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.
Interested in adding an event to our calendar? Please click the green “Post Your Event” button below.
We’re absolutely STOKED to host Pint Nights in August with our friends from Asheville Humane Society!
Join us on Thursdays in August for Pint Night beginning at 5PM. Each week will feature a different beer and a different glass (this year’s glasses are: a husky, a long haired adult cat, a horse, a chihuahua, and a tabby cat!). Buy the featured beer and keep the glass! A portion of sales will be donated to Asheville Humane Society and the incredible work they do.
We do have a limited supply of glasses, so make sure you come see us before we run out! Keep your eye on our social media pages for which beer we will feature and the glass you’ll receive.
We hope you’ll join us each Thursday in August to support Asheville Humane Society while drinking for a cause. Cheers!
https://www.facebook.com/events/380525832603831/
We’re absolutely STOKED to host Pint Nights in August with our friends from Asheville Humane Society!
Join us on Thursdays in August for Pint Night beginning at 5PM. Each week will feature a different beer and a different glass (this year’s glasses are: a husky, a long haired adult cat, a horse, a chihuahua, and a tabby cat!). Buy the featured beer and keep the glass! A portion of sales will be donated to Asheville Humane Society and the incredible work they do.
We do have a limited supply of glasses, so make sure you come see us before we run out! Keep your eye on our social media pages for which beer we will feature and the glass you’ll receive.
We hope you’ll join us each Thursday in August to support Asheville Humane Society while drinking for a cause. Cheers!
https://www.facebook.com/events/380525832603831/?event_time_id=380525842603830
On Thursday, August 8th, Hendersonville Green Drinks welcomes Jennifer Bauer, L.G, principal geologist and co-owner of Appalachian Landslide Consultants. Jennifer will provide a background on landslides in WNC and discuss the types of landslides that are most prevalent, where they occur, and what triggers them. Her talk aims to give people a better understanding of how landslides affect WNC and how we can protect ourselves from these natural and human-induced hazards.
Hendersonville Green Drinks is presented by MountainTrue, Conserving Carolina and Black Bear Coffee. Pre-event social begins at 5:30pm, talk beings at 6:00pm.
https://www.facebook.com/events/617730668719776/
Join our butchers, Rob Jones and Matt Helms, and our friends from a local brewery (TBA) for an evening of beer and house made sausage! In this two-hour, hands-on class you’ll learn the techniques to make your own sausages at home.
In this class you’ll:
-Learn about the different ingredients and spices that go into numerous kinds of sausages
-Discover how to pair each kind of sausage with other ingredients and beverages
-Mix, grind, and shape your own sausages in our professional cut room
-Meet our butchers and ask questions
-Get a taste of local and house made charcuterie
-Sip beer from a nearby brewery or enjoy a glass of our carefully-selected wine
-Take home LOTS of sausage
-Take home PDF notes and recipes from the class
Sign-up early and save $10! See ticket page for more details.
Join Southern Fried Karma Press and Dead Rabbits Books on a collaborative literary tour across North Carolina. Hear the work of different burgeoning authors, meet with publishers and editors about finding an audience for your work, and join in the conversation connecting the literary community.
At this event attendees will hear work by an author from each press, participate in a Q&A with the publishers, and connect with members of the local lit community in a meet-and-greet after the reading.
Southern Fried Karma, an independent publisher based in Newnan, GA, seeks to broaden Southern culture though inclusiveness, diversity, and recognition of individual experiences. SFK currently produces novels, audiobooks, and The New Southern Fugitives zine.
Dead Rabbits Books is a new book imprint based on the East Coast. Dead Rabbits opens windows and doorways into unglimpsed realities, taking the bold stance that reading still matters.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2371159246488844/
Join us for some fun and learn to paint on glass! We’ll show you some techniques to design your own glass, or recreate one of our sample designs. Anyone can do this! Grab a friend and reserve a seat. You choose the glass type, design, colors; we provide all the material needed for this fun and creative experience! This class is only $30, but pre-register and pay in advance to receive 10% off!
https://www.facebook.com/events/723789214690611/
$15 Advance / $15 Day of Show
Eclectic, immersive and mesmerizing; Hiroya Tsukamoto takes us on an innovative, impressionistic journey filled with earthy, organic soundscapes that impart a mood of peace and tranquility.
Seated Lounge Show:: 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/325569178150281/
Mitch’s Totally Rad Trivia is a team trivia played in 7 rounds over the course of 2 endlessly entertaining hours. The game covers everything pop culture and is always irreverent by nature. The game is not your average pub quiz as it explores everything from didgeridoo covers of pop songs to bad celebrity tattoos and everything in between. Ever wanted to identify animals by their gonads? Then this is the game for you! Mitch curates a one of a kind trivia smorgasbord of random, unusual, and hilarious subjects. This absurd trivia game is not about historical facts or sports stats, it is all about random movies, unforgettable ear-worms, and the hilariousness of growing up in the 80’s and 90’s. The game starts at 7pm in the cozy One Stop in downtown Asheville. Drink specials include $4 bourbon/$4 Washington Apple Shots and $5 White Russians, and food is available from MOJO Kitchen which offers 1/2 price nachos during the game! Best of all the winning team each week takes home a collection of Totally Rad Prizes including a $35 gift certificate to The One Stop/MOJO Kitchen.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2129604460458895/?event_time_id=2129604523792222
Triskelion Open Mic Night!
Second and Fourth Thursdays of Every Month
Stage Opens at 7pm…
Come on out and play a song or two… strut your stuff… Have a band? Bring them along too…
Contact Chris for more info…
https://www.facebook.com/events/282524772696058/?event_time_id=282524779362724
Rhiannon and The Relics will close out the 2019 Park Rhythms Series. Click the link below to see more from Rhiannon and The Relics.
https://www.facebook.com/FiddlerRhiannon/
https://www.facebook.com/events/298819241021660/
Sale Dates and Times:
Public Onsale : Mon, 3 Dec 2018 at 10:00 AM
Citi® Cardmember Presale : Wed, 28 Nov 2018 at 12:00 PM
Citi® Cardmember Preferred Tickets : Mon, 3 Dec 2018 at 10:00 AM
Live Nation Mobile App Presale : Thu, 29 Nov 2018 at 09:00 AM
Live Nation Presale : Thu, 29 Nov 2018 at 09:00 AM
Bandsintown Presale : Thu, 29 Nov 2018 at 09:00 AM
Presale Offers : Thu, 29 Nov 2018 at 09:00 AM
Official Platinum Presale : Tue, 27 Nov 2018 at 10:00 AM
Official Platinum Public Onsale : Mon, 3 Dec 2018 at 10:00 AM
KISS Army Fan Club Presale : Wed, 28 Nov 2018 at 09:00 AM
Spotify Presale : Thu, 29 Nov 2018 at 09:00 AM
Bandsintown Presale : Thu, 29 Nov 2018 at 09:00 AM
KISS Army Fan Club Bundle : Wed, 28 Nov 2018 at 09:00 AM
Meet & Greet Presale : Tue, 27 Nov 2018 at 10:00 AM
https://www.facebook.com/events/573765669742434/
One of music’s most vibrant and iconic performers, Lyle Lovett breaks down barriers with a distinct fusion of country, swing, jazz, folk, gospel, and blues.
Lead Sponsor: Platt Architecture
Please note: Auditorium seating is reserved. Lawn seating is general admission.
Schedule:
Wednesday, August 7 at Highland Brewing Company
Thursday, August 8 at Diana Wortham Theatre
Friday, August 9 at Diana Wortham Theatre
Saturday, August 10 at Diana Wortham Theatre
Late shows at Lazoom Room Wednesday – Friday
Tickets on Sale now at www.ashevillecomedyfestival.
Kyle Mara – Grisel Cabrera – Carter Deems – Zack Chapaloni – Scott Eason – Becca Steinhoff – Piers Moreton – Dan Drees – Nariko Ott – Ian Aber – Maddie Wiener – Rafe Williams –
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Give us 2-4 hours. Enjoy a day of music and memories — and the knowledge that you helped to bring a community together! You’ll also get a little swag: a 11th Annual Festival Tee Shirt, snacks, a drink ticket, and our new Blue Ridge Pride Center buttons and stickers. Volunteer roles include: setup and breakdown, selling wristbands, beverages or merchandise, and assisting with volunteer check-in or VIP. Learn more and sign up here.
We’ve sent three lucky winners to London and one lucky winner to Hawaii – but in this summer’s raffle, someone’s going to win $10,000! Heck, you could go to BOTH London and Hawaii if you won (fly coach, stay in hostels?) Or build that outdoor firepit you’ve seen on HGTV, or rent a super swank beach house for a week, or anything you want, really, because it’s your $10,000!
Raffle tickets are $50 and only 500 will be sold! And proceeds from every ticket you buy supports operations and programming at Asheville Community Theatre!
ELIGIBILITY: Present employees of Asheville Community Theatre and any immediate family members residing with the employees are not eligible to participate. Must be 18 years or older to enter. Contest void where prohibited. You need not be present to win.
CLEMSON — Clemson University will confer more than 1,000 degrees during the summer graduation ceremony at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 9, in Littlejohn Coliseum. Visitors should plan extra time for travel and prepare for metal detectors at each entrance and the enforcement of the clear bag policy as well.
Students from the university’s seven colleges will participate in Friday’s ceremony. A doctoral hooding ceremony for approximately 85 prospective Ph.D. candidates will take place at 3 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8, in the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts.
Thursday’s doctoral hooding and Friday’s graduation will be streamed live for those unable to attend.
Allow extra time for travel
Families and guests should plan extra time for travel due to the presence of construction at various parts of the main campus. Please visit the university’s interactive map for up-to-date areas impacted by construction and resulting alternate traffic routes.
Police officers will be directing traffic to help visitors get to the coliseum for the ceremonies. Parking is available in several lots near the coliseum. The lot directly north of Littlejohn is reserved for vehicles with handicap access, while the Avenue of Champions and C-9 parking areas will be reserved for event staff.
All lanes of Highway 93 (Walter T. Cox Boulevard) will be open Friday. Doors open for the event at 7:30 a.m.
Buncombe County is excited to announce applications are open for nonprofits looking for a cash infusion. For the fourth year, Tipping Point Grants are seeking proposals from nonprofit organizations working to help support County Commissioners’ six strategic priorities:
- Affordable housing
- Clean, renewable energy
- Diverse community workforce
- Early childhood education
- Justice resource support
- Opioid awareness
All projects must be a part of a Buncombe County-based nonprofit with 501c3 or a similar charitable IRS tax exempt designation. All individual innovators must be in partnership with a nonprofit agency.
Ready to apply for a Tipping Point Grant?
Official Tipping Point Grant applications are required. You may apply online here, or you can pick up hard copy applications at the Community Engagement office at 199 College St., right next door to the Register of Deeds’ office from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Please contact the office to make sure someone is there to provide you with an application. The deadline for submitting a grant is on Friday, Aug. 30, 2019 by 5 p.m.
Optional grant writing workshops will be hosted by Buncombe County on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, 3-5 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 15 and Friday, Aug. 16 from 5-7:30 p.m. Workshops will be held on the ground floor of 200 College St.
These are free sessions and open to anyone. Applicants will be able to get support on proposal writing and will be able to leave the workshop with an application ready to go and/or submitted. If you have any questions, contact Rasheeda McDaniels at (828) 250-4102.
For complete information about Tipping Point Grants, visit BuncombeCounty.org/Grants.
iDaph Events is proud to help support the Western Carolina Rescue Ministries by presenting it’s first ever Light Up the Night 5k on August 9th: A glow-in-the-dark nighttime run for all abilities that will wind through the historic streets of Montford in Asheville. This is your time to shine! Runners will take to the streets starting at 7:30 pm in “glow swag” in this fun and unique event, and all the proceeds from this run will directly benefit the continuous work of recovery, rescue, and restoration to individuals throughout WNC.
The Run: A scenic, night-time fun 5K run through the Historic Montford area in Asheville, North Carolina. The run will follow along Montford Avenue and Hill Street through beautiful Victorian neighborhoods that mirror Asheville’s cosmopolitan character. The run will start and end at Western Carolina Rescue Ministries.
Registration: Early Registration is only $30 and begins on April 1, 2019, through April 30th. After that, the price of registration will increase incrementally until the race day. Participants will receive a free ‘glow’ t-shirt if they register by July 28th.
Backing a Good Cause: Western Carolina Rescue Ministries (WCRM) exists to serve the homeless, poor and addicted populations of Western North Carolina. They meet people in crisis, focus on helping them at the point of their need, invest in their future, and help them until they can move forward.
Awards: Awards will be given to the top three finishers male/female overall, top one overall master’s (male/female) and top three (male/female) in various age-graded categories. (See Awards Section for more specific categories)
Come experience the love of clay with our talented artists at Odyssey ClayWorks! Learn to sculpt, coil, and even get to try your hand at throwing on the potter’s wheel in a fun and upbeat atmosphere. All skill levels welcome.
From Buncombe County Libraries:
Do you love to read? Do you like children? The Buncombe County Public Library’s Preschool Outreach Project (POP) is currently looking for volunteers. POP is an outreach service of the library, a program designed to bring the joy and excitement of books to children in child care centers. Our volunteers offer stories, songs, puppets and smiles to our youngest book lovers – children under the age of 5.
No formal experience is needed, just a strong commitment to both children and reading. Most volunteers spend approximately five hours per month on POP, reading twice a month at their assigned center. We ask that volunteers commit to participate with our program for one full school year. All story time materials are provided by the library.
All POP volunteers must participate in story time training and submit to a background check. The next training is Monday, Aug. 26.
Interested volunteers must complete a volunteer application before Aug. 19. Applications can be filled out here.
Hibou
w/ normal state, Unofficial: Boy Band
Thursday, August 8th
Doors 8pm
Tickets: $8adv, https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hibou-tickets-61329428973
Amidst an atmosphere of melancholia, Peter Michel has thrown himself into a lifetime’s worth of writing, recording and touring belied by his young age. At just 17, the Seattle-based musician toured extensively with dream pop outfit Craft Spells, and most recently met critical acclaim with his personal project, Hibou. In ‘Halve’, Hibou’s third full length album, Michel creates a characteristically ethereal record addressing the dichotomies between childhood and adulthood, self and society, authenticity and superficiality. The outcome is a work filled with swooning, hazy reflections on loss, love, nostalgia, and joy from a 10,000 foot view. Michel’s vocals comfortably twist from echoing whispers to punkish accusations; his guitar from dizzying surf hooks to lush 80s-inspired chords. Control—and the lack of it—reverberates throughout the album, and the consequence is a set of ten deeply vulnerable songs that will find you romanticizing your own childhood, your own teenage years, your own morning.
https://www.facebook.com/events/601799526992504/
Sing your lil heart out all night long!
Ask about our Karaoke Krasher events (last Thursday of every month)
Zack Neel is going to be cooking every thursday. Come hungry bc his shit is fiiiii-yaaaaaa??? Burgers, dogs, wings, kabobs…who knows?!? Stay tuned for the menu! #theboyisbackintown #puttheburgerintheburgerbar #yum
https://www.facebook.com/events/2238333363096870/?event_time_id=2238333429763530
Get Metal with:
Reason Define
https://www.blindanxietyentertainment.com/reason-define
Mega X
https://www.facebook.com/Megaxband/
The Shrunken Heads
https://www.facebook.com/TheShrunkenHeads/
https://www.facebook.com/events/316891979192544/
Senora May at The Grey Eagle
https://www.facebook.com/events/302553163732351/
ZOSO – The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience
Show: 9pm
Doors: 8pm
$12 – $14
All Ages – under 12 requires venue approval
Tickets & Info: www.theorangepeel.net/event/zoso-the-ultimate-led-zeppelin-experience-8/
Zoso – The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience formed in 1995 to perform the most accurate and captivating Led Zeppelin live show since the real thing. For Zoso, it’s much more than just being a tribute. It’s about touching a golden era in music. Zoso embodies Page, Plant, Bonham and Jones in their spirit, tightly wound talent and authenticity.
Each band member has been carefully selected to portray both the appearance and playing styles of their Led Zeppelin counterparts. In eighteen successful years of touring, they have perfected their art.As one of the longest tenured Zeppelin tributes, Zoso’s 2400 live shows around the world, including a slot at Bonnaroo in 2003,have established them as the most traveled and successful band in the market.
Zoso’s live shows are not about simply playing the right notes, they are about aura and feeling, harkening back to the unique atmosphere Led Zeppelin created. It’s in the way they play: Each band member’s mastery of authentic vintage instruments coupled with spot on vocals, guitar, bass, drums, and keyboards, their compelling stage persona and distinct Led Zeppelin sound, with astounding visual imagery recreates the music, magic, and mystery of a Zeppelin concert. The impact is so powerful that band members constantly hear from young rockers that they were the catalyst behind turning them into new, die hard Zeppelin fans.
Their passion, musical ability, showmanship and precise attention to detail earned them critical acclaim, name recognition and a loyal national following. The Los Angeles Times hailed the group as being “head and shoulders above all other Zeppelin tributes,” and the Chicago Sun Times declared Zoso is “the closest to the original of any tribute.”
If you missed Led Zeppelin live in the 70’s or are looking to relive the “Hammer of the Gods” phenomenon, you must experience what the St. Petersburg Times calls “the most exacting of the Zeppelin tribute bands in existence.”
https://www.facebook.com/events/426416954605612/
Catch Lil Meow Meow Plays your favorite R&B and Rap jams every Thursday night! No cover. Party at Aux from 10pm-2am.
https://www.facebook.com/events/503021823559298/?event_time_id=503021920225955
I play old school music, YOU sing what you want!
***Don’t forget to check out our Monthly theme nights and start planning your costumes. If you don’t want to dress up you can wear a shirt to match the theme. (Dressing up is not mandatory)
July 18-Stranger Things *new season (Dress 80’s era)
Augaust 29-Grease Lightning (T Bird, Pink Ladies, 50/60’s era)
September 26-Hotel Transylvania (Monster on Vacation)
October 31-HALLOWEEN (Wear what you want)
Novermber 21-Pajama Party (Onesies, Flannel’s, NO Lingerie)
December 19-9th Annual Get Vocal Formal (Dress to the 9)
All dates are subject to change.
https://www.facebook.com/events/631322933995027/?event_time_id=631323020661685