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May
4
Sat
Karaoke with DJ Kyle @ Silverados Black Mountain
May 4 @ 8:00 pm – May 5 @ 12:00 am
PROF w/ GRIP, Futuristic @ The Orange Peel
May 4 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Rich Ruth with MANAS @ Eulogy
May 4 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
The Tannahill Weavers @ Warren Wilson College Kittredge Theatre
May 4 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm

While White Horse Black Mountain is under construction, we will present several shows at other locations in our community. This event will take place at Kittredge Theatre on the campus of Warren Wilson College.

We want to welcome our guests by providing a cocktail hour in the lobby before the show, featuring a Warren Wilson College student ensemble! Music and drinks will be served starting at 6:30pm until 7:45pm. $22.00

Alma Russ with The Boondockers @ Jack Of The Wood
May 4 @ 9:00 pm – May 5 @ 12:00 am

Patchwork Appalachian • $5 COVER AT DOOR

Buddhagraph Spaceship w/ Muskrat Flats @ Asheville Music Hall
May 4 @ 9:00 pm – May 5 @ 1:00 am

ADV $15/ DOS $20 // 21+

DJ Blind Date @ The Golden Pineapple
May 4 @ 9:00 pm – May 5 @ 1:00 am
MIKAELA DAVIS with Sean Thompson’s Weird Ears @ The Grey Eagle
May 4 @ 9:00 pm – May 5 @ 12:00 am
May
5
Sun
THIS SATURDAY | 19th Anniversary Party w/ Empire Strikes Brass @ Pisgah Brewing Black Mountain
May 5 all-day

Cheers to 19 years! Join us Saturday, May 11th for a day of celebration featuring Empire Strikes Brass, Airshow and Hunter Begley. We look forward to hosting you all for a day of music, dancing, laughter and organic beer. Bring your friends and family, let’s celebrate tradition!

Early Bird Tickets Just $9 Event Information and Tickets

Pisgah Brewing Company operates an open air outdoor bar in the summer and fall months with live music on Thursdays and Sundays on WNC’s premier outdoor music venue, the Pisgah Brewing Outdoor Stage. Check out our 2024 schedule: here!

 

 

CINCO DE MAYO FIESTA @ Taco Boy Biltmore Park
May 5 @ 10:00 am – 9:00 pm

We’re bringing you drink specials that will make your taste buds dance, local DJs spinning spicy beats, and all the tacos, queso, and guac you can handle! But this year, we’re not just celebrating – we’re also giving back.
Our Mountain Market fiesta at Taco Boy West Asheville & Biltmore Park, will help support Vecinos, a local nonprofit health clinic that provides vital services to uninsured and low-income individuals and the migrant farmworker community in Western North Carolina.

Ester Hansen 10 – 12pm
DJ Lyric 12 – 4 pm
DJ Mountain Vibes 5 – Close

Brunch @ Static Age-Record's Loft
May 5 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

w/ DJs

FRI: Salami Baby, Otto Maddox

SAT: Relaxing Lady, Devyn Marzuola

SUN: WiFi Mommy

 

Thank you all for 19.5 years!

Dis-N-Dat @ Highland Brewing
May 5 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Cinco de Mayo w/ Derrick Pace @ Wild Wing Cafe South
May 5 @ 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Live Music with Derrick from Pleasantly Wild 3-5:30PM

Four Seasons Chamber Orchestra WNC presents: The Global Symphony, with Free Planet Radio @ Lutheridge Retreat and Conference Center
May 5 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Chris Rosser and River Guerguerian
“the shared vision of multi-instrumentalists exploring the infinite and seamless relationships between musical cultures through the universal language of sound.”
Sunday, May 5, 2024, 3 pm
Faith Center, Lutheridge
2061 Upper Laurel Dr, Arden, 28704
Tickets: $10 at the door
City of Hope Benefit & Concert @ RAD Brewing Company
May 5 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

The City of Hope located in Ntagacha, an extremely impoverished Tanzanian community close to the Kenyan border, rescues children from situations of abuse, child marriage, female genital mutilation, hunger, and disease.

The event will include live African music by the magnificent local musician, Adama Dembele and his trio, from 4:30pm to 5:15pm. Then at 5:30pm, Jonathan Pearlman and friends will entertain you acoustic style, with an eclectic mix of Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, Folk Rock, 60’s and 70’s Pop and Jazz.  $20 Suggested donation at the door. Find out more click here

Jacob Donham @ Appalachian Mountain Brewery Taproom Mills River
May 5 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Let Them Know You Saw It On LiveMusicAsheville.com
May 5 @ 4:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Sunday Funday Karaoke @ Voodoo Brewing Co. - Asheville.
May 5 @ 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm
19.5 YEAR Anniversary Festival @ Static Age-Records
May 5 @ 5:00 pm – May 6 @ 12:00 am

Come one come all to celebrate our 19 1/2 year anniversary fest with us! Featuring 30+ Artists with some of our favorite Static Age local and touring bands plus resident DJs as well as much more!

Event Information and Tickets

Jazz etc. w/ Will & Wavy @ The Double Crown
May 5 @ 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm

EZ listening DJ duo

PATIO: KETURAH ALLGOOD @ The Grey Eagle
May 5 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

$10 / Day Of : $12 +

Festy At the Westy w/ Osprey Orchestra @ One World Brewing West
May 5 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Festy at the Westy hosted by Osprey Orchestra. We will be bringing the Spring Festy Vibes with Live Music, Beer, Flow & Visual Arts and Vending.
Osprey Orchestra is a WNC four piece band displaying sounds of folk, blue grass, and reggae in a jam/improv style! Having electric guitar, bass, and drums brings an electric feel. The mandolin and vocals bring a mountain storytelling vibe to the mix as well! Groovy rhythms and melodic progressions will keep everyone warm and dancing!

$5 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

Dasher – The Band @ Milton’s at The Monte Vista Hotel Black Mountain
May 5 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Debut Show

Sold Out

Acid Jo, Mary Metal, Rich Inner Life Love You SO Much @ The Odd
May 5 @ 8:00 pm – May 6 @ 12:00 am

Doors 8 PM // Show 9 PM
$7

DETERIORATION, TRAFFIC DEATH, NEGATIVE BIAS, MISTER PONY YUM YUMS @ The Double Crown
May 5 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

This Sunday, before karaoke!
MAY 5TH 2024
8PM | $10 | 21+

DETERIORATION
(MNPLS GRINDCORE MASTERS)

TRAFFIC DEATH
(IOWA VEHICLE ROCK)

NEGATIVE BIAS
(NORTH CAROLINA KINGS)

MISTER PONY YUM YUMS
(DEPLORABLE MORONS)

JESSE ROPER with Pressing Strings @ The Grey Eagle
May 5 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
PSYCHEDELIC PORN CRUMPETS w/ Spoon Benders @ The Orange Peel
May 5 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
BLEEDSEASON // MOCKERY // DO US PART @ 27 Club Asheville
May 5 @ 9:00 pm – May 6 @ 1:00 am

Door 8PM
Show 9PM
Cover $10
21+ ONLY

SUNDAY KARAOKE @ Banks Ave.
May 5 @ 9:00 pm – May 6 @ 12:00 am
May
6
Mon
Rock The Peel w/ FBRA @ The Orange Peel
May 6 @ 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm

French Broad River Academy’s Student and Faculty Bands 🎶

$5 donation

MAMA & THE RUCKUS W/ CONOR & THE WILD HUNT @ The Grey Eagle
May 6 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Let Them Know You Saw It On LiveMusicAsheville.com
May 6 @ 10:00 pm
May
7
Tue
THIS SATURDAY | 19th Anniversary Party w/ Empire Strikes Brass @ Pisgah Brewing Black Mountain
May 7 all-day

Cheers to 19 years! Join us Saturday, May 11th for a day of celebration featuring Empire Strikes Brass, Airshow and Hunter Begley. We look forward to hosting you all for a day of music, dancing, laughter and organic beer. Bring your friends and family, let’s celebrate tradition!

Early Bird Tickets Just $9 Event Information and Tickets

Pisgah Brewing Company operates an open air outdoor bar in the summer and fall months with live music on Thursdays and Sundays on WNC’s premier outdoor music venue, the Pisgah Brewing Outdoor Stage. Check out our 2024 schedule: here!

 

 

Old-time Jam @ Turgua Brewing Fairview
May 7 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
PATIO: JM STEVENS @ The Grey Eagle
May 7 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
DAVY KNOWLES + JEFFREY GAINES @ The Grey Eagle
May 7 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

$17 to $25 +

12 RODS “IF WE STAYED ALIVE TOUR” W/ LAUNDER + CONVALESCENT @ Static Age-Records
May 7 @ 9:00 pm – May 8 @ 12:00 am

$15 PRESALE | $20 DAY OF SHOW

North By North, Yesterday’s Clothes, Big Fur @ Fleetwoods
May 7 @ 9:00 pm – May 8 @ 1:00 am

Chicago’s North By North with Yesterday’s Clothes and Big Fur at 9pm!
$10

Smile More: DJ Night @ 27 Club Asheville
May 7 @ 9:00 pm – May 8 @ 12:00 am
May
8
Wed
LEAF Global Arts Cultural Exchange @ The Mule at Devil's Foot Beverage Co.
May 8 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Join us for a World-Changing Cultural Exchange. Visiting Teaching Artists from around the world showcase a demo of what they teach their students in WNC and abroad. The event is FREE w/ a suggested donation.

Adrianne Blanks duo @ Village Pub
May 8 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Music Wednesdays with Parker Zelter & Co @ Milton's at The Monte Vista Hotel Black Mountain
May 8 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Americana, bluegrass

Citizen Swing — Connor Law + Jorge Garcia @ Citizen Vinyl
May 8 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Wednesday jazz night. Free Show!

Abby Winters @ Blue Mountain Pizza Weaverville
May 8 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Dogwood with Emma Garau / John Dikeman Trio @ Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center
May 8 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm

$10 General Admission / $5 for BMCM+AC members + Students w/ID

Built around an exploration of rhythmic and tonal textures on drum set, Dogwood combines elements of soundscape, free jazz, and electronic music.

John Dikeman Trio – improvised music and technique, ranging from reductionist extended technique based improvisation to full throttle free jazz.
PRIMUS w/ All Them Witches @ Rabbit Rabbit
May 8 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

This performance is sold out.

ERIC SLICK W/ SCOTT MCMICKEN @ The Grey Eagle
May 8 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
PERIPHERY THE WILDFIRE TOUR ‘24 w/Eidola + Jake Bowen (DJ Set) @ The Orange Peel
May 8 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Sleep Token: The ‘Teeth of God’ Tour @ Harrah's Cherokee Center - Asheville
May 8 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
The 40,20,10s with Gold Rose @ Eulogy
May 8 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Total Wife, Celltower, Feeling Format, and Trust Blinks @ 27 Club Asheville
May 8 @ 8:00 pm – May 9 @ 12:00 am

Noise-Pop and Post-Rock

Doors 8PM
Show 9PM
Cover $10
21+ ONLY

Let Them Know You Saw It On LiveMusicAsheville.com
May 8 @ 10:00 pm
May
9
Thu
THIS SATURDAY | 19th Anniversary Party w/ Empire Strikes Brass @ Pisgah Brewing Black Mountain
May 9 all-day

Cheers to 19 years! Join us Saturday, May 11th for a day of celebration featuring Empire Strikes Brass, Airshow and Hunter Begley. We look forward to hosting you all for a day of music, dancing, laughter and organic beer. Bring your friends and family, let’s celebrate tradition!

Early Bird Tickets Just $9 Event Information and Tickets

Pisgah Brewing Company operates an open air outdoor bar in the summer and fall months with live music on Thursdays and Sundays on WNC’s premier outdoor music venue, the Pisgah Brewing Outdoor Stage. Check out our 2024 schedule: here!

 

 

PATIO: POLLY PANIC @ The Grey Eagle
May 9 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Benjamin Tod & Ashley Mae @ Citizen Vinyl
May 9 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm

$20 advance / $25 at the door.

Celtic Thursdays w/Madelyn Ilana @ Fae Nectar Chimney Rock
May 9 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Traditional Celtic folk music

JD Ross w/ Marissa Begin @ Auction House Food Hall Fletcher
May 9 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
The Well Drinkers @ Pisgah Brewing Black Mountain
May 9 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm

The Well Drinkers are a progressive, original bluegrass and Americana band based out of Western North Carolina, whose range extends to festivals and venues across the Southeast.

Since the band’s creation in 2019, the group has striven to combine traditional roots of their Appalachian region with progressive instrumentation, songwriting, and subject matter. The group doesn’t shy away from the opportunity to bring experimental jams, jazz, Cajun, classical and reggae into their live performances.

Outdoor taproom opens at 4PM with music from 6:30-9PM

Pisgah Brewing Company operates an open air outdoor bar in the summer and fall months with live music on Thursdays and Sundays on WNC’s premier outdoor music venue, the Pisgah Brewing Outdoor Stage. Check out the rest of our 2024 schedule: here!

 

 

 

 

 

Americana/Folk with Parker McCown @ Pillar Rooftop Bar at The Hilton Garden Inn
May 9 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Open Mic Series @ Fallout Art Space Alexander
May 9 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Come check out our first open mic since first season! Local beer, local food, local art! Practice what you got in a welcoming setting! Support Local!

Thursday Jazz Jam @ LEAF Global Arts
May 9 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
7-8:15 house band set, open jam to follow. $10 suggested donation, local craft beer available for purchase. Listeners, instrumentalists and vocalists alike are welcome.
Christine Havrilla and Mama’s Black Sheep @ Asheville Guitar Bar
May 9 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm

Sirens of Spring X Tour 

$20 cover

Lonely Parrots @ Asheville Salt Cave
May 9 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Lonely Parrots is a brand new folk-pop duo who are on tour and poppin’ by the Salt Cave for a FREE outdoors show in our gardens. You are welcome to bring snacks and drinks. $20 suggested donation.

Pop-up Concert w/ Ash Devine & Jane Fallon @ Flood Gallery Fine Art Center Black Mountain
May 9 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Doors open at 6pm for open mic performer signups as usual, followed by our regular True Home Open Mic from 6:30-7:30. Then a pop-up concert 7:30-9pm featuring true folk troubadour Ash Devine with special guest and 40-time award-winning FL-based songwriter Jane Fallon! A blend of originals with old country, traditional Appalachian, old timey country blues, and folk revival tunes, not to mention fabulous songwriting and vocals!

The Foundry Collective with Ben Phan @ The Foundry Hotel
May 9 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

A rotating series of local musicians play every Thursday in The Workshop Lounge

THE PLATE SCRAPERS w/ Jackson Grimm @ The Outpost at Asheville Adventure Company
May 9 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Chris McGinnis and Patrick French @ One World Brewing - West
May 9 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Live two band sets by local roots artists Chris McGinnis and Patrick French and their bands!
Music starts at 8pm
21+
$10 at the door
gos ft. Natural Blk Invention and Nostalgianoid @ Eulogy
May 9 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
HELMET w/ Cro-Mags @ The Orange Peel
May 9 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

$27.50 – $30

Manic Third Planet (Chapel Hill), John Kirby Jr. & The New Seniors, The Ruff’tons @ The Odd
May 9 @ 8:00 pm – May 10 @ 12:00 am

Doors 8 PM // Show 9 PM
$10

Tep No @ The Grey Eagle
May 9 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
The Knotty G’s Duo @ One World Brewing Downtown
May 9 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Soul-Soaked Americana

No Cover

Jack Mascari & Friends w/special guests, Ashley Heath, Carey Walter, Slappy & Arron Woody Wood @ The Social
May 9 @ 8:30 pm – 11:30 pm

Join us for a night of music, laughter, and good vibes at Jack Mascari & Friends! No cover, just good vibes and great music!

 

 

Paper Pills / Machine 13 / Acid Jo / Puppy Chain @ Static Age-Records
May 9 @ 8:30 pm – 11:30 pm
Jonathan Scales Fourchestra w/sg “After Ours” @ Asheville Music Hall
May 9 @ 9:00 pm – May 10 @ 12:00 am
Let Them Know You Saw It On LiveMusicAsheville.com
May 9 @ 10:00 pm
May
10
Fri
Brews & Bears @ WNC Nature Center
May 10 @ 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Brews and Bears is an after-hours summer event series. The events will feature beer from Highland Brewing; cider from Appalachian Mountain Brewery; wine from Metro Wines; food from Gypsy Queen Cuisine and Cecilia’s Food Truck, Bigfoot-Longs Hot Dogs, and KONA Ice; and music by Mix 96.5 (June 14), 105.9 The Mountain (May 10), The Realtorz (July 12), and the Passionistas (August 9).
Tickets are $15 to $35, with options for members, non-members, and VIPs!
Don’t miss out on the fun!
Visit wildwnc.org/brews-and-bears to buy tickets and learn more.
Free Music Friday: Rahm Squad @ New Belgium Brewing
May 10 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm

Rahm Squad is the heart-and-brain child of Asheville-based guitarist/songwriter/producer Rahm Mandelkorn. His music combines elements of indie-rock, soul-jazz and world-music. The Squad is a rotating cast of the region’s best players.

The Squad : Rahm 🎸🎙️, Thommy Knoles 🎹, Ted Marks 🥁, Asher Hill bass 🎸

Bridget Gosset w/ Lee Kram @ Mars Theatre Brewing Company Mars Hill
May 10 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

soulful, singer- songwriter

Friday Music Series with The Mad Mike Trio @ Records In The RAD/Wedge Brewing
May 10 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Mad Mike Martinez trio show with a bunch of originals and covers.

Jason Daniello @ Highland Brewing Downtown
May 10 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
The Lads avl @ Sweeten Creek Brewing
May 10 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Classic rock and blues.

Country Pour @ Mills River Brewing Co.
May 10 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Classic Country.

The Freeway Jubilee @ Foundation Studios RAD
May 10 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

psychedelic southern rock, gospel roots, mountain music, funk and soul

Andrew Wakefield @ Bearwallow Provision Company Gerton
May 10 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Andrew Wakefield is a songwriter, singer, and guitarist based in Asheville, North Carolina with an eclectic catalogue of compositions ranging from folk to rock, bluegrass, newgrass, oldtime, americana, blues, classical, alternative, and pop.

Asheville Choral Society – Echoes of the Blue Ridge: Songs of Renewal & Resistance @ First Presbyterian Church Asheville NC
May 10 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Explore the sounds of Appalachian singing traditions in ACS’s upcoming Echoes of the Blue Ridge: Songs of Renewal & Resistance. Featuring Come Away to the Skies: A High, Lonesome Mass, enjoy a diverse set of choral favorites and emerging composers.

Adult Tickets | $25 |Student Tickets | $15 Event Information and Tickets

The Dirty Dead @ The Meadow at Highland Brewing
May 10 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Live on Mars Music Series w/ Jazz & Blues Singer Maddy Curtis @ Owen Theatre Mars Hill
May 10 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Jazz & Blues Singer Maddy Curtis along with her quartet including Adam Rose on Guitar, Justin Watt on Drums, Connor Law on Bass and Jason Chrisman on Saxophone.
tickets
BENJAMIN TOD & LOST DOG STREET BAND w/ The Resonant Rogues @ The Orange Peel
May 10 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Bobby Frith and Colby Elswick @ One World Brewing Downtown
May 10 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

guitar pickin’, singin’, and groovy tunes

HELLCRAB w/ After Ours & Sugar Bomb @ Static Age-Records
May 10 @ 8:00 pm – 11:30 pm

$15 cover / doors at 7:30 PM / show at 8 PM

Jean Bertrand Cajun Dance Party @ Cork & Keg
May 10 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
8:00 start.
$10.00 cover.
Kid Billy @ MUDPUPPIES Sports and Sushi Bar Arden
May 10 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Join us from 8 to 10 p.m. this Friday to witness the fantastic and talented Kid Billy perform live on stage.

Take advantage of our Friday Special: $4 Draft Beer, which you won’t find anywhere else in town on the weekend.

Come and enjoy our fantastic food while you groove to the tunes.

Sports and sushi. Music and trivia. Friends and rivals. At MUDPUPPIES, we bring so many different things to the table. But it’s the way we do it that makes them all just a little better. Great service, friendly fans, and a welcoming atmosphere turn games into get-togethers and competitors into comrades. mudpuppiesavl.com/

Lonesome Carolina Live!! @ The Barn at Paint Fork Barnardsville
May 10 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

No Cover. Feel good country music to shake off the stress of the week. Lonesome Carolina is a locally assembled rock n roll, alternative, country, blues band.

Roadmaster Stage & Old Town District presents: Velvet Truckstop @ The Lot 110 Black Mountain Ave
May 10 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
High-energy mix of Southern Rock and jam fueled Cosmic Americana. Suggested donation. BYOB
Sarah Jarosz @ The Grey Eagle
May 10 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

This performance is sold out.

Sun Goblin, The Absurd @ The Odd
May 10 @ 8:00 pm – May 11 @ 12:00 am

Doors 8 PM // Show 9 PM
$10

Sweeping Promises with Lion Country Ferrari and Superflower @ Eulogy
May 10 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Tan & Sober Gentlemen w/ Ashley Heath and Her Heathens @ The Outpost at Asheville Adventure Company
May 10 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

$15.00 +
DAY OF: $18.00

The Dirty French Broads w/ The Pinkerton Raid @ One World Brewing - West
May 10 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

The Dirty French Broads – Bluegrass and funky grooves and whatever Americana!

The Pinkerton Raid – “A fine blend of Beatles-esque dreamy folk” – AMERICANA HIGHWAYS.

$10 cover