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Dec
20
Wed
Piano Show @ Off the Wagon Dueling Piano Bar
Dec 20 @ 7:00 pm – Dec 21 @ 2:00 am
Porn Star Karaoke @ Fleetwood's
Dec 20 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
You sing, they dance
21+ // $
Weird Wednesday Experimental Jam @ Sly Grog Lounge
Dec 20 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Electronic Collaboration

Latin Night Wednesdays @ One World Brewing - West
Dec 20 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
DJ Mtn Vibez  $7  at Door.
POETRY OPEN MiC ASHEViLLE @ Sovereign Kava
Dec 20 @ 8:30 pm – 11:00 pm
It’s time for our weekly Wednesday Open Mic with Caleb Beissert!
Get in line early to get a good spot, the list fills up super fast!!
Sign up at 8 pm, Mic starts at 8:30
All forms of entertainment welcome, (not just poetry.)
Karaoke Wednesday @ The Social
Dec 20 @ 9:00 pm – Dec 21 @ 12:00 am
Sexy Service Industry Night @ Shakeys Dive Bar
Dec 20 @ 10:00 pm – Dec 21 @ 2:00 am

DJ’s | No Cover

Wednesday Karaoke @ The Lazy Diamond
Dec 20 @ 10:00 pm – Dec 21 @ 2:00 am
Greetings Fellow Music Lovers
Dec 20 @ 11:00 pm

We hope you enjoy our guide to the Asheville area’s dynamic music scene.

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Dec
21
Thu
Piano Show @ Off the Wagon Dueling Piano Bar
Dec 21 @ 7:00 pm – Dec 22 @ 2:00 am
Pleasure Chest is Back!!! @ 5 Walnut Wine Bar
Dec 21 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Blues, Rock n Roll & Soul Music, sure to make you move! Funky but chic SINCE 2012

Dec
24
Sun
Reggae Sunday w/ Chalwa and Alvitas Way @ The One Stop at Asheville Music Hall
Dec 24 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Suggested $5 Donation

Piano Show @ Off the Wagon Dueling Piano Bar
Dec 24 @ 7:00 pm – Dec 25 @ 2:00 am
Dec
25
Mon
Asheville Monday Night Contra Dance @ Odessy School Montford
Dec 25 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Lesson is at 7:00pm, Contra from 7:30pm to 10:00pm featuring our great local callers and bands as well as nationally touring talent, with waltzes following. All ages and beginners welcome! Cost at this time $0-$50 sliding scale, cash or Venmo accepted.
Marshall Bluegrass Jam with Branson Raines @ The Historic Methodist Church
Dec 25 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

We are going to keep our Strictly Bluegrass Jam with Host Branson Raines going. Every Monday night at 7:00 p.m. at the historic Methodist Church in the Walnut Community. The address is 15 Barnard Road, Marshall, NC. All Bluegrass lovers, listeners, pickers are welcome to join us to play, sing and fellowship. The strongest thing we will have to drink is Coffee! There is no charge, we will keep the music free!don’t let us Down now, come on down.

The Acoustic Jam will continue on Thursday nights at 7:00 p.m. at the Church as well. Calvin Parham and Logan Clark will host the Jam.

Piano Show @ Off the Wagon Dueling Piano Bar
Dec 25 @ 7:00 pm – Dec 26 @ 2:00 am
JLloyd Mashup @ One World Brewing - West
Dec 25 @ 8:00 pm – 11:15 pm

The JLloyd MashUp explores different genres of music including Acid Jazz, Funk, Soul, Afro Beat, Reggae, Break Beat, and Latin. Led and curated by Jonathan Lloyd (The Fritz/Dubconscious/Cadillac Jones), the band is made up of some of Asheville’s busiest and hardest working musicians on the scene.

$10. Thank you for the support!!
Mashup Mondays every Monday at One World Brewing West with special guests and different music every week!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dec
26
Tue
Django Jazz Jam with Fatty @ Turgua Brewing Fairview
Dec 26 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Open Mic with Mike Waters @ Sweeten Creek Brewing
Dec 26 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
The Lads avl @ The Joint Next Door Fairview
Dec 26 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm

classic rock and blues

 

Mountain Shag Club @ Chophouse Restaurant at the 4 Points Hotel by Sheraton
Dec 26 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm

We are dedicated to the preservation of Shag Dance and the Music that supports this.

Early Tuesday Jam @ The One Stop at Asheville Music Hall
Dec 26 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Suggested Donation

Grateful Family Band Tuesdays @ One World Brewing - West
Dec 26 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
We are deadicated to bringing you all things Grateful Dead and related.

Tuesdays are back baby! Grateful Family Band serving up your favorite Dead tunes.

$5 – $10 Suggested Donation
Family Friendly
See you out there!

Live Jazz Tuesdays: Sanders, Boyd, Page & Hall @ Little Jumbo
Dec 26 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Real Live Jazz – No Cover

Every Tuesday, savor experimental Musica Universalis, focused primarily on the group’s original writing and sonic explorations. These aural wayfarers fear no boundary.

Open Mic Returns @ White Horse Black Mountain
Dec 26 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Open Mic w/Hamza @ The Social
Dec 26 @ 7:00 pm – Dec 27 @ 12:00 am
The John Henrys @ 5 Walnut Wine Bar
Dec 26 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Hot Jazz ~ Standards (Great American Songbook) ~ Swing

The Open Jam with The Lactones @ Sovereign Kava
Dec 26 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

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.

Weaverville Open Mic @ Vintage Kava Weaverville
Dec 26 @ 9:00 pm – 11:30 pm

(musicians, comedians, dancers, poets, storytellers)

Tuesday Night Funk Jam @ Asheville Music Hall
Dec 26 @ 10:00 pm – Dec 27 @ 1:00 am
$10 Suggested Donation at the Door (Cash or Venmo accepted, think tip jar, goes 100% to musicians!)
Uncle Lenny’s Krazy Karaoke @ The One Stop at Asheville Music Hall
Dec 26 @ 10:00 pm – Dec 27 @ 1:00 am
Dec
27
Wed
Jack’s Old-Time Jam @ Jack Of The Wood
Dec 27 @ 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm

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/

Wednesday Bluegrass/Old Time Jam @ Riverside Rhapsody Brewing
Dec 27 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Acoustic Old Time/Bluegrass Jam!! C’mon Out!!

Jay Brown @ Black Mountain Brewery
Dec 27 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
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)
Twin Leaf Open Mic @ Twin Leaf Brewery
Dec 27 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
“Dan’s Jam” Weekly Open Bluegrass Jam @ Town Pump Tavern Black Mountain
Dec 27 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Irish Music Session @ White Horse Black Mountain
Dec 27 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
In true pub fashion, White Horse Black Mountain hosts a traditional Irish-style session twice a month, on the second and fourth Wednesdays, starting at 7pm. (FREE)

 

Open Mic: Host Greg Speas @ Camden's Coffee House Mars Hill
Dec 27 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Come demonstrate your talents at Open Mic.
Porn Star Karaoke @ Fleetwood's
Dec 27 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
You sing, they dance
21+ // $
Weird Wednesday Experimental Jam @ Sly Grog Lounge
Dec 27 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Electronic Collaboration

Latin Night Wednesdays @ One World Brewing - West
Dec 27 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
DJ Mtn Vibez  $7  at Door.
POETRY OPEN MiC ASHEViLLE @ Sovereign Kava
Dec 27 @ 8:30 pm – 11:00 pm
It’s time for our weekly Wednesday Open Mic with Caleb Beissert!
Get in line early to get a good spot, the list fills up super fast!!
Sign up at 8 pm, Mic starts at 8:30
All forms of entertainment welcome, (not just poetry.)
Karaoke Wednesday @ The Social
Dec 27 @ 9:00 pm – Dec 28 @ 12:00 am
Sexy Service Industry Night @ Shakeys Dive Bar
Dec 27 @ 10:00 pm – Dec 28 @ 2:00 am

DJ’s | No Cover

Wednesday Karaoke @ The Lazy Diamond
Dec 27 @ 10:00 pm – Dec 28 @ 2:00 am
Dec
31
Sun
Reggae Sunday w/ Chalwa and Alvitas Way @ The One Stop at Asheville Music Hall
Dec 31 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Suggested $5 Donation

Jan
1
Mon
Asheville Monday Night Contra Dance @ Odessy School Montford
Jan 1 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Lesson is at 7:00pm, Contra from 7:30pm to 10:00pm featuring our great local callers and bands as well as nationally touring talent, with waltzes following. All ages and beginners welcome! Cost at this time $0-$50 sliding scale, cash or Venmo accepted.
Marshall Bluegrass Jam with Branson Raines @ The Historic Methodist Church
Jan 1 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

We are going to keep our Strictly Bluegrass Jam with Host Branson Raines going. Every Monday night at 7:00 p.m. at the historic Methodist Church in the Walnut Community. The address is 15 Barnard Road, Marshall, NC. All Bluegrass lovers, listeners, pickers are welcome to join us to play, sing and fellowship. The strongest thing we will have to drink is Coffee! There is no charge, we will keep the music free!don’t let us Down now, come on down.

The Acoustic Jam will continue on Thursday nights at 7:00 p.m. at the Church as well. Calvin Parham and Logan Clark will host the Jam.

Jan
2
Tue
Open Mic with Mike Waters @ Sweeten Creek Brewing
Jan 2 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Mountain Shag Club @ Chophouse Restaurant at the 4 Points Hotel by Sheraton
Jan 2 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm

We are dedicated to the preservation of Shag Dance and the Music that supports this.

Early Tuesday Jam @ The One Stop at Asheville Music Hall
Jan 2 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Suggested Donation

Grateful Family Band Tuesdays @ One World Brewing - West
Jan 2 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
We are deadicated to bringing you all things Grateful Dead and related.

Tuesdays are back baby! Grateful Family Band serving up your favorite Dead tunes.

$5 – $10 Suggested Donation
Family Friendly
See you out there!

Live Jazz Tuesdays: Sanders, Boyd, Page & Hall @ Little Jumbo
Jan 2 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Real Live Jazz – No Cover

Every Tuesday, savor experimental Musica Universalis, focused primarily on the group’s original writing and sonic explorations. These aural wayfarers fear no boundary.

Open Mic Returns @ White Horse Black Mountain
Jan 2 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Open Mic w/Hamza @ The Social
Jan 2 @ 7:00 pm – Jan 3 @ 12:00 am
The John Henrys @ 5 Walnut Wine Bar
Jan 2 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Hot Jazz ~ Standards (Great American Songbook) ~ Swing

The Open Jam with The Lactones @ Sovereign Kava
Jan 2 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

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.

Weaverville Open Mic @ Vintage Kava Weaverville
Jan 2 @ 9:00 pm – 11:30 pm

(musicians, comedians, dancers, poets, storytellers)

Tuesday Night Funk Jam @ Asheville Music Hall
Jan 2 @ 10:00 pm – Jan 3 @ 1:00 am
$10 Suggested Donation at the Door (Cash or Venmo accepted, think tip jar, goes 100% to musicians!)
Uncle Lenny’s Krazy Karaoke @ The One Stop at Asheville Music Hall
Jan 2 @ 10:00 pm – Jan 3 @ 1:00 am
Jan
3
Wed
Open Mic: Host Greg Speas @ Camden's Coffee House Mars Hill
Jan 3 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Come demonstrate your talents at Open Mic.
Porn Star Karaoke @ Fleetwood's
Jan 3 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
You sing, they dance
21+ // $
Weird Wednesday Experimental Jam @ Sly Grog Lounge
Jan 3 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Electronic Collaboration

Jan
23
Tue
Django Jazz Jam with Fatty @ Turgua Brewing Fairview
Jan 23 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm