Events

Upcoming Arts Council Events

LIVE! An Asheville Arts Benefit Series | Asheville Area Arts Council

Asheville Area Arts Council presents Live! An Asheville Arts Benefit Series running from June through September, and features ten performances produced by Asheville’s leading downtown arts nonprofits. Check out the full line up!

Upcoming Member Events

Current Exhibitions | Asheville Art Museum

See what it currently on view at the Asheville Art Museum! Open daily 11am–6pm. Late-night Thursdays until 9pm; closed Tuesdays.

76th Mainstage Season Line up | Asheville Community Theatre

ACT's 76th Mainstage Season includes productions of Clue, Fight Girl Battle World, The Giver, and [title of show].

ASO at Home | Asheville Symphony Orchestra

From music videos to informative educational talks to behind the scenes footage – we’ve got you covered. From our homes to yours, enjoy!

Current Exhibitions | Blue Spiral 1

Blue Spiral 1 - Art Gallery in the heart of Downtown Asheville. Representing over 100 contemporary artists + the estate of turn of the century modernist Will Henry Stevens (1889-1949). Learn more about their current exhibitions.

Craft Ways 2021 | Center for Craft

(July 22-24) Through a series of sessions designed around listening, making, and discussing, this gathering is a place to share research tools, work-in-progress, and to think critically with people you may know - and those who you will get to know.

Check them out! | Citizen Vinyl

Citizen Vinyl is a communal space housing a record press facility, cafe, bar, recording studio & analog art & record store – located in the historic Citizen Times building in downtown Asheville. This grand civic space serves to celebrate the history of manufacturing & craft – alongside the current s…

2021-2022 Season | Different Strokes Performing Arts Collective

Diffrent Strokes! Performing Arts Collectives 2021-2022 maintage season includes productions of Blvck Brillance: A Celebration of Melanin, Oxalis, Love! Valour Compassion, and

The Grey Eagle

Mellow all-ages destination for live music & innovative Latin cuisine with a roomy outdoor patio.

LEAF Downtown AVL | LEAF Global Arts

LEAF Downtown connects our local communities and cultures while celebrating creativity and diversity in the heart of downtown Asheville! This special event works to further the city’s goals of equity, partnerships, and economic vitality in the greater Asheville area. The priority a…

Mainstage |The Magnetic Theatre

Each year, our Mainstage Season offers audiences the opportunity to experience new work by writers whose stories could only be told onstage. These productions are thoughtful, relevant, unfiltered, and boundary-pushing excursions that reflect world we live in and help us see it in new, surprising way…

Upcoming Events | The Orange Peel

The Orange Peel is one of the Southeast’s preeminent concert venues. The club features state-of-the-art sound and lighting equipment rarely found in a club of its size

Rabbit Rabbit Music Venue and Food Truck Bar

Downtown Asheville’s new outdoor music venue and food truck bar. Open 7-days a week. For less waiting, reserve a table in advance.

Wortham Center for the Performing Arts | Asheville, NC

See what's coming up next at the Wortham!

Community Events

Grind Fest | Black Wall Street Still Lives

GRINDfest (June 18th-20th0 is a celebration of Black Business and Entrepreneurship. Conveniently located in the River Arts District, we will have a weekend full of fun and learning: "Savagery" (the play), a poetry slam, local storytellers, game tournaments, a lip sync battle, vendors selling unique items, Black food from around the world and an outside dance party with local DJs. This event promises to be one of the most fun and enlightening of the year.

Downtown After 5 | Asheville Downtown Association

The 33rd season of Downtown After 5, presented by Prestige Subaru, kicks off Friday, July 16 from 5-9pm. For 2021, Downtown After 5 will take place the 3rd Friday of the month July – September and is held on North Lexington Avenue. Events are free and open to the public.

The Big Crafty | Shop indie. Shop handmade. Shop fun.

The Big Crafty is back Sunday July 11
Pack Square Park from noon – 7pm. The Big Crafty is a hand-to-heart celebration of creative exuberance held twice annually in the heart of beautiful Asheville, NC. Our guiding principle is that supporting creative venturers makes for a stronger community, and our aim is to make doing so fun.

Asheville Event Calendar | Upcoming Events

View all upcoming, annual and regularly scheduled events happening in Asheville. We have everything from live music and exhibitions to popular annual events and more.