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Dec
8
Fri
You are not hallucinating. Xmas with Other Half looms near.
Join us Friday, December 8th for back to back events:
Collier:
5PM – OH Tap Takeover + Can Release, Tropical Slushies, Pineapple Cups, & Tiki Vibes.
Eulogy:
6PM – OH Tap Takeover
8PM – Coconut Cake is an ensemble dedicated to rumba music. Chiming and reverberant guitars, syncopated bass, drums, and shakers all dancing together to create a bold, swinging and sophisticated rhythm.
10:30PM – DJ Duchess Dance Party
and a Retro Tiki Bar, Magnum Bar, and Bessed Dressed Ceremony.
NO COVER
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.
We are so excited to see you all again from 6-9 for Weaverville’s annual Candlelight Stroll! This year, all proceeds from food and beverage sales at Weaver House will supposed MANNA Food Bank. 5J Barrow will be bringing the tunes. Thank you! We love you!
Classic rock and blues. They call it classic for good reason. The Lads will make you want to dance, sing along, or both. Get classic with The Lads.
AJO with soloist Wendy Jones & Trinity UMC invite you to a Holiday Jazz Concert. The concert is FREE. There will be collection taken to support the AJO Programs and Trinity UMC Area Missional Organizations.
Musician from NE Tennessee trying to make a joyful noise!
Call The Next Witness and Janx Spirit!
DAY OF: $23.00
ADVANCED: $20.00
Orange Moon (Asheville’s premier Erykah Badu Tribute) will be paying homage to the queen of neo-soul at Mudpuppies with renowned bandleader/trombonist Jonathan Lloyd of the J-LLOYD MASHUP and guest vocalist, Caromia. This show will be a blast & we can’t wait to groove with y’all!! Come vibe out to her biggest hits & deep cuts!
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/
Doors 7 PM // Show 8 PM
$10
Come make merry with other West Asheville holly jollies and your favorite neighborhood band ROND!
8pm $10 cover
Duncan Wickel (Rising Appalachia, Molly Tuttle) Julian Pinelli (Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band) and local old time music phenom Grayson Wickel. $10
Foot-tappin’, room-shakin’, get up out of your chair’n start dancin’ music is just the start, with the band taking musical cues from blues, rock, jazz, and psychedelic funk . . . all put together with a little bit of old-school Southern flair! $5 cover
Join us at the “ENTER THE EARTH’S 21st Annual Xmas Party!” on December 8th, 2023, for a celebration benefiting LEAF Global Arts!!!
Doors: 8:30
Show Start: 9:00pm
21+
Performances By
Josh Blake’s Juke Box (2 unique Sets)
Sneezy
Grateful Dead covers ft JD Smith, Luke Shriver, Kelly Fontes, Garrett Andrews and Caleb Beissert
The Live in the Flesh Experience is a talented live band and show with young, energetic, soulful brothers. Music selections are from a vivid composition of artists from the 1960s to modern RnB, pop, soul, centric soul, and dance/step music.
10pm $10 cover
The Double Crown – Great vibes, great bourbon, and great music!
Dec
9
Sat
Warren Haynes Presents: The Christmas Jam by Day is back at Jack of the Wood!
The pub opens at 11am to get you in the spirit before our lineup of singer-songwriters perform in the round throughout the afternoon!
Come grab a festive beverage or two & some of our delicious scratch-made pub fare while you sit back and enjoy this legendary holiday jam session!
Tickets to the Christmas Jam By Day shows are $20 and will be available for purchase at each of the venue’s box offices. Christmas Jam VIP ticket holders will receive free access to all day-time events, space permitting.
Saturday, December 9th, Christmas in the Park.
We will have music by Veritas Academy Elementary chorus 12:00pm and The Lewendahl band from 1pm until 2:30pm.
We will have an ice skating rink from 12:00pm until 3:00pm
Santa will be in the Park from 12:00pm until 2:30pm.
Christmas picture with the Llamas 12:00pm until 2:00pm.
We will have 10 craft vendors selling various items from 12:00 until 2:30pm.
We will also have a food truck and coffee truck on site.
You can snag tickets for each Christmas Jam By Day show for just $20, obtainable at each respective venue box office. There’s an inclusive ticket for both Asheville Music Hall and The One Stop. VIP ticket holders get complimentary entry to all daytime events, subject to space availability.
Hybrid 7-string guitarist Eli Kahn creates sonic layer cakes with loops atop drummer Arthur Schroeder’s ever-expansive jazz beat backdrops to create a unique sound that is all their own.
Join 98.1 The River for a Studio AVL Live Lounge with Joe P on Saturday, December 9 at 4pm. The show’s open to the public at One World Brewing West. Enjoy an intimate acoustic session with Joe P and meet him afterwards!
Will Franke is a mad fiddling soundscape painter who weaves together folk and ambient sounds with hip hop rhythms and world influences to melt time and open your mind. He blends electric violin, cello and vocals to sculpt an invisible landscape between your ears.
Black Mountain flirting music. Raw country heartbreak, pop hooks, garage rock, and drunken sing-a-longs.
Her style ranges from folk, rock, country, Americana and jazz.
She currently plays with Diane Matheson on bass and Andrea Ford on drums in her Asheville-based band called “The Ada Khoury Band”
A night of Music with local Psychedelic Country Swing-Grass band Big Fur & Charlotte based Symphonic, post-modern rock band Swansgate.
$5 cover
Same As It Ever Was will be performing LIVE on the Indoor Stage at Salvage Station on Saturday, December 9th, 2023! Doors open @ 10PM and the music starts @ 11 PM. 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 / $18 DOS
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
Come join us this Sunday! Support local makers, growers, and purveyors, eat some delicious brunch, have a cocktail, and enjoy the sunny Mountain views! Live Music with local favorites Cuberow, Billy Presnell & Autumn Raines (12-3).
Day of Rock Festivals in Partnership with Tru Rock Revival Magazine and Feisty Bulldog Productions and Blue Ghost Brewing Company are happy to announce the Day of Rock Toy Fest. 5 of the regions best rock bands are teaming up to raise money and brighten the holidays for children in need! Come help us celebrate in the Rock n Roll spirit. Music from 1-7PM!
Lineup includes:
Graywind Band
Abbe Davis Band
Drowning Leo
Full Length Parachute
4th Horse
And a special appearance by Santa!
*Suggested Donation of unwrapped toy or $10
Dirty Dawg is an acoustic Grateful Dead & Jerry Garcia tribute (as well as lots of classic blues, folk and country)! Join us for this special performance at Hi-Wire Brewing’s River Arts District beer garden for wonderful brews and tunes!
RP3 is an Asheville based instrumental Funk-Trio led by Reid Parler. They bring a diverse sound to each show, blending in elements of jazz, funk and soul.
Annual Holiday Benefit – this year, its Brother Wolf! Eric Travers Band, Dorsey Parker’s Big Benefit Band, Peacock Planet Acoustic feat. Shalene Hill.
This is an open jam for the first 2 hours. Bring your friends, your band , your jams. Full backline and PA provided. Network and meet other like-minded musicians while enjoying this iconic Historic Montford House Concert venue.
$10 suggested donation includes BBQ, ribs, beer and drinks.
100% of all proceeds go directly to Brother Wolf.
Come jam and celebrate with us for a good cause!
The Blue Ridge Orchestra welcomes the winter holidays with two performances of BRO Revels! 2023, featuring The Nutcracker Suite and introducing harpist Tori Parrish.
Event Details and Tickets
ADVANCED: $17.00
DAY OF: $20.00
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
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 🥁
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
Loud and Wild Garage Punk Show $
Hardcore featuring some of the area’s finest! $
Dec
15
Fri
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
Doors 7PM || Show 8PM || $10 Event Details and Tickets
“Grunge folk” is the new wave of southern music that State Park Ranger reps. Calming and energizing. New and recognizable. Country and queer. Born and raised in NC, it’s southern sound through and through.
Dish is a post-rock trio from Asheville, NC. They play music that draws from a wide variety of influences including DC post-punk band Fugazi, foundational jazz fusion group Tony Williams Lifetime, and various other artists.
Good Trauma melds multiple genres into something new and exciting – elements of classic country and indie rock are all tied together with mindful, intentional lyrics, displaying a gratitude and awareness for the music that came before.
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 our future offerings at eulogyavl.com
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.
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)
