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Oct
27
Fri
A night of stoner, doom metal with Weight Shift, Hashwitch and We Follow The Earth. Doors at 8pm $10 cover at the outstanding Fleetwoods!
Alien Invasion with DJ Daggett on the decks! From 10pm till the aliens call us home, flaunt your most out-of-this-world costume and groove to the interstellar beats by the river. 21+
Join us as we pay homage to the trailblazing Southern Appalachian hip-hop legends. It’s a night dedicated to the timeless, classic sound that defines hip-hop culture.
Doors swing open at 10 PM, and the ticket to this unforgettable event is just $10! Don’t sleep on this one-of-a-kind hip-hop experience.
Oct
28
Sat
Music to groove to while shopping for local goods.
Come and join us at Foundation Skatepark from 11am -3pm for T-shirt printing, mask making for kids, spooky vending, beverages and music by DJ Soapbox. The parade will kick off at 3:10pm-ish once the Pumpkin Peddlers reach the skatepark to join in the procession to New Belgium.
Workshps and Procession headed by artist Dennis McNett (a.k.a. Wolfbat)
Come celebrate 10 years of cider with us all day Saturday, with live DJs, food vendors, specialty drink menus, our coveted Fire Ciders
, some spooky fun surprises and plenty of space and games for the family during the day!
When darkness falls…the “Night of the Living Disco” begins! 21+ Halloween (An Apocalypse Zombie Disco) costume dance party with DJ Mtn Vibez
The Knotty G’s travel the country sharing their soul-soaked Americana music — serving up a hearty, original recipe of pan-seared, boot-stomping-upbeat tunes, slow-cooked, captivating ballads and even a few beaten, battered, deep-fried covers.
Join us for the very first Halloween celebration at Fae Nectar in Lake Lure NC, and the very first launching of our Trebuchet for Punkin Chunkin! Featuring all sorts of events for kids small and tall, trick-or-treating, costume contests, catapult launch, live music, delicious food and drinks, and artisan market, and dance party until the very late hour!
There will be LOCAL VENDORS set up selling goods and services.
For each Dig LocALE sold, customers will get a Raffle ticket to enter to win a prize pack of local goods, swag and gift certificates from the participating vendors.
This is a family friendly/dog friendly event with Live Music at 3:00 featuring the beloved kids band – “What’s Shaking”
Festivities include:
• Kids Costume Contest
• Dog Costume Contest
• Stein Holding Competition
• Apple Bobbing Contest
Purchase delicious BBQ and more from Bear’s BBQ.
MORE Live Music starts at 5:00 with the band “Clam Chowder Experience”
Join us for a day of Fall fun, celebrating community, benefiting Food Connection!
Alright y’all put on your best costumes and come down to One World West for an early show with lb and the Wildflowers! We are gonna play some spooky ghosty songs and have a good time!
$5 Cover
Sabora Food Truck OPEN
-Doggy Costume Party
-Trucking Delicious Food Truck
-Drink Special
-Free Raffle
Live Music:
-Nashville’s Matt Gatewood & James Lavine 4-6PM
-Ryan Furstenberg 6:30-8:30
Throughout Autumn we’ll be hosting intimate music events on Saturday Nights at the Asheville Dispensary Elixir & Tea Bar. A perfect opportunity to relax, enjoy the soothing sounds of acoustic music, and create memories with friends and neighbors. We are stoked to present a night of 3 sets from Open Folk favorites Jon Charles Dwyer, Annie Jo & Jake Klar!
Chris Jamison is a songwriter with a keen sense of hook, and melody. No Depression has called his songs “sing-a-long immediate and earworm lasting”, while the Austin Chronicle has called the “prolific” young songwriter’s lyrics “contemporary poetry”.
THIS SATURDAY!! – HALLOWEEN COSTUME BASH at The Barn at Paint Fork with cash prizes award for best costumes in three categories! Everyone welcome to come enjoy live music with Wayne Buckner 7-10, karaoke from 5-7 and an on site food truck.
Costumes are encouraged! Let’s have some Halloween fun at one of our last outdoor shows of the season! All ages, free, music from 5-7 PM.
***THE GET RIGHT BAND***
The Get Right Band is a psychedelic indie rock band committed to relentlessly following their muses to honest self-expression, to whatever excites them and pushes them into unexplored territory, to capturing some version of truth.
We’re Deep Pocket, a blues/rock band based out of Boone, NC. Check us out!
Orange Peel Events presents
DROPKICK MURPHYS
The Interrupters
Jesse Ahern
at Rabbit Rabbit
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28
Show: 6pm | Doors: 4:30pm
$45 – $50
Every Friday & Saturday night at Oak and Grist, we’re hosting live music from 6-8pm.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27TH: Handpan Jam with Josh Rivera
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28TH: Color Machine Music
On October 28th, 6 PM “Hell Comes to Flavortown” we’re crankin’ up the gasps for the ultimate Halloween rager! Get ready to taste flavors that’ll punch your taste buds in the face, with Boy Howdy Burgers and Mount Patisserie donuts! Then dance to beats from DJ Bridal Parti Bucardii that’ll pump you up, and step into GUY SCIERY’s lair, filled with epic Halloween decor that’ll freak you out, bruh. It’s gonna be DONKEY SAUCE!
Come get outside for dinner. We have Ginger Taylor live with folk and rock.
Gimme Gimme Disco Dance Party (A 70’s Disco Party Inspired By ABBA) is coming to the Indoor Stage at Salvage Station on Saturday, October 28th! Doors open at 7PM and the music starts at 8PM. This is a General Admission, 18+ ONLY show (no exceptions). FREE ON-SITE PARKING! $20 + advance
This free Halloween show is available to the public! VIP experience is sold out but expect a wild night full of surprises, including a SPECIAL SURPRISE GUEST APPEARANCE 
BE sure to dawn your best costume for a chance to win the costume contest! it’s one of our last two shows of 2023 and we hope to see you there!
DAY OF: $12.00
ADVANCED: $10.00
Welcome to the Vampire Ball, a fall fundraiser for the arts! Get ready for a night of fangs, fun, and fantastic music. Join us at the Black Mountain Center for the Arts for an unforgettable evening. Dress to impress in your most haunting Halloween attire and indulge in a night of dancing and mingling with fellow creatures of the night. $20 ($15 member)
Our annual Halloween Bash features Spooky Symphonic Music befitting the occasion performed by THE LAND OF SKY SYMPHONIC BAND. Come as you are…. and even better yet, put on your most creative costume . There will be a Costume Contest. $20/$22 DOS
$10 in advance and $15 day of.
This is an 18+ Event.
We’ll be playing full-band at Story Parlor on October 28th, put on by the unparalleled @lonesomestationmusic and joined by the brilliant @lauraboswell. $14.56
Music by the Screaming J’s. Costume optional. Prize for best costume!! Fun for all!!! BYOB
The Screaming J’s hail from the mountains of Asheville, North Carolina, where their influences range from New Orleans honky-tonk to bluegrass, gospel and ragtime. Found somewhere in-between a honkey-tonk barn party and an Americana trio on a long psychedelic “trip”, you won’t be disappointed with the infectious energy that is a Screaming J’s performance!!
8PM • 18+
$10 SUGGESTED DONATION
COSTUME PARTY
ALIEN CALLING
FULL MOON/ECLIPSE RITUAL
FEATURING:
@soundbendr
@acklenwalker
@justpressplay_jpp
@logselectricspacewhistle
Show: 8pm | Doors: 7pm
$35 – $40
Glam up in your Barbie best, and descend into a night of fantastical dance and eerie elegance by the riverside. $10 cover 21+
DIFFERENT WRLD’S LEGENDARY HALLOWEEN EXTRAVAGANZA >:)
DOORS @ 8PM // COSTUME CONTEST @ 9PM // DANCING UNTIL 2AM
$18.19
Join us for a spine-tingling Halloweekend night, as Asheville’s finest weirdos take stage at Fleetwood’s, for a free show that’s not to be missed! Featuring:
SAFETY COFFIN
These bluesy basement dwellers will haunt your ears with their high-energy performance, dishing out tunes from their recent record release…and a few surprises.
BAD SLEEPERS
This trio of rowdy rock’n’rollers dependably deliver a beer chugging, adrenaline-pumping, scary good time.
The Deviled Eggs
A uniquely macabre duo, The Deviled Eggs weave eerie tales of all things dark and demented, into their haunting melodies.
DJ NITE NURSE
With the coolest of cool vinyl selections, DJ Nite Nurse will enchant your senses with a bewitching blend of bangers that transcend time and space.
COSTUME CONTEST
Join us the Saturday before Halloween to sing some ghoulish tunes and raise some Hell! We will be holding a costume contest at Midnight for 3 catergories: Funniest, Scariest, and Most Original. $50 cash prize for each winner! Plus, get a handful of treats (or tricks) every time you sing a Halloween themed song!
Come and Howl at the Moon with us!!
and raise some Hell! We will be holding a costume contest at Midnight for 3 catergories: Funniest, Scariest, and Most Original. $50 cash prize for each winner! Plus, get a handful of treats (or tricks) from our Sack-O-Lantern whenever you sing a Halloween themed song!
We are going to have a great Halloween Party this Saturday with a Horror Movie Costume contest. You need to wear a costume from a horror movie for the chance to win $250. We will have a DJ playing Halloween, Horror, and Party Dance Music 9-Midnight. Drink specials as well as our Low Country Boil starting at 5pm until sold out.
JBB draws from bluegrass, rock, folk & funk influences to create a unique & compelling live sound that brings all that music to life — and then some! Funky Bluesy Southern Rock • $5 COVER AT DOOR
(Doors 8:00 // Show: 9pm) $
The Grass Is Dead return to Asheville Music Hall with their good buddy Josh Daniel for another real good time! And to make the night even more fun, Into The Fog will be opening up the night! Don’t delay, grab your tickets today, this event is not to be missed!
Show: 9PM (Doors: 8PM)
Tickets: $15/$20
21+
Come hang out and jam with us!
it’s going to be an awesome night of music!
$10
21+
Live Music with Armadilla 10-12…..DJ Camaro from 12-2
Halloween Party with DJ Grimmjoi & DJ Audio
Halloween Dance Party with DJ Lil Meow Meow
Costumes encouraged!
Spooky drink specials!
10pm-1am
$5 suggested donation
Join us for an evening of musical exploration with JBOT!! This show features Jamar Woods on keys, Patrick Armitage on drums, Marisa Blake on vocals and good vibes, Tyler Housholder on percussion, Jacob Rodriguez on sax, and Josh Blake. This show is officially the unofficial after party for anything happing downtown Saturday night.
Oct
29
Sun
Mountain-to-Table dining, brunch cocktails, exquisite vibes with DJ Phantom Pantone & Friends.
Session Café will be serving light bites, coffee drinks, cocktails, and mocktails. Enjoy solo violin by Stephanie Quinn as part of Citizen Vinyl’s ongoing classical music series. Stephanie is a freelance soloist, ensemble leader, and tutti orchestra musician with an active teaching studio. Fluent in both classical and contemporary music, she has a list of professional credits spanning many pages.
Join us for our annual Howl-O-Ween event benefiting @charliesangelsanimalrescue on Sunday, October 29th from 1-5pm, featuring costume contests with celebrity judge @pretzel_gummybear_shihtzu, a super sweet raffle, prizes galore, local vendors, specialty cocktails, and tunes from @djrexxstep.
$5 entry at the door, with all donations going directly to Charlie’s Angels Animal Rescue—our favorite local animal nonprofit whose dogs we foster right here at Aloft.
The Blue Ridge Orchestra’s Season Opener features Halloween favorites from classical, movie, and Broadway traditions. Reserve your seat today at
www.blueridgeorchestra.org $20
Join us as we close down Church Street for our annual Fall Festival on Sunday, October 29th, from 3:00-6:00pm.
We will have music and dancing from local band, Whitewater Bluegrass, as well as caricature artist, Brian Vasilik.
New this year: Our Chili Cook-off will be sponsored by Equal Plates Project. Be sure to sign-up your famous chili for a chance to win a $50 or $25 gift card!
We will also have games, prizes, an inflatable bounce house and obstacle course, caricature drawings, a chili cook-off, costume contests, pumpkin decorating, BINGO, hotdogs, popcorn and cotton candy.
Come in costume for a chance to win some gift cards!
Come out for the Halloween Family Fun + Fundraiser for Flow of Life’s community care fund. :: There will be a runway show & costume contest, a DJ, raffle, and spooky sweet treats for the whole family!
3pm – Native American Flute Music
4pm – Mountain Murder Ballads (Celtic Tradition)
5pm – Contemporary Jazz
Featuring guest musician ROGER MUNCH
THE CENTER FOR CONNECTION + COLLABORATION
65 Coleman Ave, Asheville NC 28801
Pay-what-you-can Donation
Come celebrate the Halloween weekend with us as we dress up and jam out to classic hits and new originals!
AstroSauce is a high-energy rock trio that’s got a little bit of something for everyone. You can expect rock, funk, prog, and even 80s pop!
Behold ten absolute soul crushing heavy acts as we celebrate the greatest time of year.
Costumes Encouraged
All ages
$20 cover
Doors at 4 PM
Show at 5 PM
**SUBJXCT 5 | PAPO2004 | DJ LUCAS**
$
Watch our talented musicians perform live near you (for free!). Our showcases offer the opportunity to here the band live and meet your producer, who can answer any questions you may have about booking your band.
Join us at Antidote at Chemist Spirits for a Masquerade-Themed evening of costumes, music, cocktails & gifts! Limited “Trick or Treat” gift bags are available for those who show up in costume!! Gift bags sponsored by Fever Tree Mixers. Dress to impress, with early 1900s flare and/or MASQUERADE-themed attire! (Masks highly encouraged) Bar opens at 3 pm, last call at 10:30 pm. DJ @abudisarray will be elevating the experience from 7 pm-11 pm.
Movie with a Live Score
$10
Show: 8pm | Doors: 7pm
$35 – $40
DAY OF: $20.00
ADVANCED: $17.00
Doors 8:00 // Show: 8:30pm sharp $
Details:
Cover $10
Doors 8PM
Show 9PM
21+ONLY
Oct
30
Mon
COMING THIS WEEKEND!!!
R.Carlos Nakai, of Navajo-Ute heritage, the world’s premier performer of the Native American flute, joins pianist/composer Peter Kater for two evening performances, possibly their last live performance together. Piano and Native American Flute, however an unlikely combination of instruments, when performed by two of the worlds most sensitive performers of those instruments, produces a powerful and profound musical chemistry, of an almost spiritual nature, and unlike any two instruments ever played together! From $35 Event Details and Tickets
You’re invited you to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes. Using contemporary music, thought provoking choreography and personal stories to spread a message of Heart, Humanity & Hope.
$35
Show: 8pm | Doors: 7pm
$25 – $28
DAY OF: $30.00
ADVANCED: $25.00
Show: 8:30PM (Doors 8PM)
GA Tickets: $25.00
Ages: 21+
Oct
31
Tue
Calling all ghouls and goblins- Come see us October 31 from 4-8pm for our Halloween Bash! We’ve got lots planned to make it a frightful night of family friendly fun!
@sm_asheville 2 year anniversary celebration with food truck specials all evening.
Live Music by Swanny, Crowe & The Monk
Trunk or Treat in the lower field from 4-8pm
25% off all to go beer!
Join us for a hauntingly electrifying extravaganza that you won’t forget with an outdoor concert, indoor DJ, and a late night dance party. Featuring top-notch local rockers and rap artists, our spine-chilling lineup promises an awe-inspiring experience. Get your tickets now for $15 (pre-purchase) or $20 at the door.
We have 3 awesome prizes to give out to the best costume! The judges and prizes will be announced a week before Halloween. During the day, we will have several festive games spread throughout the bar for everyone to enjoy. Not to mention candy for any trick-or-treaters!
5PM- Create Your Own Caramel Apples Station (until supplies run out)
8PM- Costume Contest (judging starts)
8:30PM- Costume Contest (winners announces and prizes given)
9PM- Halloween themed Open Mic Starts
Happy Halloween! We’re dropping the veil between the living and the dead with a night of ghastly fun! Music provided by the mystical Dj Dr. Filth Otherworldly spirits, libations and more! Event starts at 7p and ends at midnight Costumes encouraged! $10 at the door 21+
Join us this Halloween 10/31, for our Annual Hill-O-Ween Costume Party from 7PM to 10PM!
We have the great food and beer you love with DJ Philo Reitzel turning things up! Judging for the costume contest starts at 9pm
Halloween Dance Party with Shake it like a Caveman
Appalachian Renegades bring the party to The Social!! Come join the fun!
Starts at 8pm
No Cover Charge
Full Menu & Bar Available
$500 COSTUME CONTEST!
Come down to Shiloh & Gaines for a special Halloween show featuring the one and only Melissa McKinney and some of Asheville’s best players including Aaron “Woody” Wood, Mike Rhodes and Tony Black!
Shiloh & Gaines – Your neighborhood bar……no matter where you live.
Coffee ~ Spirits ~ Pool ~ Darts ~ Live Music ~ Dog Friendly ~ Karaoke ~ Songwriters Night & More! Find our music schedule and more at shilohandgaines.com
ADVANCED: $27.00
DAY OF: $30.00
Show: 8pm | Doors: 7pm
$30 – $35
Doors/Music: 9PM
Tickets: $10
21 +
Gonna be spooky as possible this Tuesday HALLOWEEN with an apocalyptic synth set from our buds @extreme_harvship and @cds2296r3g
starts at 9pm/ $3 🦴 going to the ghouls.
Nov
1
Wed
COMING THIS WEEKEND!!!
R.Carlos Nakai, of Navajo-Ute heritage, the world’s premier performer of the Native American flute, joins pianist/composer Peter Kater for two evening performances, possibly their last live performance together. Piano and Native American Flute, however an unlikely combination of instruments, when performed by two of the worlds most sensitive performers of those instruments, produces a powerful and profound musical chemistry, of an almost spiritual nature, and unlike any two instruments ever played together! From $35 Event Details and Tickets
Solo saxophone performance with pre-recorded accompaniment, providing a full band sound… Perfect for any sized venue or event. Sets include jazz standards, blues + funk jams, original compositions.
Join us at Bens for great times, great food, drinks and great live music with Buffalo Kings! Americana, R&B, Soul, Funk, Rock every Wednesday!!!
The Elovaters will be performing LIVE on the Indoor Stage at Salvage Station on Wednesday, November 1st, 2023 with support from Shwayze and Surfer Girl! Doors open at 7PM and the music starts at 8PM. This is a General Admission, 18+ show. FREE PARKING!
Root Down will be serving their delicious twist on Southern Soul food and we’ll have a few rotating food trucks on-site as well! There will also be MULTIPLE full bars open for you to enjoy!
$25 + advance
Amends – Alt Rock; on tour from Australia
Dear Kavalier – Indie/Emo from Hickory
Zillicoah – Asheville Indie Rock
Doors 7 PM // Show 8 PM
$10
Show: 8pm | Doors: 7pm
$25 – $30
Philly band, Church Girls, are on tour and coming to the 27 Club in Asheville to kick ass and rock the house! Joined by locals, The Discs and snakesnakewhale, come start your weekeeeend early and let’s get loud and cure that Halloween hangover! $
Nov
2
Thu
Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band will be performing LIVE on the Indoor Stage at Salvage Station on Saturday, November 11th, 2023 with special guests Sexbruise?! Doors open at 7PM and the music starts at 8PM. This is a General Admission, 18+ ONLY show (no exceptions). 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! $20 ADV / $25 DOS Event Details and Tickets
Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band is a seasoned group of musicians, who have taken their high energy, Funk filled live stage show back and forth across the country since they first hit the scene back in 2002. The band was conceived in Boone, NC and quickly gained a cult following for their wildly entertaining and “over the top” stage antics. In 2006, Booty Band, as fans affectionately nicknamed the group, moved to Asheville, North Carolina, and have since become the poster child for the Asheville Music scene.
Sexbruise? is a satirical pop band from Charleston, SC that combines elements of improvisation, electronic music, poppy hooks, and audience participation to create an unforgettable live experience.
DAY OF: $12.00
ADVANCED: $10.00
Join us as American Idol winner, Iam Tongi, takes the stage at Salvage Station for a captivating evening of incredible live music on Thursday, November 2nd. The doors open at 7PM; show starts at 8PM. This is a 12+ only event with FREE PARKING. Come join the fun, grab some food, and see why Salvage Station is voted the best live music venue in Asheville! $35 + advance
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