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Oct
26
Thu
Southern Rock, Country, some new some old!
GWAR
Negative Approach
X-Cops
Cancer Christ
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26
Show: 7pm | Doors: 6pm
$35 – $37
Join us for an evening concert featuring Setting (Nathan Bowles, Jaime Fennelly, Joe Westerlund) and Sally Anne Morgan. This event is presented as part of the BMCM+AC Performance Initiative.
TICKETS – $12 General Admission (at the door) / $8 for BMCM+AC members + Students w/ID
Join us for a spooktacular evening of dancing at our Swing and Scream Halloween dance at Alley Cat Social Club in West Asheville!! Come out and join us as we tear up the dance floor to the the music brought to us by The Wallet Chains at our weekly location!!
Lesson: 7-8
Dance: 8-11
Lesson: 7-8
Dance: 8-11
$5 for the lesson
$10 for the dance
The Wallet Chains will play a variety of vintage blues and swing music with danceable tempos!
Doors 7 PM // Show 8 PM
$15
DAY OF: $19.00
ADVANCED: $16.00
PREMIUM SEATING: $25.00
Local Saxophone player Julian Bonnet joining us for Thursday Local Live Music Night.
No Cover!
Emo, Indie Rock, Shoegaze, Queer Country $
Local banger with punk/fusion from Colossal Human Failure//John Kirby and the New Seniors and Bellizia! $
9:30 PM
$10 (suggested donation)
21+
FUN
Oct
27
Fri
Grizzly’s blend of folk-rock spans the entire breadth of the Americana genre; from soft and sincere campfire ballads to rocking electric harmonica solos on top of pounding drums and flailing banjo.
The 5-song EP, Holler Choir, is Roberts’ most impressive project to date. Relying heavily on vocal performance and the use of Appalachian tonalities. Keeping with the thread of authenticity, Roberts (lead vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo, harmonica) carefully selected all fellow North Carolina musicians to accompany him on the project.
Join us in the backyard for tacos, margaritas, and live music from Eric and Friends, a Grateful Dead Cover Band.
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
Stop by for a cider as Southernly Proper performs from 6PM to 9PM
Singer/songwriter Zach Cleven will be with us this Friday. Zach is an eclectic singer-songwriter who’s performed all over the country and goes by the stage name of “Z-Man”.
Join us this Friday (Oct 27th) from 6:30 – 9 PM at the Outdoor Collective in Black Mountain for an evening of jazz, pop, blues, and original songs featuring James Hammel (vocal/guitar) and Will Boyd (sax aaand other reed instruments).
Join us for a spooktacular night at Elevated Kava Lounge on October 27th! 
Cash Bono and The Heat of Noon will be taking the stage, and the music starts at 7pm!
7-12 pm
Live Music & Costume Contest
Próxima Parada will be performing LIVE on the Indoor Stage at Salvage Station on Friday, October 27, 2023 with Olive Klug and Andrew Scotchie opening the show! Doors open at 7pm and the music starts at 8pm.
This is an 18 and up show! On-site parking is free. 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 + advance
Don’t miss this! Put on your favorite costume and join us for live music and art. Come check out some of my favorite local artists and vendors. At the legendary Roadmaster Stage we will have an assortment of musicians! And did I mention it is BYOB. Mark this on your calendar and tell your friends.
MUSIC:
Lazybirds
Buck the Taxidermist
Watkins
Feat: The Deviled Eggs Band, Toybox Theatre and Serpent Haus Sideshow $10 cover
ADVANCED: $25.00
DAY OF: $28.00
Hustle Souls brand of Americana pulls from a comprehensive canon at the root of American Music, from New Orleans brass and Caribbean rhythms to Motown soul, Delta Blues and jubilant Gospel.
Celebrate the spooky season with Mudpuppies Mardi Gras Halloween on October 27th! There is something for everyone with our unique menu, featuring draft sake, local beer, a full bar, out-of-this-world sushi, juicy smash burgers, crispy wings, and much more. Enjoy funky live music from Hustle Souls from 8 to 11 p.m. mudpuppiesavl.com/
This virtuosic fiddler blends traditional Irish music with jazz, bluegrass and other world influences to deliver a musical experience like no other. Through dynamic playing, adept improvisation and soulful expression, Finn’s performances are an electrifying fusion of old and new, with masterful musicianship. $42
Pillar Bar will be hosting a Y2K Punk Party with live music from TrancEnd Band! Music will be 9pm to midnight, and we will have themed cocktails all month long.
Come rock out to celebrate getting your spooks out with a rooftop view to remember!
Come out and see locals covering your favorite bands- all for a great cause!
🕷Proceeds benefit @avlprisonbooks @tranzmissionprisonproject
🕷10-20 suggested donation.
It’s a three-band Asheville indie rock summit at the famous Burger Bar on Craven. Doors at 9pm. Donations for the band encouraged.
A night of stoner, doom metal with Weight Shift, Hashwitch and We Follow The Earth. Doors at 8pm $10 cover at the outstanding Fleetwoods!
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.
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
Come get outside for dinner. We have Ginger Taylor live with folk and rock.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Mourning Mass: A Weekly Sacrament of Cosmic Hymns and Brunch Eats at the South Slope Taproom. (outdoor show, weather dependent)
10/29 – Season Finale with The Legendary Tuesday Night Funk Jam House Band
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!
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
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.
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
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
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
Psyche blues w members of Drunken Prayer, Pleasure Chest, Reigning Sound, Blind Boy Chocolate & The Milk Sheiks, USXmas, Ouroboros Boys. $10
ADVANCED: $27.00
DAY OF: $30.00
Show: 8pm | Doors: 7pm
$30 – $35
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.
