelli (Empire Strikes Brass)
– Preston Cate (Wild Card)
– Sean Mason (Snozzberries / Dirty Dead)
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Mitch’s Totally Rad Trivia
Jul 23 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
The One Stop at Asheville Music Hall

Scoop: Mitch's Totally Rad TRIVIA

Mitch Fortune brings you an irreverent and nostalgia filled night of pop culture trivia every Thursday night 7-9 pm at the One Stop in Downtown Asheville. A potpourri of movies, music, TV show trivia just for you!

Friday, July 24, 2020
Celebrate Pride! Top LGBTQIA+ Owned and Operated Restaurants in America
Jul 24 all-day
Online

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Celebrate Pride!
Get in on global Pride by dining in or ordering from these LGBTQIA+ owned and operated restaurants around the U.S.
Shop + Dine Henderson County
Jul 24 all-day
Online

COC Shop and Dine

What is Shop & Dine HC?

Shop & Dine HC is a collaborative movement designed to remind the public of the benefits and importance of spending their dollars with our local businesses. Local businesses lay the framework for a strong community and we want Henderson County to shop local, spend local, save local.

Why does shopping locally matter?

When you shop locally:

  • $0.02 of every $1 stays in the community through the Sales Tax. These dollars support county and municipal budgets for schools, law enforcement, infrastructure, and more.
  • you help create and retain jobs for existing businesses as they succeed and grow, and create a successful business community that attracts other businesses and entrepreneurs.
  • those same businesses you are supporting will give back to our community through donations to non-profits, civic clubs, youth programs, and more.

Simply put – our local businesses make our community better.

Want to get involved?

Be part of the conversation!

Join the Shop & Dine Facebook Group

 

Shop to Win!

When shopping in Henderson County:

  • take a selfie, post it to Facebook or Instagram
  • use the #ShopandDineHC
  • tag the Chamber @hendersoncochamber and business visited
  • be entered to win bi-monthly contests.

Contests begin July 1, 2020.

This Week’s Food Truck Schedule at Highland Brewery
Jul 24 @ 12:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Highland Brewing Company
French Broad River Brewing will be donating a portion of all of their sales to LEAF
Jul 24 @ 1:00 pm – 9:00 pm
French Broad River Brewery

French Broad River Brewery has been brewing quality craft beer in the heart of Asheville, North Carolina since 2001. They consider themselves one of the original breweries to shape the craft beer culture that flourishes in WNC today.  Named after the iconic French Broad River, they are continuously inspired by its rolling waters and thriving wildlife. FBRB embodies the life and spirit of the river in all that we do and we are proud to call them a partner.

Next week, French Broad River Brewing will be donating a portion of all of their sales – online and in their taproom – to LEAF, in an effort to help support our mission and our community. Please consider supporting this local Asheville business, as they support LEAF.

Free Dead Fridays
Jul 24 @ 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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Saturday, July 25, 2020
Shop + Dine Henderson County
Jul 25 all-day
Online

COC Shop and Dine

What is Shop & Dine HC?

Shop & Dine HC is a collaborative movement designed to remind the public of the benefits and importance of spending their dollars with our local businesses. Local businesses lay the framework for a strong community and we want Henderson County to shop local, spend local, save local.

Why does shopping locally matter?

When you shop locally:

  • $0.02 of every $1 stays in the community through the Sales Tax. These dollars support county and municipal budgets for schools, law enforcement, infrastructure, and more.
  • you help create and retain jobs for existing businesses as they succeed and grow, and create a successful business community that attracts other businesses and entrepreneurs.
  • those same businesses you are supporting will give back to our community through donations to non-profits, civic clubs, youth programs, and more.

Simply put – our local businesses make our community better.

Want to get involved?

Be part of the conversation!

Join the Shop & Dine Facebook Group

 

Shop to Win!

When shopping in Henderson County:

  • take a selfie, post it to Facebook or Instagram
  • use the #ShopandDineHC
  • tag the Chamber @hendersoncochamber and business visited
  • be entered to win bi-monthly contests.

Contests begin July 1, 2020.

Hendersonville Farmers Market
Jul 25 @ 8:00 am – 1:00 pm
Historic Train Depot

Hendersonville Farmers Market is located at the Historic Train Depot (650 Maple Street) in downtown Hendersonville’s Seventh Avenue District.

Limited free parking spaces are available at the market on Maple Street off of Fifth Avenue in addition to parking on surrounding streets. Lot and metered parking are available 0.3 miles away at the City Hall lot (145 Fifth Avenue) or 0.4 miles away at the Maple lot (124 Fifth Avenue).

The North Asheville Tailgate Market
Jul 25 @ 8:30 am – 12:00 pm
The North Asheville Tailgate Market
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IMPORTANT: COVID-19 Rules and Safety Procedures
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Our Goals:
  • Safe customers
  • Safe vendors
  • Provide essential products to our community
  • Safer customer and vendor experiences than alternatives such as grocery stores
  • A demonstration that we are a responsible Asheville business by modeling virus-safe behavior
  • As a market, we are determined to treat this public health crisis seriously.  Persons failing to follow any of the rules below must leave the market immediately.
Black Mountain Tailgate Market
Jul 25 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Black Mountain Tailgate Market
Transylvania Farmers Market
Jul 25 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Transylvania Farmers Market

Please note these new policies in effect at our Market until further notice:

In the wake of concern over COVID-19, the Market will be implementing additional methods to help prevent the spread of illness:

• Walk-up service with vendors with proper distancing. Note that all customers must enter/exit from one of two locations and travel the market in a clockwise fashion. Be prepared to wait to enter the market if we are at capacity. Once in the market, look for the chalk lines that will keep you distanced from other customers while in line. Only one customer at a booth at one time.

• Drive-up service from 10am to 12pm on Saturday.
Please pull your car up along the Rice Street side of the market. Look for the blue tent and the signage. Stay in your car and a market employee will approach your vehicle. Hand that person your shopping list and cash or info for your pickup. They will ask any questions to clarify your order and ask you to pull your vehicle up and wait. A runner will make your purchases or pick up your prepaid items and return to your vehicle, placing it all in the back seat or trunk when possible. All market employees/volunteers will wear gloves and sanitize frequently.

• If you do not feel that it is safe for you to visit the market, many of our vendors are offering direct sales and delivery options that limit contact. Please visit our website for that information: http://www.transylvaniafarmersmarket.com/purchase-directly.html

This Week’s Food Truck Schedule at Highland Brewery
Jul 25 @ 12:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Highland Brewing Company
Georgia Peach Truck
Jul 25 @ 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm
B.B. Barns The Garden Company

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Georgia Peach Truck rolls into B.B. Barns with fresh Georgia peaches from the authentic Peach State!

Organic peaches and Front Porch Pecans® are available, too.

Pre-order now from the link below, and select B.B. Barns at checkout for a contactless pickup!

www.georgiapeachtruck.com/preorder

Pre-order sales may close three days before scheduled pickup dates, and walkup sales might sell out, so please pre-order in advance to guarantee availability.

Any walkup sales will be first-come, first-serve in a safely distanced line, with wireless card readers to process contactless card payments, and cash may not be accepted when lines are present.

Freestone Georgia Peaches
Dickey Farms – Musella, Georgia
One Box, Approximately 25 Pounds – $46

Freestone Organic Peaches
Watsonia Farms – Monetta, South Carolina
One Box, Approximately 15 Pounds – $64

Front Porch Pecans®
Lamar Pecan Company – Hawkinsville, Georgia
One Bag, Approximately 1 Pound – $16

Sunday, July 26, 2020
Shop + Dine Henderson County
Jul 26 all-day
Online

COC Shop and Dine

What is Shop & Dine HC?

Shop & Dine HC is a collaborative movement designed to remind the public of the benefits and importance of spending their dollars with our local businesses. Local businesses lay the framework for a strong community and we want Henderson County to shop local, spend local, save local.

Why does shopping locally matter?

When you shop locally:

  • $0.02 of every $1 stays in the community through the Sales Tax. These dollars support county and municipal budgets for schools, law enforcement, infrastructure, and more.
  • you help create and retain jobs for existing businesses as they succeed and grow, and create a successful business community that attracts other businesses and entrepreneurs.
  • those same businesses you are supporting will give back to our community through donations to non-profits, civic clubs, youth programs, and more.

Simply put – our local businesses make our community better.

Want to get involved?

Be part of the conversation!

Join the Shop & Dine Facebook Group

 

Shop to Win!

When shopping in Henderson County:

  • take a selfie, post it to Facebook or Instagram
  • use the #ShopandDineHC
  • tag the Chamber @hendersoncochamber and business visited
  • be entered to win bi-monthly contests.

Contests begin July 1, 2020.

Bluegrass Brunch
Jul 26 @ 10:30 am – 3:00 pm
The One Stop at Asheville Music Hall

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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.

This Week’s Food Truck Schedule at Highland Brewery
Jul 26 @ 12:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Highland Brewing Company
French Broad River Brewing will be donating a portion of all of their sales to LEAF
Jul 26 @ 1:00 pm – 9:00 pm
French Broad River Brewery

French Broad River Brewery has been brewing quality craft beer in the heart of Asheville, North Carolina since 2001. They consider themselves one of the original breweries to shape the craft beer culture that flourishes in WNC today.  Named after the iconic French Broad River, they are continuously inspired by its rolling waters and thriving wildlife. FBRB embodies the life and spirit of the river in all that we do and we are proud to call them a partner.

Next week, French Broad River Brewing will be donating a portion of all of their sales – online and in their taproom – to LEAF, in an effort to help support our mission and our community. Please consider supporting this local Asheville business, as they support LEAF.

Shakedown Sundays
Jul 26 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
The One Stop at Asheville Music Hall

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Every Sunday Except First of Month.

Monday, July 27, 2020
French Broad River Brewing will be donating a portion of all of their sales to LEAF
Jul 27 @ 1:00 pm – 9:00 pm
French Broad River Brewery

French Broad River Brewery has been brewing quality craft beer in the heart of Asheville, North Carolina since 2001. They consider themselves one of the original breweries to shape the craft beer culture that flourishes in WNC today.  Named after the iconic French Broad River, they are continuously inspired by its rolling waters and thriving wildlife. FBRB embodies the life and spirit of the river in all that we do and we are proud to call them a partner.

Next week, French Broad River Brewing will be donating a portion of all of their sales – online and in their taproom – to LEAF, in an effort to help support our mission and our community. Please consider supporting this local Asheville business, as they support LEAF.

Tuesday, July 28, 2020
French Broad River Brewing will be donating a portion of all of their sales to LEAF
Jul 28 @ 1:00 pm – 9:00 pm
French Broad River Brewery

French Broad River Brewery has been brewing quality craft beer in the heart of Asheville, North Carolina since 2001. They consider themselves one of the original breweries to shape the craft beer culture that flourishes in WNC today.  Named after the iconic French Broad River, they are continuously inspired by its rolling waters and thriving wildlife. FBRB embodies the life and spirit of the river in all that we do and we are proud to call them a partner.

Next week, French Broad River Brewing will be donating a portion of all of their sales – online and in their taproom – to LEAF, in an effort to help support our mission and our community. Please consider supporting this local Asheville business, as they support LEAF.

West Asheville Tailgate Market
Jul 28 @ 3:30 pm – 6:30 pm
West Asheville Tailgate Market

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We have been working hard to establish Emergency Safety Guidelines in order to safely operate during the COVID-19 pandemic.  It’s important for all to remember that we are able to be open because we are an open-air grocery store, not a social gathering.

NEW OPTION: PRE-ORDER YOUR PRODUCTS

In order to best serve all of our vendors during this time, we have established a pre-sale and pick-up option so you’re still able to purchase items from vendors you love while having as little contact as possible at the market.  Click below to read about how this option works and why it was created. 

Women and Wine
Jul 28 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Carrabba's Italian Grill

In light of current events and seeing as we have an all female management staff Carrabba’s is hosting a wine dinner celebrating women who are empowered. 4 courses 4 wines and a history lesson on 4 women who changed history. Collecting donations for women’s shelter and each item counts as an entry into drawing that night. Social Distancing and all other healtheasires will be met. Call and reserve your table today!

Women and Wine Dinner
Jul 28 @ 6:30 pm
Carrabbas Italian Grill
It’s 4 courses and 4 wines which will correlates with the Woman that is matched with them that changed history. We choose this theme because we have an all female management staff and with how the world is today we focused on women who played major parts in social and civil reforms. We also partnered with Homeward Bound doing a donation drive for their shelter. We will be doing drawings as well for different prizes from gift cards to wine.