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

Exhibition | Anti Form: Robert Morris’s Earth Projects

Asheville Art Museum 2 S 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

Qigong Infused Yoga™ Online Training

Zoom (Virtual) 95 Upper Red Oak Trail, Hendersonville

January 19th – March26th, 2025 | 10 Consecutive Sundays |2-4PM EST 20 Hours Total (Live Sessions with Recordings Available) In a world where anxiety, stress, and trauma are increasingly prevalent, […]

$699 – $799

The Wondrous World Of Hobey Ford’s Golden Rod Puppets

Warren Wilson College 701 Warren Wilson Rd, Swannanoa

Elizabeth Holden Gallery’s exhibition The Wondrous World Of Hobey Ford’s Golden Rod Puppets featuring the work of master puppeteer Hobey Ford will be on view at Warren Wilson College from […]

57th Annual Juried Undergraduate Exhibition

WCU Bardo Arts Center 199 Centennial Drive, Cullowhee

Western Carolina University’s Annual Juried Undergraduate Exhibition is one of the longest-running Catamount art traditions. This exhibition is an extraordinary opportunity for WCU undergraduate students to share their artwork with […]

Free

What’s Shaking? Music presents: Cabin Fever Concert Series

The Mule at Devil's Foot Beverage 131 Sweeten Creek Rd #10, Asheville

Mountain grooves for cool kids of all ages (but especially our pre-K friends and their grown ups)! What's Shaking? Music presents a Cabin Fever Concert Series with fun music, lots […]

Free

Blue Ridge Orchestra’s “March Melodrama”

Lipinsky Auditorium One University Heights, Asheville

ASHEVILLE, NC −The Blue Ridge Orchestra continues celebrating its 25th Anniversary Season with two performances of “March Melodrama”. Franklin Keel, Asheville’s talented musician, cellist, and composer who has made several […]

$20

Bob Strain Quartet, live album recording at Warren Wilson College

Kittredge Arts Center 701 Warren Wilson Rd, Swannanoa, NC

Pianist Dr. Bob Strain will be recording a live album of his original jazz music in the Williams Recital Hall at Warren Wilson College on Saturday March 1st from 4 […]

Free with a suggested donation

Eyes Up Here Comedy, 10year Anniversary Show

Ginger's Revenge 829 Riverside Drive, Asheville

Modelface Comedy presents Eyes Up Here Comedy at Ginger's Revenge! Eyes Up Here Comedy is a night featuring all femme comedians and this month we have a special show featuring […]

$18

Tryon Little Theatre Presents Gypsy

Tryon Fine Arts Center 34 Melrose Avenue, Tryon

Tryon Little Theater’s big musical of the season, Gypsy, will run two weekends — February 28 to March 2, and March 7 to 9 — at the Tryon Fine Arts […]

The Acting Company presents August Wilson’s Two Trains Running

Wortham Center for the Performing Arts 18 Biltmore Ave., Asheville

This powerful Pulitzer Prize finalist, a masterpiece from acclaimed playwright August Wilson, paints a profound portrait of history through everyday life amid the civil rights movement. While the owner of […]

$15 – $55

The Witching Hour, dark and dirty comedy

DSSOLVR 63 N Lexington ave, Asheville

Eyes Up Here and Modelface Comedy presents The Witching Hour Comedy Showcase at DSSOLVR Brewing Eyes Up Here Comedy is celebrating 10 years of stand up comedy. We are marking […]

$15