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SAVE THE DATE – Dec 21st | Winter Solstice w/ Prime: Jeff Sipe, Marcus White, Taylor Lee & Rebekah Todd @ One World Brewing - West
Dec 17 all-day
Saturday Dec 21 | 10pm – 1am | $12 cover at the door
Come rock through your Winter Solstice at One World West with this awesome quartet!

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

 

Open Mic w/Hamza @ The Social
Dec 17 @ 7:00 pm – Dec 18 @ 12:00 am
Tuesday Night Funk Jam @ Asheville Music Hall
Dec 17 @ 10:00 pm – Dec 18 @ 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 17 @ 10:00 pm – Dec 18 @ 1:00 am
Dec
18
Wed
“Bring Back The Heartbeat”
Dec 18 all-day

Asheville’s music scene is born of age-old traditions, nurtured by a spirit of independence and the muse of the mountain landscape. Here you’ll find our rhythm is proudly rooted in old-time mountain music, but it’s our full spectrum of innovative musicians who truly define our sound. Asheville offers a lively, and perhaps unexpected, experience for the musically-minded traveler.

Through the Bring Back the Heartbeat campaign, IamAVL is partnering with local venues and establishments to offset their costs to get our musicians back to work. Independent Arts and Music is a 501(c)3, so donations can be tax deductible. iamavl.com/music-industry-relief-fund

Our mission is to provide a platform to help expand the reach of Asheville based musicians and artists, to make some great music and art, and to have a great time while doing it.

SAVE THE DATE | Yarn Holiday Ball @ The Grey Eagle
Dec 18 all-day
Saturday December 21 | Doors: 7:00 PM | Show: 8:00 PM
Yarn is an Americana, Alt-Country, Rock and Roll band founded in 2007 by Blake Christiana. Yarn evolved from its earliest days as a bar band in New York, NY to an outstanding roots band that’s shared stages with some of the biggest names in the business. You could say that Blake is the music and the music is Blake; that’s how deeply he inhabits the songs he writes and plays. You can hear him struggling with his feelings, whether it’s on a skittering country shuffle or on a mid-tempo folk ballad or a straight-ahead rocker.
Over the years, musicians have rotated in and out of Yarn, but drummer Robert Bonhomme and bassist Rick Bugel, along with Christiana, have remained the core of the band. Yarn has definitely brought people together with their music; their devoted followers call themselves the “Yarmy,” and for the last 4 years the band has hosted a three-day music festival, Yarnival, that attracted hundreds of fans to Troy, Virginia. Along the way, Yarn has gathered accolades from festivals, The Americana Music Association, landed on the Grammy ballot four times, and placed in the top five of the AMA album charts on more than one occasion.
THIS SATURDAY | Cosmic Solstice – Music, Dance, Glow @ One World Brewing - West
Dec 18 all-day
Saturday Dec. 21 | 2:00 – 8:00pm | Music | Dance | Art | Community
Benefitting the AVL community to spread joy through music, movement, & community.
* Pay-what-you can w/ limited free RSVP at cosmic.simpletix.com
Family friendly, all ages are welcome.
S’mores • Tacos • LED + Glow Dancing • Interactive Art • Kid Zone • Craft Vendors.
Live Performances with Infinite-C  – Interstellar Noise – Reality (Rae Sheetz) – Jon Owen – ionSound & the ionSound Syndicate – Elizabeth K / Neon Rose (flute, synth, vocals) – Rob Campbell (guitar) – Matthias Sayour (drums) – JP Miller (guitar)

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

 

Asheville Ukulele Society Library Jam @ East Asheville Public Library
Dec 18 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Lesson at 5

Jam at 6

Jack’s Old-Time Jam @ Jack Of The Wood
Dec 18 @ 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 18 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

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

Jay Brown @ Black Mountain Brewery
Dec 18 @ 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)
Live Music : Django Jazz Night @ Cellarest Beer Project
Dec 18 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Hot Club of Asheville

Twin Leaf Open Mic @ Twin Leaf Brewery
Dec 18 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Well-Crafted Wednesdays w/ Matt Smith @ Highland Brewing Company
Dec 18 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

I’m very happy to have a great lineup of friends joining me for Well Crafted Wednesdays.

12/11 – Angel Snow

12/18 – Tyler Ramsey

 

 

Winter Lights @ The North Carolina Arboretum
Dec 18 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Winter Lights is a spectacular open-air walk-through light show made from over one million lights! Located at the North Carolina Arboretum in Asheville, North Carolina, this year’s event features favorites like the famously tall 50-foot lighted tree and the Quilt Garden, along with enchanting new details designed to delight and surprise. Live Music Nightly!!! Event Information and Tickets

 

Larry Dolamore @ Blue Mountain Pizza Weaverville
Dec 18 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
“Dan’s Jam” Weekly Open Bluegrass Jam @ Town Pump Tavern Black Mountain
Dec 18 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Circus Mutt Live @ The Joint Next Door Fairview
Dec 18 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

folk, bluegrass, Appalachian

 

Open Mic: Host Greg Speas @ Camden's Coffee House Mars Hill
Dec 18 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Come demonstrate your talents at Open Mic.
Piano Show @ Off the Wagon Dueling Piano Bar
Dec 18 @ 7:00 pm – Dec 19 @ 2:00 am
Porn Star Karaoke @ Fleetwood's
Dec 18 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
You sing, they dance
21+ // $
Weird Wednesday Experimental Jam @ Sly Grog Lounge
Dec 18 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Electronic Collaboration

Acoustic Christmas Concert w Peggy Ratusz & Friends @ White Horse Black Mountain
Dec 18 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Peggy “Chanteuse” Ratusz invites you to join her and the stellar line up of musicians she’s assembled, to celebrate the 2024 holiday season.

Ratusz will be joined by Kelly Jones & Jonathan Pearlman who will lend their formidable skills on acoustic guitars. This core trio will be joined by two additional masterful and renowned players. Taylor Pierson’s versatility on piano (& keys) is widely known, keeping him in demand on the scene. Same goes for the remarkable violinist/fiddle player, Paul McIntire. Their playlist contains enchanting arrangements of some of our favorites and a few of their fondest deep cut holiday tunes.

Peggy’s harmony driven trio project, featuring Hank Bones & Paula Hanke, takes the stage on the 2nd half of the show with a mini set of ‘Love Bubble’ holiday originals.

This one is sure to sell out, so make sure you get your name-your-price ticket online ahead of time or pay what you can the day of the show.

Bam-a-Lam @ 5 Walnut Wine Bar
Dec 18 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

lo-fi pop and rocknroll with Jason Krekel & Craig Kelberg

Indigo DeSouza w/ DJ sets from @wifimommy and @b0ys_camp @ The Grey Eagle
Dec 18 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Western Wednesday @ The Double Crown
Dec 18 @ 8:00 pm – Dec 19 @ 12:00 am

**DECEMBER 18TH – DYLAN EARL + JOHNO LEEROY**

**DOORS AT 8PM – $10**

 

POETRY OPEN MiC ASHEViLLE @ Sovereign Kava
Dec 18 @ 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 18 @ 9:00 pm – Dec 19 @ 12:00 am
Quinn Sternberg’s Mind Beach @ The One Stop at Asheville Music Hall
Dec 18 @ 10:00 pm – Dec 19 @ 1:00 am

genre-defying fresh perspective on the Jazz tradition

$5 Donation

 

Wednesday Karaoke @ The Lazy Diamond
Dec 18 @ 10:00 pm – Dec 19 @ 2:00 am
Dec
19
Thu
12th Anniversary Gospel Night with The Legendary Singing Stars @ The Double Crown
Dec 19 all-day

Come celebrate The Double Crown’s 12th lap around the sun with none other than The Legendary Singing Stars from Brooklyn NY! 9 pm $10

Great vibes, great bourbon, and great music!

GET READY | New Year’s Eve with ELECTRO LUST and PINK BEDS @ The Grey Eagle
Dec 19 all-day
New Year’s Eve | Doors: 8:00 PM | Show: 9:00 PM | $24.60 advance Event Details and Tickets
We cant wait to play some live music for you all again Asheville!! Soooo looking forward to this NYE show with Pink Beds! Grab a ticket and come support local Asheville musicians and one of our favorite venues in town!! Lets do this!

Welcome to the world of Electro Lust! Where Electronic Funk pulses through the veins, entwined with a stampede of live Beats and Brass into the realms of Funk, Latin, Cuban, and Afrobeat. At the core of Electro Lust beats the hearts of Grammy Award-winning artists from Asheville, NC’s musical scene – Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band, The Fritz, and Empire Strikes Brass.

Pink Beds is an electro-indie rock band that sits at the intersection of spacious grooves and lush song crafting. Pink Beds blend all of their influences into something new that rises above the nameless, faceless blur of generic indie rock emanating from NYC to L.A. and not enough places in between.
SAVE THE DATE – Dec 21st | Winter Solstice w/ Prime: Jeff Sipe, Marcus White, Taylor Lee & Rebekah Todd @ One World Brewing - West
Dec 19 all-day
Saturday Dec 21 | 10pm – 1am | $12 cover at the door
Come rock through your Winter Solstice at One World West with this awesome quartet!

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

 

Aaron LaFalce @ 131 Main Restaurant
Dec 19 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Enjoy Live Music with Aaron on the keys and vocals every Thursday!

Free Terraoke Karaoke Takeover @ The od
Dec 19 @ 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Jerry’s Dead (Jerry Garcia/GD tribute) @ Asheville Music Hall
Dec 19 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Suggested $5-$10 donation

Jesse Talbott @ Mills River Brewing Co.
Dec 19 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Dr. Bacon’s Jesse Talbot will be playing a blend of folk, blues and Americana!

Open Old Time Jam @ Leveller Brewing Weaverville
Dec 19 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Come for to listen, come for to jam. Bring your banjos, your fiddles, your guitars and basses.

True Home Open Mic Night @ Flood Gallery Fine Art Center
Dec 19 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm

After being destroyed by Hurricane Helene in Black Mountain, Flood Gallery Fine Art Center is back! Now centrally located at River Ridge Business Center just off I-240 Exit 8.

Winter Lights @ The North Carolina Arboretum
Dec 19 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Winter Lights is a spectacular open-air walk-through light show made from over one million lights! Located at the North Carolina Arboretum in Asheville, North Carolina, this year’s event features favorites like the famously tall 50-foot lighted tree and the Quilt Garden, along with enchanting new details designed to delight and surprise. Live Music Nightly!!! Event Information and Tickets

 

Sage Christie @ Blue Mountain Pizza Weaverville
Dec 19 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Ashes & Arrows Black Mountain Montessori Benefit with Amanda Anne Platt @ White Horse Black Mountain
Dec 19 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Ticket Price $40

Billy Presnell @ Old Town District Black Mountain
Dec 19 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Bluegrass-jazz fusion!!!

CARNIVALE MACABRE: KrampüsNight @ The Mule at Devil's Foot Beverage Co.
Dec 19 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Follow the story and sing along to your favorite annoying Christmas tunes all played live by the seven piece CARNIVALE house band Renounced Heroes and don your gayest apparel to participate in our “pants off dance off” for prizes.

Tickets: suggested price $10-$15 “pay what you can” and NOTAFLOF

 

Hope Griffin acoustic @ The Joint Next Door Fairview
Dec 19 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

WNC’s #1 Folk/Acoustic Artist

Marshall Depot Acoustic Jam @ Historic Methodist Church Marshall
Dec 19 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

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

All Ol Time 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.

 

Piano Show @ Off the Wagon Dueling Piano Bar
Dec 19 @ 7:00 pm – Dec 20 @ 2:00 am
The Thursday Bluegrass Jam hosted by Drew Matulich @ Jack Of The Wood
Dec 19 @ 7:00 pm – 11:30 pm

Our amazing Thursday BlueGrass jam curated by the talented Drew Matulich! Don’t miss your chance to check out some of the best pickers from all over WNC! A real show-stopping performance only at Jack of the Wood! The Bluegrass Jam will start after the host band at 9:30 and go to 11:30pm. Pickers bring your instruments! Enjoy $1 OFF all our bourbons every Thursday

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/

VISUALS Solstice Celebration @ Eulogy
Dec 19 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Free show with live performances by…

-Chandra Shukla (cassette release Hima हिम)

-Elisa Faires

-Rodent

-Belly Full of Stars

Listen to This: Stories and More On Stage @ Citizen Vinyl
Dec 19 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

This month’s theme: Holiday Potluck — a smorgasbord of seasonal stories. Featuring tales under the tree from Barbie Angell, Carolina Quiroga, Stacey Uria, and Matt Wilson, plus songs by Brody Hunt. Hosted by Tom Chalmers.

$15 in advance / $20 day of

Old Farmers Ball Contra Dance @ Warren Wilson College
Dec 19 @ 7:30 pm – 11:00 pm
The oldest contra dance in the Asheville area is sponsored by us and is held every Thursday on the Warren Wilson campus
Free lesson 7:30-8, dance 8-11
  • Non-members: $12
  • OFB Members: $10
  • Warren Wilson community: $1

If this is your first time dancing with us, your second dance is free!

Pleasure Chest is Back!!! @ 5 Walnut Wine Bar
Dec 19 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

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

Elevated Jam Night @ Elevated Kava Lounge
Dec 19 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Elevate your jam session experience! Join us for an evening of collaborative music-making where we provide the backline (drums & keyboards) – you bring your instrument and your talent!

Fee Fi PHaux fISH @ One World Brewing - West
Dec 19 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Phish night with Fee Fi PHaux fISH (formerly The Lumpy Heads).
Featuring: Alex Bazemore, Ben Falcon, Hannah Ramsey, and Ryan Crabtree.
$5 Cover (Suggested $10)

 

Futurebirds @ The Orange Peel
Dec 19 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

$25 – $30 +

Momma Molasses Band @ Crow and Quill
Dec 19 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

honky tonk,  Country Swing and Folk

$10 cover

Papadosio’s Holidosio
Dec 19 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Papadosio to perform (2) sets of music a night for three nights with support from Electrochemical, Will Franke, and FunkBox, at Asheville’s brand new multimedia gallery and event space for their Holiday event series, Holidosio! From $50 +

Thursday Weekly Karaoke
Dec 19 @ 8:00 pm – Dec 20 @ 2:00 am

Please verify times and KJ with the venue!

Wag World Pub – 7-11

Daddy Mac’s Downhome Dive 8-11

Shiloh and Gaines 8-11

Static Age Loft 8-12

Shakeys Dive Bar 9pm-2am

 

Jamie Hendrickson’s Thursday Throwdown @ The One Stop at Asheville Music Hall
Dec 19 @ 9:00 pm – Dec 20 @ 12:00 am

SUGGESTED $5-$10 DONATION | 21+

Karaoke with DJ Kyle @ The Social
Dec 19 @ 9:00 pm – Dec 20 @ 1:00 am
Punk w/ Bad Fidleity, Ton of a Bitch, and tinyTVs @ The Burger Bar
Dec 19 @ 9:00 pm – Dec 20 @ 1:00 am

Doors 8pm, Show 9pm. Suggested donation $10. Pay what you can! Let’s Party!

Translating ft. NOLZ @ Third Room
Dec 19 @ 9:00 pm – 11:30 pm
Dec
20
Fri
COMING Dec. 28th | WTF 2024 – Lets Try This Again @ One World Brewing - West
Dec 20 all-day
December 28th 5:00pm-12:00am
WTF (Women to the Front) festival was originally set to take place on September 29th at Salvage Station but obviously was canceled due to the flooding that destroyed the venue. Our hearts were broken for our friends who lost everything. It was hard to imagine doing this event anywhere else, but we need community right now and One World West offered us a place to come together. We are so grateful.
Join us for some great music by local AVL women.
Ovadya
Marisa Blake & Friends
WTF Funk Band
Fancy & The Femmes
Hope Griffin Duo
WTF Blues Band
& Many Special Guests
Tacontento Food Truck OPEN
$10 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

Cookies for a Cause by Sweet Impact Initiative @ Lexington Glassworks
Dec 20 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

A group of passionate local bakers raising funds and slinging cookies to keep the money coming to those in need in Western North Carolina.

One $50 ticket gets you one box of 12 unique gourmet cookies and access to the fun-filled cookie pick-up event!

Come for the cookies, stay for the:
– Live music with The Wilder Flower
– Last-minute holiday shopping, take home some beautiful local glass art for you and a friend 😉
– Complimentary refreshments and good company, meet your bakers!
– Raffles, Raffles, Raffles! Local art and experiences will be up for grabs – are you feeling lucky?
– See who will wear the cookie crown, Chef J Chong and Food Blogger Stu Helm will join us and pick their favorite cookie.

Mr Jimmy @ The Station Black Mountain
Dec 20 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Enjoy authentic Blues music from Mr Jimmy while imbibing in the friendly atmosphere of the The Station.

Dueling Piano Show @ Off the Wagon Dueling Piano Bar
Dec 20 @ 6:00 pm – Dec 21 @ 2:00 am
Winter Lights @ The North Carolina Arboretum
Dec 20 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Winter Lights is a spectacular open-air walk-through light show made from over one million lights! Located at the North Carolina Arboretum in Asheville, North Carolina, this year’s event features favorites like the famously tall 50-foot lighted tree and the Quilt Garden, along with enchanting new details designed to delight and surprise. Live Music Nightly!!! Event Information and Tickets

 

Acoustic Three @ Blue Mountain Pizza Weaverville
Dec 20 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Pizza and live music!

Grass Is Back @ Fletcher Feed and Seed
Dec 20 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
GRASS IS BACK 2024!
Bluegrass Every Friday Night!
No Cover!
Commodore Fox Band @ Wild Wing Cafe South
Dec 20 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Asheville’s tried and true blue cover band. No cover.

Datrian Johnson & Friends’ Soulful Christmas (feat members of ESB, Funk You & The Fritz): A Benefit for Unity Church @ The Grey Eagle
Dec 20 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Jesse Velvet @ One World Brewing - West
Dec 20 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Jesse Velvet brings you gritty funk, feel good rock & southern soul with a psychedelic twist and jam-inspired grooves. Our music is designed to make you move, groove, and question if you need more bell-bottoms in your life. $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

Karaoke tonight! @ Brewskies Fairview
Dec 20 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Papadosio’s Holidosio
Dec 20 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Papadosio to perform (2) sets of music a night for three nights with support from Electrochemical, Will Franke, and FunkBox, at Asheville’s brand new multimedia gallery and event space for their Holiday event series, Holidosio! From $50 +

TBirds KARAOKE @ T Birds Weaverville
Dec 20 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar @ The Omni Grove Park Inn
Dec 20 @ 8:30 pm – Dec 21 @ 1:00 am
Big Blue Band @ Shakeys
Dec 20 @ 9:00 pm – Dec 21 @ 2:00 am

Live Music every 1st and 3rd Friday with the Big Blue Band, the anti-hero of jam bands!!! Mad Mike DJ’s til 2am

Friday Karaoke @ Brewskies Fairview
Dec 20 @ 9:00 pm – Dec 21 @ 12:00 am
Terraoke Friday Night Karaoke @ Handlebar & Grill
Dec 20 @ 9:00 pm – Dec 21 @ 1:00 am
Dec
21
Sat
“Bring Back The Heartbeat”
Dec 21 all-day

Asheville’s music scene is born of age-old traditions, nurtured by a spirit of independence and the muse of the mountain landscape. Here you’ll find our rhythm is proudly rooted in old-time mountain music, but it’s our full spectrum of innovative musicians who truly define our sound. Asheville offers a lively, and perhaps unexpected, experience for the musically-minded traveler.

Through the Bring Back the Heartbeat campaign, IamAVL is partnering with local venues and establishments to offset their costs to get our musicians back to work. Independent Arts and Music is a 501(c)3, so donations can be tax deductible. iamavl.com/music-industry-relief-fund

Our mission is to provide a platform to help expand the reach of Asheville based musicians and artists, to make some great music and art, and to have a great time while doing it.

Yarn Holiday Ball @ The Grey Eagle
Dec 21 all-day
Saturday December 21 | Doors: 7:00 PM | Show: 8:00 PM
Yarn is an Americana, Alt-Country, Rock and Roll band founded in 2007 by Blake Christiana. Yarn evolved from its earliest days as a bar band in New York, NY to an outstanding roots band that’s shared stages with some of the biggest names in the business. You could say that Blake is the music and the music is Blake; that’s how deeply he inhabits the songs he writes and plays. You can hear him struggling with his feelings, whether it’s on a skittering country shuffle or on a mid-tempo folk ballad or a straight-ahead rocker.
Over the years, musicians have rotated in and out of Yarn, but drummer Robert Bonhomme and bassist Rick Bugel, along with Christiana, have remained the core of the band. Yarn has definitely brought people together with their music; their devoted followers call themselves the “Yarmy,” and for the last 4 years the band has hosted a three-day music festival, Yarnival, that attracted hundreds of fans to Troy, Virginia. Along the way, Yarn has gathered accolades from festivals, The Americana Music Association, landed on the Grammy ballot four times, and placed in the top five of the AMA album charts on more than one occasion.
Holiday Markets @ White Horse Black Mountain
Dec 21 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

In addition to providing a storefront space for local vendors, the Holiday Markets will create a festive atmosphere for attendees with live music with Jay Brown, visits with Santa, a food truck, and holiday-inspired drinks from the bar for kids and grownups alike!

Yala Cultural Tour + Drum Workshop @ LEAF Global Arts
Dec 21 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Visit LEAF Global Arts every Saturday for an in-house cultural exchange with Adama Dembele. Experience the Ivory Coast with our Culture Keeper from the House of Djembe.
Stay for an all-ages Drum Workshop, no experience necessary.
Guitar League Open Mic/Song Circle @ Turgua Brewing Fairview
Dec 21 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Beginners are welcome- all levels. Learn, play, share!!!
Free
Cosmic Solstice – Music, Dance, Glow @ One World Brewing - West
Dec 21 @ 2:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Music | Dance | Art | Community
Benefitting the AVL community to spread joy through music, movement, & community.
* Pay-what-you can w/ limited free RSVP at cosmic.simpletix.com
Family friendly, all ages are welcome.
S’mores • Tacos • LED + Glow Dancing • Interactive Art • Kid Zone • Craft Vendors.
Live Performances with Infinite-C  – Interstellar Noise – Reality (Rae Sheetz) – Jon Owen – ionSound & the ionSound Syndicate – Elizabeth K / Neon Rose (flute, synth, vocals) – Rob Campbell (guitar) – Matthias Sayour (drums) – JP Miller (guitar)

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

 

Mama Roux @ Twin Leaf Brewery
Dec 21 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Soul n’ Roll, Jazz ‘n Jam, Funk ‘n Junk

Nobody’s Darling String Band @ Jack Of The Wood
Dec 21 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

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/

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Lucky Buckeyes @ Turgua Brewing Fairview
Dec 21 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Fairview NC Bluegrass Ensemble

Dueling Piano Show @ Off the Wagon Dueling Piano Bar
Dec 21 @ 6:00 pm – Dec 22 @ 2:00 am
Mr Jimmy @ Asheville Club
Dec 21 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Enjoy authentic Blues music from Mr Jimmy.

Riyen Roots @ The One Stop at Asheville Music Hall
Dec 21 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Original American Blues Roots and Soul Musician From The Mountains Of North Carolina!

Winter Lights @ The North Carolina Arboretum
Dec 21 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Winter Lights is a spectacular open-air walk-through light show made from over one million lights! Located at the North Carolina Arboretum in Asheville, North Carolina, this year’s event features favorites like the famously tall 50-foot lighted tree and the Quilt Garden, along with enchanting new details designed to delight and surprise. Live Music Nightly!!! Event Information and Tickets

 

Country Music With a Little Bluegrass @ The Old Home Place Mills River
Dec 21 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Live music every Saturday night. Large dance floor. Country music with a little bluegrass in the mix. Good clean fun in an alcohol free environment.

 

 

Burger Bar Karaoke @ The Burger Bar
Dec 21 @ 8:00 pm – Dec 22 @ 1:00 am

THE BEST “WORST KARAOKE” IN ASHEVILLE!!
Sing ’til you die every Saturday at Asheville’s oldest bar and #1 Dive!!

Papadosio’s Holidosio
Dec 21 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Papadosio to perform (2) sets of music a night for three nights with support from Electrochemical, Will Franke, and FunkBox, at Asheville’s brand new multimedia gallery and event space for their Holiday event series, Holidosio! From $50 +

Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar @ The Omni Grove Park Inn
Dec 21 @ 8:30 pm – Dec 22 @ 1:00 am
Candler Rice @ Shiloh & Gaines
Dec 21 @ 9:00 pm – Dec 22 @ 12:00 am

Candler “Piano Man” Rice is the keyboardist for rising country star Adam Church, don’t miss this!!! When he’s not on tour, he returns to his roots, captivating audiences with a mix of Piano Bar classics, Folk, Country, Original music, and more!

Free Show!!!

Shiloh & Gaines – Your neighborhood bar……no matter where you live.

Coffee ~ Spirits ~ Pool ~ Darts ~ Live Music ~ Dog Friendly ~ Karaoke ~  Find our music schedule and more at shilohandgaines.com

 

 

Sarah Tucker @ Claddagh Restaurant & Pub
Dec 21 @ 9:00 pm – Dec 22 @ 12:00 am

Sarah is a singer and songwriter with great talent in many genres including rock, pop, country, folk, and old time – the music of her mountain home.

Saturday Karaoke @ The Social
Dec 21 @ 9:00 pm – Dec 22 @ 1:00 am
Sing Karaoke 🎤 Tonight!
Winter Solstice w/ Prime: Jeff Sipe, Marcus White, Taylor Lee & Rebekah Todd @ One World Brewing - West
Dec 21 @ 10:00 pm – Dec 22 @ 1:00 am
Come rock through your Winter Solstice at One World West with this awesome quartet!
$12 ticket at the door

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