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We are thrilled this FREE event showcasing the sustainable, living crafts of traditional Appalachia is back to a two-day celebration! Watch, participate, and enjoy various demonstrations of heritage crafts. There will be storytelling and live music featuring modern takes on traditional Appalachian music forms.
Get ready to wurst your way into fun, because Oktoberfest is back and better than ever! This year, we’re doubling the fun with a TWO week celebration kicking off on September 21st jam-packed with live music featuring Andy Ferrell (4-6) & Kevin Daniel (6:30 -8), games, foaming steins, German pub fare, and more. Ja, you heard that richtig- two weeks of schnitzel, brats, specialty drinks, and all things Oktoberfest! Prost!
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
Soul & Rock n Roll!!! Good time grooves, get on up with the get down!
Allison Hager plays acoustic versions of everything from originals to samples from all the decades.
Asheville Local indie-alternapop band brings their soulful singing and lyrical storytelling.
We are super stoked to be playing the @haywoodartscouncil Studio Tour this Saturday 12-3 in beautiful Canton NC. Come on out and see amazing art and hear three hours of music from yours truly!
Lagerhosen is an Oktoberfest collective of Asheville musicians dedicated to the Power of the Polka
Blues
All ages event
$20 General admission adults
$5 Youth (12-18), free admission for children under 12yrs.
J.Stephens (Jonathan Stephens) is a one-man band singer songwriter.
Barktoberfest at Wagbar
While he is known for his voice and guitar playing, he is also considered a storyteller.
All your acoustic favorites from the 70’s 80’s and 90’s! Fleetwood Mac, Prince, Elton John, Guns N Roses, Dave Matthews & many more. Eric Schneider & Susie Comet.
Join us for an early show before Island Nights Marshall’s Headliner kicks it off at 7pm.
The band rides the dusty crossroads of Memphis country soul and Midwest power pop – kicking the dual guitars into overdrive for fun.
SPEAK EZ, Jazz, R&B, Soul, Motown
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.
Acoustic Rock, R&B
Free Show
Slim Pickin’s will be here at Archetype with some foot-tapping tunes for you.
Join us for an evening of fun, live music and great food. The Caribbean Cowboys will be playing from 5:00p until 8:00p!
Rock’n Roll originals and punchy covers!
Join Asheville vocalist Mary Kay Williams and multi-instrumentalist Jason DeCristofaro on keyboard for a lively session of jazz standards, bluesy and latin favorites and more!
$12.05 adv
Time: 6pm-9pm
Cost: $10/person
5 and under free!
Cloud Circuit, is a Gen Xers dream come true. They play the songs that you loved in the 90s (think Cake, Portishead, The Breeders, & Beck) and the songs that get you grooving from your current playlists (like Thievery Corporation, Massive Attack, & Zero 7). Enjoy the ride as the energy builds from sultry and moody to full-on dance party!
Retro-Soul, Brass Band Funk, Singer-Songwriter Americana
Island Nights is a new music concert series is coming to Downtown Marshall! Island Nights will be held every third Saturday from July through October from 6-9pm and will feature amazing bands, food trucks, and market vendors!
Flashback playing a variety of 80’s Arena Rock era tunes.
Folk Rock vibe. Come on out and experience the best of the Laurel Canyon sound from the ’60’s and 70’s
Join us Saturday for live music w/ local favorite Billy Presnell!
singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
Roots and Dore are an American blues, soul and roots duo from the music-rich mountains of Asheville.
modern-day piano man
bluegrass versions of Grateful Dead & more
No Cover
$28 general admission / $48 VIP
‘A Night of Song and Tales’
Music by Henry Toland, and a Crankie tale based on the Inuit story ‘The Skeleton Woman’.
Come celebrate this Mabon (Fall Equinox) with us, as we set the table for heart break and rebirth.
At Mals in Marshall 7pm, $5 at the door.
Enjoy live music at The Great Hall Bar with Aaron LaFalce on piano and vocals.
$5 cover
Come celebrate the official release of Ryan Perry’s first full-length album, “UNAPOLOGETIC.”
From $20
ADVANCED: $10.00+ DAY OF: $12.00+
They call themselves the “cleanest of the dirty.” Come & kick it with Asheville’s funk, rock & blues band Dirty Bird.
$10 cover
Marc Douglas Berardo and Walt Wilkins stop in to The Asheville Guitar Bar as part of their 2024 Beauty of This Tour to swap songs and tell some stories.
$15
Pink Floyd tribute
$22.00 ADV / $25.00 DOS
Bluegrass and original music with Rudy’s Rythym & Revue.
esoteric experimental trio creating sonic dreamscapes under the guise on anonymity
“Shrek Dance Party!” DJ @bridal.parti.burcardi and @dj.bru.haus
$10 cover
Doors: 8PM – SHOW: 9PM // 21+ // $20 + – $25 +
Dark City Kings work to marry the garage rock of the Asheville underground with the mountain music of this region. This is Black Mountain flirting music. We are heartache, raucous sing-alongs, indie pop, Irish music, country music, get up and dance, and then make-out with your baby at the dark end of the bar. We are fans of Lucinda Williams and Blondie, The Waterboys and The Cure.
No Cover.
Shiloh & Gaines – Your neighborhood bar……no matter where you live.
Coffee ~ Spirits ~ Pool ~ Darts ~ Live Music ~ Dog Friendly ~ Karaoke! Find our music schedule and more at shilohandgaines.com
Polly Panic (Cello Rock Duo)
$5 cover
Doors 8pm
Music 9pm
High energy punk show alert!
Local punks Tiny Tvs and Small Does meet up with Wilmington’s Busted Radio and Greenville’s Shit Karate!
$10
$10
90s-inspired rock and 2000s emo
The South, an Indiana-based instrumental hip-hop band! :: See you here! ::
Suggested $5-$10 Donation @ The Door // 21+
We are thrilled this FREE event showcasing the sustainable, living crafts of traditional Appalachia is back to a two-day celebration! Watch, participate, and enjoy various demonstrations of heritage crafts. There will be storytelling and live music featuring modern takes on traditional Appalachian music forms.
Award-Winning North Carolina singer Raphael, most widely known for his work as the lead vocalist in the WNC regionally acclaimed 80’s tribute band, LAZRLUVR, will entertain.
On September 22 nd from noon until 4:00 PM the traditions of Cherokee and Appalachian art,
music, and dance will fill the Big Barn Venue at the Hickory Nut Gap Farm, in Fairview.
The Ani & Wanei Culture Fest brings two principal mountain cultures together in music, art, and
food. There is fun and learning for the whole family!
Live music, local artists and artisans, and pizza by the James Beard-nominated Mission Pizza!
Moon Water is a mother/daughter Americana Roots duo based in Western North Carolina bringing you gritty originals and fresh takes on old country classics singing heavenly harmonies.
Andy Ferrell will be singing original southern roots music from NC and beyond.
bluegrass, folk and mountain music
Guitarist and singer Kelly Jones, bassist Zack Page & Blues Chanteuse Peggy Ratusz coalesce successfully and the result is a blend of Blues, Jazz, Pop, Americana and Classic Country that everyone can relate to.
Surf Rock
$12.17 to $14.43 adv
Dave is a writer, tattoo artist, and host of his very own podcast “Dave is One Day Closer”. On Sunday September 22nd, we invite you to come out to support Dave’s new book launch, enjoy live music from our friend Danny Knowles, and enter a raffle for you chance to win 2 hours of tattoo from Dave!
Sunday Sounds with Kate Bryant accompanied by Wicked Weed’s own Pete Townsend in our downstairs biergarten from 3-6PM. Enjoy $10 steins of any beer under 8% (excluding sours)
The Hot Club of Asheville, led by guitarist Steve Karla, is a collective of Asheville’s finest professional musicians, coming together with a shared love of Gypsy Jazz. The band honors the traditional Gypsy Swing in the styles of Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli from the 1930-50’s, while infusing the tradition with more modern qualities of jazz expression. Free Show
Asheville, NC based gritty, funky Grateful Dead tribute band. Energy level: cosmic.
Free Show
Original classic style country full of heart and soul, laced with wit and woe.
The Red Hot Sugar Babies perform sassy jazz and sultry blues of the roaring 20’s-30’s including Vintage Jazz, Blues, Swing, Ragtime, Dixieland, New Orleans.
Included with admission or accompanied by an annual passholder after 5PM
$14.31 adv
jazz pianist
Live Performances by:
- Farewell Phoenix (cassette release)
- Khandroma + Sleep Number (collaborative set)
- Spectral Habitat (Meg Mulhearn + Elisa Faires)
Dancing starts about 6:30 pm and we welcome musicians who would like to join our waltz jam band and Dancers to dance to some good music! This is a free event.
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!
“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
Show start 8pm. $15 cover at the door.
$25 – $35 +
$24.60 adv