Asheville.com Events Calendar - Concerts, Nightlife & More

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, September 29, 2019

Vintner’s Table Food Truck at Burntshirt Vineyards!

Sep 29 @ 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Burntshirt Vineyards

Our Vintner’s Table Food Truck is here for the season! Buy salads, cheese boards, BRAND NEW lobster rolls and more to enjoy with Burntshirt Vineyards wine!

Saturday Hours: 12pm to 6pm
Sunday Hours: 12pm to 5pm

https://www.facebook.com/events/430291697703807/?event_time_id=430291757703801

6th Annual WNC Battle of the Burger

Sep 29 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Salvage Station

VIP tickets are $55 and include a slider from each challenger (12 burgers), complimentary beer provided by Upcountry Brewing, hard sparking water from Bold Rock Cider, and a special VIP area.

The Challengers

The following restaurants will be competing for the title:

Rankin Vault Cocktail Lounge
Foothills Local Meats
Salvage Station
The Real Smokehouse BBQ
Mountainview BBQ and Deli
Kitchen 743 at Isis
Biltmore Stable Cafe
The Barrelhouse
Asheville Burger and Mugshakes
White Labs Kitchen & Tap
The Grey Eagle Taqueria
Southern Porch
Zack of All Trades
Sandhill Kitchen

The Bands
Boogi Therapi

DownTown Abby and the Echoes

Categories: Food & Drink

Longhorne Slim and The Lost at Last Band

Sep 29 @ 1:00 pm

Firefly Field Blue Ghost Brewery

Please join us for an afternoon of live music, beer, food and comradery! This event is a fundraiser for Fernleaf Community Charter School. 50% of ticket sales will go to directly serve the schools mission which can be found here http://www.fernleafccs.org. Children 12 and under are free and do not require a ticket.

Schedule

1:00 PM- Gates Open

2:00 PM- Hayley Jane

3:15 PM- The David Mayfield Parade

4:30 PM – Jill Andrews

6:00 PM- Langhorne Slim and The Lost at Last Band

Categories: Fundraisers Music

Readers Theatre Einstein and the Polar Bear

Sep 29 @ 2:30 pm

Reuter Center at UNCA

About the show: A renowned writer has it all, fortune, fame, women and adoration, when one excruciating miscalculation causes him to lose everything. As penance he hides away in a small New England town where he runs a bookstore in a shambling farmhouse. Then comes a knock on his door. Can the lost be found? Can the sinner gain redemption?

Categories: Theatre

Asheville Humane’s 35th Anniversary Celebration

Sep 29 @ 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Highland Brewing Company (The Meadow)

This September marks Asheville Humane Society’s 35th Anniversary, and they want to thank our animal-loving community for making their lifesaving work possible! Come cheers to 35 years on Sunday, September 29 from 3 – 7 PM at The Meadow, Highland Brewing’s outdoor space. Pack your fold-up chair or blanket and bring the whole family (pets included!) for a fun-filled day, including:
• Live performances by Ben Phan and the Jim Arrendell Dance Band
• Vegetarian & vegan fare from Gypsy Queen Cuisine, Papa John’s & The Hop Ice Cream will be available for purchase
• Contests and games for you and your pet including Most Talented Pet and Pet/Person Look-alike Contest
• Kid-friendly activities
• Raffle items with proceeds benefiting AHS
• Craft beer will be available for purchase from Highland Brewing
All well-behaved, leashed (or safely contained) pets are welcome!

Categories: Community Family Fun Food & Drink

Jack of the Wood : Sunday-Irish Session

Sep 29 @ 3:00 pm

Jack of the Wood

Jack of the Wood : Sunday-Irish Session

Sundays

1 till who knows when?

Traditional Irish music is kept alive at Jack of the Wood with our unplugged Sunday session.

Jack of the Wood

95 Patton ave

Asheville, NC 28801

(828) 252.5445

http://www.jackofthewood.com/

Categories: Music

Sunday Bywater Bluegrass Jam 4-7pm

Sep 29 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

The Bywater

Bywater Bluegrass Jam Every Sunday from 4-7pm and hosted by Drew Matulich! Come out and enjoy some Bluegrass Music on the French Broad River and bring a friend!

https://www.facebook.com/events/256311128567439/?event_time_id=256311138567438

The Blind Pig presents: ‘Stranger Things’.

Sep 29 @ 9:30 pm – Sep 30 @ 1:00 am

Somewhere in City of Asheville

The Blind Pig Supper Club returns late Summer 2019 with a collaborative pop up dinner concept ‘Stranger Things’.

The Blind Pig Supper Club returns to the Asheville underground late Summer 2019 with a collaborative pop up concept ‘Stranger Things’. Join us as we align some of the best chefs in Asheville and Durham, NC cooking a deliciously different menu loosely based on the Sci-Fi thriller series by the Duffer Brothers. The Blind Pig welcomes chefs Steve McRae , Kyle Mcknight, Dan Silo, JT DeBrie, Kenneth Blalock, and Mike Moore. Location is undisclosed. Menu is undisclosed. As always, this event supports our community with a charitable donation from all ticket sales. This event is not BYO. Limited Seating.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1386779368142547/

Feud Time Trivia

Sep 29 @ 10:00 pm – Sep 30 @ 12:00 am

Balsam Falls Brewing Co

A new way to play trivia!
Feud Time is a survey-based trivia game with up to 6 players per team & 4 rounds of fun.

https://www.facebook.com/events/316757909191222/?event_time_id=316758012524545

The New Mastersounds

Sep 29 @ 8:00 pm

Isis Music Hall

Touting the release of their new album, “Shake It,” and celebrating an epic 20-year-run

Categories: Music

Queer Comedy Party ft. Hayley Ellman

Sep 29 @ 9:00 pm

Fleetwood's

Asheville’s monthly all Queer Comedy Show!
All of the comedians are members of the LGBTQ community but the audience just has to be cool. This month’s headliner is Hayley Ellman from Atlanta!!!

Hayley Ellman is a comedian out of Atlanta, GA. She was inspired to start writing and performing after watching the likes of Bill Cosby, Woody Allen, and Louis CK other talented perverts; she still hasn’t figured out how to tell people who her biggest influences are anymore. The Atlanta Journal Constitution referred to her comedy as “cerebral and sardonic.” She charms audiences with her balance of sincere and silly.

Tickets $7 advance, $10 day of
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/queer-comedy-party-ft-hayley-ellman-tickets-70192223831

Categories: Comedy Featured Nightlife

Monday, September 30, 2019

Local Nonprofit Community Recreation Grant Application Up to $6,000

Sep 30 all-day

buncombe county

Buncombe County Recreation Services has opened the 2019-2020 cycle of Community Recreation Grants. The grants focus on supplemental funding for qualified organizations to promote innovative, inclusive, and sustainable recreational, fitness, and health and wellness initiatives within Buncombe County as well as community-based activities and capital improvements that increase recreational opportunities for the communities served. Grants may range in amount from $500-$6,000, depending on funding available and the number of qualifying applicants.

Eligible entities include Buncombe County non-profits focused on recreational, fitness, and health and wellness activities. These funds are intended to be a leveraging tool that promote partnerships between the County and area non-profits and are not a donation, funding stream, or sponsorship opportunity. Programs applying for funding should assist Buncombe County Recreation Services in achieving its mission and are required to provide clear timelines and explanations regarding funding requests. The objective of the grants is to extend the reach of the County in its recreation focus areas; grant applicants are required to articulate the estimated impact the grants will have on the community.

Want to Apply?

The grant application deadline is Friday, October 18, 2019. Late applications will be rejected. The Community Recreation Grant Committee will review applications in October and November with all organizations receiving an email notification no later than November 15, 2019.

Categories: Grants

Non Profits: Junior League 3rd Annual Volunteer Expo is Now Accepting Applications

Sep 30 all-day

accepting applications

The Junior League of Asheville, Inc. (JLA) will hold its third annual Volunteer Expo, on Saturday, February 29, 2020 at the Crowne Plaza Expo Center from 10am to 3pm. Modeled after a job fair, this free event will feature more than 70 local nonprofits looking to fill ongoing and future volunteer needs. Nonprofits in almost every area of community concern will be present at the event: health, poverty, legal aid, environmental stewardship, women’s issues, arts, civic leadership, technology, education and animal welfare.

Excitement for the Volunteer Expo continues to grow, with nonprofit participation growing year over year. The 2019 event featured over 70 non-profits with attendance at well over 1,000 community members coming to network and sign up to volunteer with nonprofit organizations.

The 2020 Volunteer Expo will be accepting applications starting in September. Due to the increase in interest for booths at the Expo, this year the League plans to review all applications received instead of awarding booths on a first come first serve basis. They hope this will ensure a good mix of volunteer opportunities in a variety of service areas as well as allow new nonprofits the chance to have a booth at the event. There will be a silent auction fundraiser, Cheers to Volunteers, the evening before the Volunteer Expo from 6pm to 9pm at the Masonic Temple in downtown Asheville. All community members are invited to attend both events. If you are a nonprofit interested in participating in the 2020 Volunteer Expo, please email us at [email protected].

Categories: Volunteers

Registration Open WNC Career Expo

Sep 30 all-day

WNC Agricultural Center

The first 25 to register receive 10% off! Use code: EarlyBird

Join us for the region’s top recruiting event!

Our region continues to have the tightest job market in the state. We know that in this market you have to use all available resources to recruit the right talent for your company. As the region’s largest career fair, the WNC Career Expo attracts thousands of qualified career seekers helping you make the right connections to meet your company’s workforce needs.

Booth details:
Each 10×10 booth includes: pipe/drape, one six-foot table, two chairs, two box lunches and access to the employers lounge with drinks and snacks.

$250 per booth; $50 for electricity; $10 for additional box lunches.

Standing Strong Seeks Sponsors

Sep 30 all-day

Diana Wortham Theatre

JOIN US for standing strong!

Please join us on the evening of Thursday October 24, 2019 at the Diana Wortham Theatre. This event supports the quality health care and education programs that Planned Parenthood provides in the Asheville community. STANDING STRONG details

Sponsor Lunch with Irin: 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Sponsor Reception with Irin: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Main Program: 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Private Champagne and Dessert Reception 8:00 to 9:00 p.m.

The Sponsor Reception ($1,000+) begins at 5:30 p.m. at Diana Wortham Theatre. Guests will meet Irin Carmon and enjoy complimentary wine and heavy hors d’oeuvres before the program.

Doors open for all at 6:30 p.m. with curtain time at 7:00 p.m. in the Diana Wortham Theatre. Irin will deliver the keynote address.

To close out an evening supporting our critical work, sponsors ($500 – $150) are invited to the Private Champagne and Dessert Reception immediately following the program.

Categories: Community Fundraisers

Sweet Dreams, Full Plates Third Annual Campaign September

Sep 30 all-day

see below for participating hotels

Asheville’s hospitality industry is proving sweet dreams can truly turn into full plates.

This September, over 45 hotels are coming together for the third annual Sweet Dreams, Full Plates campaign – a major collaboration aimed at connecting Asheville area’s thriving tourism industry to local hunger relief issues.

The idea is simple. Hotel guests, during the month of September, are given the opportunity to forgo stayover services by hanging a door hanger on their room door. The door hanger says, “We Fed A Family,” and for every room that chooses to participate, the hotel makes a $2 donation on their behalf.

With each $2 donation, MANNA FoodBank is able to provide enough food for seven meals.

AC Hotel
Aloft Asheville Downtown
Best Western Tunnel Road
Country Inn & Suites
Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Asheville Westgate
Courtyard Marriott
Crowne Plaza Tennis and Golf Resort – Asheville
Doubletree by Hilton Asheville – Biltmore
Four Points by Sheraton – Asheville Downtown
Hampton Inn – Tunnel Road
Hampton Inn & Suites – Asheville South
Hampton Inn & Suites Biltmore Area
Hampton Inn & Suites Asheville – Biltmore Village
Haywood Park Hotel
Hilton Asheville Biltmore Park
Hilton Garden Inn – Asheville Downtown
Holiday Inn – Biltmore West
Holiday Inn Express and Suites (Donation Only)
Homewood Suites by Hilton Asheville
Hotel Indigo – Asheville Downtown
Hyatt Place Asheville Downtown
Quality Inn and Suites – Biltmore East (Donation Only)
Renaissance Asheville Hotel (Donation only)
Residence Inn Biltmore
Springhill Suites Marriott
THE WINDSOR – Boutique Hotel
Cambria Hotel & Suites Downtown
POSH
Country Inn & Suites Tunnel Road
Comfort Inn – Tunnel Road

Categories: Fundraisers

Wetland Forest Priority Maps

Sep 30 all-day

Restoring and protecting wetland forests in the US South will provide extensive financial, social, and environmental benefits. We hope that you’ll visit the Wetland Forest Priority Maps and explore the information and stories found within.

We’ve highlighted fourteen potential watersheds to prioritize for conservation work in wetland forests, including:

The Lower Pee Dee Watershed in coastal South Carolina and North Carolina
The Apalachicola Watershed in the panhandle of Florida and inland Georgia
The Atchafalaya Watershed in Louisiana
The Mobile-Bay Tombigbee Watershed in Alabama

These are the watersheds that we may look to when developing relationships with landowners, working with community members on flood resilience, or improving wildlife habitat in the region.

The Wetland Forest Priority Maps identify high priority watersheds based on wildlife, human communities, and threats. Wa

Categories: Community

Youth Art Competition Application Deadline October 1, 2019

Sep 30 all-day

Hot Works 4^th Asheville Fine Art Show, October 26 & 27, 2019 takes place in Pack Square Park, downtown Asheville. This art show is juried by art professionals and brings artists to sell his/her art in all discipline including paintings, sculpture, clay, glass, fiber, jewelry, wood and more. All art is original and personally handmade by the artist who is present at the show. There is something for everyone, in all price ranges. You will see many artists at this show who do not attend other shows in North Carolina or South Carolina.

As part of our commitment to bring art education into the community, a Youth Art Competition for grades K-8 or ages 5-13 is integrated within a 10×20 space at the Asheville Fine Art Show. Sponsored by Institute for the Arts & Education, the associated 501c3 non-profit organization, all students in grades K-8 or ages 5-13 are encouraged to enter his/her original and personally handmade art that will be publicly displayed in the art show the entire weekend. On Sunday, October 27 at 3pm, there is $250 in youth art awards presented. Students are exposed to the rules and entrepreneurship opportunity of doing art shows for a living. The program brings families to the art show and exposes them to great art.

Categories: Art & Craft

The New Mastersounds

Sep 30 @ 12:00 am – 3:30 am

Isis Music Hall

TICKETS ON SALE :: FRIDAY MAY 17TH :: 10AM

8PM SHOWTIME

$20 ADVANCE // $25 DAY OF SHOW

STANDING SHOW

The New Mastersounds have been delighting audiences with their infectious brand of funky soul-jazz since they formed in Leeds, UK, in 1999. Though they have collaborated over the years with such musical luminaries as Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley, Corinne Bailey Rae, Art Neville, Quantic, and Lou Donaldson, they are at their best on stage as a tightly-packed quartet – bass, drums, guitar and Hammond organ – firing scorching funk grooves off each other and feeding off the energy of the joyful dancers in the front row.

https://www.facebook.com/events/313689532862026/

Pizza Karaoke

Sep 30 @ 2:00 am – 6:00 am

AUX Bar

Come to Aux Bar for Pizza Karaoke Sunday Nights 10pm-2am, there is even free pizza when you sing!

https://www.facebook.com/events/382756985684012/?event_time_id=382757045684006

Volunteer to Win Contest- Last Day

Sep 30 @ 12:00 pm – Oct 1 @ 3:59 am

Pisgah Area SORBA

Be one of the lucky ones to walk away with a new set of I9 Wheels or MatchStix MultiTool just by giving back to the trails we all love!
Log the most hours on a PAS scheduled trailwork day between July 1 and Sept 30 and WIN!
This quarters winner announced the first week of October.

https://www.facebook.com/events/392769728251582/

Fall Foliage Photography Contest

Sep 30 @ 12:30 pm – 11:00 pm

Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park

Capture photos of your friends and family members enjoying the vivid hues of fall and enter them into our photo contest. We’ll use the winning entries on our website and Facebook album, and you’ll win some fun prizes. Photos must be taken within the Chimney Rock section of the Park.

No additional costs to enter.

The first-place winner will receive an overnight getaway to Hickory Nut Gorge with a stay at the Historic 1927 Lake Lure Inn & Spa, two passes to the Park, brunch for two at the Historic 1927 Lake Lure Inn & Spa and two tickets for a tour with Lake Lure Boat Tours.

The contest’s second-place winner will receive two passes to the Park, lunch for two at the Old Rock Cafe and two tickets for a tour with Lake Lure Boat Tours.

Chimney Rock’s Facebook followers will select the People’s Choice Award winner. Followers will have a week to like and share their favorite photo from an album of Winter Photo Contest entries posted on the Park’s Facebook page at facebook.com/chimneyrockparknc. The People’s Choice Award Winner will receive two passes to the Park, lunch for two at Old Rock Cafe and their photo will be featured on the Park’s Facebook page.

Shutterbugs interested in capturing Mother Nature’s wintry beauty can do so by entering Friday through Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. during the Park’s winter hours.

All entries must be submitted to [email protected] or to the Parks’ Facebook page through Facebook messenger.

https://www.facebook.com/events/453143675217439/?event_time_id=453143698550770

Mondays Against Humanity

Sep 30 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Dry Falls Brewing Co.

Have a terrible case of the Mondays? Got a sick a twisted sense of humor? Come play Cards Against Humanity with us! We have 3 box sets with every expansion. We’re pushing tables together, making new friends, and having laughs every Monday!

https://www.facebook.com/events/371611523634185/?event_time_id=371611640300840

Open Mic Night – It Takes All Kinds – Sanctuary Brewing Company

Sep 30 @ 11:00 pm – Oct 1 @ 2:00 am

Sanctuary Brewing Company

It Takes All Kinds Open Mic Night at Sanctuary Brewing Company!

Calling all singers, songwriters, stand ups, poets and prophets! Come one, come all.

Host Josh Dunkin and Steven Durose of The Gathering Dark want to hear all of your stuff!

No Mimes!

https://www.facebook.com/events/531022364070354/?event_time_id=531022464070344

West Marches At Triskelion

Sep 30 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Triskelion Brewing Company

The Bearded Dragons Inn hosts their weekly West Marches game. This is a drop in game for all to join. If you have never played before come and join us. Our amazing community will teach you all you need to know. If you have years, or even decades of experience stop on by as well as you’ll experience a whole new style of play. For more information check out our website:
https://sites.google.com/outlook.com/westmarchesattriskelion/home

https://www.facebook.com/events/377998122745064/?event_time_id=377998249411718

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Council on Aging Offers Free Medicare Classes August-September

Oct 1 all-day

various see below

The Council on Aging of Buncombe County in conjunction with the N.C. Department of Insurance’s Seniors’ Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP) announces its classes “Introduction to Medicare – Understanding the Puzzle” for August – September 2019. The classes will explain how Medicare works, the enrollment process, how to avoid penalties, and ways to save money.

The classes are free and open to the public.

Residents who are new to Medicare, caregivers, and others who help senior citizens with their Medicare insurance should consider attending this informative class. The information presented is unbiased and accurate. No products are sold, recommended, or endorsed.

Medicare Classes: August – September 2019

Aug. 21, 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. PM Blue Ridge Health, 2579 Chimney Rock Rd, Hendersonville
Aug. 23, 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Goodwill, 1616 Patton Ave, Asheville
Aug. 28, 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 150 Brian Berg Dr, Brevard
Sept. 5, 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Reuter YMCA, 3 Town Square Blvd, Asheville
Sept. 13, 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. OLLI/Reuter Center, UNCA, One University Heights, Asheville
Sept. 17, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Woodfin YMCA, 40 N Merrimon Ave #101, Asheville
Sept. 20, 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Goodwill, 1616 Patton Ave, Asheville
Sept. 25, 2 p.m.- 4 p.m. Black Mountain YMCA, 25 Jane Jacobs Rd, Black Mountain
Oct. 1, 2 p.m.- 4 p.m. Ferguson YMCA, 31 Westridge Market Pl, Candler

Categories: Community Education

Local Nonprofit Community Recreation Grant Application Up to $6,000

Oct 1 all-day

buncombe county

Want to Apply?

Categories: Grants

Chief Law Enforcement Officer Retreat

Oct 1 @ 12:00 pm – 9:00 pm

The Cove

Get away and be refreshed at the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team’s Chief Law Enforcement Officer Retreat specifically designed to encourage Chiefs and Sheriffs individually, or with their spouses in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Speakers will discuss the unique issues faced by Law Enforcement Leaders and will share insights from God’s Word.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2312883758975074/

Fall Foliage Photography Contest

Oct 1 @ 12:30 pm – 11:00 pm

Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park

No additional costs to enter.

The contest’s second-place winner will receive two passes to the Park, lunch for two at the Old Rock Cafe and two tickets for a tour with Lake Lure Boat Tours.

Shutterbugs interested in capturing Mother Nature’s wintry beauty can do so by entering Friday through Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. during the Park’s winter hours.

All entries must be submitted to [email protected] or to the Parks’ Facebook page through Facebook messenger.

https://www.facebook.com/events/453143675217439/?event_time_id=453143705217436

Eliada Corn Maze

Oct 1 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Eliada Homes

A Monster Maze and a Monstrously Good Time

All money raised from the 6-week event benefits Eliada’s vast continuum of care for children and youth 0-25 years old.

This year, Eliada will maintain some beloved attractions including the tractor ride, which now drives all the way around, and partially through, the Corn Maze, the jumping pillow, the corn kernel sand box, the spider web climber, the tube slides, and the corn cannons.

New This Year:

This year, Eliada’s featuring fun monsters in the maze design. To accompany this theme, a new game has been added to the event. This monster mystery will take you through the maze, where you follow clues, and find monsters hidden throughout the cornfield. You can be a monster mystery detective!

Like last year, Eliada is pleased to announce that the corn planted in the field is Non-GMO, and that Eliada used all natural fertilizers to help the corn grow. Eliada is committed to sustaining our land and the health of our campus through sustainable farming methods. Since we made this shift in practice last year, our neighboring farmers have already let us know that their bee populations have returned. We are proud to be impacting the great community through our farming practices.

Beer and Cider:

This year, Eliada is pleased to offer beer and cider to guests during select weekend hours.

Friday: 5-8pm
Saturday: 11am-8pm
Sunday: 11am-6pm
Special Events: We offer field trip, birthday party, and corporate night experiences. Contact Chris Rainwater at [email protected] to schedule your event.
Volunteer:Volunteers may work 3 hours shifts at one of our many attractions. Volunteers receive 2 FREE tickets to the Corn Maze for every shift served. More information at EliadaCornMaze.com.

Categories: Family Fun

September – October 2019 Sep – Oct 2019

Calendar of Events

The Challengers

JOIN US for standing strong!

Medicare Classes: August – September 2019