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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Saturday, May 16, 2020
Hendersonville Art and Architecture Walking Tours
May 16 @ 9:00 am – 10:30 am
Center for Art & Inspiration

The popular FREE Art and Architecture Walking Tours offered by the Arts Council of Henderson County return for 2020. The 90-minute tour of Downtown Hendersonville gathers at 9:00 am in front of the Center for Art & Inspiration. Tours are led by Doug Gelbert who has created over 400 architectural tours in towns across the United States and Canada.  All tours are free of charge and no pre-registration is required. Just show up ready to walk. As always, dogs are welcome to accompany their well-behaved owners on the Art and Architectural Walking Tours. Named “One of the 10 Best Things You Can Do in North Carolina at 9:00 on a Saturday morning”

Quarantined, Locked Down, + Social Distanced Virtual Live Show!
May 16 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am
livestream

Off the Wagon is going live again this Saturday! Please join us for some dueling pianos (and more)!

It will be a virtual, interactive, and all request sing-a-long show! See you Saturday night at Facebook.com/offthewagonrocks.

Million Dollar Quartet CANCELLED
May 16 @ 2:00 pm
Flat Rock Playhouse
LEAF Live Stream Gray Eagle: Jane Kramer+ Alexa Rose
May 16 @ 5:00 pm
livestream

LIVE STREAM: Jane Kramer + Alexa Rose

Jane Kramer + Alexa Rose with MoonFish 2 LIVE STREAMING from The Grey Eagle in Asheville, NC!

Join us for a FREE LIVE STREAMING event featuring Jane Kramer + Alexa Rose with MoonFish 2 live from The Grey Eagle as a part of 2020 VIRTUAL LEAF.

V-LEAF is LEAF Festival like you’ve never experienced it before! From May 15th – May 17th vleaf.org will transform into your daily schedule. We will be reliving some of our favorite LEAF concerts over the last 25 years as well as streaming a poetry slam, LIVE concerts, panel discussions, global connection, and much more! Mark your calendars and come back for a weekend of music, cultural connection and a whole lot of #LEAFLove.

VIRTUAL TIP JAR : Paypal.me/TheGreyEagle

VIEW LIVE STREAM HERE : vleaf.org or facebook.com/greyeagleasheville

The Black Mountain Experimental Film and Music Festival
May 16 @ 6:00 pm
Online

Streams live on Saturdays at 6pm on Facebook at @carlos.steward and YouTube on the Snarlos Channel. These are the award winning experimental films from this year’s festival and experimental music entries. You can go back and watch them on Facebook and Youtube at a time convenient to you.

Bands2Fans – Asheville Bluegrass Jamboree Livestream
May 16 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Livestream

Asheville’s finest collaborate to bring a night of insane pickin’ and some of the finest harmony singing you’ll see anywhere!

Streaming at:
facebook.com/bans2fans
twitch.tv/bands2fans
youtube @bands2fans

Million Dollar Quartet CANCELLED
May 16 @ 8:00 pm
Flat Rock Playhouse
VIRTUAL: Aaron Price’s Sessions from the Cocoon
May 16 @ 9:30 pm
facebook

Aaron price is a longtime fixture of the Asheville music community. Known as an indispensable sideman and record producer, Aaron is known for working in the studio and onstage with many iconic Asheville bands. He is opening his personal studio to the public eye for NIGHTLY 9:30 performances (you can even make requests!) on his Facebook page. Aaron plays originals and covers at the guitar and piano and features the occasional special guest.

Sunday, May 17, 2020
A History of Classical Music by The Kennedy Center
May 17 all-day
The Kennedy Center Online

A History of Classical Music
Brought to you by The Kennedy Center
Follow the development and impact of classical music in the U.S.

Moogmentum in Place: Fundraising live stream events, celebrating Bob Moog’s 86th birthday + one year anniversary of the Moogseum
May 17 all-day
online

Moogmentum in Place is an upcoming series of fundraising live stream events, from May 9th- May 31st, celebrating Bob Moog’s 86th birthday and the one year anniversary of the Moogseum.

Moogmentum In Place will feature performances, musical and technical insights, and question and answer sessions with a prodigious and varied group of legendary musicians, composers, and music technologists. All events will be streamed from the Foundation’s Facebook page where attendees from around the world will have the opportunity to donate in any amount.

Moogmentum In Place will feature film composers and synthesists Alex Wurman (May 9th) and Michael Whalen (May 17th), renowned keyboardist and musical director Greg Phillinganes (May 15th), former Earth, Wind & Fire keyboardist Larry Dunn interviewed by Jerry Kovarsky (May 21st), theremin virtuoso and music technologist Randy George (May 23rd), and electro-acoustic violist/composer Martha Mooke (May 28th). A virtual tour of the Moogseum and other events are also planned. Further information about each event will be released the week prior to it occurring.

PostClassical Ensemble: “Shostakovich and the State” Pick of the Week Brevard Music Center
May 17 all-day
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PostClassical Ensemble: “Shostakovich and the State”
Joseph Horowitz, Angel Gil-Ordóñez, and Solomon Volkov
Bill McGlaughlin hosts the inaugural “More Than Music” video

For more staff weekly pics:

https://www.brevardmusic.org/online/around-the-web/?utm_source=Brevard+Music+Center&utm_campaign=16d219d56a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_1_31_2018_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b154873bc5-16d219d56a-131688489

St. Louis Symphony 2020 BMC Instrument Playground Online
May 17 all-day
online
The Cleveland Orchestra “Close your eyes. Breathe. Relax with this Mindful Music Moment.”
May 17 all-day
online
Bluegrass Brunch
May 17 @ 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.

Million Dollar Quartet CANCELLED
May 17 @ 2:00 pm
Flat Rock Playhouse
Jack of the Wood : Sunday-Irish Session
May 17 @ 3:00 pm
Jack of the Wood

 

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

http://www.jackofthewood.com/

POPS: Stage, Page, and Screen Brevard Philharmonic CANCELLED
May 17 @ 3:00 pm
Brevard College: Porter Center

After careful analysis of the continued global, regional, and local impact of the Coronavirus, the Trustees of the Brevard Music Center have unanimously voted to cancel its renowned Summer Music Festival, which had been scheduled for May 30 – August 22, 2020. The Brevard Music Center, one of the country’s premier training programs for young musicians, is also cancelling all educational programming during the summer of 2020.

In the immediate days and following weeks ahead, the Brevard Music Center staff will proactively contact all 2020 ticket holders to offer a full refund on their purchase. BMC ticket holders will also be given the option to donate the full or partial value of their tickets to the Brevard Music Center as a charitable contribution. Ticket buyers may visit brevardmusic.org or call 828-862-2130 for further details.

Broadway, Book, and Movie greats come together in one exciting concert

Bruce Chase: Broadway Tonight!

Richard Rogers/arr. Robert Russell Bennett: Oklahoma! Selections for Orchestra

Stephen Sondheim/arr. Robert Lowden: Send in the Clowns from A Little Night Music

Andrew Lloyd-Webber/arr. Calvin Custer: Selections from Phantom of the Opera

Mel Brooks/arr. Ted Ricketts: Selections from The Producers          

John Williams: Main Theme from Angela’s Ashes    

Howard Shore/arr. John Whitney:The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Symphonic Suite

THIS CONCERT IS SPONSORED BY GINNY AND WARREN BEDELL

Shakedown Sundays
May 17 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
The One Stop at Asheville Music Hall

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Every Sunday Except First of Month.

The Black Mountain Experimental Film and Music Festival
May 17 @ 6:00 pm
Online

Streams live on Saturdays at 6pm on Facebook at @carlos.steward and YouTube on the Snarlos Channel. These are the award winning experimental films from this year’s festival and experimental music entries. You can go back and watch them on Facebook and Youtube at a time convenient to you.

Monday, May 18, 2020
Moogmentum in Place: Fundraising live stream events, celebrating Bob Moog’s 86th birthday + one year anniversary of the Moogseum
May 18 all-day
online

Moogmentum in Place is an upcoming series of fundraising live stream events, from May 9th- May 31st, celebrating Bob Moog’s 86th birthday and the one year anniversary of the Moogseum.

Moogmentum In Place will feature performances, musical and technical insights, and question and answer sessions with a prodigious and varied group of legendary musicians, composers, and music technologists. All events will be streamed from the Foundation’s Facebook page where attendees from around the world will have the opportunity to donate in any amount.

Moogmentum In Place will feature film composers and synthesists Alex Wurman (May 9th) and Michael Whalen (May 17th), renowned keyboardist and musical director Greg Phillinganes (May 15th), former Earth, Wind & Fire keyboardist Larry Dunn interviewed by Jerry Kovarsky (May 21st), theremin virtuoso and music technologist Randy George (May 23rd), and electro-acoustic violist/composer Martha Mooke (May 28th). A virtual tour of the Moogseum and other events are also planned. Further information about each event will be released the week prior to it occurring.

Bluegrass Music with LEATHERWOODs
May 18 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Radio Station Live Music

LIVE on the “air” at WGWG.org on MONDAY nights 8PM. Listen in on your computer, android device or phone through WGWG.org.

Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Moogmentum in Place: Fundraising live stream events, celebrating Bob Moog’s 86th birthday + one year anniversary of the Moogseum
May 19 all-day
online

Moogmentum in Place is an upcoming series of fundraising live stream events, from May 9th- May 31st, celebrating Bob Moog’s 86th birthday and the one year anniversary of the Moogseum.

Moogmentum In Place will feature performances, musical and technical insights, and question and answer sessions with a prodigious and varied group of legendary musicians, composers, and music technologists. All events will be streamed from the Foundation’s Facebook page where attendees from around the world will have the opportunity to donate in any amount.

Moogmentum In Place will feature film composers and synthesists Alex Wurman (May 9th) and Michael Whalen (May 17th), renowned keyboardist and musical director Greg Phillinganes (May 15th), former Earth, Wind & Fire keyboardist Larry Dunn interviewed by Jerry Kovarsky (May 21st), theremin virtuoso and music technologist Randy George (May 23rd), and electro-acoustic violist/composer Martha Mooke (May 28th). A virtual tour of the Moogseum and other events are also planned. Further information about each event will be released the week prior to it occurring.

Pop Evil: The Versatile Tour rescheduled new date TBA
May 19 @ 7:30 pm
The Orange Peel

We are rescheduling the Versatile Tour out of an abundance of caution. Above everything, the health of our fans, touring crew, and concert venue employees is our top priority. Our team is diligently working to find the right time to safely tour. Until then, stay home, stay safe, and self-isolate! We are in this together.

Tickets & Info: www.theorangepeel.net/event/pop-evil/

When North Muskegon, Michigan native Leigh Kakaty formed Pop Evil, he chose the band’s name for a reason. He loved hard rock songs with good melodies but he also dug loud, crunchy guitars and propulsive metal rhythms. For Kakaty, it’s a natural duality that came from growing up in the Great Lakes and it eventually became the raison d’etre of his band.

“It’s just a natural part of who I am,”​ Kakaty says. ​”When I was growing up we’d roll out to the beach on the weekdays with an acoustic guitar and everyone would kick it. And on the weekends, we’d turn up the amps and, boom, everyone would try to break windows. It was all about the heaviness. And I needed both of those elements – the melodic and the metallic.”

Five albums into Pop Evil’s career, combining strong hooks with knockout punches is more important than ever. The band’s new record, simply called ​Pop Evil​, is a surging, contemporary sounding release that incorporates metal, alternative, hard rock and even electronic music. In the wake of the band’s peppy, upbeat 2015 album ​Up​, it’s a wake-up call, a musical rebirth that inspired the band to self-title the release, partially since they’d never done so. Their first album, ​Lipstick on the Mirror​ came out in 2008, and while it introduced listeners to the band’s core sound with well-received singles like “​Hero​” and “​100 in a 55​,” Pop Evil has grown exponentially since then.

Tuesday Early Jam
May 19 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
The One Stop at Asheville Music Hall
Tuesday Night Funk Jam
May 19 @ 10:00 pm – May 20 @ 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

Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Moogmentum in Place: Fundraising live stream events, celebrating Bob Moog’s 86th birthday + one year anniversary of the Moogseum
May 20 all-day
online

Moogmentum in Place is an upcoming series of fundraising live stream events, from May 9th- May 31st, celebrating Bob Moog’s 86th birthday and the one year anniversary of the Moogseum.

Moogmentum In Place will feature performances, musical and technical insights, and question and answer sessions with a prodigious and varied group of legendary musicians, composers, and music technologists. All events will be streamed from the Foundation’s Facebook page where attendees from around the world will have the opportunity to donate in any amount.

Moogmentum In Place will feature film composers and synthesists Alex Wurman (May 9th) and Michael Whalen (May 17th), renowned keyboardist and musical director Greg Phillinganes (May 15th), former Earth, Wind & Fire keyboardist Larry Dunn interviewed by Jerry Kovarsky (May 21st), theremin virtuoso and music technologist Randy George (May 23rd), and electro-acoustic violist/composer Martha Mooke (May 28th). A virtual tour of the Moogseum and other events are also planned. Further information about each event will be released the week prior to it occurring.

Burial Beer Co. Virtual Off Topic with Asheville Symphony
May 20 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Instagram

Join Burial on Instagram Live for a Virtual Off Topic with the Asheville Symphony on Instagram Live! Tune in on Instagram at @burialbeer

Each event is organized by the hosting venue as part of AVL Beer Week. Some events require tickets or reservations and others are less formal. If you have a questions about tickets, reservations or how to attend an event, please contact the hosting venue directly.

Thursday, May 21, 2020
BMC@Home: Bach Concerto for Two Violins in D minor
May 21 all-day
online

BMC favorite Gil Shaham shares a special at-home performance of the first movement of the Bach Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043. Adele Anthony performs the violin 1 solo, Shaham performs the violin 2 solo, and colleagues Colin Jacobsen (violin, viola) and Eric Jacobsen (cello) supply the orchestral accompaniment.

Brevard Music Center Online: Keith’s Corner Summon the Heroes
May 21 all-day
Online

Keith’s Corner

Inspiring music and personal stories from our very own Keith Lockhart and special guests.


One of my great joys at Brevard is being able to share with you symphonic music that is special to me. Keith’s Corner will allow me, albeit virtually, to continue to do that. Join me here as I share stories with you about the music that I love…some of the music that made me fall in love with orchestras, some works that have produced memorable moments during my years at Brevard, and some of the music that touches me most profoundly. It will also be an opportunity to, on occasion, introduce you to a gem you may not have yet discovered. Join me for a completely personal, somewhat subjective and, I hope, entertaining listening experience! – Keith Lockhart

The Boston Pops Orchestra, under the direction of Keith Lockhart, performs a musical video tribute, Summon the Heroes–featuring the work originally composed by John Williams for the 1996 Olympic Games–as a tribute to today’s first responders who are providing critical and needed services during the Covid-19 epidemic. John Williams joins the virtual tribute with a musical and spoken introduction from his home studio in Los Angeles.

Digital BMC: Open Air Brevard Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major
May 21 all-day
online

Open Air Brevard

Enjoy featured re-broadcasts of Open Air Brevard, produced by 89.9 WDAV Classical Public Radio based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Additional broadcasts co-produced by BPR Classic in Asheville, North Carolina. Check back regularly for new episodes!

Also Sprach Zarathustra (opens in new tab)

Posted May 21, 2020; originally aired in the 2013 and 2016 seasons

Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra

Brevard Music Center Orchestra
Matthias Bamert, conductor
Tone poem and the opening theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major

Jean-Louis Steuerman, piano
Brevard Music Center Orchestra
Matthias Bamert, conductor