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Paul Gisondo @ Asheville City Market
Oct 19 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Music to groove to while shopping for local goods…….accordian style!!!

Kate Leigh Bryant @ Black Mountain Tailgate Market
Oct 19 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Enjoy some live music while shopping for local goods on Saturday morning!

 

LEAF LOVE for Swannanoa+Black Mtn.
Oct 19 @ 12:00 pm – 7:00 pm
FOR LOCALS by local LEAF artists*
Community gatherings for families w/ music, art, dance & world drum day ❤️‍🩹
*Sunday 20th 12-7 at Blunt Pretzels, Pisgah, White Horse
**a Gift for our Swannanoa + Black Mtn friends**
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WNC RELIEF CONCERT featuring TOUBAB KREWE @ Sierra Nevada Mills River
Oct 19 @ 12:00 pm – 8:30 pm

This Saturday, we’re coming together at our Mills River Brewery to support Western North Carolina with a special concert at the outdoor amphitheater. Entry is free and all ages are welcome. Asheville’s Toubab Krewe headlines a lineup of six incredible regional bands.
A portion of proceeds from Taproom sales will go directly to our friends at Food Connection to support their vital work. Join us for a day of music, community, and giving back.

Also performing Pink Beds, Lyric, Andrew Scotchie, The Greenliners, The Congdon Griffin Band

1st Annual Oktoberfest! @ Auction House Food Hall Fletcher
Oct 19 @ 1:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Join us for our first ever Oktoberfest Celebration! German Beers, Foods and Games! Live music by The Steubenville Tootlers and T.C. Costello!
It’s going to be great! See you there!

Reselience & Rythym @ The Whale :: West Asheville
Oct 19 @ 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm

On Saturday 4 amazing local bands are coming to play on the patio from 1-7pm for an afternoon of celebrating our beautiful, resilient community and some of the music makers who make Asheville so special!

Iggy Radio @ Mills River Brewing Co.
Oct 19 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
I am a self designated wizard of Looping! All your favorite song of days gone by! Join us for an afternoon of rock, pop, and jazz from the ’60s through the ’90s!
G.A.M.E. (Grateful Asheville Music Experience) @ Pisgah Brewing Black Mountain
Oct 19 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm

3pm this Saturday at Pisgah Brewing Company
GAME -Grateful Asheville
Music Experience! Bring out yer Dead!

Karaoke Karaoke w/ Salina @ LaZoom Room
Oct 19 @ 3:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Live Music with Aaron Woody Wood @ The Railyard Black Mountain
Oct 19 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

This cosmic Appalachian soul/Americana musician will be playing live.

Lookout Jam @ Lookout Brewing Black Mountain
Oct 19 @ 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Come out and make some music every day this week.

What’s Shaking? Saturday Music and Dance Party! (for littles and their adults) @ The Mule at Devil's Foot Beverage Co.
Oct 19 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
The What’s Shaking? Music and Dance Party is a live interactive music, rhythm and rhyme concert for littles (ages 0-7) and their adults, based on the curriculum of local pre-school teacher Ryan Glass (aka Mr. Ryan).

 

Tacos & Tunes Ft. The Barsters @ TacoBilly West Asheville
Oct 19 @ 3:30 pm – 6:00 pm

Join the Barsters for a great mix of old-time, bluegrass, blues and classic country.

dj lil meow meow @ Little Jumbo
Oct 19 @ 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Leo Johnson Trio @ Antidote Asheville
Oct 19 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Leo Johnson Trio. Come catch some tunes! Hot swing and sweet standards!

 

Let Them Know You Saw It On LiveMusicAsheville.com
Oct 19 @ 4:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Mr Jimmy @ Asheville Club
Oct 19 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Enjoy authentic Blues music from Mr Jimmy.

Nobody’s Darling String Band @ Jack Of The Wood
Oct 19 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Nobody’s Darling String Band is a group of five ladies who are seasoned Old Time musicians, that play lively Mountain Music every Saturday from 4 to 6 at Jack of the Wood. A fiddle, guitars, standup bass and banjo uke round out this engaging and energetic group, playing in the traditional style of Appalachian roots music.

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/

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Shed Bugs & Dirty Bird @ One World Brewing - West
Oct 19 @ 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm
This Saturday! We got a double feature inside with Shed Bugs and Dirty Bird from 4:00pm to 7:00pm! 100% Donation based and any donations to Be Well AVL will get ya a free sticker! Come out and support some hometown heroes and enjoy some delicious beer!
🐜The Shed Bugs are an Asheville based jam band specializing in blues, funk, and psychedelic rock.
🦆Dirty Bird is a pop Fusion Quartet of Multi-instrumentalists who play original music and a wide variety of covers.
Alex Krug Combo @ The Railyard Black Mountain
Oct 19 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
The Alex Krug Combo is a dream-rock/americana band rolling out of Asheville, NC. The combo is engrossed in landscape, atmosphere and melodic ecstasy.

 

 

Krekel and Whoa @ Montford Mini Gallery
Oct 19 @ 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Art party this Saturday to benefit AVL artists who have been impacted by Hurricane Helene. 5-10pm. 93 Westover Dr. $10 suggested donation. All donations go directly to the artists. 🤍

Krekel and Whoa – Laid back, acoustic, full of love. An adaptable duo, their show can be folk-y and acoustic, or rockin’ and electric.

Reggae Saturday with CHALWA @ Highland Brewing
Oct 19 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

8-member Mountain Reggae powerhouse.

Kat Williams @ White Horse Black Mountain
Oct 19 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm

The Emmy-nominated, and finalist on “America’s Got Talent,” and Asheville’s Jazz and Blues Diva, Kat Williams presents a night of music.

Soul Blue Rocks @ Riverside Rhapsody Brewing
Oct 19 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Classic Soul and Blues favorites

 

DJ Mtn Vibez @ Hemingway's Cuba at The Cambria Hotel Rooftop
Oct 19 @ 6:00 pm – 9:30 pm
The Pubsters @ The Joint Next Door Fairview
Oct 19 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Carolina Drifters @ Mills River Brewing Co.
Oct 19 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Original southern rock/alt country music from Hendersonville’s own Carolina Drifters.

Mile High Band LIVE @ Twin Willows Mars Hill
Oct 19 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

country, rock

Carolina Bluegrass Style @ Jack Of The Wood
Oct 19 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Lively bluegrass tunes courtesy of Columbia’s Carolina Bluegrass Style!!! Sláinte, y’all!

Jack Of The Wood 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/

 

Phuncle Sam @ Shiloh & Gaines
Oct 19 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Grateful Dead tribute

Greg Candle Live @ Vintage Kava Weaverville
Oct 19 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm

old blues, classic country, and originals

Pinkish Floyd @ The Grey Eagle
Oct 19 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Resonant Rogues @ Eda's Hide-a-Way Weaverville
Oct 19 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm

Appalachian old-time, classic country, and vintage soul

Free Show

The Dead Tongues with Libby Rodenbough @ Eulogy
Oct 19 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Just Announced – FREE SHOW

Chris Cohen / Sham / Zack Kardon @ Static Age-Records
Oct 19 @ 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm
DJ Mr. Soul Motion @ The Admiral West Asheville
Oct 19 @ 9:00 pm – Oct 20 @ 12:00 am
Wayne Buckner and Shooting Creek Band @ T Birds Weaverville
Oct 19 @ 9:00 pm – Oct 20 @ 12:00 am

Wayne Buckner and Shooting Creek Band playing Country and Southern Rock.

No Cover

 

 

Oct
20
Sun
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Oct 20 all-day

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Ain’t Dead Yet @ Lookout Brewing Black Mountain
Oct 20 @ 12:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Live Music, Cold Beer, Free Haircuts

FREE SHOW: Dave Desmelik @ The Grey Eagle
Oct 20 @ 12:00 pm – 2:30 pm
LEAF LOVE for Swannanoa+Black Mtn.
Oct 20 @ 12:00 pm – 7:00 pm
FOR LOCALS by local LEAF artists*
Community gatherings for families w/ music, art, dance & world drum day ❤️‍🩹
*Sunday 20th 12-7 at Blunt Pretzels, Pisgah, White Horse
**a Gift for our Swannanoa + Black Mtn friends**
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River Arts District Market @ All Souls Pizza
Oct 20 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
River Arts District Market, where local artists and vendors who have lost everything due to Hurricane Helene are able to hold a pop-up in the field next to All Souls Pizza.
Please come on out and support our community as we come together to support and rebuild.
Hazel Brindley @ RAD Brewing Company
Oct 20 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Pop in for our Fall Festival and enjoy the vibes curated by Hazel Brindley on the piano.
LEAF LOVE @ White Horse Black Mountain
Oct 20 @ 1:30 pm – 8:00 pm
And the Sunday surprise is…LEAF LOVE for Black Mountain & Swannanoa. For locals by local LEAF artists. This is a community gathering for families, happening Sunday Oct. 20th from 1:30-8pm. This is a gift from LEAF Global Arts to the Community, and we are thrilled to host this extra special event. Artists include: Lyric (1:30,) Ovadya (3:00,) Les Amis w Masankho (4:30,) and Reggie Headen (6:00.)
Come ready to eat as our White Horse friends, the Pit Crew, will be serving up chicken & sausage gumbo and burgers, all for free.
This show is a FREE EVENT.
Bill and Tad’s Excellent Duo (acoustic) @ Souther Williams Vineyard Fletcher
Oct 20 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Blake Ellege’s “Chillbilly” @ Sierra Nevada Mills River
Oct 20 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Chillbilly is the Southeasts Premier Southern Rock Tribute Experience! Join them as they bring you through some of the biggest and high-energy southern rock hits, power ballads and one hit wonders!

Circus Mutt @ Mills River Brewing Co.
Oct 20 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

boot stompin mutt grass!!

Grand Re-Opening & WNC Prideful Pups Fundraiser @ The WagWorld BARn & Event Center
Oct 20 @ 2:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Join us on October 20th, from 2pm to 9pm for great music, delicious beverages, playful pups, and more!

Mourning Mass w/ Sugar Bomb @ Burial Beer South Slope
Oct 20 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

groove-jazz instrumental trio

Queen Bee and the Honeylovers @ Highland Brewing
Oct 20 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Queen Bee and the Honeylovers is an unabashedly joyful swing band that performs all-original compositions with a dedicated ‘nod’ to the small-jazz-combo and ‘hot club’ legends who first defined the genre.

Red Clay Revival & Sanctum Sully @ The Mule at Devil's Foot Beverage Co.
Oct 20 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Songs From The Road Band @ One World Brewing - West
Oct 20 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Songs From The Road Band is an award winning North Carolina based bluegrass band

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Fee Fi PHaux fISH @ The Grey Eagle
Oct 20 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Alex Bazemore on Guitar, Hannah Ramsey on Keyboards, Ryan Crabtree on bass, and Benjamin Falcon on drums. Playing the music of Phish and other artist’s material they have covered, the band focuses on performing in their style. (fka. The Lumpy Heads)

Donation Based Show (tip the band y’all)

 

Iggy Radio @ Asheville Yacht Club
Oct 20 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
A plethora of sounds and styles. Beatboxing mixed with killer guitar and loop mastery. A one man orchestra. Plays all the songs you love.
Lookout Jam @ Lookout Brewing Black Mountain
Oct 20 @ 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Come out and make some music every day this week.

Jack’s Traditional Irish/Celtic Jam Session @ Jack Of The Wood
Oct 20 @ 3:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Stop in for the pub’s long running Traditional Irish Session each Sunday afternoon beginning around 3:30pm. Many talented local musicians come from WNC to jam away into the night – all on our pub stage! Sunday is a perfect day to enjoy a pint or afternoon Irish coffee! Slaínte!

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/

Helene Benefit @ Peacock Palace
Oct 20 @ 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm
We continue Asheville Community! This will be a good one! See you here!
Music – Food – Dancing – Love –

 

 

Let Them Know You Saw It On LiveMusicAsheville.com
Oct 20 @ 4:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Chris Wayne @ Auction House Food Hall Fletcher
Oct 20 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Chris plays the music of Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Ricky Nelson along with originals.
Swanny, Crowe & the Monk @ 5 Walnut Wine Bar
Oct 20 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Blues, Country, Jazz and Funk.

Elevated Open Mic @ Elevated Kava Lounge
Oct 20 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Happy Sunday Asheville! Open mic tonight from 8- close signups start at 7pm!

Fog Lake with Foxes In Fiction @ Eulogy
Oct 20 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Chuck Johnson / Mount / Infinitikiss @ Static Age-Records
Oct 20 @ 8:30 pm – 11:00 pm
Oct
21
Mon
Love What We Do @ LiveMusicAsheville.com?
Oct 21 all-day

Please consider a $5 donation to help support LiveMusicAsheville.com!

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Music Venues, Bands & Promoters
Oct 21 all-day

Rule Number 1: Target An Audience That Is Actively Searching For Live Music!

That’s Our Audience 😜

Ask Us About Our “LOOK HERE” Listings!

 

Musicians In The Round (open mic) @ Catawba Brewing South Slope
Oct 21 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

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.

 

The Trouble Notes @ Lookout Brewing Black Mountain
Oct 21 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Sitting somewhere between traditional folk, gritty progressive rock and explosive dance music, The Trouble Notes, from England, have traveled their way across continents in search of musical influences…

Peggy Ratusz & Friends @ White Horse Black Mountain
Oct 21 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
A Country Western with trust blinks. & Tombstone Poetry @ Eulogy
Oct 21 @ 6:30 pm – 10:30 pm

Free Show…… Beloved Asheville Benefit

Open Mic Night @ One World Brewing Downtown
Oct 21 @ 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm

Good news! We are bringing our Monday night Open Mic Night back-hosted by Tony Willingham. Sign-Ups @ 6:30

Whitney Mongé @ 5 Walnut Wine Bar
Oct 21 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Whitney was raised with rhythm and blues in her blood, and while growing up in the Pacific Northwest, her music is heavily influenced by the alternative rock and indie folk scene coining her own genre, Folk n’ Soul.

Mildlife with Adam Halliwell @ The Grey Eagle
Oct 21 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
27 Club Karaoke @ 27 Club
Oct 21 @ 9:00 pm – Oct 22 @ 2:00 am
Anita Velveeta / Anna Stern / DJ Digital Spliff @ Static Age-Records
Oct 21 @ 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Let Them Know You Saw It On LiveMusicAsheville.com
Oct 21 @ 10:00 pm
Oct
22
Tue
Love What We Do @ LiveMusicAsheville.com?
Oct 22 all-day

Please consider a $5 donation to help support LiveMusicAsheville.com!

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Last 4 digits – 3383

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Django Jazz Jam with Fatty @ Turgua Brewing Fairview
Oct 22 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Yawni / Wave Generators / The Build / Acklen Walker @ Sly Grog Lounge
Oct 22 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Jenny Bradley’s Curated Fourth Tuesday @ RAD Brewing Company
Oct 22 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

This Tuesday please come out for my Curated Fourth Tuesday series (in place of my open mic/regular open mic will be 2nd Tuesdays). We’ve got Moon Water, Ben Balmer, Melissa McKinney and the great Jonathan Calhoun of Ashes & Arrows who just made it to the finals on Americas Got Talent! This is a pay what you can event (even if it’s $1) with a suggested donation of $10 all going to the artists.

The John Henrys @ 5 Walnut Wine Bar
Oct 22 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Hot Jazz ~ Standards (Great American Songbook) ~ Swing

An Evening With Vanessa Collier @ The Grey Eagle
Oct 22 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

$21.21 to $32.31

Kate Bollinger with The Beak Trio @ Eulogy
Oct 22 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
DJ Devyn Marzuola @ The Double Crown
Oct 22 @ 9:00 pm – Oct 23 @ 12:00 am
DJ Mad Mike @ Imperial
Oct 22 @ 9:00 pm – Oct 23 @ 12:00 am
Oct
23
Wed
Operation We Are Love
Oct 23 @ 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
FREE FAMILY SHOW in West Asheville on Wednesday, yall! Come and celebrate the amazing community that this town has. Although the storm was apocalyptic, the recovery is downright inspiring. Feel free to share with all your friends and fam, whether they got kids or not!
Jack’s Old-Time Jam @ Jack Of The Wood
Oct 23 @ 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Hey y’all! Come grab some dinner & a pint and enjoy some of our best local musicians playing at our long-running old-time jam! 5-9pm every Wednesday @jackofthewood 🎻🪕🍔🍺 $1.00 off all Jameson, too! 🥃

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/

Wednesday Bluegrass/Old Time Jam @ Riverside Rhapsody Brewing
Oct 23 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Acoustic Old Time/Bluegrass Jam!! C’mon Out!!

Andy Ferrell @ Cellarest Beer Project
Oct 23 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Live music from Andy Ferrell! This North Carolina native gives folk a whole new meaning.

Circus Mutt (Stray Mutt) @ The Joint Next Door Fairview
Oct 23 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Dan solo with maybe a guest or two. Circus Mutt draws from a spectrum of musical influences including rock-n-roll, jazz and bluegrass. Wherever they are, it is sure to be a circus and you are surely welcome.

 

 

 

Jay Brown @ Black Mountain Brewery
Oct 23 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
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)
Twin Leaf Open Mic @ Twin Leaf Brewery
Oct 23 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Wagbar Open Mic Night @ Wagbar Weaverville,
Oct 23 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Hosted by Billy Litz (weather permitting)
Frank Cassel Bluegrass Band @ Leveller Brewing Weaverville
Oct 23 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Frank Cassel is a lifelong, award winning, self-described “banjo man” who recently moved to Weaverville. Alongside West Asheville locals Michael Avery on mandolin and Sam Gottlieb on guitar, he’ll perform lively and engaging folk, bluegrass and original music for all audiences including kids and seniors.

Irish Music Session @ White Horse Black Mountain
Oct 23 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
In true pub fashion, White Horse Black Mountain hosts a traditional Irish-style session twice a month, on the second and fourth Wednesdays, starting at 7pm. (FREE)

 

Porn Star Karaoke @ Fleetwood's
Oct 23 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
You sing, they dance
21+ // $
Bam-a-Lam @ 5 Walnut Wine Bar
Oct 23 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

lo-fi pop and rocknroll with Jason Krekel & Craig Kelberg

Dale Hollow @ Eulogy
Oct 23 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Latin Night Wednesdays @ One World Brewing - West
Oct 23 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
DJ Mtn Vibez  $5  at Door.
Nick Shoulders and The Okay Crawdad with Jack Stude @ The Grey Eagle
Oct 23 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Let Them Know You Saw It On LiveMusicAsheville.com
Oct 23 @ 10:00 pm