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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.
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P.S. (Ask about the discounted “Recovery Rates” for our LOOK HERE featured listings available through February!)
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!
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
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.
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.
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
Weekly residency with special guests.
Real Live Jazz – No Cover
Dec 23 – Nick Garrison & Bill Reichenbach
Dec 30 – Justin Ray Quartet
Join us for Monday night karaoke! Show starts at 7, with your host and kj Marc Keller.
from $12.30 adv
Enjoy festive vibes, delicious deals, and great company:
✨ $5 beers
✨ $10 select wines
✨ $10 house & specialty cocktails
✨ 1/2-priced pizzas
✨ Featured shareables
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.
Lo fi pop n roll antics with Jason Krekel & Craig Kellberg on bass.
Good news! We are bringing our Monday night Open Mic Night back-hosted by Tony Willingham. Sign-Ups @ 6:30
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!
Shop up in your favorite PJ’s and get ready to groove & dance!
(Snarky Puppy)
Michael Tillis – Drums
(Fireside Collective)
Jamie Hendrickson – Guitar
(The Fritz)
Abby Bryant – Vocals
Christina Chandler – Vocals
Ashley Heath – Vocals
Melissa McKinney – Vocals
McKinney – Vocals
We play John Prine, Hank Sr., old blues, classic country, originals, and what we call duelettes.
Come on out and enjoy some music with our house DJ. Til 1am on Friday & Saturday
Local songwriters evening tunes
$10
Come Sing With Us!!!
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.
Last 4 digits – 3383
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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 February!)
Be merry with live music by Aaron Kruse!
Holiday drink specials and Bud’s hot, boiled peanuts to help keep you warm.
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.
Real live jazz!
No Cover
Suggested Donation
Tuesdays are back baby! Grateful Family Band serving up your favorite Dead tunes.
$5 – $10 Suggested Donation
Family Friendly
See you out there!
Playing a whole live acoustic set of Outlaw Country
r&b/soul
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)
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.
Last 4 digits – 3383
We are currently going through some maintenence issues with our server, so there may be problems getting on the website from time to time. Please be assured we have not gone anywhere so you may have to try again after a short while. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Thank you for your patience and continued support!!!
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.
Marisa Blake & Friends
WTF Funk Band
Fancy & The Femmes
Hope Griffin Duo
WTF Blues Band
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
Experience the healing power of community, food and music. All are welcome.
2–3:30: Welcoming, Connecting, Nurturing
3:30–5:30: Fun, Food, Goodies
5:30–7: Live Music, Games, Prizes, Fun Stuff
We play John Prine, Hank Sr., old blues, classic country, originals, and what we call duelettes.
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
Electronic Collaboration
Opening at 8pm this evening for a very special Christmas.
$10
Country Christmas Music for people who don’t like Christmas. This will be a special Super Christmas Time with the extremely popular and handsome western band to dance your fancy pants around to. BRODY HUNT & THE SILENT KNIGHTS play classic honky tonk country music, both originals and covers. $10 Doors at 8
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
DJ’s | No Cover
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.
Last 4 digits – 3383
We are currently going through some maintenence issues with our server, so there may be problems getting on the website from time to time. Please be assured we have not gone anywhere so you may have to try again after a short while. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Thank you for your patience and continued support!!!
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.
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 February!)
Enjoy Live Music with Aaron on the keys and vocals every Thursday!
* No Partner needed
Jason Lee Wilson and James Country will be playing a mix of rockabilly and americana!
Suggested $5-$10 donation
After being destroyed by Hurricane Helene in Black Mountain, Flood Gallery Fine Art Center is back! Now centrally located at River Ridge Business Center just off I-240 Exit 8.
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
7-9 OPEN DECKS!
DJ JDM & EROS TIL MIDNIGHT!
The Acoustic Jam will continue on Thursday nights at 7:00 p.m. at the Church. Calvin Parham and Logan Clark will host the Jam.
All Ol Time 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.
Our amazing Thursday BlueGrass jam curated by the talented Drew Matulich! Don’t miss your chance to check out some of the best pickers from all over WNC! A real show-stopping performance only at Jack of the Wood! The Bluegrass Jam will start after the host band at 9:30 and go to 11:30pm. Pickers bring your instruments! Enjoy $1 OFF all our bourbons every Thursday
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/
- Non-members: $12
- OFB Members: $10
- Warren Wilson community: $1
If this is your first time dancing with us, your second dance is free!
Blues, Rock n Roll & Soul Music, sure to make you move! Funky but chic SINCE 2012
$15 at the door PSK aka P*rnStar Karoake “You sing, we dance”
Join Laura Blackley and Dave Desmelik as they swap songs and croon away the post holiday blues at One World Downtown.