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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, October
5, 2019
NC Dance Festival
Asheville
$5 at the door
Experience the energy and talent of professional dance artists from across NC with the 29th Season of the NC Dance Festival. The Festival aims to support the creation of new choreography and the presentation of high-quality repertory, build and strengthen relationships between dance artists within the state, and provide access to and education about modern and contemporary dance to audiences and students.
Vania Claiborne (Greensboro) presents (Bro)tha/Brother, a duet for two men that celebrates and explores black male joy, friendship, and humanity.
In Studio C Projects (Durham) atmospheric Two, three dancers follow two sets of movement instructions that test the accuracy of memory in response to a shifting environment.
MARO Movement (Southern Pines) explores the sometimes taboo topic of mortality and vulnerability with Impact, inspired by choreographer Matthew Rocks late grandmother.
The multigenerational dancers of Durhams Big Red Dance Project, ranging in age from 38-78 and directed by Gerri Houlihan, reveal the melodic and rhythmic complexities of J.S. Bachs Violin Concerto in A Minor in Dances for the Time Being.
Wilmington’s Alyona Amato presents Its All About Me, an ensemble dance that combines video and movement to capture the sense of competition and self-centeredness that can characterize our modern culture.
Local Asheville company Stewart/Owen presents an excerpt of a new theatrical work that broadly speaks to power, control, vulnerability, and how human beings manifest each of those qualities and surrender to them.
Asheville
Intergenerational Modern Dance
Come join 2019 NCDF Artist Gerri Houlihan as she teaches this intergenerational modern dance class at the Wortham Center for the Performing Arts in Asheville!
$5 at the door
October 5 @ 10-11:30 a.m.
Click to register
Henry Labrun Studio in the Wortham Center for the Performing Arts, Asheville, NC
Sunday, October
6, 2019
Waltz Night
$5 lesson
$10 dance
Lesson | 6:00pm – 6:45pm
Dance | 7:00pm – 9:45pm
Tickets At The Door
Tuesday, October
8, 2019
107th Cherokee Indian Fair
It’s over a century old. It’s a cornucopia of sights and sounds—a treat for all your senses. It’s a carnival and an agriculture show. It’s an art show and a game show. There’s food, music, and rides. It’s pure, unfiltered fair entertainment with that unmistakable Cherokee touch.
General admission is $10 per person at the ticket booth (gate), Tuesday through Saturday. Children ages 6 to 10 are $5 per person. Youth under 6 years old will be admitted for free. Enrolled members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and other federally recognized tribes will receive free admission with their enrollment card.
Tuesday: Parade Day (gates open at 5:30 p.m. and close at 11 p.m.)
Wednesday: Children’s Day (gates open at 9 a.m. and close at 11 p.m. and from noon until closing, youth 17 years old and younger are admitted for free and will get a wristband to enjoy complimentary rides)
Thursday: Elder’s Day (gates open at 9 a.m. and close at 11 p.m. and all Elder’s ages 59 and a half are admitted for free)
Friday: Veterans’ Day (gates open at 9 a.m. and close at 11 p.m. and all Veterans’ are admitted for free)
Saturday: Community Day (gates open at 9 a.m. and close at 11 p.m. and will feature a variety of traditional competitions for the communities to compete against one another for a chance to win cash prizes)
Thursday, October
10, 2019
Singles Soiree
Singles Soiree
An alternative to online dating
Swiped out? Join us and support the momentum of the singles of Asheville taking the dating game off the apps, and go face to face!
Friday, October
11, 2019
BalletX Matinee at Diana Wortham
BalletX
Friday, October 11, 2019 at 10am
Recommended for Grades 5-12
Diana Wortham Theatre
BalletX’s website
Experience a unique mix of original, dynamic choreography from a company whose dancers have been hailed as “among America’s best” by The New York Times. Inspiring for children and adults alike BalletX challenges the boundaries of classical ballet with contemporary works of athleticism, emotion and grace.
Group reservations:
Download the 2019/2020 Matinee Series Order Form + Y.E.S. Fund Application
TICKETS
$10 for Individuals – Call the box office at 828-257-4530.
$9 for Groups of 11 or more – Download the Matinee Series Reservation Form / Y.E.S. Fund Application
For school groups of 11 or more: 1 free teacher ticket per every 10 students. Deposit of $1 per ticket required for groups.
Need-based scholarships available
Visit the Matinee Series page
Visit the Youth Education Scholarship (Y.E.S.) page
Visit the Matinee Series page
Visit the Youth Education Scholarship (Y.E.S.) page
Literacy Changing Lives Tour
BalletX
Friday, October 11, 2019 at 10am
Recommended for Grades 5-12
Diana Wortham Theatre
BalletX’s website
Experience a unique mix of original, dynamic choreography from a company whose dancers have been hailed as “among America’s best” by The New York Times. Inspiring for children and adults alike BalletX challenges the boundaries of classical ballet with contemporary works of athleticism, emotion and grace.
Group reservations:
Download the 2019/2020 Matinee Series Order Form + Y.E.S. Fund Application
TICKETS
$10 for Individuals – Call the box office at 828-257-4530.
$9 for Groups of 11 or more – Download the Matinee Series Reservation Form / Y.E.S. Fund Application
For school groups of 11 or more: 1 free teacher ticket per every 10 students. Deposit of $1 per ticket required for groups.
Need-based scholarships available
Visit the Matinee Series page
Visit the Youth Education Scholarship (Y.E.S.) page
Visit the Matinee Series page
Visit the Youth Education Scholarship (Y.E.S.) page
Please join us for coffee and a one-hour tour of the Literacy Council.
Space is limited. Please RSVP below and click here to use the driving directions from our website.
Sunday, October
13, 2019
Southeast Wise Woman Herbal Conference
The Southeast Wise Women Herbal Conference was inspired by the thriving herbal conferences for women in the Northeast, Northwest, and California, which were founded in the 1990’s. After many years of running Red Moon Herbs and teaching herbal medicine for women, Corinna Wood—student and apprentice of Wise Woman Herbalist Susun Weed—recognized that the Southeast, too, would be eager for this kind of gathering. From our first annual event in 2005 with 200 women attending, we quickly discovered that the community was more than ready, that this event is filling a deep hunger for the Wise Woman Ways in this region. The conference now has a heart and soul of its own. For many, it has become an annual event—with over a thousand women, the October gathering is a tradition in education, inspiration, and sisterhood.
3 Full days of workshops, intensives, gatherings and more.
For a complete schedule visit: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HcEve8IzhO29Qt_ZFRQXF3jcXtsffDk31v5HEbUNm_A/edit#gid=2075348263
Friday, October
18, 2019
80s vs 90s Dance Party
Sunday, October
20, 2019
49th Annual LEAF Festival
LEAF Festival sits below Mt. Mitchell with mountain lakes and rolling hills with 600 stunning acres featuring rustic cabins, large camping fields with mountain views, hiking trails, barns, streams, and lakes for canoeing, swimming, and the zooming zipline. This enchanting land offers lots of outdoors adventures for the whole family!
The 1st LEAF Festival premiered Fall 1996, and has become a tradition twice a year, May and October. The name Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF) was chosen to honor the lake and the former Lake Eden Inn & Resort. “Arts” embraces a broad creative palate and of course it was to be a “festival”. In envisioning LEAF, we sought to embrace world cultures, reflect the creativity of the Asheville area, and to complement the stunning landscape. The location and size, attendance is limited to 6,000 people on site per day, makes LEAF Festival one of the best small festivals in the world. The right place, the right size.
Thursday, October
24, 2019
City Dance
Beginner’s workshop lesson at 7:30 P.M., then 8-11 P.M. Contra Dance with Country Waltzing at the break and the final dance. This is a partner dance but it’s not necessary to come with a partner. We have different live bands and callers.
Friday, October
25, 2019
Friday The 25th w/ Dj Audio + Brent Brown
On Friday OCT the 25th, DJ AUDIO + Brent Brown are coming to Ole Shakey’s to kill everything! Get ready to dance that ass off to big beats under the most amazing light show ever . Music Powered by the Hottest Dj’s in the city. NO COVER. 21+. RSVP NOW & Tag a friend!
Saturday, October
26, 2019
HAUNTED GROVE HOUSE INFERNO 2019
CommUnity Square Dance
#1 HALLOWEEN DANCE PARTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
3-DANCE FLOORS ~ 4-DJ’s ~ 5-BARS
THREE VENUES / ONE PRICE
$1,000 COSTUME CONTEST
The GROVE HOUSE Entertainment Complex is famous for the scariest and BEST annual Halloween costume and dance party in WNC! This year will be the most frightening and fun to-date!
You’ll be terrified by monsters lurking around every corner…beware as you walk through each themed-area dripping with creepy décor. You will succumb to your fears as you migrate throughout the HAUNTED GROVE HOUSE INFERNO’s three levels – themed to Dante’s Nine Circles of Hell.
Enchanted Forest
Descent
Disembodied Heretics
Spider Chasm
Psychedelic Passage
Limbo
Lost Souls
Abyss
THREE LEVELS OF DANCING
4-DJ’s playing a variety of music genres
REMEMBER!!! – $1,000 IN CASH COSTUME CONTEST…so deck-out in your most terrifying best (or worst), and you may end the night with a fist-full of cash! Gates open at 9pm and ONE price gives you access to the ENTIRE complex (Club Eleven On Grove, Scandals Nightclub, and BOILER ROOM.)
Gates open at 9pm (18 & over)
Contest registration/pre-judging from 9:30pm-12:30am
Contest on main stage at 1am
Closing is at 3am
Everyone is welcome at the CommUnity Square Dance. Caller Kyle Johnston will teach and call all dances to old-time music led by Lillian and Sara Nell Chase. No experience necessary!
Tuesday, October
29, 2019
Halloween Pet Parade at West Asheville Tailgate Market
Just before Halloween, WATM will be hosting a family-friendly Halloween Pet Parade
>> PET PARADE <> GOURD DECORATING <> LIVE MUSIC <<\
As always, the market will be filled with the sounds of live music! Come out to shop and hang out to watch the great local talent.
Wednesday, October
30, 2019
Karaoke
Anything Goes Karaoke on Wednesdays. Its so much fun and it gets a little wild. Come out and party with us Sign ups start at 8pm music shortly after.
Thursday, October
31, 2019
Spooktacular Soiree
Spooktacular Soiree
Halloween night at Haiku I Do!
Two dance floors powered up by some of Asheville’s finest
?️DJ Bowie
?️DJ Brett Rock
?️Cpt. Hyperdrive
?️DJ Cotton Kandy
?️Trillium Dance Company
Come in costume and get a discount at the door!
About this Event
Come in costume and get a discount at the door!
Two dance floors powered by some of Asheville finest DJs.
DJ Bowie
DJ Brett Rock
Cpt. Hyperdrive
With special guest Cotton Kandy joining the line up from Charlotte.
Saturday, November
2, 2019
Russian Ballet Theatre presents “Swan Lake”
Swan Lake, which has mesmerized audiences for over a century, is based on a German fairy tale. Tchaikovsky’s score tells the tragic love story of Prince Siegfried and Swan Princess, Odette, who is cursed to be a swan by day but a young woman at night. The Russian Ballet Theatre’s new production will captivate audiences with time-honored Russian traditions while adding new choreography, hand painted sets, radiant hand sewn costumes, artistic hair designs and special effects makeup.
The production’s hand-painted sets and more than 150 hand-sewn costumes were created in the tradition of the great masters by young, accomplished designer Sergei Novikov (Mariinksy Theatre, Omsk State Music Theatre, St. Petersburg State Music Hall). The SFX makeup is done by Award-winning Irina Strukova (Crazy Rich Asians, Netflix, HBO) and will make ballet devotees feel as though they are seeing the beautiful Swan Lake for the first time!
Tuesday, November
5, 2019
Open Mic at Vintage Kava every Tuesday
Come share your talent with the community! All acts welcome (music, jokes, dancing, poetry, storytelling, etc)
Stop by to sign up for your slot!
Tuesday, November
12, 2019
Open Mic at Vintage Kava every Tuesday
Come share your talent with the community! All acts welcome (music, jokes, dancing, poetry, storytelling, etc)
Stop by to sign up for your slot!
Friday, November
15, 2019
Live Music Honey Music Collective
Amazing night of live music and dance at Alley Cat Social Club.
Tuesday, November
19, 2019
Open Mic at Vintage Kava every Tuesday
Come share your talent with the community! All acts welcome (music, jokes, dancing, poetry, storytelling, etc)
Stop by to sign up for your slot!
Friday, November
22, 2019
Petra Ballet Company Presents: REBORN
Petra Ballet Company is a non-profit organization that desires to give Jesus Christ the highest praise with their talents. Their mission is to exalt His name through dance, revive hearts through worship, and make Him known through excellence in the arts. With Jesus as the foundation of the company, they are committed to share their passion for Him nationally as well as global. You are invited to join Petra Ballet Company as they present their signature Christmas dance piece, REBORN, to celebrate the Holiday Season.
Tuesday, November
26, 2019
Open Mic at Vintage Kava every Tuesday
Come share your talent with the community! All acts welcome (music, jokes, dancing, poetry, storytelling, etc)
Stop by to sign up for your slot!
Thursday, November
28, 2019
City Dance
Beginner’s workshop lesson at 7:30 P.M., then 8-11 P.M. Contra Dance with Country Waltzing at the break and the final dance. This is a partner dance but it’s not necessary to come with a partner. We have different live bands and callers.
Friday, November
29, 2019
Black Friday: Holiday Dance Party Orange Peel
Ages 18+
8pm – Doors x Networking x Face Painting
9pm – ( Guest Dj )
10pm – Dj Brent Brown (Throwbacks x Hip Hop)
11pm – Dj Audio (Hip Hop/ R&B x Twerk
After Party: Room 9 | Midnight – 2am**
A % of Profits will go to supporting the YMICC + Brother Wolf**
Saturday, November
30, 2019
Kid Hop Hooray! Indoor Dance Party
Finally, on Saturday November 30th after Thanksgiving, we’re excited that it’s Kid Hop time again! Kid Hop Hooray (our awesome indoor family dance party that happens monthly all winter long) is back. This event is for kids of all ages, with family-appropriate music from DJ Oso! Drop in anytime – it goes from 10am til 1pm. There will be FREE Glow accessories for little dancers while they last, plenty of room to run, dance, and get their sillies out while it’s cold outside, and snacks for purchase from Asheville Pizza Co and the Hop Ice Creamery, as well as popcorn and juice boxes! And of course, The Orange Peel bar will be open for mom and dad’s refreshments.
Padded area available for crawlers and new walkers to play and explore.
Sunday, December
1, 2019
Pisgah Market on Small Business Weekend
Join us for the 5th annual big 2 day event!
(formerly Asheville Flea For Y’all / Holiday Flea For Y’all)
A must-do for antiquers, vintage collectors, art seekers and sellers. The finest vintage picking around, local handmade art and objects, people watching, collecting, and connecting with over 100 local and regional vendors and artists.
Apply Now!
https://goo.gl/forms/AzV10VIe1806UX4g1
$5 adult admission Kids FREE!
Tuesday, December
3, 2019
Open Mic at Vintage Kava every Tuesday
Come share your talent with the community! All acts welcome (music, jokes, dancing, poetry, storytelling, etc)
Stop by to sign up for your slot!
Friday, December
6, 2019
Carolina Christmas Show
Share the joy & magic of the Christmas season with your friends & families at the Carolina Christmas Show, a dazzling production of live music, dance, & comedy! This heartwarming Broadway-style show features the finest performers from Western NC & special guest artists presenting sacred and secular Christmas favorites, including Santa Claus Is Coming to Town, O Holy Night, Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree, and Go Tell it On the Mountain. Relax, unplug, & experience the Carolina Christmas Show, a celebration of the true spirit of Christmas that’s sure to become an annual tradition! One weekend only, Dec. 6th & 7th at the Colonial Theater in Canton, just west of Asheville!