The Laurel of Asheville‘s Community Events Calendar

If you would like to submit an event to appear in our online Community Events Calendar, please visit our submission page.

 

The Laurel of Asheville is a lifestyle magazine focused on the arts, culture, and communities of Western North Carolina, and submitted events should fall within this context. If your event occurs over several days, please submit multiple events. Events extending beyond a month will not be accepted. All submissions are subject to editorial approval and edits for clarity and style before being published online. If you are going to include a photograph, please be certain that you have the rights to utilize that image. If there is a question about image rights, we may remove the image. Also, images should be no larger than 2000 pixels wide. Large images will prevent the event from being submitted. Please allow up to 5 days for your even to be posted. If you encounter difficulties submitting an event, please email [email protected].

Ongoing

Heritage Fire

The Horse Shoe Farm 155 Horse Shoe Farm Drive, Hendersonville

Taking place at The Horse Shoe Farm in Asheville on Sunday, July 13, the all-inclusive, walk- around tour will feature a lineup of local chefs and artisans, each grilling globally […]

$125 – $175

Exhibition | Forces of Nature: Ceramics from the Hayes Collection

Asheville Art Museum 2 S Pack Square, Asheville

Ceramic artists throughout history have become masters of all four elements—creating clay from a mixture of earth and water to shape their work, drying it in air, and hardening it […]

General admission

Exhibition | Forces of Nature Ceramics from the Hayes Collection

Asheville Art Museum 2 S Pack Square, Asheville

Ceramic artists throughout history have become masters of all four elements—creating clay from a mixture of earth and water to shape their work, drying it in air, and hardening it […]

General admission

At the Table

WCU Bardo Arts Center 199 Centennial Drive, Cullowhee

As we enter another fall season, the WCU Fine Art Museum invites you to contemplate themes of community, power, and representation as explored through At the Table. The works in […]

Free

Silver Stacking Rings

Ignite Jewelry Studios 84 W Walnut St Unit A, Asheville

Spend 2+ hours as a jeweler! Work with silver wire to create a set of three textured stacking rings. Learn the techniques you need to fuse the silver, hammer, and […]

$85.00

Hammered Wide Band Rings Workshop at Ignite Jewelry Studios

Ignite Jewelry Studios 84 W Walnut St Unit A, Asheville

Join us in this hands on class where you will make a hammered sterling silver wide band ring. One of Ignite's talented instructors will take you through the process step […]

$95.00

Exhibition | Ginny Ruffner Reforestation of the Imagination

Asheville Art Museum 2 S Pack Square, Asheville

The Asheville Art Museum is pleased to present Ginny Ruffner’s Reforestation of the Imagination, organized and toured by the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The exhibition imagines an apocalyptic landscape of […]

General admission

Exhibition: The Farm at Black Mountain College

Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center 120 College Street, Asheville

Built on more than a decade’s worth of deep, original archival research, this exhibition will constitute a comprehensive new history of Black Mountain College. By focusing on the farm, the […]

Free

GILT • Gallery Exhibit

74 N Lexington Ave, Asheville, NC 28801 74 N Lexington Ave, Asheville

gilt (adjective) : covered with gold or gilt : of the color of gold Artist Nikoli Shaver (@_ilokin) showcases his body of work which combines scientific illustration with the ornate […]

“Be Real” Gallery Exhibit

Black Mountain Center for the Arts 225 W. State Street, Black Mountain

"Be Real" is an art exhibition dedicated to celebrating the beauty, intricacy, and precision of realism in art. Realism, with its attention to detail and commitment to portraying subjects as […]

Free

2024 Asheville Flamenco Festival

Kittredge Theater 701 Warren Wilson Rd, Swannanoa

Join Flamenco Appalachia for the 2024 Asheville Flamenco Festival, October 19th through 27th! Experience the passionate rhythms of Flamenco with performances, community events, and classes. Don’t miss the kickoff at […]

$28

Western North Carolina Parade of Homes

The 43rd annual Western North Carolina Parade of Homes, on the weekends of October 12-13 and October 19-20, is a free, self-guided showcase of new and renovated homes by builders […]

Free

HAMLET

Attic Salt Theater 2002 Riverside Drive Suite 42-O, Woodfin

William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” explores the idea of fate versus free will, following a young prince as he grapples with grief, betrayal and the pursuit of justice. 7:30pm Friday Oct 11 […]

Free

Blue Ridge Orchestra’s “Finding Home”, UNC Asheville

Lipinsky Auditorium One University Heights, Asheville

Join the Blue Ridge Orchestra for a musical celebration of fall in two 3:00 pm concerts: on Saturday, October 19th in Charles Beall Auditorium of Haywood Community College; and on […]

$20

Senderos 20th Anniversary Celebration

Highland Brewing Company 12 Old Charlotte Hwy, , Asheville

Senderos is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting children and communities in Guatemala through educational initiatives. The Celebration will feature live music from students in the El Tejar Music Program, […]

$25