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Jul
16
Tue
Join the fun with hula hoops and a live DJ. Whether you’re a seasoned hooper or a beginner, this vibrant event invites everyone to dance, spin, and groove to the music in a welcoming and energetic atmosphere.
Progressive Bluegrass with Asheville’s all star band , The Greenliners!
Bring a blanket or a lawn chair, and come enjoy these family-friendly evenings of great music! The concert series is free, but donations are always welcome and encouraged.
Soul & Rock n Roll!!! Good time grooves, get on up with the get down!
! Come out and join us as we tear up the dance floor to the music brought to us by one of our favorite local bands- Heavenly Vipers at our weekly location!!
Dress up like your favorite Hero or Villain! We will have a costume contest and tasty snacks!! We will also be running a 50/50 raffle as well as raffles for various donated art pieces! Money raised will go to purchasing a snap dance floor!!
Lesson: 7-8
Dance: 8-11
$5 for the lesson
$10 for the dance
Dance: Heavenly Vipers will be gracing our stage with a fun eclectic mix of surf/desert rock with a western vibe.
In a soundscape rich in folk and americana offerings Tina and Her Pony stand out with their clarity and freshness.
Doors 7PM
Show 8PM
Cover $10
21+ ONLY
Jul
17
Wed
Rule Number 1: Target An Audience That Is Actively Searching For Live Music!
That’s Our Audience 😜
Ask Us About Our “LOOK HERE” Listings!
Join DJ 5 for a kid/youth/adult friendly dance session.
$5
3 hand picked musicians/attentive audience.
ADVANCED: $22.00
DAY OF: $25.00
Wednesday night antics with Ben Balmer on guitar sitting in for Jason this week & Craig Kellberg on bass.
Leather Lung – Boston stoner/doom metal
Bonedozer – Asheville fuzzed out rock and roll
Old Dead Gods – Asheville noodley stoner metal, ex Augur.
$10
All Ages
Doors @ 8, Bands @ 9
Suggested $5-$10 @ The Door // 21+
Jul
18
Thu
Classic rock, Country, Folk, Americana
Sip and stroll through the Arboretum’s gardens in the glow of the golden hour, all while listening to live music from a variety of local and regional artists! ArborEvenings runs Thursdays and most Fridays through September from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m.
There is no additional cost to attend ArborEvenings beyond our standard parking fee. As always, Arboretum Society members and their accompanying guests can enter for FREE (guests must be in member vehicles to receive free entry). Proceeds from ArborEvenings help support the The North Carolina Arboretum Society and further advance the Arboretum’s mission.
Musician Schedule and Event Information: here!
“Whether he’s playing solo, or with his band… Tim McWilliams displays a dazzling skill on the acoustic guitar, flatpicking traditional tunes and his own material like a modern-day Doc Watson.” – Greenville Journal
Come on out to this delicious new restaurant in Biltmore Park! Piano, guitar, singing some hits and standards. Food and drink specials.
Y’all-ternative music from upstate SC.
Directed by virtuoso Chinese-American pipa player, singer, and composer Min Xiao-Fen, enjoy an immersive experience where ancient strings resonate with the rhythms of the modern era. Joining her are Mari Ohta, a sensational Japanese-American koto player, and Thom Nguyen, a Vietnamese-American percussionist and sonic sculpture artist.
Free for Members or included with Museum admission
Thursday, July 18th | Bar: 4PM | Music: 6:30PM
Pisgah Brewing Company Outdoor Stage
Food Truck: Downstream Deli
A Genre-bending ongoing exploration of modern mountain music. Brothers Will and Ben Saylor, accompanied by Micah Thomas and Daniel Iannucci, with the love and support of a vibrant community of local musicians and creators, continue to reinvent themselves and their distinctive, jam-laden bluegrass sound.
Pisgah Brewing Company operates an open air outdoor bar in the summer and fall months with live music on Thursdays and Sundays on WNC’s premier outdoor music venue, the Pisgah Brewing Outdoor Stage. Check out our 2024 schedule: here!
We’re bringing back our Wings & Strings Summer Series at our Sweeten Creek location!
Enjoy live music on the patio Thursday while you sip and savor all your Rocky’s favorites.
9/12 – Acklen Walker
Singer-Guitarist Andrew Thelston brings his rock n roll power trio to the stage. Rock out to original tunes, classic covers and good food & drink!
Each show will take place on the large baseball field located behind the playground. A food truck will be parked on-site near the concession stands for each show. Concert-goers are encouraged to bring their own chairs/blankets to claim a seat in the outfield.
August 15: Pink Beds
Tyler Ramsey will perform an intimate pop up solo show.
Asheville native Tyler Ramsey was an important part of the local music scene long before he became the guitarist and co-writer for Band of Horses.
Let ‘em know you saw it on LiveMusicAsheville.com 😜
Detective Blind is a 3-sister indie rock band. They started as a cover band and performed in many small venues across the US. $12
Doors at 7PM
Show at 8PM
$5
Amazing lineup of indie/experimental with a lil country thrown in to boot!
$
Jul
19
Fri
Flatland Cavalry is coming to the Outdoor Stage at Salvage Station on Friday, July 19, 2024 with special guest Americana folk-rock band Briscoe! Doors open at 6:00 PM and the music starts at 7:30PM. This is a LARGE EVENT, so please read our FAQs to learn more about parking options and our shuttle service. Root Down will be serving their delicious twist on Southern Soul Food and we’ll have our full bar open for you to enjoy! $30 ADV / $35 DOS Event Details and Tickets
Flatland Cavalry is breaking out into a gallop. After years of hot trotting across their native Texas, the country outfit is primed for a breakout with the release of their third full-length album, the sonically sprawling and wistfully written Welcome to Countryland. An energetic blend of Country-Folk-Americana. Easy on the ears, Heavy on the heart.
From hosting nationally-touring headliners to up-and-coming acts on indoor and outdoor stages, Salvage Station is consistently voted Asheville’s BEST live music venue. For those looking for an authentic Asheville experience that includes incredible live music, an extensive local & regional tap selection, plus a full bar and award winning food trucks, Salvage Station is a MUST DO! Check out our upcoming schedule! click here
Jazz!!!
Live After Five invites you to dance with live jazz and pop bands. Your visit to Antler Hill Village & Winery is included in Biltmore admission. Passholders can bring friends to Antler Hill Village for free after 5:00 p.m.
LyriSmith is a traveling acoustic duo based out of New Port Richey, Florida. We write our own songs and perform covers of multiple popular genres.
Country/Western/Appalachian
We are a 4 piece traditional country band, fiddle, guitar, bass and drums.
Join us at the taproom on July 19th from 6-9 pm for some soul soaked americana with The Knotty G’s!
With an extensive selection of Beer, Cider, Seltzer, & Hard Sweet Tea on Tap, our Mills River location also offers a full liquor bar, cocktail list, wines and non-alcoholic options plus a full kitchen! See what’s on tap and more at amb.beer/mills-river
Passerine’s music occupies a zone somewhere between modern folk, progressive bluegrass, and what is loosely called “Americana.”
Samba This will be playing Brazilian music at Gauchinho Brazilian Steakhouse this Friday night
The Dan Davis Group is a jazz organ trio based in the triangle area of N.C. The band plays a variety of music styles including jazz, R&B, Latin, funk, blues, and NOLA. The band’s primary focus is on improvisation within the context of the great organ groups such as Jimmy Smith, Groove Holmes, The Meters, and Larry Goldings.
No Cover!
NC’s most dangerous bluegrass band. Don’t believe what Ricky Skaggs says about us; it was a misunderstanding.
Americana Roots rock meets dazzling dobro.
ADVANCED: $10.00 DAY OF: $15.00
$32 (ADVANCE) / $42 (DAY OF SHOW)
We’re super stoked to be hosting this years 4th annual Dolly Day Celebration of the phenomenal Ms. Parton on Friday, July 19 with a local all-star band and over a dozen guest singers performing 2 big sets of Dolly songs. **Showtime 8pm, $15 at the door (cash or Venmo) **
We are excited to be joined this year by a stellar lineup of performers!
Alissa Nordmoe
Claude Coleman Jr.
Cynthia Galli
Erin Kinard
Eliza Thorne
Gracie Lane
Jessie Smith
John McKinney
Julia Sanders
Kate Leigh Bryant
Liliana Hudgens
Meaghan Collins
Morgan Geer
Phil Alley
R Scott Murray
Sadie Lettrich
Stacey Glasgow
Tricia Tripp
Blessed with a voice often likened to “velvet soul,” Ashley Heath, a Singer/Songwriter has been capturing the affections of Americana music enthusiasts.
Nashville Recording Artist
Join us TONIGHT for Open Decks from 8PM-10PM followed by RAB!D RON!E, & Your Allure & Friends at The Getaway River Bar!!
FREE ENTRY | 21+
Join Award Winning Entertainer Blake Ellege as he brings his party band: The Big Throwback to One World Brewing West. Blake is backed up by his powerhouse band (The Big Throwback) that is comprised of some of the region’s most talented and charismatic performers! Come out and sing and dance the night away featuring hits from the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and TODAY from EVERY genre imaginable!
$10 cover
Virginia’s Americana Jam Band Sweethearts, based in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley.
$15.00 ADV / $18.00 DOS
Doors 7 / Show 8
$10, All Ages
Eclectic mix of rock, soul, roots, blues & more.
Shun – Asheville/SC Heavy Rock
Irata – Greensboro Hard Rock/Metal
Nate Hall – US Xmas
Doors 8 PM // Show 9 PM
$10
The Dirty Joint is kickin’ off the night with their eclectic bluesy grooves followed by the ruckus-raising-the-roof rawk’n’roll mayhem 4thHorse!
Suggested donation!
DOORS: 8 PM | SHOW: 9 PM // TICKETS: ADV $15/ DOS $20 // 21+
$5 – $10 Donation Based Cover at the Door (goes 100% to band, think tip jar! Cash or Venmo accepted)
21+
Jul
20
Sat
Music to groove to while shopping for local goods!!!
The Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands returns to downtown Asheville’s Harrah’s Cherokee Center. Filling both the concourse and arena levels of the venue, makers exhibit a variety of craft ranging from contemporary to traditional in works of clay, wood, metal, glass, fiber, natural materials, paper, leather, mixed media, and jewelry. Admission is $11.
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Sunday, July 21
11:00 Janet Wiseman and Mountain Lights
12:30 Nobody’s Darling String Band
2:00 Buncombe Turnpike
3:30 Newfound Gap
Americana, alternative country, classic rock
Spreading bluegrass, roots, and country music to a wider audience.
acoustic folk, bluegrass….
honky tonk, blues, americana
The Dan Davis Group is a jazz organ trio based in the triangle area of N.C. The band plays a variety of music styles including jazz, R&B, Latin, funk, blues, and NOLA. The band’s primary focus is on improvisation within the context of the great organ groups such as Jimmy Smith, Groove Holmes, The Meters, and Larry Goldings. We are excited to bring our organ trio sounds to One World West Brewing in West Asheville!
$5 cover
Variety 1950’s-Today
Live After Five invites you to dance with live jazz and pop bands. Your visit to Antler Hill Village & Winery is included in Biltmore admission. Passholders can bring friends to Antler Hill Village for free after 5:00 p.m.
Post Lo-fi Yacht Hop, the sound is founded in jazz and fusion roots but is sustained by the methodologies of more modern genres such as hip hop and electronic music.
DAY OF: $12.00
ADVANCED: $10.00
It’s time to kick off your shoes and dance in the Big Barn here at Hickory Nut Gap in gorgeous Fairview, NC! Come out from 6pm-9pm to see Zydeco Ya Ya, a powerhouse band from the Piedmont area of the Carolinas and Georgia that play high energy Louisiana sound of Zydeco.
What goes better with high stepping, blaring accordion, the rhythm of a washboard and a cold brew better than traditional Cajun food- we’ll have VOODOO ROUX food truck.
Hickory Nut Gap will have a bar serving local beers, ciders, seltzers and non-alcoholic beverages to slake your thirst between reels. We cannot wait to dust off our good boots and dance again with y’all.
$10
Join us at the taproom on July 20th from 6-9 pm for live americana/bluegrass music with 81 Drifters!
With an extensive selection of Beer, Cider, Seltzer, & Hard Sweet Tea on Tap, our Mills River location also offers a full liquor bar, cocktail list, wines and non-alcoholic options plus a full kitchen! See what’s on tap and more at amb.beer/mills-river
Using piedmont and delta blues traditions as a launching pad, his performances expand into classic southern soul from Memphis and New Orleans, as well as Chicago blues and early rock n’ roll.
Passerine’s music occupies a zone somewhere between modern folk, progressive bluegrass, and what is loosely called “Americana.”
Cozy live jazz, delicious seafood, great drinks!!!
Come on out, folks – The 58th season of Shindig on the Green is a FREE event in the heart of downtown Asheville on summer Saturday evenings: a joyously spontaneous celebration of traditional and old-time string bands, bluegrass, ballad singers, big circle mountain dancers and cloggers. Stage show on the Bascom Lamar Lunsford stage and informal jam sessions around the park. Bring your instruments, lawn chairs or blankets, family and friends and join us “along about sundown” – or at seven o’clock for those who wear a watch – and enjoy the rich traditional music and dance heritage of the Southern Appalachian Mountains.
Concessions will be available.
Come and celebrate the music of Jerry Garcia and The Grateful Dead with Spiro!!
Original. Americana. Country. Desert Groove. $10
Show start 8pm. $10 cover at door.
21+
Pop in, have a cocktail and enjoy the vibes curated by Mike Andersen on the baby grand piano.
Led by shapeshifting vocalist Stephanie Morgan (formerly of Asheville’s nationally-touring pop-noir band stephaniesid), Pink Mercury creates entirely improvised sound and lyric scapes, aligning with the spirits of Pink Floyd, Cocteau Twins, Bjork, The Sundays, Billie Holiday, and so many others that have infected the players with curiosity and beauty.
$10 cover
Richard is one of the world’s finest acoustic guitar players. He plays in many genres, masterfully in each. A White Horse perennial, it’s wonderful to have him back. $20.00 ADV / $22.00 DOS
