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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!
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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.
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
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Weekly residency with special guests.
Dec 9 – Darren Nicholson
Real Live Jazz – No Cover
Dec 9 – Brian Felix Organ Quartet
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
Every week we feature different special guests along with new sets of music in various styles with our 7 piece mashup band including Funk, Jazz, Soul, Acid Jazz, Afrobeat, Reggae, Break Beat, and Dance/Groove music!
Aurora Whim (Sun Goblin / Rocky Horror Music Show) joins on vocals! Plus, Tyler Housholder (The Broadcast) is back on Percussion!
Event starts at 8pm. Live music starts at 8:30pm and going til 11:15ish!
Monday Mashup every Monday at One World West with special guests and different music every week!!
$10
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.
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.
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
We are dedicated to the preservation of Shag Dance and the Music that supports this.
We are deadicated to bringing you all things Grateful Dead and related.
Tuesdays are back baby! Grateful Family Band serving up your favorite Dead tunes.
$5 – $10 Suggested Donation
Family Friendly
See you out there!
Real Live Jazz – No Cover
Every Tuesday, savor experimental Musica Universalis, focused primarily on the group’s original writing and sonic explorations. These aural wayfarers fear no boundary.
Come enjoy a mix of popular and traditional brass band selectios. Free show with donations accepted!!
Mudpuppies and Mojo Sound Production presents Open Mic 🎙️
Myron Hyman is the guest host on TUESDAY NIGHT at Mudpuppies! Bring your instrument of choice and join in on the fun Sign ups begin at 6:30pm. Tuesdays: BOGO Apps and 1/2 off Bottles of Wine
We are located in the Arden-Asheville-Fletcher- area. With over 60 TVs, you can sit back and relax, knowing that your favorite game is on. We showcase some of the top sporting events and serve the area’s best smash burgers, wings, and upscale bar food in the area. Our weekly specials and events include live music performances at least once a week, open mic and team trivia nights that always bring fun and laughter. mudpuppiesavl.com/
Hot Jazz ~ Standards (Great American Songbook) ~ Swing
We provide full backline–drum kit, amps, piano, keys, and PA with mics/inputs. The jam is hosted by Chris Cooper and Friends, who play for the first half hour or so, and then the jam opens up.
Imperial – 9pm-12am
Shakeys – 9pm-2am
Lazy Diamond – 10pm-2am
Double Crown – 10pm-2am
Please check with the venue on cover charges and tonight’s DJ.
(musicians, comedians, dancers, poets, storytellers)
$10 Suggested Donation at the Door (Cash or Venmo accepted, think tip jar, goes 100% to musicians!)
Dec
11
Wed
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’ll have music, door prizes, a food truck on site if you’re feeling dinner-ish, a cash bar and the space is decked out for the holidays.
This party is being thrown in part to bring community together, but also to celebrate our local musicians. We exist because of them.
This party is open to the public and free to attend, so bring friends and family! Ugly sweaters optional.
Acoustic Old Time/Bluegrass Jam!! C’mon Out!!
Original one-man-band, american roots, singer songwriter. An American roots musician, Jay has hundreds of original songs in his repertoire. (outside show, weather dependent)
enjoy ameicana/folk music by Old Sap
I’m very happy to have a great lineup of friends joining me for Well Crafted Wednesdays.
12/11 – Angel Snow
12/18 – Tyler Ramsey
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
The Saylor Brothers are a jamgrass fusion group from Asheville, fronted by brothers Will & Ben Saylor, of Brushfire Stankgrass. This project is a foray further into the realm of bluegrass jam, with more emphasis on improvisation piled on top of a structure of traditional bluegrass and innovative original songwriting. As a trio with Greg Stiglets on bass, the band packs a large sound coming from three acoustic instruments, and often adds a fourth player for further improvisational and bluegrass firepower.
Jam > Grass > Jam is not an open bluegrass jam but is a residency featuring a rotating casts of special guests from Asheville’s bluegrass/jamband scene.
Join Us for a Swingin’ Lil Christmas Party at Haywood Park Hotel!
Date: December 11th
Time: 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Swing Dance Lesson: 7:00 PM-8:00 PM
Food & Beverage: Holiday Cocktails, Mocktails and Treats
Entry: $15
Step back in time this holiday season with Haywood Park Hotel & Swing Asheville’s holiday season jazz and swing dance party
at The Cellar below Haywood Park Hotel. We’re bringing the glamour of the classic swing era to your festive celebrations!
Featuring Live Music by Drayton & the Dreamboats
Company Swing, an all-female swing, jazz, and blues band.
In true pub fashion, White Horse Black Mountain hosts a traditional Irish-style session
Come demonstrate your talents at Open Mic.
You sing, they dance
21+ // $
lo-fi pop and rocknroll with Jason Krekel & Craig Kelberg
$10 suggested
Salsa AVL will be teaching salsa class – followed by hours of Latin dance music!
Las Montañitas brings the Andes to the Appalachians. Drawing heavily from the Chicha Cumbia scene that emerged in Peru in the late 1960s. Dj Mtn Vibes holding down the ones & two’s 
…
$10 cover
December 11th marks the release of Liliana Hudgens second album, Grace. A deeply beautiful record pulled straight from the earth and scattered to the wind with love and reverence.
@claire_whall, local haunting folk singer will be opening the night up with a full band
**DOORS AT 8PM – $10**
It’s time for our weekly Wednesday Open Mic with Caleb Beissert!
Get in line early to get a good spot, the list fills up super fast!!
Sign up at 8 pm, Mic starts at 8:30
All forms of entertainment welcome, (not just poetry.)
Come on out and enjoy some music with our house DJ. Til 1am on Friday & Saturday
Suggested $5-$10 Donation at the door
21+
Dec
12
Thu
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.
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.
Free live music by country-americana singer songwriter Kate Leigh Bryant.
This is a Power Quartet.
Appalachian Cosmic Soul and Bluegrasstafari Riddims!
Acoustic Roots and Blues series with Peggy Ratusz & Kelly Jones and our guest, Ginny McAfee
Howdy Pard’ners
Join Jerri & Christopher for country music, line dancing, and beginner 2 step!
* No Partner needed
>> NO COVER<<
Suggested $5-$10 donation
Get ready for a holiday experience you won’t want to miss—introducing *Late Night Asheville!* Enjoy extended hours as each participating small business stays open until 9 pm, perfect for holiday shopping and seasonal surprises. Stroll through as carolers bring the festive spirit with classic holiday tunes, and don’t forget to check out the Winter Window display competition, hosted by the Asheville Downtown Association!
Sauce Boss is bringing his original blues and a big pot of gumbo to the residents of hard hit Black Mountain NC and Swannanoa NC. No cover charge. This show is sponsored by Town Pump Tavern and Planet Gumbo
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