Asheville.com Events Calendar - Concerts, Nightlife & More

Thursday, September 28, 2023

Slice of Life Comedy Open Mic + Feature Comedy at Pulp Lounge

Sep 28 @ 8:00 pm

Pulp Lounge

9.28.23 The Orange Peel’s Comedy Basement PULP
What: Stand up Comedy at The Orange Peel’s Pulp Lounge
When: Thursday September 28, 2023. 8p-10p, doors at 7:30p
Where: The Orange Peel’s Comedy Basement, Pulp Lounge103 Hilliard Ave, Downtown Asheville
Tickets: $15 (available at door or The Orange Peel website)
Cocktails available while you laugh the night away to some of the area’s best Stand Up Comics in a ridiculously fun adult environment!! Free snacks while availability lasts!
Feature comic Julia Macias! An antenna for the unwell, Julia shares all the strange characters who filter through her life. She exploded into the Asheville comedy scene in late 2021 and has touring all over the Southeast. Her view video special will be released later this year.
Guest host for this show is the fantastically loved Ryan Cox! Slice is super happy to have him running the show. Ryan is a comedian’s comedian. He is also a comedian for people who aren’t comedians. Ryan has been performing stand-up around the Southeast since 2016, with jokes ranging from crafted one-liners to twisted parenting tales to the ghost of Kmart.
We feature the area’s best comics, plus a comedy open mic. Open mic comics signup at door get 3-5m. [Free entry for performing comics, free snacks at comics table].
For more info and other standup comedy shows go to sliceoflifecomedy.com or contact Michele at [email protected]

Friday, September 29, 2023

Beer City Comic Con

Sep 29 all-day

Harrah's Cherokee Center- Asheville

A Convention Unlike Any Other…

Calling all science nerds, comic fans, cosplay enthusiasts, and those curious about our scene, the inaugural Asheville Beer City Comic Con will exceed your expectations and delight all your senses. This dynamic event will be marvelous thanks to exciting comic book and pop culture vendors, brave local artists, magnificently big brained speakers, and yummylicious beer from Western North Carolina’s best craft breweries. We’re packing into one weekend a super amount of musts, including:

Intellectual seminars with renowned brainiacs from comic, academic, and civic circles discussing the Con community’s role in keeping our planet safe from harm!
Panel discussions about the psychology of comic book characters and their influence on modern culture!
Pop-up dance and costume events with DJs for all you freaks and geeks!
Fancy philosophical conversations about the ontological themes of sci-fi, comics, and human nature!
Shamazing artwork from locals you won’t find anywhere else!
Speciality batch beers made only for BCCC—slurp!

Come to Asheville. Let’s get WEIRDER and WISER! We’ll have the best of the comic con community in a city that is welcoming and celebrates its own distinct uniqueness. This con will only be one once. (Imagine how great the t-shirts will look wrapped in polyethylene one day!)

Categories: Food & Drink Other

Saturday, September 30, 2023

Beer City Comic Con

Sep 30 all-day

Harrah's Cherokee Center- Asheville

A Convention Unlike Any Other…

Calling all science nerds, comic fans, cosplay enthusiasts, and those curious about our scene, the inaugural Asheville Beer City Comic Con will exceed your expectations and delight all your senses. This dynamic event will be marvelous thanks to exciting comic book and pop culture vendors, brave local artists, magnificently big brained speakers, and yummylicious beer from Western North Carolina’s best craft breweries. We’re packing into one weekend a super amount of musts, including:

Intellectual seminars with renowned brainiacs from comic, academic, and civic circles discussing the Con community’s role in keeping our planet safe from harm!
Panel discussions about the psychology of comic book characters and their influence on modern culture!
Pop-up dance and costume events with DJs for all you freaks and geeks!
Fancy philosophical conversations about the ontological themes of sci-fi, comics, and human nature!
Shamazing artwork from locals you won’t find anywhere else!
Speciality batch beers made only for BCCC—slurp!

Come to Asheville. Let’s get WEIRDER and WISER! We’ll have the best of the comic con community in a city that is welcoming and celebrates its own distinct uniqueness. This con will only be one once. (Imagine how great the t-shirts will look wrapped in polyethylene one day!)

Categories: Food & Drink Other

Sunday, October 1, 2023

Beer City Comic Con

Oct 1 all-day

Harrah's Cherokee Center- Asheville

A Convention Unlike Any Other…

Calling all science nerds, comic fans, cosplay enthusiasts, and those curious about our scene, the inaugural Asheville Beer City Comic Con will exceed your expectations and delight all your senses. This dynamic event will be marvelous thanks to exciting comic book and pop culture vendors, brave local artists, magnificently big brained speakers, and yummylicious beer from Western North Carolina’s best craft breweries. We’re packing into one weekend a super amount of musts, including:

Intellectual seminars with renowned brainiacs from comic, academic, and civic circles discussing the Con community’s role in keeping our planet safe from harm!
Panel discussions about the psychology of comic book characters and their influence on modern culture!
Pop-up dance and costume events with DJs for all you freaks and geeks!
Fancy philosophical conversations about the ontological themes of sci-fi, comics, and human nature!
Shamazing artwork from locals you won’t find anywhere else!
Speciality batch beers made only for BCCC—slurp!

Come to Asheville. Let’s get WEIRDER and WISER! We’ll have the best of the comic con community in a city that is welcoming and celebrates its own distinct uniqueness. This con will only be one once. (Imagine how great the t-shirts will look wrapped in polyethylene one day!)

Categories: Food & Drink Other

Sunday, October 15, 2023

Knit-n-Give

Oct 15 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Mission Rathbun House

Are you looking for an excuse to knit or crochet for a good cause? Help make baby hats and blankets and adult hats, scarves, and slippers to support at-risk newborns and homeless adults. Your handmade knitwear will keep our neighbors warm. Volunteers with basic skills in knitting or crocheting are welcome. Please bring your own needles or crochet hooks and a pattern.