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THE BEST “WORST KARAOKE” IN ASHEVILLE!!
Sing ’til you die every Saturday at Asheville’s oldest bar and #1 Dive!!
Ben’s Tune Up – 8-11pm
Banks Ave – 9-11:30pm
Havana Miami – 9pm-2am
Room 9 Nightclub – 9pm-2am
Static Age Loft – 9pm-2am
Waterstreet – 9pm-2am
Imperial – 9pm-1am
The Barksdale – 10pm-2am
Double Crown – 10pm-2am
Lazy Diamond – 10pm-2am
Strange Magic Bar – 10pm-2am
Shakeys – 10pm-2am
Scandals -10pm-2am
Check with the venue on cover charges and tonight’s DJ.
Drop in early for dinner and join “Mr. Soul Motion’s Supper Club”, where the smooth and sweet stuff gets played! Once the diners clear out, the tables move, the volume goes up, the lights go down, and the dance party is on!
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.
Dec
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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.
We hope you enjoy our guide to the Asheville area’s dynamic music scene.
If we somehow help to brighten up your day, please consider a $5 donation to help support our efforts in providing the area’s most complete local music calendar.
Venmo: click here
Last 4 digits – 3383
PayPal: click here
1) Perform an internet search for the key words that music loving visitors use, i.e. “Asheville live music” or “live music Asheville”. See which site populates.
2) Promote your gigs on that site.
Hope That Helps!!!
P.S. (Ask about the discounted “Recovery Rates” for our LOOK HERE featured listings available through December!)
January 16-19, 2025
Join Bachata and Salsa dancers from all over the world!
Immerse yourself in the rhythmic heartbeat of Latin music at the ultimate Bachata and Salsa Weekend in Asheville, NC! Join us for a vibrant celebration of dance and culture featuring a spectacular lineup of workshops, masterclasses, and social dancing sessions. Whether you’re a seasoned dancer or just starting out, our expert instructors will guide you through every step, from the sensuous moves of Bachata to the electrifying rhythms of Salsa.
Prepare to be swept away by live music performances and exhilarating concerts, where talented DJs will dance you into the night. Make unforgettable memories on the dance floor with fellow enthusiasts from around the world.
Mark your calendars for a weekend filled with passion, music, and unforgettable moments. Get ready to experience the magic of Latin dance like never before, right here in Asheville, NC!
Event Details and Tickets
We’ll have a jazz trio playing and our full plant-centric menu, espresso and smoothie bar.
Mourning Mass: A Weekly Sacrament of Cosmic Hymns and Brunch Eats on the South Slope with multi instrumentalist Jacob Bruner
We’re excited to welcome back the Sunday Bluegrass Boy’s – catch them every Sunday from 12-2pm! The perfect SUNDAY FUNDAY afternoon with $8 mimosas and bloody Mary’s AND $20 bottles of bubbly!
Followed by our Irish session starting at 3:30pm till close!
Jack Of The Wood 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/
Orbiting around Asheville’s grateful music scene since late 2023, Suns Of Stars blends contemporary and traditional bluegrass with a high energy jam style. At its core lies the trio of Alex Bazemore (guitar), and Asheville’s own Jackson Chisholm (upright bass) and Johnny Humphries (mandolin). As Suns Of Stars has been gathering momentum they’ve picked up Alex Ball (fiddle/violin) and Gabe Epstein (banjo). A massive song repertoire and growing list of original music make for a unique performance each time.
$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
Jazz Sunday typically features a guest artist for a short set and then welcomes jazz musicians of all levels to sit in for the remainder of the afternoon.
A plethora of sounds and styles. Beatboxing mixed with killer guitar and loop mastery. A one man orchestra. Plays all the songs you love.
Hot Vintage Vocal String Band. Jazz, Swing, Americana.
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/
Come out and sing with us!
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
Keeping the Reggae Vibes going through the fall! Rotating Reggae Bands each Sunday!
Bands include:
Dub Kartel
Below the Bassline
Tuff Sol
The LUV Boat
The Sun Sippers
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
Happy Sunday Asheville! Open mic tonight from 8- close signups start at 7pm!
Brightsome Color is a who’s who of the Asheville jam scene. $5-$10 Suggested donation | 21 +
Come on out and enjoy some music with our house DJ. Til 1am on Friday & Saturday
Sunday Karaoke Tonight!
From 10pm-2am!
Dec
30
Mon
We hope you enjoy our guide to the Asheville area’s dynamic music scene.
If we somehow help to brighten up your day, please consider a $5 donation to help support our efforts in providing the area’s most complete local music calendar.
Venmo: click here
Last 4 digits – 3383
PayPal: click here
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.
Calling all Songwriters: All Original Open Mic at Old Town District.
Bring your songs, voice and ears and let’s get together and share the craft with each other!
110 Black Mt. Ave.
Black Mountain NC
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
pay what you can
Find out who will be playing and calling each week
click here
Weekly residency with special guests.
11/25 – w/ special guest Joshua Singleton
Join us for Monday night karaoke! Show starts at 7, with your host and kj Marc Keller.
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.
Hosted by Sam Wharton. Come pick!
MR JIMMY is the solo project of Blues guitarist & vocalist Jim “Ang” Anderson, who has fronted The Chicago Kingsnakes for the past 35 years. Blue Monday at the Joint next door started as a solo Blues show with Mr Jimmy and has evolved into a Jam Session of sorts. Jimmy is joined with different musical cohorts every week.
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.
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!
Come on out and enjoy some music with our house DJ. Til 1am on Friday & Saturday
Dec
31
Tue
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.
We hope you enjoy our guide to the Asheville area’s dynamic music scene.
If we somehow help to brighten up your day, please consider a $5 donation to help support our efforts in providing the area’s most complete local music calendar.
Venmo: click here
Last 4 digits – 3383
PayPal: click here
1) Perform an internet search for the key words that music loving visitors use, i.e. “Asheville live music” or “live music Asheville”. See which site populates.
2) Promote your gigs on that site.
Hope That Helps!!!
P.S. (Ask about the discounted “Recovery Rates” for our LOOK HERE featured listings available through December!)
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
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!
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.
Tonight we’ll have open mic from 7-9p. Bring a guitar, drum, book, or a friend and come join us!
Hot Jazz ~ Standards (Great American Songbook) ~ Swing
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.
Come on out and enjoy some music with our house DJ. Til 1am on Friday & Saturday
(musicians, comedians, dancers, poets, storytellers)
$10 Suggested Donation at the Door (Cash or Venmo accepted, think tip jar, goes 100% to musicians!)
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We hope you enjoy our guide to the Asheville area’s dynamic music scene.
If we somehow help to brighten up your day, please consider a $5 donation to help support our efforts in providing the area’s most complete local music calendar.
Venmo: click here
Last 4 digits – 3383
PayPal: click here
The view from our tree-lined brewery is something special no matter the season. Cool down in the Taproom with a farm-fresh salad and small plates, or soak in the sun on our Back Porch with a beer and a snack. Check out our upcoming events and more! click here
Acoustic Old Time/Bluegrass Jam!! C’mon Out!!
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)
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. Look for our new indoor taproom opening this Fall/Winter. pisgahbrewing.com
Hosted by Billy Litz (weather permitting)
Jam is from 6-9pm. Bear Creek String Bandits, the house band, plays the first hour then the floor is open. Come pick with us! Come out to MRB the first Wednesday of every month for our Bluegrass Jam from 6-9pm! Grab an instrument and join in or just sit back and enjoy!
I’m very happy to have a great lineup of friends joining me for Well Crafted Wednesdays at Highland Brewing Company.
11/20 – A. Lee Edwards
Come demonstrate your talents at Open Mic.
You sing, they dance
21+ // $
Swing Asheville is BACK!!
Join us for our weekly dance series in our beautiful new home, the Haywood Park Hotel.
Weekly dance is $10 admission and includes:
Free beginner swing dance lesson (7-8 pm)
Social swing dance to DJed music (8-10 pm)
‘Lights Out Asheville’ – a blues/fusion dance hour to top off the night (10-11 pm)
Visit our newest location in East Asheville! With food from Mountain Madre. Not Just A Distillery, A Cultivated Experience!!! From grain to garnish, Cultivated Cocktails takes you from the distillation process through the cocktail creation. Blending craft mixers with our quality spirits, creating the recipes, and passing along the perfect way for you to continue your Cultivated experience at home. cultivated-cocktails.com
Visit our newest location in East Asheville! With food from Mountain Madre. Not Just A Distillery, A Cultivated Experience!!! From grain to garnish, Cultivated Cocktails takes you from the distillation process through the cocktail creation. Blending craft mixers with our quality spirits, creating the recipes, and passing along the perfect way for you to continue your Cultivated experience at home. cultivated-cocktails.com
lo-fi pop and rocknroll with Jason Krekel & Craig Kelberg
Eulogy – A Portal of Sound on the grounds of Burial Beer, Asheville’s South Slope. Open nightly with full bar. Our Box Office is located in the Burial Beer Shop. Roll through anytime during Burial’s operating hours and purchase fee-less tickets for any show we’ve announced. Check out our upcoming offerings of events at eulogyavl.com
We are located in the Arden-Asheville-Fletcher-Hendersonville area. With over 60 TVs, you can sit back and relax, knowing that your favorite game is on. We showcase some of the top sporting events and serve the area’s best smash burgers, wings, and upscale bar food in the area. Our weekly specials and events include live music performances at least once a week, open mic and team trivia nights that always bring fun and laughter. mudpuppiesavl.com/
**NOVEMBER 20TH – ANDREA AND MUD**
**DOORS AT 8PM – $10**
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.)
Come on out and enjoy some music with our house DJ. Til 1am on Friday & Saturday
$1.00 off all Jameson, too! 
