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Art & museums

Out of a Flood – Helene Documentary Premiere

Wortham Center for the Performing Arts · 7:00 PM

Event

Lunchbox Live on Wall Street

Wall Street Plaza · Through Nov 20

Theater & dance

Changing Same

NC Stage Company · Through Nov 15

Theater & dance

Doubt

Asheville Community Theatre · Through Nov 15

Music

Meschiya Lake

5 Walnut Wine Bar · 4:00 PM

Music

NOBODY'S DARLING STRING BAND

Jack of the Wood · 4:00 PM

5 more dates through Dec 26
Music

Mowgli Giannitti

One World Brewing Downtown · 7:00 PM

Art & museums

Out of a Flood – Helene Documentary Premiere

Wortham Center for the Performing Arts · 7:00 PM

Comedy

The Misfit Improv Comedy Show

North Carolina Stage Company · 7:30 PM

From $122 more dates through Dec 18
Music

The Feels Trio

5 Walnut Wine Bar · 8:00 PM

Music

Brian Felix Organ Trio & Special Guest Jacob Rodriguez

Hotel Eve Jazz · 8:00 PM

Music

Soul Blue Rocks

Cork & Keg · 8:00 PM

Music

Same As It Ever Was

Revival · 8:00 PM

Music

Adrianne Blanks & the Oracles

Crow and Quill · 8:00 PM

Music

Unihorn ft. Members of Empire Strikes Brass

Barley's Taproom Downtown · 8:30 PM

Music

Pleasure Chest

Jack of the Wood · 8:30 PM

Music

Zack Fox (DJ Set)

The Orange Peel · 9:00 PM

Music

Evey May / Good Trauma / Minorcan

Static Age Records · 9:00 PM

From $10
Music

Leeda “Lyric” Jones Band

Crowbar Asheville · Through Nov 15

Event

Elijah Wise

Shamrock Irons Irish Pub · Through Nov 15

Music

Katie Pruitt

Asheville Music Hall · 9:00 PM

Music

Certainly So

The One Stop · 10:00 PM

Music

BLUEGRASS BRUNCH

Jack of the Wood · 12:00 PM

6 more dates through Dec 27
Music

Sunday Sounds | Diego Vázquez

Asheville Art Museum · 12:00 PM

Free2 more dates through Dec 13
Music

Celtic/Old Timey Tunes with Trippin' Up the Stairs

Shamrock Irons Irish Pub · 1:00 PM

Art & museums

Drop-In Public Tour

Asheville Art Museum · 2:00 PM

Free2 more dates through Dec 5
Music

TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSION

Jack of the Wood · 3:30 PM

6 more dates through Dec 27
Music

Mike Hollon

5 Walnut Wine Bar · 4:00 PM

Comedy

Randy Feltface: Gimmick

The Orange Peel · 7:00 PM

Music

Breakfast for Dinner

5 Walnut Wine Bar · 8:00 PM

2 more dates through Nov 29
Music

Massa Nera / Toe Cutter / Peng

Static Age Records · 8:45 PM

Event

Baby Story Time

67 Haywood Street · 10:30 AM

1 more date through Nov 23
Event

Baby Play Time

67 Haywood Street · 11:00 AM

5 more dates through Dec 21
Art & museums

Intro. to Green Screen Production

67 Haywood Street · 5:00 PM

Art & museums

Stray Embers Encore Screening with Filmmakers

Fine Arts Theatre · 7:00 PM

Music

Americana Swing Grass w/ 81 Drifters

5 Walnut Wine Bar · 8:00 PM

Event

Toddler Story Time

67 Haywood Street · 10:30 AM

Event

LEGO Club

67 Haywood Street · 3:30 PM

5 more dates through Dec 22
Event

Unspoken Word Open Mic & Winter Supply Drive Packing Party

67 Haywood Street · 5:00 PM

Music

Solo Piano Showcase with Inna Faliks

Asheville Symphony · 7:00 PM

Comedy

Bill Blagg's The Science of Magic

Wortham Center for the Performing Arts · 7:00 PM

Art & museums

First They Came for My College

Fine Arts Theatre · 7:00 PM

Music

Hot Jazz w/ The John Henrys

5 Walnut Wine Bar · 8:00 PM

5 more dates through Dec 22
Music

Olivia Outdoors

67 Haywood Street · 10:30 AM

1 more date through Dec 16
Event

Tween D&D with Raj

67 Haywood Street · 4:00 PM

2 more dates through Dec 16
Music

Drumming 101: Intro. to Drumming and Rhythm

67 Haywood Street · 4:00 PM

Music

OLD-TIME JAM

Jack of the Wood · 5:00 PM

5 more dates through Dec 23
Art & museums

Blood Simple (1984) with Wheeler Wednesday

Fine Arts Theatre · 7:00 PM

Music

The Queen Sessions | Frances Eliza

Hotel Eve Jazz · 7:00 PM

Event

Connor Koz' Grass Underground

One World Brewing Downtown · 8:00 PM

5 more dates through Dec 23
Music

Alien Music Club Trio (formerly My Magnificent Trio)

5 Walnut Wine Bar · 8:00 PM

1 more date through Dec 2
Music

Ho99o9 & N8NOFACE + Slay Squad, Corpse Dust

Revival · Through Nov 19

Music

Cursed Image / LiNE / auwbe / toys noys

Static Age Records · 8:45 PM

From $10
Music

Parker Zelter and Friends

The One Stop · 10:00 PM

Event

Spanish Conversation Practice Group

67 Haywood Street · 10:30 AM

1 more date through Dec 17
Event

STEM Lab - Gushy Mushy Slippery

67 Haywood Street · 3:00 PM

Music

Third Thursday | Featuring guitarist Eric Congdon

Asheville Art Museum · 5:00 PM

Free
Music

Prince Daddy & The Hyena + Combat, Walter Etc.

Revival · Through Nov 20

Music

Jazz Showcase & Jam

Shamrock Irons Irish Pub · 7:00 PM

5 more dates through Dec 24
Music

The Composer's Room | Featuring the Music of Daniel Combs

Hotel Eve Jazz · 7:00 PM

Music

BLUEGRASS JAM

Jack of the Wood · 7:00 PM

4 more dates through Dec 24
Sports

Ingles Southern Conference Women's Volleyball Championships

Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville · 7:00 PM

3 more dates through Nov 22
Music

Thursday Night Funk!

Barley's Taproom Downtown · 7:30 PM

5 more dates through Dec 24
Music

Rock n Soul with Pleasure Chest

5 Walnut Wine Bar · 8:00 PM

5 more dates through Dec 24
Music

Hiss Golden Messenger

The Orange Peel · 8:00 PM

Music

Thursday Local Live Music- Lenny Pettinelli

One World Brewing Downtown · 8:00 PM

Music

Cairo Jag / Vermillion High

Static Age Records · 8:45 PM

From $10
Music

Sunnie Rae duo

Crowbar Asheville · Through Nov 20

Music

Fungkshui

The One Stop · 10:00 PM

Event

Tech. Time- One on One Help with Technology Related Tasks

67 Haywood Street · 2:00 PM

2 more dates through Dec 18
Music

The Friday Drum Circle

Pritchard Park · 5:30 PM

5 more dates through Dec 25
Music

Die Spitz

The Orange Peel · 8:00 PM

Music

Queen Bee and the Honeylovers

Hotel Eve Jazz · 8:00 PM

Comedy

Improv Tonight: King Baby, Second Pancake, Not Dead Yet

35below · 8:00 PM

Music

Smooth Goose

Jack of the Wood · 8:30 PM

Music

Andy Buckner – Live Country & Southern Rock

Shamrock Irons Irish Pub · Through Nov 21

Music

PEPE'Z Dance Night: El Rey de los Bailes

Asheville Music Hall · 9:00 PM

Music

Marcel Sletten / Organically Programmed / Chade Beattie & Brett Naucke / Superflower

Static Age Records · 9:00 PM

From $12
Music

Taylor Scott Band

The One Stop · 10:00 PM

Art & museums

The Art of Wellbeing: Therapeutic Art Making in the Museum

Asheville Art Museum · 10:00 AM

From $15
Festivals & markets

OPEN EARLY AT 10AM FOR THE ASHEVILLE HOLIDAY PARADE!

Jack of the Wood · 10:00 AM

Music

Morton Feldman's For Philip Guston

Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center · 10:00 AM

Theater & dance

A Year with Frog & Toad Kids

Asheville Community Theatre · Through Nov 22

Music

Live Music in the Perspective Café

Asheville Art Museum · 1:00 PM

Free
Music

Widow Anchor

Pulp · 7:00 PM

Music

Reggie Headen Quintet | The Last Seven Sayings of Billie Holiday

Hotel Eve Jazz · 8:00 PM

Music

Jackson Grimm's Old Time Machine

Jack of the Wood · 8:30 PM

Music

Nathanael Jordan (Album Release)

Static Age Records · 9:00 PM

Music

George Porter Jr. & Runnin' Pardners with Special Guest Deadtronica

Asheville Music Hall · 9:00 PM

Music

Durty Dub

The One Stop · 10:00 PM

Art & museums

Exhibition on Screen | The Danish Collector: Delacroix to Gauguin

Asheville Art Museum · 2:00 PM

From $12
Music

Ilhan Saferali Quartet

Hotel Eve Jazz · 7:00 PM

Music

Kristin Key

The Orange Peel · 7:00 PM

Music

Joseph Foglia Quartet

Hotel Eve Jazz · 7:00 PM

Theater & dance

Improv ages 8-12

67 Haywood Street · 4:30 PM

Music

Traditional Bluegrass w/ The Asheville Mountain Boys

5 Walnut Wine Bar · 8:00 PM

2 more dates through Dec 21
Music

Vinyl from the Vault

67 Haywood Street · 5:00 PM

Theater & dance

Asheville Community Theatre Presents: A Preview of The Secret of Everwinter

67 Haywood Street · 6:00 PM

Music

Rocky Mountain High Experience: A John Denver Christmas starring Rick Schuler

Wortham Center for the Performing Arts · 7:00 PM

Event

Poetry Workshop: Freewriting and Forms

67 Haywood Street · 10:00 AM

1 more date through Dec 16
Art & museums

Limited Hours: Thanksgiving

Asheville Art Museum · 10:00 AM

Event

Teen D&D with Raj

67 Haywood Street · 4:00 PM

1 more date through Dec 23
Art & museums

Body Heat (1981) with Wheeler Wednesday

Fine Arts Theatre · 7:00 PM

Music

The Queen Sessions | Marisa Blake

Hotel Eve Jazz · 7:00 PM

Music

Micah Thomas Jazz Trio Sessions

Water Street / Static Age Loft · 9:00 PM

2 more dates through Dec 23
Music

SoulForm

The One Stop · 10:00 PM

Music

ROCK N ROLL REWIND

The Orange Peel · 8:00 PM

Music

The Core

Hotel Eve Jazz · 8:00 PM

Music

Mr. Jimmy

Jack of the Wood · 8:30 PM

Music

D'Angelo Tribute

Asheville Music Hall · 9:00 PM

Music

NOISEFEST 444

Static Age Records · 2:00 PM

From $20
Music

Fireside Collective's Family Jamboree

The Orange Peel · 8:00 PM

Music

Alex Beltran

Hotel Eve Jazz · 8:00 PM

Music

RAE & THE RAGDOLLS

Jack of the Wood · 8:30 PM

Music

Luna presents SonidoWiiss Elinnovador

Asheville Music Hall · 9:00 PM

Music

Steven Alvarez Band

The One Stop · 9:30 PM

Festivals & markets

The Art of Gifting | Museum Store Sunday

Asheville Art Museum · 11:00 AM

Free
Music

Russ Wilson's 10 Kings of Jazz | Sunday Afternoon Jazz Orchestra

Hotel Eve Jazz · 2:00 PM

Theater & dance

ZigZag Agile Learning Community: She Kills Monsters: Young Adventurers Edition

Wortham Center for the Performing Arts · Through Dec 2

Music

ALT ASO: Broadway & Great American Songbook

Asheville Symphony · 7:00 PM

Art & museums

Slow Art Tour

Asheville Art Museum · 11:15 AM

Free
Event

Craft Club with Nava Lubelski

Center for Craft · 6:00 PM

Free
Music

Eblen Toy Drive Kickoff Concert feat. The Vinyl Brothers

The Orange Peel · 6:00 PM

Free
Theater & dance

Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol

NC Stage Company · Through Dec 20

Music

Porcelain

Static Age Records · 8:45 PM

From $151 more date through Dec 11
Music

Eli Kahn's "Avant Garden" Improvisational Music Series

Water Street / Static Age Loft · 9:00 PM

Music

My Gal Monday

The One Stop · 10:00 PM

Event

WNC Repair Cafe: Assistance with Mending, Sewing and Darning

67 Haywood Street · 10:00 AM

Music

Nicole Mitchell + Joe Westerlund

Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center · 7:00 PM

Music

Get the LED Out: A Celebration of 'The Mighty Zep'

Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville · 7:00 PM

Art & museums

Mornings at the Museum: Five and Under

Asheville Museum of Science · 8:00 AM

From $11.50
Music

Bilingual Birdies Asheville

67 Haywood Street · 10:30 AM

Comedy

The Comedy Zone: Andy Woodhull

Wortham Center for the Performing Arts · Through Dec 5

Theater & dance

Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre presents The Nutcracker & the Mouse King

Wortham Center for the Performing Arts · Through Dec 5

Theater & dance

The Asheville Ballet presents The Nutcracker

Wortham Center for the Performing Arts · Through Dec 5

1 more date through Dec 11
Theater & dance

Frozen

Asheville Community Theatre · Through Dec 20

Music

Cactus Kate and the Pricks

Jack of the Wood · 8:30 PM

Music

Suns of Stars

Asheville Music Hall · 9:00 PM

Music

Voltage Starve / Kangarot & Great Knots of Collapse

Static Age Records · 9:00 PM

Music

Featherpocket Stringband

The One Stop · 10:00 PM

Art & museums

The Art of Presence: Meditation and Reflection in the Museum

Asheville Art Museum · 9:30 AM

Free
Art & museums

Bank of America Museums on Us® Weekend

Asheville Art Museum · Through Dec 6

Festivals & markets

Holiday Craft Bazaar

Asheville Music Hall · 12:00 PM

Art & museums

Adult Studio: English Paper Piecing

Asheville Art Museum · 1:00 PM

From $75
Festivals & markets

The Big Crafty

Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville · 7:00 PM

1 more date through Dec 6
Music

Mojo Mountain (f.k.a. Swanny, Crowe & the Monk)

5 Walnut Wine Bar · 8:00 PM

Music

Vaden Landers

Jack of the Wood · 8:30 PM

Music

PLACES TO BE: Fred Again Tribute Party

Asheville Music Hall · 9:00 PM

Music

Frank Hurricane / Tara Zorthian / Swamp Ape / JoJo Harnish

Static Age Records · 9:00 PM

From $12
Music

Jazzvillainy

The One Stop · 10:00 PM

Event

Drop-In Mending Clinic // Taller de Remendar

67 Haywood Street · 2:00 PM

Food & drink

Collectors' Circle | Acquisition Dinner

Asheville Art Museum · 5:00 PM

Free
Music

ASYO Winter Concert 2026

Asheville Symphony · 6:30 PM

Theater & dance

NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet

Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville · 7:00 PM

Theater & dance

Brain Freeze: A Snowstorm of Smarts

Asheville Community Theatre · Through Dec 9

Music

Community Singalong: Handel's Messiah

Asheville Symphony · 7:00 PM

1 more date through Dec 19
Music

Bourbon N Beats w/ Ace Bentley and Peter The Poet

Pulp · 8:00 PM

Music

Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country: Down One Horse (Unplugged & Acoustic) w/s/g Aron Magner

Asheville Music Hall · 8:00 PM

2 more dates through Dec 11
Music

Matthew West: Come Home for Christmas Live on Tour

Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville · 7:00 PM

Music

Turnover

The Orange Peel · 7:30 PM

Music

Ranford Almond

The One Stop · 10:00 PM

Art & museums

Dinner Under Dinos- Parent's Night Out!

Asheville Museum of Science · 5:30 PM

From $35
Music

J. Plank

Jack of the Wood · 8:30 PM

Music

Big Shrimp

The One Stop · 10:00 PM

Music

Kid Hop Hooray!

The Orange Peel · 10:00 AM

Theater & dance

The Secret of Everwinter

Asheville Community Theatre · Through Dec 13

Event

ELEMENTS of BMC: Build Your Quiet House

Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center · 12:00 PM

Art & museums

Open Studio

Asheville Art Museum · 12:00 PM

Art & museums

Home for the Holidays: A Victorian Holiday Open House of the Old Kentucky Home

Thomas Wolfe Memorial · 5:00 PM

From $10.70
Music

Warren Haynes Presents Christmas Jam

Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville · 7:00 PM

Comedy

Atsuko Okatsuka: The Big Bowl Tour

The Orange Peel · 8:00 PM

Music

Utility Players

Jack of the Wood · 8:30 PM

Music

Blood Rave / Minimum Viable Product / Cold Choir

Static Age Records · 8:45 PM

From $20
Art & museums

Exhibition on Screen | Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers

Asheville Art Museum · 2:00 PM

From $121 more date through Dec 27
Music

Thievery Corporation

The Orange Peel · 8:00 PM

1 more date through Dec 14
Music

Peggy Ratusz Trio

5 Walnut Wine Bar · 8:00 PM

Theater & dance

Home for the Holidays

Asheville Community Theatre · 7:30 PM

Music

Daily Bread

The Orange Peel · 8:00 PM

Music

Whitmer Thomas / Clay Tatum / Tanner York

Static Age Records · 8:45 PM

From $20
Music

Homemade Spaceship (Peel After Show)

Asheville Music Hall · 11:30 PM

Event

STEM Lab - Can't Stop the Bot

67 Haywood Street · 3:00 PM

Art & museums

Value Studies: Member Preview

Asheville Art Museum · 4:00 PM

Free
Music

Third Thursday | Featuring Jason DeCristofaro Jazz Trio

Asheville Art Museum · 5:00 PM

Free
Music

A Swannanoa Solstice

Wortham Center for the Performing Arts · Through Dec 19

Music

Holy Locust / Johanna Rose

Static Age Records · 8:45 PM

From $12
Music

Grahame Lesh & Friends

The Orange Peel · 8:00 PM

Music

The Nature Boys

Jack of the Wood · 8:30 PM

Music

Frute with Peach Candy Nut Boys and Starseer

Asheville Music Hall · 9:00 PM

Music

Emancipator Chrysalis Tour

The Orange Peel · 8:00 PM

Music

Blue Ridge Betty

Jack of the Wood · 8:30 PM

Music

Seven Teller

The One Stop · 10:00 PM

Music

Sunday Sounds | Eric Congdon

Asheville Art Museum · 12:00 PM

Free
Music

URSA Asheville presents The Music of A Charlie Brown Christmas

Wortham Center for the Performing Arts · 7:00 PM

Music

Saint Cure / Alla Prima / Monolith / Stereo

Static Age Records · 8:30 PM

From $12
Event

STEAM Winter Break Camp

Asheville Museum of Science · Through Dec 23

1 more date through Dec 28
Event

Board Game Club

67 Haywood Street · 3:00 PM

Music

On a Winter's Night reunion tour

Wortham Center for the Performing Arts · 7:00 PM

Art & museums

Limited Hours: Christmas Day

Asheville Art Museum · 10:00 AM

Music

CAST IRON

Jack of the Wood · 8:30 PM

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