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.

Friday, April 3, 2020
Blood Donations Where Lifesaving Starts
Apr 3 all-day
Blood Connection

It is very important for donors to continue donating in the weeks and months ahead in order to maintain an adequate local blood supply. If you are feeling healthy and well, please make an appointment before donating so we can maintain the proper social distancing. The safety of our donors and staff is our top priority!

Saturday, April 4, 2020
Blood Donations Where Lifesaving Starts
Apr 4 all-day
Blood Connection

It is very important for donors to continue donating in the weeks and months ahead in order to maintain an adequate local blood supply. If you are feeling healthy and well, please make an appointment before donating so we can maintain the proper social distancing. The safety of our donors and staff is our top priority!

Volunteer for Park Day Smith-McDowell House POSTPONED TBA
Apr 4 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Smith-McDowell House
The Museum will be CLOSED today while our volunteers are busy dusting, sweeping, raking, vacuuming, brushing…

There is still plenty of time to volunteer for both indoor and outdoor jobs.

Sunday, April 5, 2020
Blood Donations Where Lifesaving Starts
Apr 5 all-day
Blood Connection

It is very important for donors to continue donating in the weeks and months ahead in order to maintain an adequate local blood supply. If you are feeling healthy and well, please make an appointment before donating so we can maintain the proper social distancing. The safety of our donors and staff is our top priority!

Monday, April 6, 2020
Conserving Carolina “Kudzu Warriors” at Norman Wilder Forest
Apr 6 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Norman Wilder Forest parking area/trailhead off of Hwy 176,

Join the Conserving Carolina “Kudzu Warriors” as they continue the fight against Kudzu, a non-native and invasive vine, at the Conserving Carolina owned Norman Wilder Forest off of Hwy 176.

The Kudzu Warriors, named for their hard work eradicating Kudzu on Little Warrior Mountain, have been defending the Conserving Carolina nature preserve from Kudzu (and other exotic species) since 2011 and have made a tremendous impact on the property. Areas that were once a mat of Kudzu vines are now lush with native vegetation! But the fight is not over, and we need your help!

Join us Monday from 9:00-11:00 a.m. at the Norman Wilder Forest parking area/trailhead off of Hwy 176, between Tryon and Saluda. GPS points (35.22458, -82.27428)

We will supply tools and gloves, but please bring water and a snack for yourself, dress appropriately and bring your own work gloves if you’d like.

To RSVP or for more information call Pam at 828-697-5777, ext 300 or email [email protected].

Thursday, April 9, 2020
Conserving Carolina “Kudzu Warriors” at Norman Wilder Forest
Apr 9 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Norman Wilder Forest parking area/trailhead off of Hwy 176,

Join the Conserving Carolina “Kudzu Warriors” as they continue the fight against Kudzu, a non-native and invasive vine, at the Conserving Carolina owned Norman Wilder Forest off of Hwy 176.

The Kudzu Warriors, named for their hard work eradicating Kudzu on Little Warrior Mountain, have been defending the Conserving Carolina nature preserve from Kudzu (and other exotic species) since 2011 and have made a tremendous impact on the property. Areas that were once a mat of Kudzu vines are now lush with native vegetation! But the fight is not over, and we need your help!

Join us Monday from 9:00-11:00 a.m. at the Norman Wilder Forest parking area/trailhead off of Hwy 176, between Tryon and Saluda. GPS points (35.22458, -82.27428)

We will supply tools and gloves, but please bring water and a snack for yourself, dress appropriately and bring your own work gloves if you’d like.

To RSVP or for more information call Pam at 828-697-5777, ext 300 or email [email protected].

Conserving Carolina Volunteer Information Session (Transylvania County)
Apr 9 @ 9:30 am – 10:30 am
ransylvania County Cooperative Extention

Want to know more about Conserving Carolina and how you can help? Join us for a Volunteer Information Session at the Transylvania County Community Services Building. Learn more about how you can help to improve the quality of rivers and trails through local programs like Friends of Brevard Area Trails and the French Broad River Stewards. The session will be held in the Cooperative Extension learning lab.

To RSVP please email Natalie at [email protected]

Friday, April 10, 2020
NC needs more medical volunteers
Apr 10 all-day
North Carolina Government Online

 North Carolina’s emergency management director Mike Sprayberry has renewed the call for medical volunteers.

They’re looking for volunteers with experience in the below categories who are willing to be deployed to affected areas or facilities to provide patient care:

Clinical volunteers

  • Physicians
  • Advanced care providers
  • Nurses
  • Emergency Medical Services (EMS)

Clinical support

  • Pharmacy
  • Imaging
  • Respiratory care

Non-clinical support

  • Facility maintenance
  • Safety
  • Administration
Mud Creek Workday WNC Earth Month
Apr 10 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Conserving Carolina

Help us restore this wetland by removing non-native invasive species. This property borders the confluence of Mouth of Mud Creek and the French Broad River. We are working to restore this property from farmland to a functional and healthy wetland. It is important to remove the non-native invasive species to allow native species to thrive.

Must be able to walk ~.25 mile and ability to bend over. Please wear closed-toe shoes and bring plenty of water and lunch. Extra snacks will be provided.

Meet at the Hendersonville office at 9:30AM to carpool or at GPS coordinates (35.406279, -82.529429) at 10:00AM.

RSVP or for more information email [email protected] or call Natalie at 828-697-5777 ext. 211

Saturday, April 11, 2020
NC needs more medical volunteers
Apr 11 all-day
North Carolina Government Online

 North Carolina’s emergency management director Mike Sprayberry has renewed the call for medical volunteers.

They’re looking for volunteers with experience in the below categories who are willing to be deployed to affected areas or facilities to provide patient care:

Clinical volunteers

  • Physicians
  • Advanced care providers
  • Nurses
  • Emergency Medical Services (EMS)

Clinical support

  • Pharmacy
  • Imaging
  • Respiratory care

Non-clinical support

  • Facility maintenance
  • Safety
  • Administration
Mud Creek Workday WNC Earth Month
Apr 11 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Conserving Carolina

Help us restore this wetland by removing non-native invasive species. This property borders the confluence of Mouth of Mud Creek and the French Broad River. We are working to restore this property from farmland to a functional and healthy wetland. It is important to remove the non-native invasive species to allow native species to thrive.

Must be able to walk ~.25 mile and ability to bend over. Please wear closed-toe shoes and bring plenty of water and lunch. Extra snacks will be provided.

Meet at the Hendersonville office at 9:30AM to carpool or at GPS coordinates (35.406279, -82.529429) at 10:00AM.

RSVP or for more information email [email protected] or call Natalie at 828-697-5777 ext. 211

Sunday, April 12, 2020
NC needs more medical volunteers
Apr 12 all-day
North Carolina Government Online

 North Carolina’s emergency management director Mike Sprayberry has renewed the call for medical volunteers.

They’re looking for volunteers with experience in the below categories who are willing to be deployed to affected areas or facilities to provide patient care:

Clinical volunteers

  • Physicians
  • Advanced care providers
  • Nurses
  • Emergency Medical Services (EMS)

Clinical support

  • Pharmacy
  • Imaging
  • Respiratory care

Non-clinical support

  • Facility maintenance
  • Safety
  • Administration
Monday, April 13, 2020
NC needs more medical volunteers
Apr 13 all-day
North Carolina Government Online

 North Carolina’s emergency management director Mike Sprayberry has renewed the call for medical volunteers.

They’re looking for volunteers with experience in the below categories who are willing to be deployed to affected areas or facilities to provide patient care:

Clinical volunteers

  • Physicians
  • Advanced care providers
  • Nurses
  • Emergency Medical Services (EMS)

Clinical support

  • Pharmacy
  • Imaging
  • Respiratory care

Non-clinical support

  • Facility maintenance
  • Safety
  • Administration
Literacy Changing Lives Tour
Apr 13 @ 4:00 pm
Literacy Council

 

Would you like to learn more about how literacy changes our students’ lives?

Please join us for coffee and a one-hour tour of the Literacy Council.

UPCOMING TOUR DATES for 2020

Friday, January 10 – 9am | Monday, February 10 – 4pm | Friday, March 13 – 9am
Monday, April 13 – 4pm | Friday, May 8 – 9am | Monday, June 8 – 4pm

Tuesday, April 14, 2020
NC needs more medical volunteers
Apr 14 all-day
North Carolina Government Online

 North Carolina’s emergency management director Mike Sprayberry has renewed the call for medical volunteers.

They’re looking for volunteers with experience in the below categories who are willing to be deployed to affected areas or facilities to provide patient care:

Clinical volunteers

  • Physicians
  • Advanced care providers
  • Nurses
  • Emergency Medical Services (EMS)

Clinical support

  • Pharmacy
  • Imaging
  • Respiratory care

Non-clinical support

  • Facility maintenance
  • Safety
  • Administration
Conserving Carolina Volunteer Information Session
Apr 14 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Conserving Carolina

Want to know more about Conserving Carolina and how you can help? Join us for a Volunteer Information Session at our Hendersonville Office. Learn more about our work and how you can make a difference.

We have everything from office opportunities to workdays on the land.

To RSVP or for more information email [email protected] or call Natalie at 828-697-5777 ext. 211

Bring a Friend Wildflower Hike
Apr 14 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Join Friends of the Smokies for a guided spring wildflower hike on Porters Creek Trail to Fern Falls in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Famous for its display of fringed phacelia, this trail is one of the most spectacular hikes in the Southern Appalachians.

The hike is 3.6 miles with gentle elevation gain.

Members of Friends of the Smokies can bring a friend for free. Not a member of Friends? Join and your first hike is free! The 2020 Classic Hikes of the Smokies in Great Smoky Mountains National Park feature interpretation of the trail, history, and park projects supported by Friends of the Smokies. These hikes support restoration and rehabilitation of some of the Smokies most impacted trails through the Trails Forever program.

ACW Cat Pantry
Apr 14 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
ACW Cat Pantry The Thrift Hound
No photo description available.
The ACW Cat Pantry will be set up at the Thrift Hound to hand out cat food, litter, non prescription flea and worm medication, and other donations we may have available. Each month on the 2nd Tuesday, and 4th Saturday, as the calendar allows.
Any questions or requests can be emailed to [email protected]
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
NC needs more medical volunteers
Apr 15 all-day
North Carolina Government Online

 North Carolina’s emergency management director Mike Sprayberry has renewed the call for medical volunteers.

They’re looking for volunteers with experience in the below categories who are willing to be deployed to affected areas or facilities to provide patient care:

Clinical volunteers

  • Physicians
  • Advanced care providers
  • Nurses
  • Emergency Medical Services (EMS)

Clinical support

  • Pharmacy
  • Imaging
  • Respiratory care

Non-clinical support

  • Facility maintenance
  • Safety
  • Administration
Thursday, April 16, 2020
NC needs more medical volunteers
Apr 16 all-day
North Carolina Government Online

 North Carolina’s emergency management director Mike Sprayberry has renewed the call for medical volunteers.

They’re looking for volunteers with experience in the below categories who are willing to be deployed to affected areas or facilities to provide patient care:

Clinical volunteers

  • Physicians
  • Advanced care providers
  • Nurses
  • Emergency Medical Services (EMS)

Clinical support

  • Pharmacy
  • Imaging
  • Respiratory care

Non-clinical support

  • Facility maintenance
  • Safety
  • Administration
Friday, April 17, 2020
NC needs more medical volunteers
Apr 17 all-day
North Carolina Government Online

 North Carolina’s emergency management director Mike Sprayberry has renewed the call for medical volunteers.

They’re looking for volunteers with experience in the below categories who are willing to be deployed to affected areas or facilities to provide patient care:

Clinical volunteers

  • Physicians
  • Advanced care providers
  • Nurses
  • Emergency Medical Services (EMS)

Clinical support

  • Pharmacy
  • Imaging
  • Respiratory care

Non-clinical support

  • Facility maintenance
  • Safety
  • Administration
Saturday, April 18, 2020
NC needs more medical volunteers
Apr 18 all-day
North Carolina Government Online

 North Carolina’s emergency management director Mike Sprayberry has renewed the call for medical volunteers.

They’re looking for volunteers with experience in the below categories who are willing to be deployed to affected areas or facilities to provide patient care:

Clinical volunteers

  • Physicians
  • Advanced care providers
  • Nurses
  • Emergency Medical Services (EMS)

Clinical support

  • Pharmacy
  • Imaging
  • Respiratory care

Non-clinical support

  • Facility maintenance
  • Safety
  • Administration
Sunday, April 19, 2020
NC needs more medical volunteers
Apr 19 all-day
North Carolina Government Online

 North Carolina’s emergency management director Mike Sprayberry has renewed the call for medical volunteers.

They’re looking for volunteers with experience in the below categories who are willing to be deployed to affected areas or facilities to provide patient care:

Clinical volunteers

  • Physicians
  • Advanced care providers
  • Nurses
  • Emergency Medical Services (EMS)

Clinical support

  • Pharmacy
  • Imaging
  • Respiratory care

Non-clinical support

  • Facility maintenance
  • Safety
  • Administration
Thursday, April 23, 2020
Volunteer for Living History Days Smith-McDowell House POSTPONED TBA
Apr 23 @ 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
Smith-McDowell House

Volunteer with area 4th and 5th grade students during one our of Living History Days!

Historic interpreters will lead students in activities, games, and demonstrations about 19th-century ways of life in the gardens and throughout the 1840s house.
Admission is $3 for each student (teachers and up to 4 chaperones are free), extra chaperones are also $3 each (cash only, correct change, please). To register your school group, please email [email protected].

Friday, April 24, 2020
Volunteer for Living History Days Smith-McDowell House POSTPONED TBA
Apr 24 @ 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
Smith-McDowell House

Volunteer with area 4th and 5th grade students during one our of Living History Days!

Historic interpreters will lead students in activities, games, and demonstrations about 19th-century ways of life in the gardens and throughout the 1840s house.
Admission is $3 for each student (teachers and up to 4 chaperones are free), extra chaperones are also $3 each (cash only, correct change, please). To register your school group, please email [email protected].

King Creek Bog Workday
Apr 24 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Hendersonville Conserving Carolina Office
Join us in protecting important bog habitat by removing species encroaching into the bog. By opening up this area and removing Woody species, we’ll be helping improve the natural habitat and encouraging bog species growth.
Volunteers must be able to walk moderate distances. Please wear long pants and closed-toe shoes and bring lunch and plenty of water.
Necessary tools and gloves will be provided. Plant ID will be taught on site.
Meet at the Hendersonville Conserving Carolina office (847 Case Street, Hendersonville, NC 28792) at 9:45am to carpool.
Please RSVP to Natalie at [email protected] or 828-697-5777 ext. 211
Saturday, April 25, 2020
Asheville Area March for Babies
Apr 25 @ 9:00 am
McCormick Field

Asheville Area March for Babies is a fun, family-friendly 3 mile walk. We will Hope, Remember and Celebrate the lives of moms, babies and families!
Do you know someone who had trouble conceiving, suffered a miscarriage, had a premature baby, a baby born with a birth defect, or you would like to celebrate a healthy baby in your life? Show your support by joining us at this year’s 2020 March for Babies!
2020 Asheville March for Babies will start & finish at McCormick Field, home of the Asheville Tourists. Come join us for a fun day and a great way to celebrate. Because we are all March of Dimes babies!

Virtual Cat Yoga Fund Raiser
Apr 25 @ 9:30 am – 10:30 am

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Donate and get the Zoom code to our cat yoga-you supply the cats. Local Yoga Teacher & Kitty Lover Katie Wilson

-DONATE, bit.ly/ACWEFGive (OR THROUGH FACEBOOK-JUST SCREENSHOT IT)
-Reserve yourself a spot below,
-MESSAGE US and we will send the Zoom code.

Don’t do yoga – donate and we will provide a slot for someone who can’t donate but wants to join in.

Can’t donate but want to join in-let us know and we will have additional spots that others have donated-just message us.

ACW Cat Pantry
Apr 25 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
ACW Cat Pantry The Thrift Hound
No photo description available.
The ACW Cat Pantry will be set up at the Thrift Hound to hand out cat food, litter, non prescription flea and worm medication, and other donations we may have available. Each month on the 2nd Tuesday, and 4th Saturday, as the calendar allows.
Any questions or requests can be emailed to [email protected]
How To Help Your Reactive Dog – Online Presentation
Apr 25 @ 11:00 am – 1:30 pm
Online

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Does your dog growl, bark, lunge, and just get all into a tizzy when he sees other dogs or people? If so this class is for you. Learn body language so that you can better know what to expect, what steps you can take to prevent your dog from going into this state of mind, and lots more.

Join us for our first ever Facebook Free Help Session Event!

Presented by Tristan Rehner-Fleurant, MS, CPDT-KA, CBCC-KA, CBATI of Pet Behavior Aid
Date: Saturday, April 25th from 11:00am – 1:30pm

The mission of Pet Behavior Aid, a non-profit organization, is to increase the retention of companion animals in their homes in Asheville and Western NC through education and training programs for people who have dogs or cats, animal shelter and rescue workers, and the general community. Donations accepted.

A little about our Free Help Sessions: Our goal is to teach you what you need to know to help your pet. As much as we wish we could include your pet in this class, it is for humans only, so please leave all those sweet and wonderful pets at home.
Location: ONLINE: Animal Hospital of North Asheville EVENTS Facebook page