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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Friday, January 12, 2024
Casino Night for Cardiology – new 50/50 CASH Raffle
Jan 12 all-day
online

Completely separate from the Casino Night event tickets we are excited to announce the addition of a 50/50 CASH RAFFLE to our event!

  • This optional $100 ticket enters you for your chance to win up to $10,000 with two cash out prizes, one at $10,000 and one at $5,000.
  • With only 300 tickets sold, and two chances to win, the odds are ever in your favor!
  • The Cash Raffle winners will be announced at Casino Night on 2/23/24, but you do not need to be present to win.
  • Your event ticket DOES NOT enter you into the CASH RAFFLE – these are two separate tickets, one for the event and one for the CASH RAFFLE.
  • Both ticket prices are $100/per.
Saturday, January 13, 2024
Casino Night for Cardiology – new 50/50 CASH Raffle
Jan 13 all-day
online

Completely separate from the Casino Night event tickets we are excited to announce the addition of a 50/50 CASH RAFFLE to our event!

  • This optional $100 ticket enters you for your chance to win up to $10,000 with two cash out prizes, one at $10,000 and one at $5,000.
  • With only 300 tickets sold, and two chances to win, the odds are ever in your favor!
  • The Cash Raffle winners will be announced at Casino Night on 2/23/24, but you do not need to be present to win.
  • Your event ticket DOES NOT enter you into the CASH RAFFLE – these are two separate tickets, one for the event and one for the CASH RAFFLE.
  • Both ticket prices are $100/per.
Artists + Writers Coffee
Jan 13 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Tryon Fine Arts Center

Saturdays from 10:30 AM – 12 PM

TFAC Pavilion (park/enter at rear of building)
Free drop-in event
HBCU MLK Day Unity Invitational
Jan 13 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Bon Secours Wellness Arena

Tickets are on sale now for the HBCU MLK Day Unity Invitational, a four-day celebration of unity, community and collegiate basketball. Set to take place January 12-15, 2024, the event will commemorate the enduring legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. while showcasing 14 basketball teams from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

Collegiate team match ups include Claflin University, Clinton College, Fayetteville State University and Johnson C. Smith University, among others.

The tournament will also feature a highly anticipated high school basketball match up and step fest on Sunday January 14.

On Monday January 15, the community are invited to partake in a special MLK Day March to The Well Parade, which will begin at City Hall in downtown Greenville.

SATURDAY:
HBCU MLK Day Unity Invitational Session 1

SUNDAY:
High School Basketball & Stepfest
Atlantic Collegiate Prep vs. Legacy Early College High: 4:00PM Tipoff High School Stepfest: Showtime at 6:30PM

MONDAY:
HBCU MLK Day Unity Invitational Session 2
MLK Day March to The Well Parade

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Sunday, January 14, 2024
Casino Night for Cardiology – new 50/50 CASH Raffle
Jan 14 all-day
online

Completely separate from the Casino Night event tickets we are excited to announce the addition of a 50/50 CASH RAFFLE to our event!

  • This optional $100 ticket enters you for your chance to win up to $10,000 with two cash out prizes, one at $10,000 and one at $5,000.
  • With only 300 tickets sold, and two chances to win, the odds are ever in your favor!
  • The Cash Raffle winners will be announced at Casino Night on 2/23/24, but you do not need to be present to win.
  • Your event ticket DOES NOT enter you into the CASH RAFFLE – these are two separate tickets, one for the event and one for the CASH RAFFLE.
  • Both ticket prices are $100/per.
Monday, January 15, 2024
Casino Night for Cardiology – new 50/50 CASH Raffle
Jan 15 all-day
online

Completely separate from the Casino Night event tickets we are excited to announce the addition of a 50/50 CASH RAFFLE to our event!

  • This optional $100 ticket enters you for your chance to win up to $10,000 with two cash out prizes, one at $10,000 and one at $5,000.
  • With only 300 tickets sold, and two chances to win, the odds are ever in your favor!
  • The Cash Raffle winners will be announced at Casino Night on 2/23/24, but you do not need to be present to win.
  • Your event ticket DOES NOT enter you into the CASH RAFFLE – these are two separate tickets, one for the event and one for the CASH RAFFLE.
  • Both ticket prices are $100/per.
HBCU MLK Day Unity Invitational
Jan 15 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Bon Secours Wellness Arena

Tickets are on sale now for the HBCU MLK Day Unity Invitational, a four-day celebration of unity, community and collegiate basketball. Set to take place January 12-15, 2024, the event will commemorate the enduring legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. while showcasing 14 basketball teams from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

Collegiate team match ups include Claflin University, Clinton College, Fayetteville State University and Johnson C. Smith University, among others.

The tournament will also feature a highly anticipated high school basketball match up and step fest on Sunday January 14.

On Monday January 15, the community are invited to partake in a special MLK Day March to The Well Parade, which will begin at City Hall in downtown Greenville.

SATURDAY:
HBCU MLK Day Unity Invitational Session 1

SUNDAY:
High School Basketball & Stepfest
Atlantic Collegiate Prep vs. Legacy Early College High: 4:00PM Tipoff High School Stepfest: Showtime at 6:30PM

MONDAY:
HBCU MLK Day Unity Invitational Session 2
MLK Day March to The Well Parade

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Casino Night for Cardiology – new 50/50 CASH Raffle
Jan 16 all-day
online

Completely separate from the Casino Night event tickets we are excited to announce the addition of a 50/50 CASH RAFFLE to our event!

  • This optional $100 ticket enters you for your chance to win up to $10,000 with two cash out prizes, one at $10,000 and one at $5,000.
  • With only 300 tickets sold, and two chances to win, the odds are ever in your favor!
  • The Cash Raffle winners will be announced at Casino Night on 2/23/24, but you do not need to be present to win.
  • Your event ticket DOES NOT enter you into the CASH RAFFLE – these are two separate tickets, one for the event and one for the CASH RAFFLE.
  • Both ticket prices are $100/per.
Dark City Poet’s Society
Jan 16 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Black Mountain Library

Great news for poets and poetry lovers: Dark City Poet’s Society is returning to the Black Mountain Library. DCPS is a completely free poetry group that is open to poets of all ages and experience levels. Join us at the Black Mountain Library from 6-7:30 p.m. on the first Tuesday of every month for our (respectful) critique group. DCPS will meet at BAD Craft from 6-7 p.m. on the third Tuesday for our monthly open mic Poetry Night. Find out more on Instagram @darkcitypoetssociety or contact the Black Mountain Library.

Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Casino Night for Cardiology – new 50/50 CASH Raffle
Jan 17 all-day
online

Completely separate from the Casino Night event tickets we are excited to announce the addition of a 50/50 CASH RAFFLE to our event!

  • This optional $100 ticket enters you for your chance to win up to $10,000 with two cash out prizes, one at $10,000 and one at $5,000.
  • With only 300 tickets sold, and two chances to win, the odds are ever in your favor!
  • The Cash Raffle winners will be announced at Casino Night on 2/23/24, but you do not need to be present to win.
  • Your event ticket DOES NOT enter you into the CASH RAFFLE – these are two separate tickets, one for the event and one for the CASH RAFFLE.
  • Both ticket prices are $100/per.
Thursday, January 18, 2024
Casino Night for Cardiology – new 50/50 CASH Raffle
Jan 18 all-day
online

Completely separate from the Casino Night event tickets we are excited to announce the addition of a 50/50 CASH RAFFLE to our event!

  • This optional $100 ticket enters you for your chance to win up to $10,000 with two cash out prizes, one at $10,000 and one at $5,000.
  • With only 300 tickets sold, and two chances to win, the odds are ever in your favor!
  • The Cash Raffle winners will be announced at Casino Night on 2/23/24, but you do not need to be present to win.
  • Your event ticket DOES NOT enter you into the CASH RAFFLE – these are two separate tickets, one for the event and one for the CASH RAFFLE.
  • Both ticket prices are $100/per.
Valentine’s Day Take-Home Dinner Preorders
Jan 18 all-day
Red Fiddle Vittles

A special prix fixe dinner for two is now available for preorder online until Feb. 12 or while supplies last. Pickup is 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Feb. 14. Orders will be picked up chilled with complete reheating instructions included. The meal features lobster bisque with creme fraiche and brown butter croutons, port wine-braised beef short ribs, truffle risotto, dark chocolate lava cake with blueberry-lavender whipped cream.

Memoir Writing Mini Series with Writing Coach Cornelia Dolian
Jan 18 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Weaverville Library

Join local writing coach, Cornelia Dolian at the Weaverville Library for this three part Memoir Writing Mini Series.  Space is limited. Call 828-250-6482 to reserve a spot today!

Session One: Memoir Basics & Beginnings
Thursday, January 11th 2:00-3:30

Session Two: Memoir Structure and Outline
Thursday, January 18th 2:00-3:30

Session Three: Memoir Writing Marathon First Miles
Thursday, January 25th 2:00-3:30

Huge thanks to the Friends of the Weaverville Library for sponsoring this series!

Memoir Writing Mini Series with Writing Coach Cornelia Dolian: Session Two
Jan 18 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Weaverville Public Library

Join local writing coach, Cornelia Dolian at the Weaverville Library for this three part Memoir Writing Mini Series.  Space is limited. Call 828-250-6482 to reserve a spot today!

Session One: Memoir Basics & Beginnings
Thursday, January 11th 2:00-3:30

Session Two: Memoir Structure and Outline
Thursday, January 18th 2:00-3:30

Session Three: Memoir Writing Marathon First Miles
Thursday, January 25th 2:00-3:30

Friday, January 19, 2024
Casino Night for Cardiology – new 50/50 CASH Raffle
Jan 19 all-day
online

Completely separate from the Casino Night event tickets we are excited to announce the addition of a 50/50 CASH RAFFLE to our event!

  • This optional $100 ticket enters you for your chance to win up to $10,000 with two cash out prizes, one at $10,000 and one at $5,000.
  • With only 300 tickets sold, and two chances to win, the odds are ever in your favor!
  • The Cash Raffle winners will be announced at Casino Night on 2/23/24, but you do not need to be present to win.
  • Your event ticket DOES NOT enter you into the CASH RAFFLE – these are two separate tickets, one for the event and one for the CASH RAFFLE.
  • Both ticket prices are $100/per.
Valentine’s Day Take-Home Dinner Preorders
Jan 19 all-day
Red Fiddle Vittles

A special prix fixe dinner for two is now available for preorder online until Feb. 12 or while supplies last. Pickup is 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Feb. 14. Orders will be picked up chilled with complete reheating instructions included. The meal features lobster bisque with creme fraiche and brown butter croutons, port wine-braised beef short ribs, truffle risotto, dark chocolate lava cake with blueberry-lavender whipped cream.

Saturday, January 20, 2024
Casino Night for Cardiology – new 50/50 CASH Raffle
Jan 20 all-day
online

Completely separate from the Casino Night event tickets we are excited to announce the addition of a 50/50 CASH RAFFLE to our event!

  • This optional $100 ticket enters you for your chance to win up to $10,000 with two cash out prizes, one at $10,000 and one at $5,000.
  • With only 300 tickets sold, and two chances to win, the odds are ever in your favor!
  • The Cash Raffle winners will be announced at Casino Night on 2/23/24, but you do not need to be present to win.
  • Your event ticket DOES NOT enter you into the CASH RAFFLE – these are two separate tickets, one for the event and one for the CASH RAFFLE.
  • Both ticket prices are $100/per.
Valentine’s Day Take-Home Dinner Preorders
Jan 20 all-day
Red Fiddle Vittles

A special prix fixe dinner for two is now available for preorder online until Feb. 12 or while supplies last. Pickup is 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Feb. 14. Orders will be picked up chilled with complete reheating instructions included. The meal features lobster bisque with creme fraiche and brown butter croutons, port wine-braised beef short ribs, truffle risotto, dark chocolate lava cake with blueberry-lavender whipped cream.

Artists + Writers Coffee
Jan 20 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Tryon Fine Arts Center

Saturdays from 10:30 AM – 12 PM

TFAC Pavilion (park/enter at rear of building)
Free drop-in event
Sunday, January 21, 2024
Casino Night for Cardiology – new 50/50 CASH Raffle
Jan 21 all-day
online

Completely separate from the Casino Night event tickets we are excited to announce the addition of a 50/50 CASH RAFFLE to our event!

  • This optional $100 ticket enters you for your chance to win up to $10,000 with two cash out prizes, one at $10,000 and one at $5,000.
  • With only 300 tickets sold, and two chances to win, the odds are ever in your favor!
  • The Cash Raffle winners will be announced at Casino Night on 2/23/24, but you do not need to be present to win.
  • Your event ticket DOES NOT enter you into the CASH RAFFLE – these are two separate tickets, one for the event and one for the CASH RAFFLE.
  • Both ticket prices are $100/per.
Valentine’s Day Take-Home Dinner Preorders
Jan 21 all-day
Red Fiddle Vittles

A special prix fixe dinner for two is now available for preorder online until Feb. 12 or while supplies last. Pickup is 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Feb. 14. Orders will be picked up chilled with complete reheating instructions included. The meal features lobster bisque with creme fraiche and brown butter croutons, port wine-braised beef short ribs, truffle risotto, dark chocolate lava cake with blueberry-lavender whipped cream.

Slice of Life Comedy Open Mic
Jan 21 @ 6:30 pm
Asheville Pizza & Brewing Co

A Charlotte Comic Takeover!!!
It’s Another Great Comedy Show at Asheville Pizza & Brewing Co, Theater 2! Jan 21, 6:30p, 18+, Get Dinner, Drinks & Laughs with the areas best standup comics. Featured and Open Mic Comedy. [Performing comics get 3-5m, FREE entry and pizza. ]
Morgan Marie is guest hosting, in from Charlotte with some great comic features in tow!! Get Your Tickets Now! https://www.ashevillebrewing.com/buy-tickets/

Slice of Life Comedy Open Mic + Feature Comedy
Jan 21 @ 6:30 pm
Asheville Pizza & Brewing Co

A Charlotte Comic Takeover!!!
It’s Another Great Comedy Show at Asheville Pizza & Brewing Co, Theater 2! Jan 21, 6:30p, 18+, Get Dinner, Drinks & Laughs with the areas best standup comics. Featured and Open Mic Comedy. [Performing comics get 3-5m, FREE entry and pizza. ]
Morgan Marie is guest hosting, in from Charlotte with some great comic features in tow, Matt Hammy, Thomas Heynan & Christine McLennan!! Get Your Tickets Now!!

Monday, January 22, 2024
Casino Night for Cardiology – new 50/50 CASH Raffle
Jan 22 all-day
online

Completely separate from the Casino Night event tickets we are excited to announce the addition of a 50/50 CASH RAFFLE to our event!

  • This optional $100 ticket enters you for your chance to win up to $10,000 with two cash out prizes, one at $10,000 and one at $5,000.
  • With only 300 tickets sold, and two chances to win, the odds are ever in your favor!
  • The Cash Raffle winners will be announced at Casino Night on 2/23/24, but you do not need to be present to win.
  • Your event ticket DOES NOT enter you into the CASH RAFFLE – these are two separate tickets, one for the event and one for the CASH RAFFLE.
  • Both ticket prices are $100/per.
Valentine’s Day Take-Home Dinner Preorders
Jan 22 all-day
Red Fiddle Vittles

A special prix fixe dinner for two is now available for preorder online until Feb. 12 or while supplies last. Pickup is 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Feb. 14. Orders will be picked up chilled with complete reheating instructions included. The meal features lobster bisque with creme fraiche and brown butter croutons, port wine-braised beef short ribs, truffle risotto, dark chocolate lava cake with blueberry-lavender whipped cream.

Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Casino Night for Cardiology – new 50/50 CASH Raffle
Jan 23 all-day
online

Completely separate from the Casino Night event tickets we are excited to announce the addition of a 50/50 CASH RAFFLE to our event!

  • This optional $100 ticket enters you for your chance to win up to $10,000 with two cash out prizes, one at $10,000 and one at $5,000.
  • With only 300 tickets sold, and two chances to win, the odds are ever in your favor!
  • The Cash Raffle winners will be announced at Casino Night on 2/23/24, but you do not need to be present to win.
  • Your event ticket DOES NOT enter you into the CASH RAFFLE – these are two separate tickets, one for the event and one for the CASH RAFFLE.
  • Both ticket prices are $100/per.
Valentine’s Day Take-Home Dinner Preorders
Jan 23 all-day
Red Fiddle Vittles

A special prix fixe dinner for two is now available for preorder online until Feb. 12 or while supplies last. Pickup is 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Feb. 14. Orders will be picked up chilled with complete reheating instructions included. The meal features lobster bisque with creme fraiche and brown butter croutons, port wine-braised beef short ribs, truffle risotto, dark chocolate lava cake with blueberry-lavender whipped cream.

Dark City Poet’s Society
Jan 23 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Black Mountain Library

Great news for poets and poetry lovers: Dark City Poet’s Society is returning to the Black Mountain Library. DCPS is a completely free poetry group that is open to poets of all ages and experience levels. Join us at the Black Mountain Library from 6-7:30 p.m. on the first Tuesday of every month for our (respectful) critique group. DCPS will meet at BAD Craft from 6-7 p.m. on the third Tuesday for our monthly open mic Poetry Night. Find out more on Instagram @darkcitypoetssociety or contact the Black Mountain Library.

Virtual Writers Workshops
Jan 23 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
online w/ Carl Sandburg Home

Join writers and poets from across the country each month for a virtual writing workshop. A link will be added to their name when more details and sign-up information becomes available. These workshops are geared towards amateur writers, ages 16 and older recommended. Follow us on Facebook for notifications too.

2024 Virtual Writers Workshops

January 23 – Tony Robles
February 26 – Ruba Ahmed
March – Amber Rose Crowtree

2023 Workshop Writers : Angela Evans, Tom Tenbrunsel, Robert Edward Miss, Kenneth Chamblee, Yasmin Mays, Shannon Yong, Jennifer McGaha, Erica Reid, Raymond McNally, Jane Waldrop, Francis Pearce, Eric Nelson, Darren Todd.

Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Casino Night for Cardiology – new 50/50 CASH Raffle
Jan 24 all-day
online

Completely separate from the Casino Night event tickets we are excited to announce the addition of a 50/50 CASH RAFFLE to our event!

  • This optional $100 ticket enters you for your chance to win up to $10,000 with two cash out prizes, one at $10,000 and one at $5,000.
  • With only 300 tickets sold, and two chances to win, the odds are ever in your favor!
  • The Cash Raffle winners will be announced at Casino Night on 2/23/24, but you do not need to be present to win.
  • Your event ticket DOES NOT enter you into the CASH RAFFLE – these are two separate tickets, one for the event and one for the CASH RAFFLE.
  • Both ticket prices are $100/per.