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Asheville’s music scene is born of age-old traditions, nurtured by a spirit of independence and the muse of the mountain landscape. Here you’ll find our rhythm is proudly rooted in old-time mountain music, but it’s our full spectrum of innovative musicians who truly define our sound. Asheville offers a lively, and perhaps unexpected, experience for the musically-minded traveler.
Through the Bring Back the Heartbeat campaign, IamAVL is partnering with local venues and establishments to offset their costs to get our musicians back to work. Independent Arts and Music is a 501(c)3, so donations can be tax deductible. iamavl.com/music-industry-relief-fund
Our mission is to provide a platform to help expand the reach of Asheville based musicians and artists, to make some great music and art, and to have a great time while doing it.
We hope you enjoy our guide to the Asheville area’s dynamic music scene.
If we somehow help to brighten up your day, please consider a $5 donation to help support our efforts in providing the area’s most complete local music calendar.
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Last 4 digits – 3383
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THE BEST “WORST KARAOKE” IN ASHEVILLE!!
Sing ’til you die every Saturday at Asheville’s oldest bar and #1 Dive!!
Ben’s Tune Up – 8-11pm
Banks Ave – 9-11:30pm
Havana Miami – 9pm-2am
Room 9 Nightclub – 9pm-2am
Static Age Loft – 9pm-2am
Waterstreet – 9pm-2am
Imperial – 9pm-1am
The Barksdale – 10pm-2am
Double Crown – 10pm-2am
Lazy Diamond – 10pm-2am
Strange Magic Bar – 10pm-2am
Shakeys – 10pm-2am
Scandals -10pm-2am
Check with the venue on cover charges and tonight’s DJ.
This saturday night in Asheville!! AOH! House music all night…
*Sliding Scale Donations*
Saturday this little bar turns 7
We’re celebrating by hosting the FIRST EVER Times Bar dance party with
@djlilmeowmeow here spinning sexy beats from 9-midnight!
The theme is 7th heaven and there’s no cover fee so there’s no excuse to not bring all of your little angelic faces down here to celebrate with us.
Drop in early for dinner and join “Mr. Soul Motion’s Supper Club”, where the smooth and sweet stuff gets played! Once the diners clear out, the tables move, the volume goes up, the lights go down, and the dance party is on!
Come see me and the boys TONIGHT at The Social in Asheville! 🤘🏼 It’s gonna be FUN (and warm inside!) 9pm, doors open at 8pm, $10 cover.
With a raw and rugged talent, his charisma, and a fierce passion for quality country music, Ryan Perry is quickly cementing himself as one of country’s next big stars.
Sarah is a singer and songwriter with great talent in many genres including rock, pop, country, folk, and old time – the music of her mountain home.
Worn Down Media CLT and Mosh 4 Lives Presents
Split in Two – SC Violence HXC
Screwed Ends – Carolina HXC
A Separate Piece – 864 Metalcore
Bunkerhill Bloodbath – 336 Hate HXC
Pathologic – Kings MTN NU-Metalcore
27 Club Ashville, NC
21+
Tix $8 ADV $12 Door
Door 8pm
Show 9pm
Suggested $5-$10 Donation
Dec
8
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We hope you enjoy our guide to the Asheville area’s dynamic music scene.
If we somehow help to brighten up your day, please consider a $5 donation to help support our efforts in providing the area’s most complete local music calendar.
Venmo: click here
Last 4 digits – 3383
PayPal: click here
1) Perform an internet search for the key words that music loving visitors use, i.e. “Asheville live music” or “live music Asheville”. See which site populates.
2) Promote your gigs on that site.
Hope That Helps!!!
P.S. (Ask about the discounted “Recovery Rates” for our LOOK HERE featured listings available through December!)
January 16-19, 2025
Join Bachata and Salsa dancers from all over the world!
Immerse yourself in the rhythmic heartbeat of Latin music at the ultimate Bachata and Salsa Weekend in Asheville, NC! Join us for a vibrant celebration of dance and culture featuring a spectacular lineup of workshops, masterclasses, and social dancing sessions. Whether you’re a seasoned dancer or just starting out, our expert instructors will guide you through every step, from the sensuous moves of Bachata to the electrifying rhythms of Salsa.
Prepare to be swept away by live music performances and exhilarating concerts, where talented DJs will dance you into the night. Make unforgettable memories on the dance floor with fellow enthusiasts from around the world.
Mark your calendars for a weekend filled with passion, music, and unforgettable moments. Get ready to experience the magic of Latin dance like never before, right here in Asheville, NC!
Event Details and Tickets
Free Show!
Country Brunch showcases a goldmine of local country bands that can usually only be found playing late nights in local and regional venues, and brings them out into the light of day for lovers of an early matinee show.
Mourning Mass: A Weekly Sacrament of Cosmic Hymns and Brunch Eats on the South Slope with multi instrumentalist Jacob Bruner
Please join local WNC antique and vintage dealers, artisans and creative entrepreneurs for a festive day of shopping and community fellowship. Businesses include former Altamont Antique Mall vendors, homespun businesses and beauty consultants. We’ll have live music with Bob Newton, light refreshments, a selfie photo spot and even a press your own apples station!
We are so excited to host South Slopes Holiday Market to benefit Meals On Wheels . $1 from every purchase will be donated. This year it’s more important than ever to support local.
20+ Art Vendors
Live Music
Local Food provided by
yallaNew Beer releases
Community vibes!
We’re excited to welcome back the Sunday Bluegrass Boy’s – catch them every Sunday from 12-2pm! The perfect SUNDAY FUNDAY afternoon with $8 mimosas and bloody Mary’s AND $20 bottles of bubbly!
Followed by our Irish session starting at 3:30pm till close!
Jack Of The Wood still a downtown hot spot for food, brews and drink since 1997 and founders
Joan and
Joe Eckert who still own it, have maintained the original lively English and Irish vibe. The old-time mountain and Irish music jams continue, including a hot bluegrass jam Thursdays and brunch every Sunday. The venue extends a welcoming feeling to regulars and newcomers to this day.
https://jackofthewood.com/
Our friends The Callbacks will be at the vineyard on Sunday, December 8, for a live music session from 12-4pm. The show is free to enjoy, and our regular menu and tastings will be available.
Come sail away with us Sundays in December from 12-3 at The Market Place on Wall Street. Shell or High Water oyster roast, street vendors, brunch and cheer! It’ll be a blast and a really fun way to connect with the community and support some of those businesses and artists who are displaced.
We are excited to announce a free community event,
“Hurricane Heal-ene Bizarre Bazaar” at the LaZoom room.
This event is designed to provide a safe and supportive space for WNC locals to come together, heal, dance, breathe, laugh, shop, and connect after the recent storm.You can expect a Makers Market, Live music featuring The Moon and You and Amelia Mae, a performance by @Barbie Angell, deep breathes, food trucks, coffee, beer and warm mulled wine.
Folk/Americana/Singer-Songwriter
heartwarming original and traditional songs on guitar, banjo, mandolin and fiddle
Kayla McKinney will be playing country hits!
Classic American roots band playing a distinctive brand of jump blues, swing, country blues, classic country and early jazz.
Orbiting around Asheville’s grateful music scene since late 2023, Suns Of Stars blends contemporary and traditional bluegrass with a high energy jam style. At its core lies the trio of Alex Bazemore (guitar), and Asheville’s own Jackson Chisholm (upright bass) and Johnny Humphries (mandolin). As Suns Of Stars has been gathering momentum they’ve picked up Alex Ball (fiddle/violin) and Gabe Epstein (banjo). A massive song repertoire and growing list of original music make for a unique performance each time.
$10 Cover
The West Asheville taproom hosts a wide variety of special and regular events, from yoga to an electronic music & beer festival, and everything in between. Check out our upcoming schedule:
click here
Jazz Sunday typically features a guest artist for a short set and then welcomes jazz musicians of all levels to sit in for the remainder of the afternoon.
Sunday, December 8th, 2024, 3:00 pm
UNC Asheville
Lipinsky Auditorium
300 Library Lane
Asheville, NC. 28804
General Admission: $20
Event Details and TicketsFriends of the Orchestra (Current Donors): $15
Students: $5
Children 6 and under: Free
A plethora of sounds and styles. Beatboxing mixed with killer guitar and loop mastery. A one man orchestra. Plays all the songs you love.
Stop in for the pub’s long running Traditional Irish Session each Sunday afternoon beginning around 3:30pm. Many talented local musicians come from WNC to jam away into the night – all on our pub stage! Sunday is a perfect day to enjoy a pint or afternoon Irish coffee! Slaínte!
Jack Of The Wood is still a downtown hot spot for food, brews and drink since 1997 and founders Joan and Joe Eckert who still own it, have maintained the original lively English and Irish vibe. The old-time mountain and Irish music jams continue, including a hot bluegrass jam Thursdays and brunch every Sunday. The venue extends a welcoming feeling to regulars and newcomers to this day. https://jackofthewood.com/
*LIVE Scottish music* starting at 3:30pm.
Led by StrathSpan’s Celtic fiddler, Nora Garver, this local group of ladies gather with their collection of traditional instruments in their hands, and the highlands in their souls to bring ambiance and grace to their hosts.
All are welcome to join us for our next Sunday Afternoon English Country Dance.
Beginners’ Session, 3:30pm,
Dance, 4:00pm – 6:15pm.
Admission is free; however, we do appreciate tips for the musicians.
Sunday T-dance! Grab friends, share the event news and join us for the WNC LGBTQ+ tradition!
Come out and sing with us!
Enjoy the laid-back vibes.
Rooted in the gritty sounds of southern Americana, yet branching out into dimensions of soul, funk, and rock, while sprouting unpredictable tendrils of bluegrass, punk, and even Latin rhythms, their music is a dense thicket; intertwined with kudzu-like jams that expertly weave amidst well-crafted songs howling with evocatively insightful lyrics.
Covering all your favorite hits from the 1950’s to 2023!
Winter Lights is a spectacular open-air walk-through light show made from over one million lights! Located at the North Carolina Arboretum in Asheville, North Carolina, this year’s event features favorites like the famously tall 50-foot lighted tree and the Quilt Garden, along with enchanting new details designed to delight and surprise. Live Music Nightly!!! Event Information and Tickets
Please Welcome Erin Kinard Back To The Stage!
Isaac Hadden is graduating from UNC Asheville and performing his Senior Recital @ Asheville Music Hall Dec. 8th! It’s been amazing witnessing Isaac’s musical journey as he’s slayed stages in Asheville and beyond!
Join us for what’s sure to be a FANTASTIC night of live music played by Isaac Hadden ft. Jeff Sipe, Chris Bullock, John Ray & Bill Stevens.
$10 Student / $15 Advanced / $18 Day of Show // 18+
An In The Round Show
From $20
Keeping the Reggae Vibes going through the fall! Rotating Reggae Bands each Sunday!
Bands include:
Dub Kartel
Below the Bassline
Tuff Sol
The LUV Boat
The Sun Sippers
The West Asheville taproom hosts a wide variety of special and regular events, from yoga to an electronic music & beer festival, and everything in between. Check out our upcoming schedule:
click here
What is The Alien Music Club? It’s a musical collective from Asheville’s Jonathan Pearlman, who operates in relative obscurity within the area’s thriving music scene. “I operate under the pseudonym AMC, because I’m painfully shy and self-deprecating. I’m no good at self-promotion, but I do make great music with my many very talented friends.”
AMC is a bit eccentric. Expect quirky, unusual, original material; jazz, rockabilly, funk, punk and general weirdness with lots of fun cover tunes. The lineup features JP (guitar/vocals), Chuck Lichtenberger (piano/vocals), Alex Travers (violin/guitar), Ryan Kijanka (bass) and Jaron Pearlman (drums/vocals).
“Weird is wonderful!” Says JP. “Let’s keep Asheville Weird!”
Pay What You Can. The suggested price per ticket is $20.
The band Breakfast for Dinner plays a fun live music set at 5 Walnut that is filled with fun pop song mashups! Come drink fantastic wine and meet the best staff in the business.
Happy Sunday Asheville! Open mic tonight from 8- close signups start at 7pm!
Sunday nights with a who’s who of the Asheville jam scene. $5-$10 Suggested donation | 21 +
Come on out and enjoy some music with our house DJ. Til 1am on Friday & Saturday
Sunday Karaoke Tonight!
From 10pm-2am!
Dec
9
Mon
Asheville’s music scene is born of age-old traditions, nurtured by a spirit of independence and the muse of the mountain landscape. Here you’ll find our rhythm is proudly rooted in old-time mountain music, but it’s our full spectrum of innovative musicians who truly define our sound. Asheville offers a lively, and perhaps unexpected, experience for the musically-minded traveler.
Through the Bring Back the Heartbeat campaign, IamAVL is partnering with local venues and establishments to offset their costs to get our musicians back to work. Independent Arts and Music is a 501(c)3, so donations can be tax deductible. iamavl.com/music-industry-relief-fund
Our mission is to provide a platform to help expand the reach of Asheville based musicians and artists, to make some great music and art, and to have a great time while doing it.
We hope you enjoy our guide to the Asheville area’s dynamic music scene.
If we somehow help to brighten up your day, please consider a $5 donation to help support our efforts in providing the area’s most complete local music calendar.
Venmo: click here
Last 4 digits – 3383
PayPal: click here
Saturday December 21 | Doors: 7:00 PM | Show: 8:00 PM
Yarn is an Americana, Alt-Country, Rock and Roll band founded in 2007 by Blake Christiana. Yarn evolved from its earliest days as a bar band in New York, NY to an outstanding roots band that’s shared stages with some of the biggest names in the business. You could say that Blake is the music and the music is Blake; that’s how deeply he inhabits the songs he writes and plays. You can hear him struggling with his feelings, whether it’s on a skittering country shuffle or on a mid-tempo folk ballad or a straight-ahead rocker.
Over the years, musicians have rotated in and out of Yarn, but drummer Robert Bonhomme and bassist Rick Bugel, along with Christiana, have remained the core of the band. Yarn has definitely brought people together with their music; their devoted followers call themselves the “Yarmy,” and for the last 4 years the band has hosted a three-day music festival, Yarnival, that attracted hundreds of fans to Troy, Virginia. Along the way, Yarn has gathered accolades from festivals, The Americana Music Association, landed on the Grammy ballot four times, and placed in the top five of the AMA album charts on more than one occasion.
Curated open mic night featuring some of Asheville’s finest pickers and crooners.
The Musicians in the Round is an open mic/in the round that takes place at Catawba Brewing Tasting Room on the South Slope in Asheville, NC. Our first round was on March 9th, 2015 and they just keep getting better.
Calling all Songwriters: All Original Open Mic at Old Town District.
Bring your songs, voice and ears and let’s get together and share the craft with each other!
110 Black Mt. Ave.
Black Mountain NC
Winter Lights is a spectacular open-air walk-through light show made from over one million lights! Located at the North Carolina Arboretum in Asheville, North Carolina, this year’s event features favorites like the famously tall 50-foot lighted tree and the Quilt Garden, along with enchanting new details designed to delight and surprise. Live Music Nightly!!! Event Information and Tickets
pay what you can
Find out who will be playing and calling each week
click here
Weekly residency with special guests.
Dec 9 – Darren Nicholson
Join us for Monday night karaoke! Show starts at 7, with your host and kj Marc Keller.
We are going to keep our Strictly Bluegrass Jam with Host Branson Raines going. Every Monday night at 7:00 p.m. at the historic Methodist Church in the Walnut Community. The address is 15 Barnard Road, Marshall, NC. All Bluegrass lovers, listeners, pickers are welcome to join us to play, sing and fellowship. The strongest thing we will have to drink is Coffee! There is no charge, we will keep the music free!don’t let us Down now, come on down.
The Acoustic Jam will continue on Thursday nights at 7:00 p.m. at the Church as well. Calvin Parham and Logan Clark will host the Jam.
MR JIMMY is the solo project of Blues guitarist & vocalist Jim “Ang” Anderson, who has fronted The Chicago Kingsnakes for the past 35 years. Blue Monday at the Joint next door started as a solo Blues show with Mr Jimmy and has evolved into a Jam Session of sorts. Jimmy is joined with different musical cohorts every week.
Every Monday Night! Sign up at 6:30, music at 7:15! Come on down tonight to get a taste of some great neighborhood music. P.S. No Wagon Wheel! Host Taylor Martin and Friends.
Asheville-based troubadour Ben Balmer bringing special guests & showcasing his wide range of vocals, his exceptional guitar & killer harmonica.
Pay What You Can! The suggested price per ticket is $28.00
Come on out and enjoy some music with our house DJ. Til 1am on Friday & Saturday
Dec
10
Tue
We cant wait to play some live music for you all again Asheville!! Soooo looking forward to this NYE show with Pink Beds! Grab a ticket and come support local Asheville musicians and one of our favorite venues in town!! Lets do this!
Welcome to the world of Electro Lust! Where Electronic Funk pulses through the veins, entwined with a stampede of live Beats and Brass into the realms of Funk, Latin, Cuban, and Afrobeat. At the core of Electro Lust beats the hearts of Grammy Award-winning artists from Asheville, NC’s musical scene – Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band, The Fritz, and Empire Strikes Brass.
Pink Beds is an electro-indie rock band that sits at the intersection of spacious grooves and lush song crafting. Pink Beds blend all of their influences into something new that rises above the nameless, faceless blur of generic indie rock emanating from NYC to L.A. and not enough places in between.
We hope you enjoy our guide to the Asheville area’s dynamic music scene.
If we somehow help to brighten up your day, please consider a $5 donation to help support our efforts in providing the area’s most complete local music calendar.
Venmo: click here
Last 4 digits – 3383
PayPal: click here
1) Perform an internet search for the key words that music loving visitors use, i.e. “Asheville live music” or “live music Asheville”. See which site populates.
2) Promote your gigs on that site.
Hope That Helps!!!
P.S. (Ask about the discounted “Recovery Rates” for our LOOK HERE featured listings available through December!)
From 6-8 pm we’ll just be hanging out, eating great food, and having drinks (non-alcoholic available, too!). There will be drink specials all night!
At 8pm, we’ll show our very short mini-documentary about the industry here and what we’re doing to make it better for all of us.
Then after the film and some brief comments, KJ Franco NINO of Shakey’s (@our.sirof.thunder ) will be hosting an awesome karaoke from 8:30-10:30.
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