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Dec
10
Sun
Alive under the lights. Our December calendar is here.
We’ve got one hell of a month on our hands as we close out 2023. Packed with both ticketed and free shows, as well as the introduction to many residencies with renowned DJs, join us and dance away the year that was.
A Portal of Sound on the grounds @burialbeer.
Asheville’s South Slope. Open nightly from 6pm. Full bar.
Check out our full offerings of events at eulogyavl.com
Doors 7 PM // Show 8 PM
$10
Dec
11
Mon
Join us for live music in the Museum’s galleries throughout the month of December. Monique Pinelli, on violin, will be playing holiday and classical music.
Doors open at 5:45pm
Catered BBQ meal at 6pm
Live, local, bluegrass entertainment from 6:45-8:15pm
Open to the public
Tickets are $45 / person Event Information and Tickets
A joyful evening of beloved Christmas songs, contemporary and traditional holiday music, and classic carols. Director Chuck Taft & Accompanist Eric Fricke. Free Event – Donations Welcome.
THE BOUNCING SOULS
7 Seconds
Catbite
Blind Adam & The Federal League
MONDAY, DECEMBER 11
Show: 7pm | Doors: 6pm
$29.50 – $35
$15 advance $18 day of show
A night packed with local emo/alt rock acts! $
Dec
12
Tue
Make plans to attend! All 10-12th graders will perform in the Symphonic Winds to open the concert. Our fabulous 9th Grade Concert Band will be performing music alone for the first time in many years and those students will combine into the Symphonic Band with upperclassmen to finish their part of the concert. Last, the Wind Symphony will perform to finish the program with 3 holiday selections and 2 band classics!
Doors open at 5:45pm
Catered BBQ meal at 6pm
Live, local, bluegrass entertainment from 6:45-8:15pm
Open to the public
Tickets are $45 / person Event Information and Tickets
Join us for all vinyl DJs from Asheville FM and the Asheville DJ scene taking turns spinning.
ADVANCED: $20.00
PREMIUM SEATING: $30.00
DAY OF: $25.00
Dec
13
Wed
Join us for live music in the Museum’s galleries throughout the month of December. Monique Pinelli, on violin, will be playing holiday and classical music.
Excited to host Sandy Herrault at The Mulberry Tree this coming Wednesday at 3:30pm! Join in the fun and listen to Sandy’s beautiful Christmas music for an hour, enjoy a free hot chocolate and entry into our raffle!
Sugar Bomb returns with their sweet & explosive improvisatory groove-jazz stylings. $10 cover
Jacob Bruner 🎹
Eli Kahn 🎸
Joe Enright 🥁
Get Vocal at The Social in Asheville, NC. Karaoke starts at 9pm.
Rock-a-Billy rave up with Jared Pettey’s and the Headliners, Asheville rockers Slow Poison and Chancey 77. $10
Dec
14
Thu
4:00pm -11:00pm Saturday, December 16
Songs From The Road Band is an Asheville, North Carolina based bluegrass supergroup featuring Mark Schimick (mandolin), Charles Humphrey III (bass), Sam Wharton (guitar), James Schlender (fiddle), and Gabe Epstein (banjo). The band takes flight with virtuosic picking, singing, and grammy award winning songwriting.
The Wilson Springs Hotel are rooted in folk music and hail from all parts of Virginia. Through slow & somber crooner country, to rippin’ honky tonk, to hard hitting folk influenced rock, thru almost psych-rock like guitar tones and back again, all while maintaining that watermark-like sonic fingerprint great bands possess.
$25 + Event Information and Tickets
Grab a craft cocktail from the Oak & Grist bar, then sip & shop with local vendors & enjoy live music (and enjoy the beautiful mountain views while you’re at it!)
Brought to you by your friends at Black Mountain Tailgate Market.
**SPECIAL EXHIBITION**
THE TRAINS AND TRADE THAT MADE AMERICA
An exhibit of original watercolors by River Arts District artist Nadine Charlsen.
You are invited!
Closing Party in the Cloud Room
Live music by Chris Wilhelm
Join us in Downtown Marshall on December 14th for our annual Jingle Mingle! Meet Santa, listen to the children’s choir on the Courthouse steps at 530pm, enjoy complimentary hot cocoa, compete in the ugly sweater contest, and enjoy all of our fabulous merchants on Main Street!
Marshall’s sweetest day is upon us. Jingle Mingle is this Thursday! Ron P and friends will be playing music at 5:30, Santa will be stopping by with toys and a chance to get your photo around 6-6:30. Hot chocolate and beer will be flowing.
An endearing string band from the Appalachian mountains, the Kate Thomas Trio pick a few shades apart from the established Americana and Bluegrass scenes, bringing smoky ballads and boot stomping cut-a-rugs.
alternative/funk surf pop
Come out for a great night of Bluegrass, Cocktails and food!
Visit our newest location in East Asheville! With food from Mountain Madre. Not Just A Distillery, A Cultivated Experience!!! From grain to garnish, Cultivated Cocktails takes you from the distillation process through the cocktail creation. Blending craft mixers with our quality spirits, creating the recipes, and passing along the perfect way for you to continue your Cultivated experience at home. cultivated-cocktails.com
103.3 Asheville FM announces a record release and listening party for the Compilation LP, Real People Great Radio Volume 2.
The festivities kick off Thursday, December 14, doors at 6 p.m. and show at 7 p.m. Many of the featured artists will perform. Free!
It was never a phase 
join us Thursday 12/14 for our new cocktail release & karaoke party, 8 pm!!!!
Shiloh & Gaines – Your neighborhood bar……no matter where you live.
Coffee ~ Spirits ~ Pool ~ Darts ~ Live Music ~ Dog Friendly ~ Karaoke ~ Open Mic Night & More! Find our music schedule and more at shilohandgaines.com
The Wonder Bliss Tour starring Sugar Nova (featuring Luke Miller of Lotus) and Future Joy will be performing LIVE on the Indoor Stage at Salvage Station on Thursday, December 14th! Doors open @ 7PM and the music starts @ 8PM. This is a General Admission show with FREE ON-SITE PARKING!
Root Down will be serving their delicious twist on Southern Soul Food PLUS we will have our FULL bar open for you to enjoy! $15 ADV / $20 DOS
Doors 7 PM // Show 8 PM
$10
Combining the iconic talents of legendary Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer Artimus Pyle, and the infectious vocal and guitar licks of son Chris Pyle, PYLETRIBE pushes the creative boundaries with their percussion influenced style dubbed “southern fried tribal boogie.” $12 cover
one man blues band
No cover
A night of nostalgia, a curation of what once was with dj roselle.
Eulogy – A Portal of Sound on the grounds of Burial Beer, Asheville’s South Slope. Open nightly from 6pm. Full bar. Check out our upcoming offerings of events at eulogyavl.com
Loud and Wild Garage Punk Show $
Hardcore featuring some of the area’s finest! $
Dec
15
Fri
4:00pm -11:00pm Saturday, December 16
Songs From The Road Band is an Asheville, North Carolina based bluegrass supergroup featuring Mark Schimick (mandolin), Charles Humphrey III (bass), Sam Wharton (guitar), James Schlender (fiddle), and Gabe Epstein (banjo). The band takes flight with virtuosic picking, singing, and grammy award winning songwriting.
The Wilson Springs Hotel are rooted in folk music and hail from all parts of Virginia. Through slow & somber crooner country, to rippin’ honky tonk, to hard hitting folk influenced rock, thru almost psych-rock like guitar tones and back again, all while maintaining that watermark-like sonic fingerprint great bands possess.
$25 + Event Information and Tickets
I’m throwing a Christmas show at the Mule December 15th that will benefit toys for tots and 2 families that are in need. It will be a night of Christmas music poems and gift giving to the less fortunate.
Melissa McKinney is a blues and soul vocalist, musician, and songwriter living in Asheville. Melissa’s music is triumphant and a testament to the strength of overcoming a lifetime of hurdles which you hear in every lyric. Joined each week by special guests TBA.
Join us this Friday to help us ring in 8 years in Asheville!
We will have live music by Kool Dewey Kudzu at 6pm as well as a SUPER SMALL BATCH RELEASE!
Aged for a year in bourbon barrels, we will be giving you a taste of a much awaited bourbon barrel aged milk stout!
With only 2 kegs of this beer, it will go fast.
Old-time stringband music at Leveller tonight!
Owner/Brewer Andrew and friends will be playing starting around 6:30.
Bacchus (glass & winds), Aperture (vibraphone & dulcimer), and Matt Nelson (double bass)
Suggested donation of $5-15 encouraged
Songwriter in the round featuring Rebecca Loebe, Crys Mathews, and Flamy Grant. All award-winning artists – Flamy just won the New Artist of the year award at Kerrville Folk and Crys won best song of the year at FAI last year. Rebecca was on the first year of The Voice and has been a Kerrville New Folk Artist as well. Don’t miss the rare opportunity to hear these three share songs, stories, and shenanigans in an evening of Winter Magic!
$25 Event Information and Tickets
Suggested donation: $10-$30.
Hailed by many as one of the best kalimba players alive today, musical renegade Kevin Spears the ” KalimbaMan ” has astounded audiences far and wide reimaging what is possible on this traditional African folk instrument.
PUNK!
Doors 7PM
Show 8PM
Cover $10
21+ONLY
Join us for a night to remember with Dirty Dozen Brass Band performing LIVE on the Indoor Stage at Salvage Station. Doors open at 7PM and the show starts at 8PM with Jointkiller Brass Band! Join us for some delicious soul food from Root Down Kitchen, amazing drinks, and fun on the dance floor!
“The Dirty Dozen Brass Band is arguably the most influential ensemble to emerge in New Orleans over the last 25 years. Its sway on the brass band scene has been staggering, spawning bands like the ReBirth, New Birth, Hot 8, Li’l Rascals, Soul Rebels and just about every other young brass ensemble presently performing.”
– Offbeat Magazine
$18 (ADV); $22 (DOS)
$10 cover, or bring a toy to donate with the value of $10 or more to get in. We’ll be hosting a raffle and all proceeds will be donated to Tricia’s Kids! White & neon clothing highly encouraged!
Just a Former Friend (apocalyptic Americana)
supported by Local Acts Broken Sound and Anthony Wayne Vibe
$10 Suggested Donation
Wear your favorite holiday outfits & come warm up for the holidays with DJ Big Daddy!
BigDaddyDoug has been playing music for over two decades… small venues or large clubs he always connects with his crowd. Completely at home behind the decks BigDaddy brings an amazing mix of tech house, vocal house & jacking house that will even make non-dancers shake their ass!
$5 Cover
Sabora Food Truck OPEN 5PM-10PM
For more info visit oneworldbrewing.com
Open call to musicians if you want to come and jam a few with the band, please do! Your house band: PAUL DeCIRCE, ERIC SWANSON, JOHN HUMPHRIES, JUSTIN HETER, IAN TAYLOR
Jeff Sipe (Apt Q 258), is one of the most prolific and creative drummers around. Jeff has buoyed the performances of many of today’s leading bands and stars such as the Aquarium Rescue Unit, Jeff Coffin, Susan Tedeschi, Oteil Burbridge, Jazz is Dead, and Hellborg/Lane.
Join us for Jeff Sipe’s return to Shilo & Gaines with 4-Way Cooking feat Mike Barnes, Howie Johnson, Mark McDaniel.
Shiloh & Gaines – Your neighborhood bar……no matter where you live.
Coffee ~ Spirits ~ Pool ~ Darts ~ Live Music ~ Dog Friendly ~ Karaoke ~ Songwriters Night & More! Find our music schedule and more at shilohandgaines.com
Jon Price
Caleb Beissert
Chris Cooper
Improv music
A holiday rocker at Fleetwoods w/ Small Doses, The Welcoming and John Kirby Jr. & The New Seniors. 8pm – $10.
Dec
16
Sat
A cozy curation of artists and makers will set up shop for a festive weekend — along with live music, artist demonstrations, and more — all within one of Asheville’s finest architectural gems.
Rock around the Christmas Tree with us as we host our Christmas Jam on Saturday, December 16th!
Get ready for a full day of live music as we host Stephen Evans & Kate Leigh Bryant at 1PM, followed by Chris McGinnis at 6PM, along with special Christmas-themed activities including Santa’s Workshop, games, & delicious Bold Rock ciders!
AmiciMusic: “TWO PIANO HOLIDAY”
featuring Dan Lau and Dr Daniel Weiser
Fun holiday music arranged for two pianos
AN AMICIMUSIC HOLIDAY TRADITION
From $20
The Asheville Dulcimer Orchestra is a group of 17 Appalachian Mountain Dulcimer players led by Music Director, Mack Johnston and Executive Director Melanie Johnston. The dulcimer family of instruments include baritone and bass as well as traditional standard instruments, allowing us to create an orchestra of varied musical voices. Come hear the group play a varied program that includes music from many classical periods, as well popular and traditional music. Free
Songs From The Road Band is an Asheville, North Carolina based bluegrass supergroup featuring Mark Schimick (mandolin), Charles Humphrey III (bass), Sam Wharton (guitar), James Schlender (fiddle), and Gabe Epstein (banjo). The band takes flight with virtuosic picking, singing, and grammy award winning songwriting.
The Wilson Springs Hotel are rooted in folk music and hail from all parts of Virginia. Through slow & somber crooner country, to rippin’ honky tonk, to hard hitting folk influenced rock, thru almost psych-rock like guitar tones and back again, all while maintaining that watermark-like sonic fingerprint great bands possess.
$25 + Event Information and Tickets
This year features your favorite local band, Mitch McConnell & the Senators!! Playing all your favorite Christmas songs and more. MM&S play old-Time music for a Contemporary world, think bluegrass rock.
**POSTPONED**
See the Snake Oil Medicine Show in their very own Home-grown and self-fulfilling LoFi ARTs Gallerie & Lounge, known as the Samovar, located in the heArt of the Woodfin ARTs Districto! We are a donation-based LoFi ARTs Lounge, asking, please, if You have it, $25 , which goes to the Performers and to the House, and is greatly appreciated by ALL of Us
They play a mix of classic rock with blues and roots music. The Lads are not one style, one format or one gender. The Lads are what you want to hear.
The Rock Academy is an Asheville Music School that teaches Year-Round Rock Band Performance Classes to students 7-17. Students learn to perform a wide variety of musical styles and songs of various genres including blues, classic rock, hard rock, punk, surf, and more. $10
Hazel Ketchum, lute, vocals, bodrain and guitar and Bob Culver, fiddle, mandolin, bandolin and vocals make up The Harrows. This Saturday at 6pm, join us for an amazing musical evening with the Harrows!
**Eulogy Presents: Bask – 10th Anniversary Celebration**
*with Zombie Queen and Serrate*
Free Show
North Carolina’s Bask have spent the last decade exhibiting their progressive blend of heavy psychedelia and soulful Americana across North America and Europe. Bask enters a new era of heavy riffs, world bending compositions and fanciful visuals sure to delight listeners and live audiences alike.
Zombie Queen (Reunion!) – Back from the dead and ready to Rock! Exclusively playing truck stop parking lots, it’s Zombie Queen! All four members are off of probation and in rotation. Fun for the whole Famdamily! Now booking monster truck rallies, baby showers, and craft nights near YOU!
Serrate – “Serrate, an Asheville-based metallic punk band, mines influence from the sonic worlds of skramz/screamo and hardcore, resulting in a sound that blends viciousness with melody.”
None shall perish. The Eulogy has been written. It has taken many months and many talented minds in and around Burial to get here, but we now have shows at our Buxton Avenue music venue in Asheville’s South Slope, affectionately named, ‘Eulogy’. Check out more of our future offerings at eulogyavl.com
Toubab Krewe will be performing LIVE on the Indoor Stage at Salvage Station on Saturday, December 16th, 2023 with Shira Elias (Cool Cool Cool) opening the show! Doors open @ 6PM and the music starts @ 7PM. This is a General Admission, 18+ ONLY show with FREE ON-SITE PARKING. $20 ADV / $25 DOS
Bring an instrument, plug it into one of the mixers we’ll have on hand and join the drone in progress from 8-10pm (or just come by and listen if you prefer!) $10 cover
Krave Amiko is a genre-blending 5 piece band from Asheville, NC that focuses on lyrical storytelling, compelling melodies, and catchy choruses. Started in 2019 by songwriter Robert Walsh and singer Stephanie Barcelona, Krave Amiko has consistently been in the Top Twenty local bands played on local radio. Their energetic live shows turn even casual listeners into life-long fans.
Sports and sushi. Music and trivia. Friends and rivals. At MUDPUPPIES, we bring so many different things to the table. But it’s the way we do it that makes them all just a little better. Great service, friendly fans, and a welcoming atmosphere turn games into get-togethers and competitors into comrades. mudpuppiesavl.com/
We’re a 5 piece alt-country rock band from Asheville and the surrounding wnc area. This up & coming new band straight outta the WNC mountains will really put the boogie to your woogie!
Come rock out with a killer line up. $10
BUTCHERkids, Herb da Wizard featuring Vvitchgang, JVixen featuring GBE, Big Emage, and MusicManTP $15
ImiJ of Soul (pronounced image) is a celebration of all things Jimi Hendrix! From the creative team that brought you Floyd Philharmonic comes a psychedelic juggernaut playing Jimi with authenticity and reverence. No cover
ADVANCED: $17.00
DAY OF: $20.00
$10-$15 Suggested Donation. 9 PM Sharp!
The Well Drinkers are a progressive, original bluegrass & Americana band based out of Western North Carolina and often playing festivals & venues across the Southeast. Get down with good tunes, great food, and a craft brew or Irish Whiskey!! $5 cover
Show: 10PM (Doors: 9PM)
Tickets: $18/$21 ***$1/per ticket goes to support BACKLINE***
Ages: 21+
Dec
17
Sun
Join us for Sunday Brunch Karaoke with Terraoke at Getaway River Bar from 12pm to 4pm, post a tasty Good AF brunch! No cover, just pure vocal fun by the river.
A cozy curation of artists and makers will set up shop for a festive weekend — along with live music, artist demonstrations, and more — all within one of Asheville’s finest architectural gems.
The 2023 line-up includes:
John Doyle and Mick McAuley
Josh Goforth
EJ Jones & The Piper Jones Band
Jane Kramer
Becky Stone
Zoe & Cloyd
special performances by the AC Reynolds Chorale and the Carpenter Academy of Irish Dance
The Swannanoa Winterfest is a Winter Holiday Market for the whole family. It is a joyful, cozy and festive outdoor event with holiday items, various foods and drinks, artisans, kids activities, music, a trolley-ride and more! The event will start in the afternoon an partly will take place into the evening. Fire and lights are an important ingredient to share that special holiday feeling!
P.S. We have a huge walled tent (with heaters!) to keep everyone warm and dry while they shop and enjoy the food and festivities.
2 pm. Paul Stroebel & Fiddle Squad (Pavilion)
3:30 Bill Altork – Folksinger Local (around the campfire)
5 pm McCarty Family (Pavilion)
6 pm Bill Altork – Local Folksinger (around the campfire)
Benjamin Bjorlie is an Asheville based bassist and drummer. He is a core member of The J Lloyd Mashup, a local funk band, among his many projects. He will be joined by a cast of amazing local musicians to bust out some Funk, neo-soul and pop.
Steady State, comprised of volunteers with the food pantry, will be providing live tunes from 4-6 PM.
Cultivated Cocktails is hosting this bluesy, funk, jazzman! Greg is going to solo step his way into your heart!
Visit our newest location in East Asheville! With food from Mountain Madre. Not Just A Distillery, A Cultivated Experience!!! From grain to garnish, Cultivated Cocktails takes you from the distillation process through the cocktail creation. Blending craft mixers with our quality spirits, creating the recipes, and passing along the perfect way for you to continue your Cultivated experience at home. cultivated-cocktails.com
worthamarts.org/a-swannanoa-solstice-2023 *OR* 828-257-4530 x1.