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.
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“My Life as a Dog”
Lasse Hallstrom (Sweden, 1985)
This is the story of Ingemar, a 12-yr-old from a working-class family sent to live with his uncle in a country village when his mother falls ill. With the help of the warmhearted eccentrics who populate the town, the boy finds both refuge from his misfortunes and unexpected adventure.
Doors open at 7:30 / Film begins at 8:00 pm. Come on in, get comfortable, have some refreshments and enjoy great films from around the world every Friday! Open donation.
Galena will be joined by Kusa and Mightier than Me for one hell of a party to celebrate the official release of “Sliced,” Galena’s newest EP.
Galena: www.wearegalena.com
Kusa: https://kusaboiz.bandcamp.com/
Mightier Than Me: https://www.mightierthanme.com/
https://www.facebook.com/events/597207610754996/
Local Singer/Songwriter Joel Cornes takes the stage at Triskelion for the first time.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2874539582557939/
#thenewrusticsNC hits the Sanctuary Brewing Company stage for the second time in 2019! Join us on Friday May 10th @ 8 PM for a night of LIVE music and dancing! This one is sure to be a night to remember!
The New Rustics (formerly called Open Road is a new four piece band located in Asheville NC. Our music is Americana with hints of folk, rock, and jam.
https://www.facebook.com/events/596325087509916/
Please note: This event is now sold out! Click on the link below to be added to the waiting list: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfnsTdExtMXxjuUwxVXt7CGzrv1LnDw1kX2-sKoiA7QbTiYqg/viewform
Join us for a fun, family-friendly “HOPportunity” as we discover which amphibians are more active at night, while also enjoying tasty treats and local brews. Participants will listen and learn how to identify frogs by their nocturnal sounds, as well as see live animal demonstrations with different frog and salamander species. Take a guided evening hike to hear gray treefrogs and other species. Come celebrate the final weekend of the Arboretum’s special In the Dark exhibit.
Attendance is free, however, online registration is required and standard non-member parking fees apply. A suggested five-dollar per person donation is welcomed and will help support The North Carolina Arboretum Society. Children are welcome to attend but must be accompanied by an adult during all activities; participants must be 21 or older with a valid I.D. to purchase alcohol.
Participants in the Arboretum’s ecoEXPLORE program will earn five bonus points for attending this event.
https://www.facebook.com/events/740753256310617/
$15 Advance / $18 Day of Show
Josephine County combines the talents of four powerful traditional musicians into one exceptional musical experience ranging from the United States to Ireland and back. Award-winning fiddler and singer Erica Brown dedicated herself to traditional music at a very young age. Classical, French Canadian, Bluegrass, Country, and much more can be found in her wide-range of musical expertise. Songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Matt Shipman’s love of traditional music is apparent in his mastery of Bluegrass, Country, and Irish styles of playing. His detailed and thoughtful guitar, mandolin, and banjo playing captivate and delight audiences nationwide. Traditional Irish flute player and singer Hanz Araki is known worldwide for his fresh and innovative approach. His musical sensibility is both inspired and disciplined and has made him a household name from the UK to Japan. Among the finest interpreters of traditional songs of her generation, singer Colleen Raney brings warmth and authenticity to music from Ireland, Appalachia, Scotland, and beyond.
Join us for an evening of breathtaking harmonies and exceptional instrumentals with four of Maine’s brightest folk music stars. Music from Ireland, Appalachia, Quebec and more!
Main Stage Seated :: Limited Tables Available with a Dinner Reservation :: All Other Seating is First Come First Serve General Admission :: Please Call Venue for Dinner (Table) Reservations
https://www.facebook.com/events/505879499924762/
Come out and get your socks rocked and your face fixed! Rock-n-roll from:
Broke Jokes (Charlotte)
https://brokejokes.bandcamp.com/releases
Tony and the Haircuts (Asheville)
Fixed Faces (Greenville)
https://fixedfaces.bandcamp.com/releases
https://www.facebook.com/events/820814491590967/
Circles Around The Sun at The Grey Eagle
https://www.facebook.com/events/791522487879499/
Farwell concert for Jordan Okrend Experience with Jamie Berlyn & Friends
Celebrating my move to Europe to perform with a world traveling band there. Come catch me before I leave! Jamie Berlyn is also moving to NYC so this will be a joint send off!
WHEN: Friday May 10th 2019
WHERE: Ambrose West 312 Haywood Road Asheville, NC 28806
DOORS: 8pm
SHOW: 9pm
TICKETS: $10
SEATING: SRO
AGES: 18+
Jordan Okrend Experience
The Jordan Okrend Experience is more than one thing. First, there is the signature sound, vintage pop imbued with an infectious funky jazz edge. There is also something else. Soulful music with socially conscious lyrics, that has all been but lost in today’s current pop climate.
more info : www.jordanokrend.com
Jamie Berlyn
Jazz/Funk
I am putting together a group of musicians that are fearless improvisers and will follow me down the rabbit hole of intense improvised music. Featuring Jason Decristafaro, Landon George, Justice Mann and Taylor Pierson, with a special performance by Reggie Headon.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2290206107896034/
Old Time Relijun
w/ Okapi, Mouthbreathers
at The Mothlight
Friday May 10th
Doors 8pm, Show 9pm
Tickets: $13adv, https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1825393
Old Time Relijun is an unearthly combo from Olympia, Washington. We don’t throw words like “genius”, “brilliant” or “legendary” around lightly. Nor do we use them to describe Old Time Relijun (though others do). We prefer to see them as “mythical”. Their new EP, See Now and Know [KLP272], appears after a mysterious decade-long dormancy, reuniting the classic Catharsis in Crisis [KLP184] lineup featuring bandleader Arrington de Dionyso with Aaron Hartman (upright bass), Germaine Baca (drums) and Benjamin Hartman (saxophone and percussion). This is the band’s 9th studio recording and they appear to have exploded spontaneously, pounding together a fiery record, forged from within. Resistance, magic and hope are catalysts for a deeper tunneling under. The songs are typical OTR: sexy, untethered, and sing-along at the edge of the volcano fun. “Dragon Juice” conjures a dance party in a dangerous lair; “I Know I’m Alive” brings an inspired moment on the mountain into sharp, soulful focus; and “El Naranjo Gritando” brings us up close to the big nasty. There is real, palpable urgency in this recording. Seven songs, 23 minutes. Everything necessary with no fat to cut out. Jump in, Old Time Relijun, See Now and Know!
https://www.facebook.com/events/323680165020844/
Son Volt
Show: 9pm
Doors: 8pm
$18 – $20
Ages 18+
Tickets & Info: www.theorangepeel.net/event/son-volt/
On Son Volt’s new record, Union, present and past mingle into strong confluence.The thirteen new songs written by founder Jay Farrar confront our turbulent politics and articulate the clarity and comfort music can offer in the tumult. “There are so many forces driving our country apart,” observes Farrar. “What can we do to bring our society back together?”
The country and blues sounds explored by Son Volt on its last two records (2013’s Honky Tonk and 2017’s Notes of Blue) linger in the grooves of Union. But the new record nods to many other mile markers along the band’s 25-year path. Some tunes offer a powerful return to the ringing lyrical clarity of 2005’s Okemah and the Melody of Riot and 2007’s The Search. Others hearken back to the freewheeling poetic melodicism of 1994’s Trace and 1997’s Straightaways.
“Broadsides will be hurled to capture the truth,” sings Farrar on the brooding and blues-driven song that takes its name from the one-page bulletins that used to spread both proclamations and ballads. And songs such as “The 99,” “While Rome Burns,” and “Lady Liberty” push up the acoustic guitar in the mix to underscore the enduring role of troubadours in troubled times. “A lot of these songs are songs of turmoil,” says Farrar. “Questioning what’s going on.”
On Union, Farrar taps into folk music’s rich lyrical legacy. It’s a tradition he has tapped often both in Son Volt and in Uncle Tupelo. “I was raised on folk music,” observes Farrar. “Politics is a common thread there. In a time where we see threats to our way of life, and our democracy, from within, you say: What can I do? I put pen to paper and write music.”
The chorus of Union’s title song was a “mantra” of James Paul ‘Pops’ Farrar, about whom Farrar has written so affectingly in his memoir, Falling Cars and Junkyard Dogs. “He thought the Israeli model was best,” says the songwriter. “Everybody serves in one capacity or another, and that was the best way to bring a country together. It did happen here in World War II. People of different spiritual and economic backgrounds brought together. And there was an immense period of prosperity after that –for a myriad of reasons, but the idea that all walks of life were working together is important.”
Union grounds its politics in startling images and portraits of the human costs of our divides. Guitar and organ commingle on “While Rome Burns” to underscore a connectedness in the way that “the freeways lead to the gravel roads, to the town squares and the rodeos.”
The mournful shuffling “Reality Winner” echoes direct protest songs such as “Hurricane” –Bob Dylan’s ode to boxer Rubin Carter, who was wrongly convicted of triple homicide in 1967. Winner is a former intelligence analyst who leaked a National Security Agency document that detailed Russian attempts to hack voting systems to the media. She was convicted of violating the Espionage Act and sentenced to five years and three months in prison.
“We have a reality TV show president,” Farrar says, “and we have this woman named Reality Winner, and they’re linked in a way. She represents everything that you want in an American, someone who’s learned three languages and does her part. She’s basically a whistleblower doing hard time. Maybe this song brings more awareness to her plight.”
A reinvigorated band chemistry anchors the new record, with new and returning members turning up in the Union mix. Longtime members Mark Spencer (piano, organ, acoustic slide, lap steel, backing vocals) and Andrew DuPlantis (bass, backing vocals) have been at the core of Son Volt’s recent work. Guitarist Chris Frame –who toured with Son Volt in the Okemahera –rejoined the group for the Notes of Blue tour and plays on the new record. DuPlantis recruited fellow Austin musician Mark Patterson to play drums and percussion.
“We spent a lot of time together playing shows behind Notes of Blue,” says Farrar. “That time playing together coalesced into a sense of purpose.” The Son Volt leader’s return to playing acoustic guitar –after taking up electric guitar on the band’s last record –also had an impact. “I took a step back,” says Farrar. The space allowed Frame “to add a lot of guitar elements.” The result is “a different flavor and perspective.”
Initially, Farrar intended Union to be an explicitly political statement. “Midway through,” he says, “I realized I needed some balance on the record.” The result is a cluster of new songs that reflect on the power of love, time, and music to heal and sustain us. “Holding Your Own” builds to a shimmering and powerful climax of piano and electric guitar as it relays the hopes Farrar identifies in “watching kids grow up andfind their place in society.”
“Slow Burn” is an ode to hope and resilience’s power to shake off darkness. The song’s piano chords pave a road out of futility and reminds listeners that “every tunnel reaches the light.” Another highlight on the record is “Devil May Care” –an ebullient celebration of the joys of playing music. Farrar strip-mined musical gear catalogues for the poetry in their terminology, reeling off lines like “harmonic fidelity boost high pass filter on a balanced line / Or a cigarette on a headstock, all the same just make it rhyme.”
The attitude of bands such as the early-era Replacements was present as he wrote the song. “That is the essence of what a band is,” he says. “You remember: Wait a minute: Music is supposed to make you throw your burdens to the wind, so I tried to include that approach as well.”
Eight of the thirteen songs on Union were recorded at places associated with two figures in American history who Farrar says “made a difference”: Renowned American labor activist Mary Harris “Mother” Jones and quintessential American troubadour Woody Guthrie. Three songs were laid down at the Mother Jones Museum in Mount Olive, Illinois, while four others were recorded at the Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
“I felt doing it in a more challenging environment might inspire us along the way,” says Farrar. “Doing mobile recordings was a way to push myself a little bit. It also pushed Jacob Detering, our engineer, who had to assemble a mobile unit and did a great job.”
Proximity to Guthrie and his legacy pushed strongly into Union’s closing song: “The Symbol.” The song’s point of origin was Guthrie’s 1948 poem “Plane Wreck at Los Gatos,” which was later set to music by composer Martin Hoffman and is best-known as “Deportee.” Guthrie wrote at a moment when “workers needed to work fields weren’t even considered as people,” observes Farrar.
In “The Symbol,” Farrar paints a compelling portrait of a Mexican man who helped rebuild New Orleans after Katrina and now finds himself buffeted by the wave of anti-immigration rhetoric and vengeful law enforcement.
Farrar says that the key to writing songs on topical issues that stand the test of time is to be a truthful observer. “‘Deportee’ made such a lasting impression on me,” he observes. “But it was written in the 1940s You have to give your own take. Say this is what happened. Even if it seems temporary. Hopefully it’s not.”
www.sonvolt.net
https://www.facebook.com/events/369339070527123/
Genre: Folk/Rock/Funk/Roots
Cover: $5 Suggested Donation @ Door
Show: 10PM
Ages: 21+
Swamp Kids
Swamp Kids features the collaborative singing and songwriting of it’s members while
drawing from a repertoire of timeless tunes that nourished the roots of folk, soul, and r&b music
such as the Staples Singers, Skip James, Donny Hathaway, and Marcia Griffiths.
With an emphasis on deep pocket groove and gospel style vocal harmonies, Swamp Kids
is a from-the-gut embodiment of American musical folklore with a modern twist.
web: https://swampkidsmusic.com/
vid: https://youtu.be/BkA0v5XgGSg
https://www.facebook.com/events/560251851152984/
Every Friday night you can find DJ Databoy and DJ Woodside spinning your favorite rap records. Dancing is permitted! No Cover.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2530249150380639/?event_time_id=2530253690380185
The best way to learn how to weave is to watch someone do it. Drawing from her experience as a fiber artist over the past 4 years, Ashton Zager has created an engaging workshop that will teach you how to weave your own weaving from start to finish. This class is of beginner level, but differs from her normal beginner class by focusing on texture instead of traditional flat weaving. We will be using a variety of fun materials such as rope and rug yarn. Weaving techniques covered will include: warping your loom, the tabby stitch, variations of complex tabby stitches and rya knots. No prior knowledge or skills are necessary!
WHAT YOUR TICKET PRICE INCLUDES:
Handmade wooden loom (that you get to keep!)
Metal tapestry needle
Enough fiber for 1 tapestry
3 hours of teaching
About the Artist:
Ashton began weaving in December of 2014. She’d stumbled across a tutorial on Pinterest and decided to give it a shot. She’d tried and failed painting, drawing, calligraphy, etc. in high school and did not consider herself a creative at all, but this seemed like something she could achieve. Before she knew it, she had made too many weavings than could fit on her walls so she decided to open up her own Etsy shop. She has since seen steady growth in her business and has been featured as a local artist in places such as West Elm and Anthropologie. In May of 2016, she decided to pursue weaving as her full time job along with her roles as wife and mother.
From Thursday, May 2nd until Saturday, June 22nd, Momentum Gallery hosts a two-person, mixed media exhibition called Dissolution. The collection features individually created and collaborative works by two artists, Seth Clark and Jason Forck. Original collages mounted to panels play off architectonic sculptures in glass and wood culminating in a cohesive body of work that explores the notion of deteriorating architecture. This event is free and open to the public.
60 & 30 Mile Charity Bike to support Oconee Forever in its land conversation efforts. The ride will stay in the Foothills of Oconee County where you enjoy a beautiful rolling terrain. After the ride enjoy locally cooked BBQ, Beer & Live Bluegrass Music. Non-Rider tickets are available for the Music, BBQ, & Beer.
Early Bird Registration ($40) ends April 14.
April 15 – May 9 – $50
After May 16, Day of Registration will be available for $60
Group Discounts (6+ Riders to qualify) of $5 off the Registration available until May 3
T-Shirt guaranteed if registered by April 28
Event only Day of $30
Youth Discounts – $12.50 for event only, Youth Registration – $20.
For places to stay in Oconee County see http://www.scmountainlakes.com/
https://www.facebook.com/events/2024810600959445/
Join your neighbors and law enforcement reps from APD for coffee and conversation. No agenda or speeches, just a chance to ask questions, voice concerns and get to know the officers in your neighborhood!
https://www.facebook.com/events/381841295879628/
Moms will do anything for their children. Why not return the love by treating your mom to a beautiful day at Chimney Rock to enjoy a wonderful hike with stunning views?
Cost: Buy one regular-price adult ticket and mom or grandma receives one free with our online coupon.
Coupon required; download one at chimneyrockpark.com and present it (in print or on your mobile device) at the Ticket Plaza at time of purchase. Valid May 11-12, 2019.
https://www.facebook.com/events/319980518723421/?event_time_id=319980525390087
Moms will do anything for their children. Why not return the love by treating your mom to a beautiful day at Chimney Rock to enjoy a wonderful hike with stunning views?
Cost: Buy one regular-price adult ticket and mom or grandma receives one free with our online coupon.
Coupon required; download one at chimneyrockpark.com and present it (in print or on your mobile device) at the Ticket Plaza at time of purchase. Valid May 11-12, 2019.
https://www.facebook.com/events/319980518723421/
Wildflowers springing from the ground are a sign that spring and warmer weather are right around the corner. Capture photos of your family and friends enjoying the Park and enter them into our Shades of Spring Photo Contest for a chance to win fabulous prizes. 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 additional cost to enter.
https://www.facebook.com/events/267786327235081/?event_time_id=267786367235077
Come shop for locally grown fleece, yarns and farm products, see fiber art demonstrations and more! Find us at Farmer Shed 5.
https://www.facebook.com/events/804847156547341/
An exhibition of youth art titled “Let a Joy Keep You,” is on display from April 1 to May 31, 2019. The inspiration for the art comes from the first line of Carl Sandburg’s poem “Joy.” Each of the 70 canvases reflects how the young artists chose to interpret what joy means to them. Visitors can see the installation at the Sandburg Home when they visit. Young artists are represented from across the country and locally, including students from Sugarloaf Elementary School in Hendersonville, NC.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2304444942927531/?event_time_id=2304444982927527
Green thumbs, brown thumbs, rainbow thumbs! Come one, come all to our 1st annual Little Shop of Horticultures! Seeds, seedlings, plants oh my! Trade, buy, sell, share your knowledge as we plant our worries away. Bar will be open & food will be served. Contact us for vending opportunities!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1076272725889609/
RSVP here: https://mountaintrue.org/event/richmond-hill-invasive-species-workday-2/
Join us and help restore native plant communities by controlling non-native invasive plants at Richmond Hill Park. This is the City of Asheville’s only forested park and is home to many special native plant and animal species! Volunteers help to stop the spread of harmful non-native invasive species and return native species to the unique park. We’ll provide all gloves, equipment and necessary instructions. Please bring snacks, water and a rain jacket and wear long pants, long sleeve shirt and closed toe shoes (no open shoes or sandals allowed for safety).
https://www.facebook.com/events/314090582532901/
What could we stand to unlearn or better understand as POCs about the LGBTQ experience? Why do pronouns, bathrooms and other advocacy efforts matter? What is the experience of black + brown LGBTQ youth/young adults? What is the difference between allyship vs. collaboration? This workshop is designed to support local youth organization leaders, parents, families, volunteers and others that love and work with black youth in forming questions, seeking answers and applying new learning to organization and community culture. Together, facilitators and participants will jump start a journey to create safer spaces and to understand how their actions + inactions impact the lives of LGBTQ youth.
Registration is required. Space is limited to the first 25 participants. Register at https://forms.gle/3pdCNsqVmqU3s4vNA
https://www.facebook.com/events/1048430528877809/
You’re invited to come #sweatforacause with OUTWOD!
OUTWOD is not your typical workout fundraiser – we’re totally extra!
OUTWODs are 100% inclusive, not only of gender, sexuality and of favorite member of Destiny’s Child…but also of fitness level.
Never done CrossFit? No problem!
A Games-level athlete? Oh we’ve got something in store for you too!
Here’s how it works!
1. First – visit the ticket link, or if you’re too lazy to find it – just click this link —> https://iamout.org/events/outwod-asheville/ to register yourself.
2. You’ll get an email confirming your registration AND giving you a little step-by-step on sharing the event fundraising page.
Do you have to fundraise? No. Does it make you cooler, likeable, more awesome? Pshhh Duh!
Every OUTWOD has a goal of raising the most funds as possible for The OUT Foundation. You can read more about our work here https://www.iamout.org/
3. Now that you’re all registered and fundraising has begun, head on over to the OUTWOD shop and get you some gear…we recommend grabbing some more Pride gear wherever you can find it. Not that it’s beauty contest…but it’s definitely a “who wore it best” contest. More rainbows. More reps.
And yeah – that’s basically it! We’re super excited to have you at this awesome fundraising and sweat-inducing event.
Bring friends.
XO
https://www.facebook.com/events/609181009495977/
On Saturday May 11, members of the Guild will gather to demonstrate the wide array of techniques using fiber. This free event will be held in the Folk Art Center’s auditorium from 10am until 4pm.
Textile arts are known for building a sense of community, and to celebrate this, the Guild invites visitors to Fiber Day to bring their own handwork, whether it be crochet, embroidery or spinning. Weather permitting we would like to fill the hill behind the Folk Art Center auditorium with people engaged in fiber arts. Bring a blanket and enjoy a spring afternoon of craft.
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Participant List:
TBA mid-April
https://www.facebook.com/events/726295511089689/
Come practice with me this Saturday morning at Saint Paul Mountain Vineyards from 10am to 11am!
All levels welcome for an upbeat and energizing power flow while focusing on turning inward and cultivating an intention that you can take with you off your mat!
10$ for 60 minute power vinyasa flow and glass of wine!
10am-11am Please share and feel free to bring your friends!
DM if you have any questions! Hope to see you there✨✨
https://www.facebook.com/events/393192134560043/?event_time_id=393192194560037
Artist Sean J McAusland is currently exhibiting art works at Trackside Studios and will be working on paintings with oil and pastels in the Studio on Saturdays in April from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM as well as all day on Tuesday April 16 and Thursday April 18. Come in to meet the artist.
In addition to large oil paintings, Sean also has a series of Mix and Match “Subway Tiles” which are 4” x 6” oil on canvas tiles and can be customized by choosing your color own palette. “Subway tiles” are $40 each.
Also available are original art stationery cards with envelopes, postcards and “mini posters” with prices that range from $6 – $14. All cards and mini posters can customized by choosing the size and color palette of your choosing.
https://www.facebook.com/events/285469675697807/?event_time_id=285469689031139
Artist Sean J McAusland is currently exhibiting art works at Trackside Studios and will be working on paintings with oil and pastels in the Studio on Saturdays in April from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM as well as all day on Tuesday April 16 and Thursday April 18. Come in to meet the artist.
In addition to large oil paintings, Sean also has a series of Mix and Match “Subway Tiles” which are 4” x 6” oil on canvas tiles and can be customized by choosing your color own palette. “Subway tiles” are $40 each.
Also available are original art stationery cards with envelopes, postcards and “mini posters” with prices that range from $6 – $14. All cards and mini posters can customized by choosing the size and color palette of your choosing.
https://www.facebook.com/events/285469675697807/