Join us on the market this Saturday, October 26th, from 11 to 2, for some Halloween fun! Bring the kiddos down for an afternoon of seasonal memories with trick-or-treating, live music with Cosmic Cowboy Ernest Wince and Andrew Logan Hensley, food and treats, and a market hay ride down to our pumpkin pad where vendors are stocked with a beautiful array of pumpkins for carving, decorating, and baking!
Free Barn Dance & Volunteer Fair
@ Hickory Nut Gap Farm Fairview
– Free Live music 1pm-5pm and dancing with local youth band the Lucky Buckeyes & our favorite square dance squallers, the Old Charlotte Highwaymen. – Cretaceously craveable eats by Grush’s Cajun Dino Grill. – Beer proceeds will go to ASAP Farmers’ Emergency Relief Fund. – We will have a Funding Wall, full of posters with QR codes linking attendees directly to organizations, local businesses, families and friends who need our community’s financial help to stay afloat and rebuild. – Local pumpkins, squash, apples, fresh pressed cider and seasonal offerings are back! – Hay Rides & Pony rides 11am-4pm, proceeds benefit Project HNG!
We will be hosting an ongoing Volunteer Fair for all of you wonderful non-profits, local farms and gardens, community-organized groups, local businesses-turned-emergency-community-hubs, and more. We hear you have the resources, you just need the helping hand. Please contact megan.auten@hickorynutgap.com to send a volunteer or staff member to table at this event.
Surreal Sirkus Arts Festival
@ Pack Square Park/Sly Grog Lounge
Join the Sirkus (you’ve always wanted to!) for a uniquely local experience of performance, art vendors, food, beer, spirits and more! surrealsirkus.com
Oktoberfest Celebration
@ The Whale :: West Asheville
Join us on Saturday from 1-5 for killer German beer, Bretzals from @undergroundbaking, music from @hotbreadselectors, and all of your favorite Oktoberfest games! :: We are excited to ‘fest with you another year. :: Prost! ::
Brandon Johnson & Friends
@ Owen Theatre Mars Hill
Join us this Saturday at 2:00 as we welcome Brandon Johnson & Friends for this benefit concert with proceeds going to My Sister’s Attic in Marshall, NC, to sponsor more community meals at Smokin’ Joe Lasher’s, and to make it possible tor SART to continue these fundraisers. Event Details and Tickets
Live Music w/ Kid Billy (Billy Litz)
@ Mills River Brewing Co.
Come meet your neighbors!
We’ll be providing the chili, cornbread and fixings! You bring the stories!
Live Music from 4-7pm. Don’t miss Ranford Almond’s raspy fresh vocals and Appalachian strings. Reminiscent of John Prine and Townes Van Zandt, young singer/songwriter Ranford Almond will amaze you with his old soul.
Plenty of patio seating, so bring the pups.
Let Them Know You Saw It On LiveMusicAsheville.com
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/
Rebuild // Asheville – presented by Elevate & Plume
@ One World Brewing - West
Join us for an afternoon and evening benefit dance party at One World West on October 26th, 2024. $10 Suggested donation will go towards the One World staff as well as local relief efforts following hurricane Helene.
DJs: Johnny GoodTime BK & MC Reality Fluid Dynamics Krumbz Plume
We’ll get things started at 4pm and roll into the evening. Drum ‘n Bass, House, Hip Hop… come dance.
Join us this Saturday 10/26 for SCREAM SCREAM DANCE DANCE, the ultimate Halloween party that’ll send chills down your spine! Our favorite spooky-time DJ, Abu Disarray, will be heating up the dance floor with the most killer beats in town.
Folk/Americana/Mountain – Emily Martin and her band is a blend of intrepid lyrics and modern folk-mountain sound.
$10 SUGGESTED donation at the door. In the aftermath of Helene, we are not turning ANYONE away. Come and enjoy the pub, get some food, grab a drink, and have a good time!
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Frightful Formal Halloween Party!
@ Mills River Brewing Co.
Halloween Prom Night at The RAD Brew Co. is a night to help raise money for the artists in The River Arts District who were effected by Helene. Door admission is a suggested donation of $5-25, a portion of taoroom proceeds, and any tips made that night will be donated.
Hatch-O-Ween 4 HOPE with LAZRLUVR
@ Asheville Sports Club South Slope
Join us on Saturday, October 26 for Hatch-O-Ween 4 HOPE, a benefit event sponsored by Linked 4 Life supporting All Souls Counseling Center and their mission to provide mental health services for Asheville’s artists and hospitality workers.
Asheville Sports Club (137 Coxe Ave.)
6 PM onwards (21+ only)
Live music by Lazrluvr – your favorite ’80s tribute band, 7–10 PM!
Bear’s Smokehouse BBQ Food Truck
Drink specials and plenty of Halloween fun
Costumes are highly encouraged
Suggested donation: $5 at the door. All funds raised will go toward supporting mental health services for Asheville’s artists and hospitality workers
Sponsored by Linked4Life & in partnership with Hatchworks Coworking Asheville– let’s come together for a night of fun, and hope.
Burnt Reputation is a ROCK band from Asheville that plays an eclectic mix of rock music from 90’s grunge era, 80’s Pop covers, Classic Rock, Mash-ups ORIGINALS and more! No Cover.
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
Colossal Human Failure, East Ritual and Sunny Govan Trio Quartet
@ 27 Club Asheville
Her five-foot stature belies a powerful voice that continues to “wow” patrons of all ages, as does her eclectic mix of songs that remind audiences of the old ones they have forgotten, while putting a unique twist on the new ones of today.
Paul DeCirce’s Always Dead (PDAD)
@ Highland Brewing Company
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/
Busy Weather // tinyTVs // On The Block
@ Haywood Country Club
We’re so friggin stoked to be rocking out with our friends @tinytvs and @ontheblocknc this Sunday! It’s FREE, it’s Bill’s Birthday, and definitely something we all need! Album release show, cathartic release show, let’s go!
IAMAVL Music Industry Benefit Jam
@ The Mule at Devil's Foot Beverage Co.
Old Sap: Fast, old-timey clawhammer meets modern song styles and finger-picked compositions to tell stories of loss, of finding joy in adventure and uncertainty, and of learning to bear life’s ugliness with grace and a sense of humor.
Free Burgers and Blues ft. Melissa McKinney and the Smashville Food Truck
@ Mountain Fly Outfitters Canton
Free Burgers and Blues with live music from Melissa Mckinney and special guests Jack Mascari & Doug McElvey. Free Burgers start at 4:00 pm untill gone. Music from 5-7.
Join us for an incredible night of haunted surf rock, spellbinding jazz rock, and spooky tiki drinks. Come in costume or dressed to catch a wave- the Monster Wave ft. Adrianne Blanks & The Oracles.
Come out this Sunday for some dark gritty spooky live music with The Amatory Murder on tour from NYC with support from Hellfire 76 from CLT and local synth rocker BRUSCHETTA DELOREAN
FREE SHOW!! DONATIONS ENCOURAGED!! ALL AGES PATIO SEATING IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED 1pm – 4pm DAILY
The Grey Eagle is proud to be the new home of the Sweet Relief Concert Series offering FREE MUSIC for the people of Asheville on our outdoor patio stage EVERYDAY from 1-4pm. The Grey Eagle Taqueria and bar will be open.
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Musicians In The Round (open mic)
@ Catawba Brewing South Slope
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.
PATIO: Hayley Renae w/ Miguel Schwiderke
@ The Grey Eagle
Every Monday Night! Sign up at 6:30, music at 7:15! Come on down tonight to get a taste of some great neighborhood music. P.S. No Wagon Wheel! Host Taylor Martin and Friends.
FREE SHOW!! DONATIONS ENCOURAGED!! ALL AGES PATIO SEATING IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED 1pm – 4pm DAILY
The Grey Eagle is proud to be the new home of the Sweet Relief Concert Series offering FREE MUSIC for the people of Asheville on our outdoor patio stage EVERYDAY from 1-4pm. The Grey Eagle Taqueria and bar will be open.
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Acoustic Irish Jam Session
@ Turgua Brewing Fairview
Every Tuesday, savor experimental Musica Universalis, focused primarily on the group’s original writing and sonic explorations. These aural wayfarers fear no boundary.
We provide full backline–drum kit, amps, piano, keys, and PA with mics/inputs. The jam is hosted by Chris Cooper and Friends, who play for the first half hour or so, and then the jam opens up.
FREE SHOW!! DONATIONS ENCOURAGED!! ALL AGES PATIO SEATING IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED 1pm – 4pm DAILY
The Grey Eagle is proud to be the new home of the Sweet Relief Concert Series offering FREE MUSIC for the people of Asheville on our outdoor patio stage EVERYDAY from 1-4pm. The Grey Eagle Taqueria and bar will be open.
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/
Minør – Music by Asheville Music School
@ One World Brewing - West
Pre-Halloween show with Minør! Support youth music education, local music, and local venues. Asheville Music School rock band Minør is an advanced group for middle/high schoolers.
Bring the whole family out for our Trunk-Or-Treat party, October 30th from 5-7pm! Meet your local neighborhood businesses, candy for the kids and a free MRB pint glass for adults. We will have your favorite in house DJ Jason playing all of the spooky season hits!
Wednesday Bluegrass/Old Time Jam
@ Riverside Rhapsody Brewing
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)
Asheville Sports Club (137 Coxe Ave.)
6 PM onwards (21+ only)
Live music by Lazrluvr – your favorite ’80s tribute band, 7–10 PM!
Bear’s Smokehouse BBQ Food Truck
Drink specials and plenty of Halloween fun
Costumes are highly encouraged
$1.00 off all Jameson, too! 
