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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Sunday, October 20, 2019
49th Annual LEAF Festival
Oct 20 all-day
Lake Eden

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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.

Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Bookwalter Binge Gran Fondo Volunteers Needed
Oct 23 all-day
various

Call for Volunteers!! We are grateful that the Bookwalter Binge Gran Fondo supports conservation of land and water resources — and we need YOUR help to make it happen. Binge volunteers enjoy fun and camaraderie while helping in a variety of ways, from course marshals to Binge party hosting.

Requesting Supplemental Breast Milk for Our Preemie Patient
Oct 23 all-day
Chinese Acupuncture Clinic

Dear All,

One of our preemie patients is in need of supplemental breast milk. If you or someone you know is able to make a donation, the family would greatly appreciate it.

Please reach out to the Clinic’s Front Desk for details. We can be reached at (828) 258-9016 or [email protected]

Sincerely,

Front Desk Staff

Chinese Acupuncture & Herbology Clinic

Thursday, October 24, 2019
Requesting Supplemental Breast Milk for Our Preemie Patient
Oct 24 all-day
Chinese Acupuncture Clinic

Dear All,

One of our preemie patients is in need of supplemental breast milk. If you or someone you know is able to make a donation, the family would greatly appreciate it.

Please reach out to the Clinic’s Front Desk for details. We can be reached at (828) 258-9016 or [email protected]

Sincerely,

Front Desk Staff

Chinese Acupuncture & Herbology Clinic

City Dance
Oct 24 @ 7:30 pm
Landmark Hal

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
Requesting Supplemental Breast Milk for Our Preemie Patient
Oct 25 all-day
Chinese Acupuncture Clinic

Dear All,

One of our preemie patients is in need of supplemental breast milk. If you or someone you know is able to make a donation, the family would greatly appreciate it.

Please reach out to the Clinic’s Front Desk for details. We can be reached at (828) 258-9016 or [email protected]

Sincerely,

Front Desk Staff

Chinese Acupuncture & Herbology Clinic

Friday The 25th w/ Dj Audio + Brent Brown
Oct 25 @ 9:00 pm – Oct 26 @ 2:00 am
Ole Shakeys Getaway

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
Oct 26 all-day
The Grove House

#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

Requesting Supplemental Breast Milk for Our Preemie Patient
Oct 26 all-day
Chinese Acupuncture Clinic

Dear All,

One of our preemie patients is in need of supplemental breast milk. If you or someone you know is able to make a donation, the family would greatly appreciate it.

Please reach out to the Clinic’s Front Desk for details. We can be reached at (828) 258-9016 or [email protected]

Sincerely,

Front Desk Staff

Chinese Acupuncture & Herbology Clinic

CommUnity Square Dance
Oct 26 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
old Webster School

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!

Sunday, October 27, 2019
Requesting Supplemental Breast Milk for Our Preemie Patient
Oct 27 all-day
Chinese Acupuncture Clinic

Dear All,

One of our preemie patients is in need of supplemental breast milk. If you or someone you know is able to make a donation, the family would greatly appreciate it.

Please reach out to the Clinic’s Front Desk for details. We can be reached at (828) 258-9016 or [email protected]

Sincerely,

Front Desk Staff

Chinese Acupuncture & Herbology Clinic

Monday, October 28, 2019
Requesting Supplemental Breast Milk for Our Preemie Patient
Oct 28 all-day
Chinese Acupuncture Clinic

Dear All,

One of our preemie patients is in need of supplemental breast milk. If you or someone you know is able to make a donation, the family would greatly appreciate it.

Please reach out to the Clinic’s Front Desk for details. We can be reached at (828) 258-9016 or [email protected]

Sincerely,

Front Desk Staff

Chinese Acupuncture & Herbology Clinic

Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Requesting Supplemental Breast Milk for Our Preemie Patient
Oct 29 all-day
Chinese Acupuncture Clinic

Dear All,

One of our preemie patients is in need of supplemental breast milk. If you or someone you know is able to make a donation, the family would greatly appreciate it.

Please reach out to the Clinic’s Front Desk for details. We can be reached at (828) 258-9016 or [email protected]

Sincerely,

Front Desk Staff

Chinese Acupuncture & Herbology Clinic

Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Karaoke
Oct 30 all-day
Alley Cat Social Club

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.

Requesting Supplemental Breast Milk for Our Preemie Patient
Oct 30 all-day
Chinese Acupuncture Clinic

Dear All,

One of our preemie patients is in need of supplemental breast milk. If you or someone you know is able to make a donation, the family would greatly appreciate it.

Please reach out to the Clinic’s Front Desk for details. We can be reached at (828) 258-9016 or [email protected]

Sincerely,

Front Desk Staff

Chinese Acupuncture & Herbology Clinic

Thursday, October 31, 2019
Requesting Supplemental Breast Milk for Our Preemie Patient
Oct 31 all-day
Chinese Acupuncture Clinic

Dear All,

One of our preemie patients is in need of supplemental breast milk. If you or someone you know is able to make a donation, the family would greatly appreciate it.

Please reach out to the Clinic’s Front Desk for details. We can be reached at (828) 258-9016 or [email protected]

Sincerely,

Front Desk Staff

Chinese Acupuncture & Herbology Clinic

SEEKING STUDENT JUDGES FOR FOOD FIGHT! Volunteers
Oct 31 all-day
Salvage Station

We are looking for 3 AMS student judges, ages 8-16, to participate in the Asheville Mac Attack! Parents, or students, do the following and you will be entered into a drawing…

1. Share the Mac Attack event page on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter and tag both @AvlMusicSchool and @AllAmericanFoodFights

2. Be willing to arrive at 12:45, eat 10 mac n’ cheese samples, score them, and stay through 3:30 for the awards ceremony.

That’s it! We’ll announce the winners the week of November 4. 

CONTACT: [email protected]

Spooktacular Soiree
Oct 31 @ 6:00 pm – Nov 1 @ 1:00 am
Haiku I Do

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!

Rotaract Asheville Halloween Meetup
Oct 31 @ 6:30 pm
Catawba Brewing Company - Biltmore Village

Get ready to get spooky, grab a drink, and learn about Rotaract Asheville! A new group that is focused on young adults looking to benefit their community and make friends, we are kicking off our first meeting!

Join us to learn more about the organization, make some new friends, and how you can volunteer in our amazing Asheville community.

After the meeting we will be heading over to Hillman Brewing to celebrate Halloween at their Hill-O-Ween Bash!
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Let us know if you have any questions and we cannot wait to meet you!

Spooktacular Soiree
Oct 31 @ 9:00 pm – 1:00 am
Haiku I Do
Costume dance party on Halloween night! Join us on Halloween night for a fun night of dancing at Haiku I Do!

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.

Friday, November 1, 2019
SEEKING STUDENT JUDGES FOR FOOD FIGHT! Volunteers
Nov 1 all-day
Salvage Station

We are looking for 3 AMS student judges, ages 8-16, to participate in the Asheville Mac Attack! Parents, or students, do the following and you will be entered into a drawing…

1. Share the Mac Attack event page on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter and tag both @AvlMusicSchool and @AllAmericanFoodFights

2. Be willing to arrive at 12:45, eat 10 mac n’ cheese samples, score them, and stay through 3:30 for the awards ceremony.

That’s it! We’ll announce the winners the week of November 4. 

CONTACT: [email protected]

Saturday, November 2, 2019
SEEKING STUDENT JUDGES FOR FOOD FIGHT! Volunteers
Nov 2 all-day
Salvage Station

We are looking for 3 AMS student judges, ages 8-16, to participate in the Asheville Mac Attack! Parents, or students, do the following and you will be entered into a drawing…

1. Share the Mac Attack event page on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter and tag both @AvlMusicSchool and @AllAmericanFoodFights

2. Be willing to arrive at 12:45, eat 10 mac n’ cheese samples, score them, and stay through 3:30 for the awards ceremony.

That’s it! We’ll announce the winners the week of November 4. 

CONTACT: [email protected]

Russian Ballet Theatre presents “Swan Lake”
Nov 2 @ 7:30 pm
U.S. Cellular Center Asheville

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!

Sunday, November 3, 2019
SEEKING STUDENT JUDGES FOR FOOD FIGHT! Volunteers
Nov 3 all-day
Salvage Station

We are looking for 3 AMS student judges, ages 8-16, to participate in the Asheville Mac Attack! Parents, or students, do the following and you will be entered into a drawing…

1. Share the Mac Attack event page on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter and tag both @AvlMusicSchool and @AllAmericanFoodFights

2. Be willing to arrive at 12:45, eat 10 mac n’ cheese samples, score them, and stay through 3:30 for the awards ceremony.

That’s it! We’ll announce the winners the week of November 4. 

CONTACT: [email protected]

Artisanville – A NEW Fine Art/Fine Craft Show coming to Greenville, SC
Nov 3 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Greenville Convention Center

From traditional paintings, jewelry, wood, pottery, and glass, to unique photography, furniture, clothing, and mixed media art; the idea behind Artisanville is to have something for everyone to appreciate and to take home.
Artisanville invites its guests to investigate and explore our unique items during a two-day long fine art and craft show. With over 175 regional and national artists—each handpicked and personally invited to the event— this show promises to surprise and entrance you. Visitors can interact with artisans, see live art demos, purchase beautiful artwork, or simply enjoy the craftsmanship behind each piece. When in need of a break, art lovers can also relax, get a drink or snack, listen to live music and log into the Internet at the new Art Patron Lounge area. There are even free drawings for “Artisanville bucks” to spend at the show. Be sure not to miss ARTISANVILLE…the newest Fine Art/Fine Craft Show coming to Greenville, SC!

Monday, November 4, 2019
SEEKING STUDENT JUDGES FOR FOOD FIGHT! Volunteers
Nov 4 all-day
Salvage Station

We are looking for 3 AMS student judges, ages 8-16, to participate in the Asheville Mac Attack! Parents, or students, do the following and you will be entered into a drawing…

1. Share the Mac Attack event page on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter and tag both @AvlMusicSchool and @AllAmericanFoodFights

2. Be willing to arrive at 12:45, eat 10 mac n’ cheese samples, score them, and stay through 3:30 for the awards ceremony.

That’s it! We’ll announce the winners the week of November 4. 

CONTACT: [email protected]

Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Open Mic at Vintage Kava every Tuesday
Nov 5 @ 9:00 pm – 11:45 pm
Vintage Kava

Open Mic at Vintage Kava

Come share your talent with the community! All acts welcome (music, jokes, dancing, poetry, storytelling, etc)

Stop by to sign up for your slot!

Saturday, November 9, 2019
Orvis – Barbour 125th Anniversary Road Show
Nov 9 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Orvis
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Open Mic at Vintage Kava every Tuesday
Nov 12 @ 9:00 pm – 11:45 pm
Vintage Kava

Open Mic at Vintage Kava

Come share your talent with the community! All acts welcome (music, jokes, dancing, poetry, storytelling, etc)

Stop by to sign up for your slot!

Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Asheville Holiday Parade Volunteers Needed
Nov 13 all-day
Downtown Asheville

We are still in need of volunteers for the parade coming up on November 23rd. If you can help us spread the word or come give us a hand it would be greatly appreciated. We are looking forward to this years parade “Peace on Earth” theme and can’t wait to see everyone.

As always thank you for your support, we couldn’t do our events without our volunteers help!