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Asheville Junction
@ North Asheville Tailgate Market (at Stein Mart)
Dust off your lederhosen and strap on your suspenders because it’s time for the highly anticipated return of Hickory Nut Gap’s Sausage Festival! Join us for the ultimate fall celebration, bringing together the best of local flavors and festivities.
Live Music: Get ready for an incredible, high-energy performance by Das OomPapas of Marion, NC. These local legends know how to get the party started and keep the spirit alive with their polka and festival tunes.
Bring a little cash for our Relief Raffle to benefit the Fairview Fire Department’s recovery, just $5/ticket.
Join us for RADfest 1.0 for a weekend of art, resilience, and community as we celebrate the soft reopening of Asheville’s River Arts District.
During the soft opening, visit open studios and galleries along Roberts St, Artful Way, Clingman Ave, and upper Depot St. Shop directly from displaced RAD artists set up in the Pinegate Renewables parking lot at 130 Roberts St. The event will feature food trucks and live music as we come together to rebuild and revitalize our beloved River Arts District.
Chef Joey Woll and Chef Britt McKenzie will be smoking up delicious pork butt from our friends at Hickory Nut Gap. BBQ will be by suggested donation however no one will be turned away. We encourage those able to “pay it forward” and purchase donations for others. Any unused meals and proceeds will be collected and donated to Beloved Asheville.
Live music by members of Supatight and Diamond River Band! – 1p-4p
Yala Cultural Tour + Drum Workshop
@ LEAF Global Arts
Visit LEAF Global Arts every Saturday for an in-house cultural exchange with Adama Dembele. Experience the Ivory Coast with our Culture Keeper from the House of Djembe.
Stay for an all-ages Drum Workshop, no experience necessary.
PATIO (FREE SHOW!): RAD Stroll with Emily Martin & The Innocent Mischief
@ The Grey Eagle
My Magnificent Nemesis, which features Chuck Lichtenberger, James Kylen, Asher Hill and Alex Travers. MMN promises a tour de force of mostly original compositions with intricately orchestrated sections offset by soaring improvisations.
If you like rock, we sound like a jazz band. If you like jazz we sound like a rock band. Soaring intensity mixed with moments of humor.
Shell or High Water Social Club
@ The Market Place
This Saturday, Nov 9th from 2-5 PM, we’re serving up smoked or raw oysters, cold beers, wine and negronis on The Market Place patio! Featuring live beats from DJ Nex Millen.
PATIO (FREE SHOW!): RADA Stroll with A.G. Hammond
@ The Grey Eagle
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/
PATIO (FREE SHOW!): RAD Stroll with Grateful Family Band
@ The Grey Eagle
This is a donation-based festival, with 100% of the proceeds at the door benefitting Lamplight AVL and their efforts to support Asheville area artists in the aftermath of Helene.
Music on the Knoll w/ Zack Page & Friends
@ Lake Louise Community Center Weaverville
Live at the Community Center. Zack on Bass with Bill Bares on keys & Kass Blount on vocals performing a selection of light jazz and bosa nova standards.
Parker Zelter & Friends
@ The Mule at Devil's Foot Beverage Co.
Band of the Sky edition w/ Mike Barnes, Ritchie Tipton and Jeff Anders & special guests. Playing Led Zeppelin, Marshall Tucker classic rock covers along with their originals! No cover, just come out and enjoy some great food, great beer, and great music.
Carolina Bluegrass Style
@ Blue Mountain Pizza Weaverville
The innovative “klezgrass” music of Zoe & Cloyd springs from the rich traditions and complementary styles of fiddler/vocalist Natalya Zoe Weinstein and multi-instrumentalist/vocalist John Cloyd Miller. They delight audiences of all ages with soaring harmonies and heartfelt songwriting, seamlessly combining original bluegrass, klezmer, old-time and folk with sincerity and zeal.
Pay What You Can
MND Waltz/Contra Night
@ St. George’s West Asheville
Drop in early for dinner and join “Mr. Soul Motion’s Supper Club”, where the smooth and sweet stuff gets played! Once the diners clear out, the tables move, the volume goes up, the lights go down, and the dance party is on!
DJ MTN VIBEZ! Latin Dance Night
@ Urban Orchard Cider Co. - South Slope
Join us for the Raphael Graves Trio at Shiloh & Gaines. Graves is the lead vocalist for LAZRLUVR (recently awarded #1 overall band in WNC in the MountainXPress). Trio show Featuring Jack Mascari shredding on guitar and Zack Page holding down the low end on bass!!!!
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
We all need a good punk show and our pals Tiny TVs (feral garage punk) are coming through with Comedic Death (frigid doom punk) and Greenville punks Superdeath! $10 suggested donation
Mellow Swells
@ The One Stop at Asheville Music Hall
A benefit supporting relief for Hurricane Helene. Support some really great causes, and for crying out loud… EAT SOME OF THE BEST BBQ YOUVE EVER HAD! Diamond River band plays from 2-4 . Generously donated by ECE entertainment
Join us for RADfest 1.0 for a weekend of art, resilience, and community as we celebrate the soft reopening of Asheville’s River Arts District.
During the soft opening, visit open studios and galleries along Roberts St, Artful Way, Clingman Ave, and upper Depot St. Shop directly from displaced RAD artists set up in the Pinegate Renewables parking lot at 130 Roberts St. The event will feature food trucks and live music as we come together to rebuild and revitalize our beloved River Arts District.
This Asheville, N.C. based duo delivers an eclectic blend of “Retro-fitted Folk/Rag”, Americana & Piedmont Blues music. Semi-unplugged fingerpicks and guitar licks!
Purple is an instrumental quartet playing tunes from the pop, jazz, soul, and funk idioms. Featuring JC Mears, Matt Pike, Jacob Bruner & Spiro Nicolopoulos.
Suns of Stars Early Sunday Residency
@ One World Brewing - West
Orbiting around Asheville’s grateful music scene since late 2023, Suns Of Stars blends contemporary and traditional bluegrass with a high energy jam style. At its core lies the trio of Alex Bazemore (guitar), and Asheville’s own Jackson Chisholm (upright bass) and Johnny Humphries (mandolin). As Suns Of Stars has been gathering momentum they’ve picked up Alex Ball (fiddle/violin) and Gabe Epstein (banjo). A massive song repertoire and growing list of original music make for a unique performance each time.
$10 Cover
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
A product of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Chris’ songs utilize a unique brand of folk-rock to tell tales of starry-eyed troubadours and working-class romantics. Holding a sense of hope and a sense of sorrow, Chris’ songs often bounce between a sniffle and a hiccup.
Jack’s Traditional Irish/Celtic Jam Session
@ Jack Of The Wood
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/
Isaac Hadden
@ Doug Mcelvy's Mountain Fly Outfitters Canton
It’s getting chili y’all, let’s warm each other up and bring together Asheville’s finest exports (BEER & MUSIC)
Music Benefit, Chili Cook Off & AMP social in partnership with @avlmusicprofessionals benefitting @iamavl Music Industry Relief Fund.
Each ticket includes a pint of beer from Outsider + chili + music from DJ @juan_holladay + streaming the game. There will be prizes for the best chili and a silent auction. We will also be providing a guide with up-to-date resources for musicians to apply for assistance. To enter the chili cook-off, please email info@outsiderbrewing.beer.
Blue Mountain Mischief brings you a fall brawl featuring the black metal baddies in Necrogasm, the power house players in Chaos Among Cattle, the succulent sinners in Bleedseason, and the corn bread fed fellows in My Name is Ned.
Dedicated to advancing and preserving the big band jazz tradition, the 17-piece Asheville Jazz Orchestra is western North Carolina’s premier big band. Whether they are playing a swing dance, club date, or formal concert, the AJO is the hardest swinging band in Asheville.
Live Music: Get ready for an incredible, high-energy performance by Das OomPapas of Marion, NC. These local legends know how to get the party started and keep the spirit alive with their polka and festival tunes.
Tonight!
