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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Open 7:30 – 11:30 p.m. Advance tickets are rquired. It’s safe, scary fun for the whole family! Kids will enjoy the Halloween shows and trick-or-treating. And take a chilling journey into the night on the Ghost Train – if you dare!
It’s time for another Asheville Cat Weirdos Pint Night Fundraiser! Come on out to celebrate Meowl-O-Ween with your fellow cat enthusiasts. White Labs will be concocting a special brew for our organization and $1 from each of these beers sold will benefit our Emergency Fund. We will be on hand selling our ACW merchandise, including our Pint Glasses which will be discounted to $6 during this event. There is a full service restaurant on site offering artisanal dishes, craft cocktails, and non alcoholic beverages. Costumes are strongly encouraged and we will pick one lucky winner of our costume contest to win a Halloween surprise!! Hope to see mew all there!!
https://www.facebook.com/events/647290365664594/
Join us on an eerie journey into Greer Station’s haunted past as you stroll through the historic district. Stories and legend of the unusual and supernatural are combined with the fun and fascinating history of our city.
Local historian Joada Hiatt will be leading two ghost walks covering historic hauntings of downtown Greer. Meet at the Depot on Randall Street for a 1/4 mile walk down Trade Street to the Greer Heritage Museum on S. Main. The first walk will begin at 5:30 pm and the second will start at 7:00 pm. A $5 cash donation, benefitting the Greer Heritage Museum, is requested for all participants over 9 years of age.
In the event of rain, the ghost walks will be moved to Thursday, October 25. For more information call the Greer Heritage Museum at (864) 877-3377.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2184841825106489/?event_time_id=2184841831773155
Lets get saucy with the Gravyhouse Storytellers! There will be swingin’ music, and great classes for beginners! Stay late for our post dance blues hour! Plus the venue is not only gorgeous, but they have a fabulous bar!
~~~Schedule (short version- see below for details)~~~
7 pm: Intermediate Partner Charleston w/ Sparrow & Jean
8 pm: Intro to 8-count Lindy Hop w/ Sparrow & Keith
9-11pm: Swing AVL Dance w/ Gravyhouse Storytellers
11-12pm: Vintage Blues Hour w/ DJ
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PRICING: Dance/Band is $5 (includes blues hour) and classes are $10/$8 for Swing Asheville members. Vintage Blues Hour is $2 suggested donation for those who didn’t pay for Dance/Band admission.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Interested in free dances or half priced lessons? Want to help promote the swing scene? Consider volunteering for Swing Asheville! To see what sort of opportunities are available and to sign up, please head over to http://signup.com/go/qiyRjLG
MUSIC
The Gravy-House Storytellers presents mouth-watering musical marmalade from the 1920’s through the 1940’s. ‘The Gravyhouse Storytellers’ is a small-combo swing ensemble from Asheville, NC. The storytellers perform authentic arrangements of Pre-WWII-era Blues Shoutin’ and Swing tunes. Their repertoire favors ‘mid-tempo blues’ and is appropriate for Lindy, Balboa, and East/West coast alike.
BLUES
Band finished and you’re not done dancing? You’re in luck… stick around for our vintage blues hour! Continue dancing to DJ’d music until the bar kicks us out. $2 suggested donation for those coming just for the blues hour.
FOOD: Feeling peckish? The bar has a small selection of vegan goodies to help keep your stamina up! Ask a bartender for more details.
CLASSES
7pm: Continuing Class: Intermediate Partner Charleston w/ Sparrow & Jean
We will be working on side by side variations for the first two weeks, tandem entrances, exits, and variations for weeks 3 and 4, and for the 5th week of October we will be doing a special class on switching and stealing- super useful for jams and social dancing!
“Continuing” classes are for those dancers who have cemented the basics of the dance being featured that specific month. This includes knowing (and being able to execute cleanly and consistently) basic footwork and lead/follow skills for that dance. Some continuing classes may require no advance knowledge of a dance. This will be noted in the the class description.
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8 pm: Core Class: Intro to 8-count Lindy Hop w/ Sparrow & Keith
Learn the foundations of the 8 count Lindy Hop, the high energy dance from Harlem that swept the nation and then the globe. Starting from the very beginning, breaking down the steps and rhythms in easy to understand ways, Keith and Sparrow will get ya on the dance floor and having fun in no time. No partner required and drop in friendly, though of course you’ll learn the most if you start at the beginning of the month and stay till the end!
“Core” lessons stress the fundamentals of swing dancing for beginning dancers. Lessons rotate monthly to focus on a different kind of swing dance (6 Count Lindy, 8 Count Lindy, Charleston, Balboa, etc.). Because good fundamentals are hard to develop in one month, we recommend repeating Core lessons (on the same topic) to help develop the solid foundation you’ll need in continuing classes. Core lessons are also great for intermediate and advanced dancers who want to “get back to basics” or learn a different dancing role (lead vs. follow).
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GIFT CERTIFICATES
Do you want to buy a gift certificate for our classes as a gift, or to pre-pay for a block of classes for yourself? You can purchase gift certificates at the door at our weekly dance! They are $40 for a block of 4, and a great way to dive into the fun world of dance.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Oct 30: House Hoppers Halloween Spooktacular
Nov 6: Community Jazz Jam
Nov 13: Useless Cans (from out of town!)
Nov 20: Jason DeCristofaro Quartet
Nov 27: Posey Quartet
Dec 4: Community Jazz Jam
Dec 11: Queen Bee & the Honeylovers
Dec 18: TBA
Dec 25: NO DANCE
Jan 1: Russ Wilson’s Hangover Party
https://www.facebook.com/events/1787524671345799/
This year, Eliada will maintain some beloved attractions including the tractor ride, which now drives all the way around the Corn Maze, jumping pillow, corn kernel sand box, spider web climber, tube slides, and corn cannons.
Tuesday – Thursday: 9am-3pm
Friday: 9am-8pm
Saturday: 10am- 8pm
Sunday: 10am-6pm
Open 7:30 – 11:30 p.m. Advance tickets are rquired. It’s safe, scary fun for the whole family! Kids will enjoy the Halloween shows and trick-or-treating. And take a chilling journey into the night on the Ghost Train – if you dare!
Have A Family Friendly Fright Night and Earn Money For Your School!
Wednesday October 24th – Sunday 28th 6:30pm-9pm
Gather your closest ghouls and raise money for your school! The Haunted Trail at Pisgah Brewery is back with festive family fun for it’s 6th year. The Haunted Trail is ideal for children ages 3-12 years old. The night includes a heart pumping walk through the Trail with live actors, spooky sounds, and spectacular props. After adrenaline reaches peak levels during the walk, guests spill out screaming and laughing into the Party at Pisgah Park. The party warmly welcomes trail-goers with Halloween crafts, contests, activities and local food trucks, as well as Pisgah beer on tap for the grown-ups! The younger ghouls can enjoy the (actor-free) “Sweet Peek Tour” of the Trail at 6:45pm before it gets dark.
Our Ghouls For Schools program puts the “fun” in fundraising, and is giving back to local schools for its 3rd year in a row. The program gives $1 back from each ticket to your PTA or PTO of choice. Ingles Markets will award an additional $1000 as a grand prize to the school that gets the most participants. In addition to the give back program, we will be hosting a silent auction at the festival to benefit the Eliada Academy. Great community sponsors like Ingles Markets, Mellow Mushroom, Best Bites Dental, The DM Shop and Asheville Plays help make the Ghouls For Schools program possible.
The Haunted Trail is produced by Asheville Plays!. Asheville Plays! was founded by a local husband and wife team who create lasting memories through the power of play. They specialize in corporate team building for adults, and unique special events for families. The Haunted Trail is Asheville Plays! signature event, and they are striving to make The Trail a treasured part of your family’s tradition.
For more information, visit www.hauntedtrailwnc.com. For more information about Asheville Plays!, visit www.ashevilleplays.com
https://www.facebook.com/events/293280294624662/
“Gather up your ghouls to support your schools! The Haunted Trail returns to Pisgah Brewery in Black Mountain.
Wednesday October 24th – Sunday 28th 6:30-9pm.
Featuring live actors, spooky sounds, and spectacular props, the Trail leads to the Party at Pisgah Park with Halloween crafts, contests, local food vendors, and Pisgah beer on tap for the grown-ups. Ideal for ages 3-12.
$1 from each ticket goes to Ghouls for Schools fundraiser for local PTA/PTO with $1000 grand for the school with the most ghouls from Ingles Markets.
Save $2/tickets with advanced purchase. For more information and tickets, visit www.HauntedTrailWNC.com.
Or contact Asheville Plays! At [email protected] “
Quick Facts: Ghouls For Schools
- $1 From Your Ticket Will Benefit Your School
- $5 From Each Volunteer Shift Will Benefit Your School
- If Your School Gets The Most Participation, Ingles Will Donate An ADDITIONAL $1000
- We Will Have A Silent Auction At The Trail To Benefit Eliada Academy
- Last Year’s Winner: Invest Collegiate Imagine Charter School
Quick Facts: How We Are Kid Friendly
- Sweet Peek Tour At 6:45 With No Actors And Before Dark
- Plenty Of Games And Activities In Addition To The Trail
- No Gory Scenes
- All Scenes Have Barriers – Nothing Will Touch You
This year, Eliada will maintain some beloved attractions including the tractor ride, which now drives all the way around the Corn Maze, jumping pillow, corn kernel sand box, spider web climber, tube slides, and corn cannons.
Tuesday – Thursday: 9am-3pm
Friday: 9am-8pm
Saturday: 10am- 8pm
Sunday: 10am-6pm
Open 7:30 – 11:30 p.m. Advance tickets are rquired. It’s safe, scary fun for the whole family! Kids will enjoy the Halloween shows and trick-or-treating. And take a chilling journey into the night on the Ghost Train – if you dare!
Join us for our 2nd annual Halloween Dog Costume Contest Thursday, October 25th, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the brewery. Co-hosted with The Grateful Dog. Prizes will be given for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. Well-behaved dogs on leash only. Baires Food Truck will be here also, 3:30-8 pm (Authentic Argentinian, Empanadas, steak sandwiches and more)
https://www.facebook.com/events/313733445878269/
This year, Eliada will maintain some beloved attractions including the tractor ride, which now drives all the way around the Corn Maze, jumping pillow, corn kernel sand box, spider web climber, tube slides, and corn cannons.
Tuesday – Thursday: 9am-3pm
Friday: 9am-8pm
Saturday: 10am- 8pm
Sunday: 10am-6pm
Open 7:30 – 11:30 p.m. Advance tickets are rquired. It’s safe, scary fun for the whole family! Kids will enjoy the Halloween shows and trick-or-treating. And take a chilling journey into the night on the Ghost Train – if you dare!
The leaves will be turning this October and the pumpkins will be ready to be carved! The PEANUTS gang returns to the GSMR Pumpkin Patch this October. Ready for some family fun? PEANUTS™ The Great Pumpkin Patch Express returns to the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad for 2018! The excursions, which are themed after Charles M. Schulz’s classic story “It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,” will be departing from the Bryson City Depot in October of 2018!
Halloween Party!!! Come see us on Friday, October 26th!! Costume Contest, Games and Prizes, food and drink specials!!!
https://www.facebook.com/events/478833589276602/
Hey all you ghouls and ghosts, are you ready for a terrifying evening of witch’s brews, mummified music, and a zombified costume contests for creepy kids (6pm) and ghastly grown-ups (6:30pm). This spine-tingling experience is just what you need to prepare for Hell-oween!
Prizes for the Costume Contest:
Adults:
1st $100 gift card to HBC
2nd $50 gift card to HBC
3rd Tin tacker + hat
Kids:
$20 gift card to the Hop
$10 gift card to the Hop
$10 gift card to the Hop
Immediately following the costume contest we’ll wake the dead with a special performance from The Get Right Band!
We will also be releasing Zombie Story, our latest brewery-only can release. This nerve-wracking New England IPA found its way into a can featuring the spooky stylings of Julie “Severed” Armbruster! Don’t miss out on this bone-chilling limited release!
https://www.facebook.com/events/879657765571375/
It’s almost time for fall fun on the farm! We invite YOU to bring your family or group to enjoy some good ole’ fashioned fun on the farm. It’s going to be a ball, y’all!
Open weekends Sept. 22 through Oct. 28!
– Hayride Hours – $9 per person
Sat: 10 am- 5 pm (last hayride leaves at 5)
Sun: 12-5 pm (last hayride leaves at 5)
– Corn Maze Hours – $7 ages 2-12 & $8 ages 13+
Sun- Fri: 12-6 pm
Sat: 10 am – 6 pm
**COMBO TICKETS** (maze and hayride)
$12 per person (ages 2 & up)
https://www.facebook.com/events/245157286277540/
Join us in the lower parking lot for an evening of trunk or treat, carnival games, face painting and more! Halloween costumes are welcome. This event is FREE to the community.
Interested in providing a trunk? Sign up at the Membership Desk today!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1047484855426296/
TBA
https://www.facebook.com/events/560794957598959/?event_time_id=560794964265625
Come celebrate the works of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, the first science fiction writer to write about AI (artificial intelligence) while we make monstrous light up artifacts you can take home to celebrate Halloween with.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2046290132350635/
Join us for a tree painting party! Just like Grandma’s tree!
We have 2 different size trees to choose from, and they will be deeply discounted for this event only. The price will include the tree, and some cool specialty glazes. Reservation/tree purchases can only be made online. Space is limited, so reserve your trees early.
Snacks will be provided, it’s a party after all!
https://www.facebook.com/events/272391640262223/
For the third year in a row Blue Mountain Mischief brings you our favorite show of the year.
Featuring: Eye of the Destroyer, 8 Vacant Graves, Bleedseason, NeverFall, The Casket Creatures, Rapheumet’s Well, A World of Lies, and Filth
$10
All Ages
https://www.facebook.com/events/188935398304015/
Haunted Castle on the Hill
Friday, October 26
7pm-10pm
Location: Stephens-Lee Center
Looking for spooky fright this Halloween? There will be plenty of ghosts and ghouls and visions of things that go bump in the night at the Haunted Castle on the Hill.
Fee: $2/person
Stephens-Lee Recreation Center, 828-350-2058
https://www.facebook.com/events/171704793717480/
Celebrate Halloween with spooktacular tastings of some of the best spirits in the South! Come in costume and prepare your palates to sample drinks from Charleston Distilling Company, High Wire Distilling Co., Firefly Distillery, Local Choice Spirits, Striped Pig Distillery , Cannon Distillery, and Hardscoop Distillery. Enjoy sustainably sourced small plates from Good Catch partners, Hank’s Seafood Restaurant, The Mills House Wyndham Grand Hotel, Acme Lowcountry Kitchen and 1KEPT Charleston. Booze Pops and King of Pops – Charleston will also be there! Entertainment and a beer and wine bar also provided with purchase of your all-inclusive ticket.
Additional bar refreshments provided with purchase of your all-inclusive ticket. Event is 21+.
• Early Bird through October 12 $40
• Tickets $45
• Members $40*
*Members, please call (843) 577-FISH (3474) to buy discounted member tickets.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2125646104359321/
The Get Right Band is bringing the funk/rock/reggae/Halloween party to Highland Brewing on Friday, Oct 26th! Costumes encouraged, family friendly, local beer, free show… sounds good, huh?!
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The Get Right Band
www.thegetrightband.com
www.facebook.com/thegetrightband
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l3ryaxhjNk
“The Get Right Band are the type of performers that you just know will break out. Their songs are infectious and take you immediately to a very happy place. The lyrics are smart and bear weight.”
-The Huffington Post
THE GET RIGHT BAND is “hip-shaking, earthquaking pure funk fun” (The Alternate Root). They are one of Relix Magazine’s “On The Verge” picks, Home Grown Music Network’s 2015 “Best New Band of the Year,” and were voted “Best Progressive Band” in Western North Carolina by Mountain Xpress readers. Combining catchy, clever, honest songwriting with musical expertise and fearless improvisation, the live show promises to move your head, heart, and hips.
GRB has performed on the famed World Cafe, a nationally syndicated NPR show, and has had the pleasure of sharing the stage with Everclear, Rusted Root, Dr. Dog, Ozomatli, Smash Mouth, Victor Wooten Band, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Boyd Tinsley (of Dave Matthews Band), Martin Barre (of Jethro Tull), Badfish, Turkuaz, Jimmie’s Chicken Shack, Mike Dillon Band, and many more.
“Tight and diverse jams and a distinctive, intellectual but accessible worldview.”
-Live For Live Music
The band is built on the musical brotherhood that guitarist/vocalist Silas Durocher and bassist Jesse Gentry have formed playing music together since middle school. Durocher, who is a trained composer and has been commissioned to write for symphonies and chamber groups, possesses guitar chops that can soothe or rage and a charismatic swagger as a frontman and a singer. “Durocher has an impressive range and rich clarity to his vocals—think a more soulful Dan Auerbach” (Connect Savannah). Gentry’s virtuosic bass playing “catapults from elastic to nasty” (The Mountain Xpress). With the addition of Jian-Claude Mears, a drummer with “precision, passion, and an inescapable momentum” (Live For Live Music), the group’s sound has become an unstoppable force. They have been wowing audiences around the country and the Caribbean since their inception in 2011 with an unparalleled live show and a relentless tour schedule.
“I love this song!”
-Marc Maron, of WTF podcast
https://www.facebook.com/events/525204207903878/
Cody Siniard and Dem Boys are back at 185 for a Halloween show.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2270268439862046/
All right kiddies, it’s time to start planning out the season of spooks. 27 Club is proud to announce our 1st annual 6 Nights of Halloween! Every night is a different party and a different costume theme. Bust out those sewing machines and makeup palettes. You want amazing live music? We got it! You want to dress up like a zombie and dance like a lunatic? We got that too! You want to channel the spirits of the dead? We got you! We’ve got so many spooky events planned we’ll have Dracula himself sucking eggs.
Friday, October 26: Live synthwave music from Cold Choir and The Build. Dress-up theme is to space out in your favorite sci-fi costume.
Saturday, October 27: As Sick As Us, Systematic Devestation, and Chaos Among Cattle melt your faces. Bust out the black dye and mustaches. The costume theme is Lemmy and Siouxsie Sioux look-alike. m/
Sunday, October 28: Get crafty! We’re carving pumpkins, helping each other with costumes, spider-webbing everything in sight, and covering the world in our creative juices. Then Reel 2 Real is putting on a very special October reprisal. What scared you most as a kid? Guess what? That’s what you’re dressing up as.
Monday, October 29: Zombie Prom! Hit up Goodwill and get all corpsed up for an deadite dance party. Mr. Morrow will be DJing your favorite horror hits. Zombie Prom ftw!
Tuesday, October 30: Jai The Grand Maw will be hosting a very special séance as we channel the spirits of our favorite rock stars. More music from DJ Grave Rose and dancing to follow. Dress up as your favorite rock star, dead or alive.
Wednesday, October 31: The main event! Violet Moon will be hosting Blood Bath, the spookiest, most splendiferous party ever. Costume contest! Blood wrestling! Sugar cookies! Ghosts and monsters and stuff!
Then we all die and go home. We hope to see each and every one of your haunted faces every day. Going to be fun!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1957701344253065/
Part of the 6 Nights of Halloween! Dive into the darkness and lap it up with stabbing synth sensations Cold Choir and The Build!
Cold Choir–https://www.facebook.com/coldchoir/?ref=py_c
The Build–https://www.thebuildmusic.com/
https://www.facebook.com/events/306962953447608/
Join Modern Strangers for a Halloween costume party extravaganza at Jack of the Wood!
We will have Costume Contests! Spooky Games! and a serious Jangle Pop Dance Contest!
https://www.facebook.com/events/265742777402539/