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].

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Deck the Trees

Monte Vista Hotel 308 W. State Street, Black Mountain

Deck the Trees Celebrates 14th Anniversary to Support Swannanoa Valley Christian Ministry's Fuel Fund December 6, 2024 – January 6, 2025 Black Mountain, NC – November 6th, 2024 Deck the […]

Free
Ongoing

Exhibition | Forces of Nature: Ceramics from the Hayes Collection

Asheville Art Museum 2 South 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 South 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 | Ginny Ruffner Reforestation of the Imagination

Asheville Art Museum 2 South 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

Exhibition | Anti Form: Robert Morris’s Earth Projects

Asheville Art Museum 2 South Pack Square, Asheville

The Asheville Art Museum presents Anti Form: Robert Morris’s Earth Projects. The suite of lithographic drawings by Robert Morris presents a series of ideas for ten works of art shaped […]

General admission

Nina Howard, Modern Artist – Raffle

Online

Folkmoot USA is pleased to offer an opportunity to own a gorgeous original painting created by modern abstract artist Nina Howard.   A long time supporter, Ms. Howard has graciously […]

$5 – $20.

Book Your Own Tour At PARI

The Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute 1 PARI Drive, Rosman

Come for a self guided tour and explore our museum! See how our telescopes work today, and how they communicated with satellites long ago. Learn about historic NASA artifacts like […]

Handcrafted Holiday Market

Tryon Arts & Crafts School 373 Harmon Field Rd., Tryon

Join us for our annual Handcrafted Holiday Market, a festive craft market with one-of-a-kind gifts and artwork! This market will run from November 21 through December 19, and we invite […]

All Is Calm

NC Stage Company 15 Stage Ln, Asheville

The Western Front, Christmas, 1914. Out of the violence a silence, then a song. A German soldier steps into No Man’s Land singing “Stille Nacht.” Thus begins an extraordinary time […]

Sliding scale

Historic Johnson Farm Christmas Tours

Historic Johnson Farm 3346 Haywood Road, Hendersonville

On weekdays from December 2 through 20, Historic Johnson Farm will host daytime Christmas tours. Tour the decorated historic house, visit the Heritage Weavers & Fiber Artists, and enjoy hot […]

It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play

Hendersonville Theatre 229 South Washington Street, Hendersonville

Frank Capra’s beloved American holiday classic film is reimagined as a live 1940s radio broadcast. Set in Studio A at WBFR in Manhattan on Christmas Eve 1946, this hilarious re-enactment, […]

$5 – $32

M.A.G.M.A. Land of Sky Holiday Gem Show 2024

Land of the Sky Event Venue 39 Spring Cove Rd., Swannanoa

Come see us Dec. 6-8 at our Holiday Gem Show! You’ll find everything from affordable treasures to the finest gems, minerals, and jewelry in the Southeast. Admission is free and […]

The Big Crafty

Harrah's Cherokee Center-Asheville 87 Haywood Street, Asheville

The Big Crafty — a hand-to-heart celebration of creative exuberance — returns on Saturday and Sunday, December 7 and 8, noon-6 p.m. daily at the ExploreAsheville.com Arena in downtown Asheville. […]

Free

Robert Beatty Book-Signing Event

#3 South Tunnel Rd. #3 South Tunnel Rd., Asheville

Join Robert Beatty, the #1 best-selling author of the Serafina Series, for a book-signing event, 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, at Barnes & Noble-Asheville Mall. Rescheduled from October due to […]

Free

Celebrate the Blues-Juried Invitational Exhibit & Sale

Re.Imagine Gallery 15 Spivey Lake Dr., Fairview

Re.Imagine Gallery and 310Art invite you to join us on Sunday, December 8, for a unique exhibit and sale. Juried works will evoke one of three themes: Color, Mood, or […]

Free

Blue Ridge Orchestra’s “Finding Home”, Sunday Performance

Lipinsky Auditorium One University Heights, Asheville

The Blue Ridge Orchestra introduces its 25th Anniversary Season with two performances of “Finding Home.” This series debuts new Music Director, Dr. Emily Mariko Eng. The Blue Ridge Orchestra had […]

$20