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Dec
4
Mon
Piano Show @ Off the Wagon Dueling Piano Bar
Dec 4 @ 7:00 pm – Dec 5 @ 2:00 am
Best Ever Karaoke with KJ Chelsea @ Fleetwood's
Dec 4 @ 9:00 pm – Dec 5 @ 12:00 am
Dec
5
Tue
Open Mic with Mike Waters @ Sweeten Creek Brewing
Dec 5 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
The Lads avl @ The Joint Next Door Fairview
Dec 5 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm

classic rock and blues

 

Early Tuesday Jam @ The One Stop at Asheville Music Hall
Dec 5 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Suggested Donation

Grateful Family Band Tuesdays @ One World Brewing - West
Dec 5 @ 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 5 @ 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 5 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Open Mic w/Hamza @ The Social
Dec 5 @ 7:00 pm – Dec 6 @ 12:00 am
The John Henrys @ 5 Walnut Wine Bar
Dec 5 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Hot Jazz ~ Standards (Great American Songbook) ~ Swing

The Open Jam with The Lactones @ Sovereign Kava
Dec 5 @ 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 5 @ 9:00 pm – 11:30 pm

(musicians, comedians, dancers, poets, storytellers)

Tuesday Night Funk Jam @ Asheville Music Hall
Dec 5 @ 10:00 pm – Dec 6 @ 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 5 @ 10:00 pm – Dec 6 @ 1:00 am
Dec
6
Wed
Jack’s Old-Time Jam @ Jack Of The Wood
Dec 6 @ 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 6 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

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

Jay Brown @ Black Mountain Brewery
Dec 6 @ 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 6 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Well-Crafted Wednesdays w/ Matt Smith @ Highland Brewing Company
Dec 6 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

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

12/18 – Seth Kaufman & Evan Martin

 

 

“Dan’s Jam” Weekly Open Bluegrass Jam @ Town Pump Tavern Black Mountain
Dec 6 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Open Mic: Host Greg Speas @ Camden's Coffee House Mars Hill
Dec 6 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Come demonstrate your talents at Open Mic.
Piano Show @ Off the Wagon Dueling Piano Bar
Dec 6 @ 7:00 pm – Dec 7 @ 2:00 am
Porn Star Karaoke @ Fleetwood's
Dec 6 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
You sing, they dance
21+ // $
Weird Wednesday Experimental Jam @ Sly Grog Lounge
Dec 6 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Electronic Collaboration

Bam-a-Lam @ 5 Walnut Wine Bar
Dec 6 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

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

Western Wednesday @ The Double Crown
Dec 6 @ 8:00 pm – Dec 7 @ 12:00 am

**DECEMBER 18TH – DYLAN EARL + THE SILENT KNIGHTS**

**DOORS AT 8PM – $10**

 

POETRY OPEN MiC ASHEViLLE @ Sovereign Kava
Dec 6 @ 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 6 @ 9:00 pm – Dec 7 @ 12:00 am
Wednesday Karaoke @ The Lazy Diamond
Dec 6 @ 10:00 pm – Dec 7 @ 2:00 am
Dec
7
Thu
Andy Ferrell @ 12 Bones Brewing
Dec 7 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
He blends old-time roots and folk songwriting with a more polished country sound that verges at times on Paul Simon-esque balladry.
Aaron LaFalce @ 131 Main Restaurant
Dec 7 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

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

True Home Open Mic Night @ Flood Gallery Fine Art Center
Dec 7 @ 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.

Piano Show @ Off the Wagon Dueling Piano Bar
Dec 7 @ 7:00 pm – Dec 8 @ 2:00 am
Pleasure Chest is Back!!! @ 5 Walnut Wine Bar
Dec 7 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

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

Fee Fi PHaux fISH @ One World Brewing - West
Dec 7 @ 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)

 

Dec
9
Sat
Country Music With a Little Bluegrass @ The Old Home Place Mills River
Dec 9 @ 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.

 

 

Saturday Karaoke @ The Social
Dec 9 @ 9:00 pm – Dec 10 @ 1:00 am
Sing Karaoke 🎤 Tonight!
Dec
10
Sun
Adam Rose Duo (Jazz) @ Battery Park Book Exchange & Champagne Bar
Dec 10 @ 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Reggae Sunday w/ Chalwa and Alvitas Way @ The One Stop at Asheville Music Hall
Dec 10 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Suggested $5 Donation

Piano Show @ Off the Wagon Dueling Piano Bar
Dec 10 @ 7:00 pm – Dec 11 @ 2:00 am
Dec
11
Mon
Asheville Monday Night Contra Dance @ Odessy School Montford
Dec 11 @ 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.
Ashley Heath Mondays @ Town Pump Tavern Black Mountain
Dec 11 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Weekly residency with special guests.

12/23 – Nicole Nicolopoulos

Free Live Jazz Mondays @ Little Jumbo
Dec 11 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Real Live Jazz – No Cover   

Dec 23 – Nick Garrison & Bill Reichenbach

Dec 30 – Justin Ray Quartet

Marshall Bluegrass Jam with Branson Raines @ The Historic Methodist Church
Dec 11 @ 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 11 @ 7:00 pm – Dec 12 @ 2:00 am
Open Mic Night @ One World Brewing Downtown
Dec 11 @ 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm

Good news! We are bringing our Monday night Open Mic Night back-hosted by Tony Willingham. Sign-Ups @ 6:30

JLloyd Mashup @ One World Brewing - West
Dec 11 @ 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
12
Tue
Open Mic with Mike Waters @ Sweeten Creek Brewing
Dec 12 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
The Lads avl @ The Joint Next Door Fairview
Dec 12 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm

classic rock and blues

 

Early Tuesday Jam @ The One Stop at Asheville Music Hall
Dec 12 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Suggested Donation

Grateful Family Band Tuesdays @ One World Brewing - West
Dec 12 @ 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 12 @ 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 12 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Open Mic w/Hamza @ The Social
Dec 12 @ 7:00 pm – Dec 13 @ 12:00 am
The John Henrys @ 5 Walnut Wine Bar
Dec 12 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Hot Jazz ~ Standards (Great American Songbook) ~ Swing

The Open Jam with The Lactones @ Sovereign Kava
Dec 12 @ 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 12 @ 9:00 pm – 11:30 pm

(musicians, comedians, dancers, poets, storytellers)

Tuesday Night Funk Jam @ Asheville Music Hall
Dec 12 @ 10:00 pm – Dec 13 @ 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 12 @ 10:00 pm – Dec 13 @ 1:00 am
Dec
13
Wed
Jack’s Old-Time Jam @ Jack Of The Wood
Dec 13 @ 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 13 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

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

Jay Brown @ Black Mountain Brewery
Dec 13 @ 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 13 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Well-Crafted Wednesdays w/ Matt Smith @ Highland Brewing Company
Dec 13 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

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

12/18 – Seth Kaufman & Evan Martin

 

 

“Dan’s Jam” Weekly Open Bluegrass Jam @ Town Pump Tavern Black Mountain
Dec 13 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Open Mic: Host Greg Speas @ Camden's Coffee House Mars Hill
Dec 13 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Come demonstrate your talents at Open Mic.
Piano Show @ Off the Wagon Dueling Piano Bar
Dec 13 @ 7:00 pm – Dec 14 @ 2:00 am
Porn Star Karaoke @ Fleetwood's
Dec 13 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
You sing, they dance
21+ // $
Weird Wednesday Experimental Jam @ Sly Grog Lounge
Dec 13 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Electronic Collaboration

Bam-a-Lam @ 5 Walnut Wine Bar
Dec 13 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

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

Western Wednesday @ The Double Crown
Dec 13 @ 8:00 pm – Dec 14 @ 12:00 am

**DECEMBER 18TH – DYLAN EARL + THE SILENT KNIGHTS**

**DOORS AT 8PM – $10**

 

POETRY OPEN MiC ASHEViLLE @ Sovereign Kava
Dec 13 @ 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 13 @ 9:00 pm – Dec 14 @ 12:00 am
Wednesday Karaoke @ The Lazy Diamond
Dec 13 @ 10:00 pm – Dec 14 @ 2:00 am
Dec
14
Thu
Andy Ferrell @ 12 Bones Brewing
Dec 14 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
He blends old-time roots and folk songwriting with a more polished country sound that verges at times on Paul Simon-esque balladry.
Irish Session @ Leveller Brewing Weaverville
Dec 14 @ 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Aaron LaFalce @ 131 Main Restaurant
Dec 14 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

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

Piano Show @ Off the Wagon Dueling Piano Bar
Dec 14 @ 7:00 pm – Dec 15 @ 2:00 am
Pleasure Chest is Back!!! @ 5 Walnut Wine Bar
Dec 14 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

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

Dec
16
Sat
Guitar League Open Mic/Song Circle @ Turgua Brewing Fairview
Dec 16 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Beginners are welcome- all levels. Learn, play, share!!!
Free
Dec
17
Sun
Reggae Sunday w/ Chalwa and Alvitas Way @ The One Stop at Asheville Music Hall
Dec 17 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Suggested $5 Donation

Piano Show @ Off the Wagon Dueling Piano Bar
Dec 17 @ 7:00 pm – Dec 18 @ 2:00 am
Dec
18
Mon
Asheville Monday Night Contra Dance @ Odessy School Montford
Dec 18 @ 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.
Ashley Heath Mondays @ Town Pump Tavern Black Mountain
Dec 18 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Weekly residency with special guests.

12/23 – Nicole Nicolopoulos

Free Live Jazz Mondays @ Little Jumbo
Dec 18 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Real Live Jazz – No Cover   

Dec 23 – Nick Garrison & Bill Reichenbach

Dec 30 – Justin Ray Quartet

Marshall Bluegrass Jam with Branson Raines @ The Historic Methodist Church
Dec 18 @ 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 18 @ 7:00 pm – Dec 19 @ 2:00 am
JLloyd Mashup @ One World Brewing - West
Dec 18 @ 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
19
Tue
Open Mic with Mike Waters @ Sweeten Creek Brewing
Dec 19 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
The Lads avl @ The Joint Next Door Fairview
Dec 19 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm

classic rock and blues

 

Early Tuesday Jam @ The One Stop at Asheville Music Hall
Dec 19 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Suggested Donation

Grateful Family Band Tuesdays @ One World Brewing - West
Dec 19 @ 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 19 @ 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 19 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Open Mic w/Hamza @ The Social
Dec 19 @ 7:00 pm – Dec 20 @ 12:00 am
The John Henrys @ 5 Walnut Wine Bar
Dec 19 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Hot Jazz ~ Standards (Great American Songbook) ~ Swing

The Open Jam with The Lactones @ Sovereign Kava
Dec 19 @ 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 19 @ 9:00 pm – 11:30 pm

(musicians, comedians, dancers, poets, storytellers)

Tuesday Night Funk Jam @ Asheville Music Hall
Dec 19 @ 10:00 pm – Dec 20 @ 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 19 @ 10:00 pm – Dec 20 @ 1:00 am