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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Selected past performances by BMC orchestras, faculty, and guest artists on YouTube, SoundCloud, and Open Air Brevard.
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
IV. Finale. Allegro con fuoco
Brevard Music Center Orchestra • JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Recorded live on July 27, 2018,
at the Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium in Brevard, NC.
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.
Great food, artist displays and fun activities while mingling with their neighbors.”
Perhaps the most family friendly street festival in western North Carolina, the Montford Music & Arts Festival features a special children’s area for face painting, interactive displays, sidewalk chalk art contest and other fun activities.
Located on Montford Ave. between Chestnut and Waneta Streets just down the street from downtown Asheville, the Asheville Visitors Center and Chamber of the Commerce, the all-day event will also feature a music stage with another attractive lineup in 2020. Comprised solely of local musicians, the performing schedule will be announced shortly.
Attendees will also be treated to a wide variety of specialty cuisine, courtesy of food booths and food trucks. In addition, more than 100 booth vendors will be on hand, with various artists, crafts people and nursery plant purveyors selling their merchandise.
Featuring turn-of-the-century “Victorian” homes and several bed-and-breakfast inns, a portion of Montford is proclaimed a National Register Historic District. Many of today’s Montford historic homes were designed by the same architect hired by the Vanderbilt Family to create the Biltmore Estate.
World famous authors Thomas Wolfe and O. Henry are buried in Montford at the nearby Riverside Cemetery, while the community’s rich history also dates back to the once thriving African-American community of Stumptown, which ended in the 1960’s.
The very first Montford festival was presented as strictly an arts event in 2004, held inside of Pyper’s Place, which is now Nine Mile Restaurant, and Sweet Heaven Ice Cream Shop, now a real estate office.
Must be 21 and over.
Singer/songwriter/guitarist Paul Edelman fronts Jangling Sparrows, whose salt-of-the-Earth, Americana-flavored Roots-Rock has been favorably reviewed by such national publications as Glide Magazine, The Alternate Root, and Music Connection, among others.
Jangling Sparrow’s latest album “Bootstraps and Other America Fables” was released last October. “The songs are meant to tell stories of struggle, character, and perseverance, both on the large and small scale,” explains Edelman.
BMC Artistic Director Keith Lockhart discusses his deep connection with the music of Mahler and collaborating with his dear friend Ilana Davidson. Listen to a performance of the fourth movement with Lockhart, Davidson, and the Brevard Music Center Orchestra from July 25, 2014.
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.
BMC favorite Johannes Moser shares a personal tribute to cellist Lynn Harrell, who passed away in April 2020. Featured soloist collaborators are Yo-Yo Ma, Gautier Capuçon, Amanda Forsyth, Zlatomir Fung, Alban Gerhardt, Mischa Maisky, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Johannes Moser, Daniel Müller-Schott, Christian Poltéra, Jan Vogler, and Alisa Weilerstein.
Around The Web
Live-streamed performances, resources, and activities we love from around the web, updated weekly.
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
Selected past performances by BMC orchestras, faculty, and guest artists on YouTube, SoundCloud, and Open Air Brevard.
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
IV. Finale. Allegro con fuoco
Brevard Music Center Orchestra • JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Recorded live on July 27, 2018,
at the Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium in Brevard, NC.
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.
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
Every Sunday Except First of Month.
The 4th Annual Cat Fly Film Fest arrives May 29th-31st 2020, in the form of a FREE Livestream!
WHAT IS CAT FLY?
Cat Fly is an Asheville-based, non-profit film festival that highlights and supports up-and-coming indie filmmakers of the Southeast. Since 2017 we have cultivated a spirited & inclusive collective of homegrown filmmakers.
In the light of COVID-19, we have pivoted our festival to an online platform. Join us for our three day event of screenings, performances, special guests and surprises celebrating our dynamic community of talented & passionate future collaborators.
LINEUP
www.catflyfilmfest.com/program
Later this summer (quarantine measures depending) we will have a 1 night makeup event at The Orange Peel, featuring the Audience Favorites from the livestream, and a music headliner TBA.
BMC Artistic Director Keith Lockhart discusses his deep connection with the music of Mahler and collaborating with his dear friend Ilana Davidson. Listen to a performance of the fourth movement with Lockhart, Davidson, and the Brevard Music Center Orchestra from July 25, 2014.
BMC favorite Johannes Moser shares a personal tribute to cellist Lynn Harrell, who passed away in April 2020. Featured soloist collaborators are Yo-Yo Ma, Gautier Capuçon, Amanda Forsyth, Zlatomir Fung, Alban Gerhardt, Mischa Maisky, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Johannes Moser, Daniel Müller-Schott, Christian Poltéra, Jan Vogler, and Alisa Weilerstein.
Around The Web
Live-streamed performances, resources, and activities we love from around the web, updated weekly.
Selected past performances by BMC orchestras, faculty, and guest artists on YouTube, SoundCloud, and Open Air Brevard.
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
IV. Finale. Allegro con fuoco
Brevard Music Center Orchestra • JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Recorded live on July 27, 2018,
at the Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium in Brevard, NC.
BMC Artistic Director Keith Lockhart discusses his deep connection with the music of Mahler and collaborating with his dear friend Ilana Davidson. Listen to a performance of the fourth movement with Lockhart, Davidson, and the Brevard Music Center Orchestra from July 25, 2014.
BMC favorite Johannes Moser shares a personal tribute to cellist Lynn Harrell, who passed away in April 2020. Featured soloist collaborators are Yo-Yo Ma, Gautier Capuçon, Amanda Forsyth, Zlatomir Fung, Alban Gerhardt, Mischa Maisky, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Johannes Moser, Daniel Müller-Schott, Christian Poltéra, Jan Vogler, and Alisa Weilerstein.
Around The Web
Live-streamed performances, resources, and activities we love from around the web, updated weekly.
Selected past performances by BMC orchestras, faculty, and guest artists on YouTube, SoundCloud, and Open Air Brevard.
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
IV. Finale. Allegro con fuoco
Brevard Music Center Orchestra • JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Recorded live on July 27, 2018,
at the Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium in Brevard, NC.
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
BMC Artistic Director Keith Lockhart discusses his deep connection with the music of Mahler and collaborating with his dear friend Ilana Davidson. Listen to a performance of the fourth movement with Lockhart, Davidson, and the Brevard Music Center Orchestra from July 25, 2014.
BMC favorite Johannes Moser shares a personal tribute to cellist Lynn Harrell, who passed away in April 2020. Featured soloist collaborators are Yo-Yo Ma, Gautier Capuçon, Amanda Forsyth, Zlatomir Fung, Alban Gerhardt, Mischa Maisky, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Johannes Moser, Daniel Müller-Schott, Christian Poltéra, Jan Vogler, and Alisa Weilerstein.