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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Tuesday, November 24, 2020
West Asheville Tailgate Market Holiday markets and special events feature local food, wellness, and gifts for the season
Nov 24 @ 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
West Asheville Tailgate Market

Even though it’s getting colder, you can still find fresh, local food at area farmers tailgate markets. Several markets in Buncombe County will offer holiday markets or extended seasons in November and December. In addition to seasonal produce, meats, cheeses, and bread, these markets feature local artists and handmade goods, such as wreaths, pottery, jewelry, and more.

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Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Black Friday + Small Business Week Asheville Art Museum
Nov 25 all-day
Asheville Art Museum and Online

The Museum Store joins the Asheville Downtown Association and local shops during Small Business Week. Receive 10% off all Asheville Art Museum logo items in-store and online, and 10% off any one item in-store (excludes artist consignment items). Shoppers receive one raffle ticket per $25 spent in the Museum Store to enter to win one (or more) of five $20 gift certificates to select local businesses.

Shop Local: Consider what it means to shop Amazon
Nov 25 all-day
Online

Consider what it means to shop Amazon
Did you know that Amazon’s net sales for Q4 are expected to be $121 Billion and to grow 38% compared with fourth quarter 2019 numbers? Clearly in this pandemic, they are the big winner. Y’all… there has NEVER been a more critical year to SHOP LOCAL! Please show your love and support of our amazing local business community which truly has all you could ever need- a vintage dress, wall tapestry, piece of pottery, growler of beer or endless gift cards to your favorite Asheville restaurants. Get some ideas here:  shops , restaurants , breweries , and more.
Shop Small Save + Win BIG Asheville Small Business Week
Nov 25 all-day
Online

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It’s not just Small Business Saturday, it’s Small Business Week! This allows shoppers to spread their shopping out over several days so we can stick to social distancing. Some businesses are also offering Small Business Week raffles and the prizes include gift cards to downtown businesses. The more you spend, the better your chances. Check out who’s offering special deals and hosting raffles here.

Special raffles during Small Business Week
Nov 25 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Small Businesses In Asheville

Shop Small & WIN BIG!

Several downtown businesses are also offering special raffles during Small Business Week (November 21-28). Prizes include gift cards from participating downtown businesses. Each business is running their own raffle, but most are offering raffle tickets for purchases made in the store. Visit each business for details. The more you shop, the better your chances of winning!
Participating businesses include:
Weaverville Tailgate Market + Winter Market
Nov 25 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Weaverville Tailgate Market

Even though it’s getting colder, you can still find fresh, local food at area farmers tailgate markets. Several markets in Buncombe County will offer holiday markets or extended seasons in November and December. In addition to seasonal produce, meats, cheeses, and bread, these markets feature local artists and handmade goods, such as wreaths, pottery, jewelry, and more.

Thursday, November 26, 2020
Black Friday + Small Business Week Asheville Art Museum
Nov 26 all-day
Asheville Art Museum and Online

The Museum Store joins the Asheville Downtown Association and local shops during Small Business Week. Receive 10% off all Asheville Art Museum logo items in-store and online, and 10% off any one item in-store (excludes artist consignment items). Shoppers receive one raffle ticket per $25 spent in the Museum Store to enter to win one (or more) of five $20 gift certificates to select local businesses.

Flat Rock Playhouse: Online Gift Shop Now Open
Nov 26 all-day
Online

SHOP THE ROCK!

Our online gift shop is now open, and just in time for your holiday shopping. T-shirts are available in a variety of colors with Adult and Youth sizing, and we have additional apparel items like sweatshirts, hats, polos, and totes. We have unique gift options like our 50th-anniversary book with a detailed history of Flat Rock Playhouse and prints designed by some of your favorite Vagabonds.

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Shop Local: Consider what it means to shop Amazon
Nov 26 all-day
Online

Consider what it means to shop Amazon
Did you know that Amazon’s net sales for Q4 are expected to be $121 Billion and to grow 38% compared with fourth quarter 2019 numbers? Clearly in this pandemic, they are the big winner. Y’all… there has NEVER been a more critical year to SHOP LOCAL! Please show your love and support of our amazing local business community which truly has all you could ever need- a vintage dress, wall tapestry, piece of pottery, growler of beer or endless gift cards to your favorite Asheville restaurants. Get some ideas here:  shops , restaurants , breweries , and more.
Shop Small Save + Win BIG Asheville Small Business Week
Nov 26 all-day
Online

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It’s not just Small Business Saturday, it’s Small Business Week! This allows shoppers to spread their shopping out over several days so we can stick to social distancing. Some businesses are also offering Small Business Week raffles and the prizes include gift cards to downtown businesses. The more you spend, the better your chances. Check out who’s offering special deals and hosting raffles here.

Special raffles during Small Business Week
Nov 26 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Small Businesses In Asheville

Shop Small & WIN BIG!

Several downtown businesses are also offering special raffles during Small Business Week (November 21-28). Prizes include gift cards from participating downtown businesses. Each business is running their own raffle, but most are offering raffle tickets for purchases made in the store. Visit each business for details. The more you shop, the better your chances of winning!
Participating businesses include:
Friday, November 27, 2020
Black Friday + Small Business Week Asheville Art Museum
Nov 27 all-day
Asheville Art Museum and Online

The Museum Store joins the Asheville Downtown Association and local shops during Small Business Week. Receive 10% off all Asheville Art Museum logo items in-store and online, and 10% off any one item in-store (excludes artist consignment items). Shoppers receive one raffle ticket per $25 spent in the Museum Store to enter to win one (or more) of five $20 gift certificates to select local businesses.

Deep Remembering – 10 month Nature Immersion Program
Nov 27 all-day
Holistic Survival School

2021 Earth-Skills
Adult Immersion Course

With Nature-Connected Community
Led by Luke McLaughlin

Ten month program running March – December of 2021.

One, four-day weekend, per month.

Blue Ridge Mountains, near Asheville, North Carolina

(traditional Cherokee territory )

Flat Rock Playhouse: Online Gift Shop Now Open
Nov 27 all-day
Online

SHOP THE ROCK!

Our online gift shop is now open, and just in time for your holiday shopping. T-shirts are available in a variety of colors with Adult and Youth sizing, and we have additional apparel items like sweatshirts, hats, polos, and totes. We have unique gift options like our 50th-anniversary book with a detailed history of Flat Rock Playhouse and prints designed by some of your favorite Vagabonds.

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Shop Local: Consider what it means to shop Amazon
Nov 27 all-day
Online

Consider what it means to shop Amazon
Did you know that Amazon’s net sales for Q4 are expected to be $121 Billion and to grow 38% compared with fourth quarter 2019 numbers? Clearly in this pandemic, they are the big winner. Y’all… there has NEVER been a more critical year to SHOP LOCAL! Please show your love and support of our amazing local business community which truly has all you could ever need- a vintage dress, wall tapestry, piece of pottery, growler of beer or endless gift cards to your favorite Asheville restaurants. Get some ideas here:  shops , restaurants , breweries , and more.
Shop Small Save + Win BIG Asheville Small Business Week
Nov 27 all-day
Online

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It’s not just Small Business Saturday, it’s Small Business Week! This allows shoppers to spread their shopping out over several days so we can stick to social distancing. Some businesses are also offering Small Business Week raffles and the prizes include gift cards to downtown businesses. The more you spend, the better your chances. Check out who’s offering special deals and hosting raffles here.

Asheville Art Museum Store’s Black Friday
Nov 27 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Asheville Art Museum

Save the dates! Members are invited to shop the Museum Store’s Black Friday sale from 9 to 11am on Friday, November 27 while enjoying coffee and treats. We also invite you to visit November 29 for Museum Store Sunday and find great deals. Remember—Members receive a 10% discount year-round both in-store and online.

Members-Only Black Friday Shopping Asheville Art Museum
Nov 27 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Asheville Art Museum

Members are invited to an exclusive, socially-distanced morning of shopping in the Museum Store while enjoying coffee, cider, and treats.

Black Friday – Small Business Saturday – Cyber Monday Jus’ Running
Nov 27 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Jus' Running
Thanksgiving Holiday Hours:
NOV 25: 10-6
Thanksgiving: CLOSED
NOV 27: 10-6
NOV 28: 10-6
NOV 29: 1-5
NOV 30: 10-6
Special raffles during Small Business Week
Nov 27 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Small Businesses In Asheville

Shop Small & WIN BIG!

Several downtown businesses are also offering special raffles during Small Business Week (November 21-28). Prizes include gift cards from participating downtown businesses. Each business is running their own raffle, but most are offering raffle tickets for purchases made in the store. Visit each business for details. The more you shop, the better your chances of winning!
Participating businesses include:
Highland Christmas Tree + Wreath Lot
Nov 27 @ 12:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Highland Brewing Company
🎶 Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree
How lovely are thy branches 🎶
We’re kicking off the holiday season at Highland with a weekend-long Christmas Tree & Wreath Lot hosted by our friend’s from Boyd McNeeley East Asheville Christmas Tree & Wreath Lot! We’ll be set up right outside the Highland Event Center. And don’t forget to grab some of our Limited Release Black Watch while you’re at the Brewery!
Saturday, November 28, 2020
Black Friday + Small Business Week Asheville Art Museum
Nov 28 all-day
Asheville Art Museum and Online

The Museum Store joins the Asheville Downtown Association and local shops during Small Business Week. Receive 10% off all Asheville Art Museum logo items in-store and online, and 10% off any one item in-store (excludes artist consignment items). Shoppers receive one raffle ticket per $25 spent in the Museum Store to enter to win one (or more) of five $20 gift certificates to select local businesses.

Deep Remembering – 10 month Nature Immersion Program
Nov 28 all-day
Holistic Survival School

2021 Earth-Skills
Adult Immersion Course

With Nature-Connected Community
Led by Luke McLaughlin

Ten month program running March – December of 2021.

One, four-day weekend, per month.

Blue Ridge Mountains, near Asheville, North Carolina

(traditional Cherokee territory )

Flat Rock Playhouse: Online Gift Shop Now Open
Nov 28 all-day
Online

SHOP THE ROCK!

Our online gift shop is now open, and just in time for your holiday shopping. T-shirts are available in a variety of colors with Adult and Youth sizing, and we have additional apparel items like sweatshirts, hats, polos, and totes. We have unique gift options like our 50th-anniversary book with a detailed history of Flat Rock Playhouse and prints designed by some of your favorite Vagabonds.

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Shop Local: Consider what it means to shop Amazon
Nov 28 all-day
Online

Consider what it means to shop Amazon
Did you know that Amazon’s net sales for Q4 are expected to be $121 Billion and to grow 38% compared with fourth quarter 2019 numbers? Clearly in this pandemic, they are the big winner. Y’all… there has NEVER been a more critical year to SHOP LOCAL! Please show your love and support of our amazing local business community which truly has all you could ever need- a vintage dress, wall tapestry, piece of pottery, growler of beer or endless gift cards to your favorite Asheville restaurants. Get some ideas here:  shops , restaurants , breweries , and more.
Shop Small Save + Win BIG Asheville Small Business Week
Nov 28 all-day
Online

Image for Shop Small Save & Win BIG

It’s not just Small Business Saturday, it’s Small Business Week! This allows shoppers to spread their shopping out over several days so we can stick to social distancing. Some businesses are also offering Small Business Week raffles and the prizes include gift cards to downtown businesses. The more you spend, the better your chances. Check out who’s offering special deals and hosting raffles here.

Hendersonville HOLIDAY Farmers Market
Nov 28 @ 8:00 am – 1:00 pm
Historic Depot

Holiday Markets 
November 28 and December 5, 8:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. 

Hendersonville Farmers Market is located at the Historic Train Depot (650 Maple Street) in downtown Hendersonville’s Seventh Avenue District.

Limited free parking spaces are available at the market on Maple Street off of Fifth Avenue in addition to parking on surrounding streets. Lot and metered parking are available 0.3 miles away at the City Hall lot (145 Fifth Avenue) or 0.4 miles away at the Maple lot (124 Fifth Avenue).

ASAP Farmers Market Holiday markets and special events feature local food, wellness, and gifts for the season
Nov 28 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
ASAP Farmers Market

ASAP Farmers Market at A-B Tech

The market is located in A-B Tech parking lot A-13, adjacent to the A-B Tech/Mission Health Conference Center (16 Fernihurst Dr.). Enter the market via Fernihurst Dr. off Victoria Rd., following campus signs to the conference center.

Market staff will control the number of shoppers in the market area at one time by limiting the number of cars in the parking lot.  When you arrive at  the market, please follow signs and staff directions to queue inside your vehicle until instructed to park your car in the parking lot.  There may be a 15 – 30 minute wait to park during peak shopping times.

Dates and Hours

Saturdays, 9 a.m. to noon until December 19th…

The ASAP Winter Market will run Saturdays, 10am – 1pm, January 9th until March 27th in the same location.

Market Rules

  • No customers or vendors exhibiting symptoms may enter the market.
  • Maintain 6 feet of social distance at all times.
  • One customer at a time for each vendor table.
  • Only handle product you are purchasing. Vendors will pre-package or bunch products.
  • All vendors and shoppers are required to wear masks. Customers who are not able to wear a mask may arrange to pre-order from vendors. Market staff will direct you to a separate parking area and deliver prepaid items to the car.
  • Children, if they must attend with adult shoppers, must be closely supervised.
  • Please leave your pets at home.

Staff will direct anyone failing to comply with these conditions to leave the market.

Paying for Purchases

Vendors accept touch-free credit or debit payments as well as SNAP. Some take exact cash (no change given) or check. Thanks to generous support from the community, we are offering Double SNAP.

The ASAP Holiday Farmers Market
Nov 28 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
ASAP Holiday Farmers Market

Visit the ASAP Farmers Market between Thanksgiving and Christmas to shop for locally-made, quality gifts, including: art, jewelry, dried flowers and wreaths, soap, body care, CBD products, gourmet specialty foods and more!
While you are at it, shop with our farmers for the freshest vegetables, fruit, meat, cheese, mushrooms, bread, and pastries!
Protocols, such as limiting the number of customers at a time, are in place to ensure your shopping experience is safe. The market is located outdoors in a parking lot (16 Fernihurst Drive) at the downtown AB Tech Campus
Black Friday – Small Business Saturday – Cyber Monday Jus’ Running
Nov 28 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Jus' Running
Thanksgiving Holiday Hours:
NOV 25: 10-6
Thanksgiving: CLOSED
NOV 27: 10-6
NOV 28: 10-6
NOV 29: 1-5
NOV 30: 10-6