The Laurel of Asheville‘s Community Events Calendar

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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].

Petanque Intro and Games

Have you ever wondered what Petanque is or how to play it? We are lucky enough to have the 2024 national Petanque winners, Kathy Cline, Tracie Jefferies, and Marc Quilici join us to give an intro to the game! After the intro, join us for a game in the square outside the Reuter Family YMCA. […]

Free

Golden Hour

95 Roberts Street, Asheville, NC 28801 95 Roberts Street, Asheville, NC

Jacob Sessoms, the chef behind Golden Hour, is hosting a wine pairing event on May 6th at 6 pm. This one of a kind experience includes a curated menu highlighting local seasonal ingredients inspired by Jacob's travels and culinary culture. This event costs $195 per person and reservations can be made by contacting [email protected].

$195

Coffee Hour with MountainTrue: French Broad Paddle Trail

Wrong Way River Lodge & Cabins 9 Midnight Drive, Asheville, NC

Join MountainTrue’s French Broad Paddle Trail Manager, Jack Henderson, for a presentation and discussion focused on the history, current status, and upcoming opportunities for growth along the French Broad Paddle Trail here in North Carolina and Tennessee. This talk will educate attendees on what Paddle Trail staff and partners do, where funding comes from and […]

Fun Journal Making with Fariba

Trackside Studios 375 Depot Street (River Arts District), Asheville

Make your own Fun Journal with pages created by and decorated with collage, your drawings, found objects or whatever floats your boat! It can be for yourself or a personal gift for someone special. You can use this as a cookbook, diary, journal, or whatever you imagine. This class is for adults and teens; no […]

$125

JM Stevens at The Grey Eagle

The Grey Eagle 185 Clingman Ave, Asheville

An acclaimed Americana and roots rock/pop singer, songwriter, and producer, Stevens returns three years after his well-received solo debut, Invisible Lines. The new collection, the 10-song Nowhere to Land (released 4/12/24) is an overall mellower, more vulnerable record than its predecessor, though still speckled with some up-tempo rockers. It’s a thoughtful album further set apart […]

$10

The Age of Deer by Erika Howsare – reading at Malaprop’s Bookstore

Malaprop's Bookstore & Cafe 55 Haywood Street, Asheville, NC, United States

Erika Howsare will read from her new nonfiction book, The Age of Deer: Trouble and Kinship with Our Wild Neighbors. The book is a masterful hybrid of nature writing and cultural studies that investigates our connection with deer—from mythology to biology, from forests to cities, from coexistence to control and extermination—and invites readers to contemplate […]

Free

5Rhythms Sweat Your Prayers® on Weds Nights hosted by Karen

Homewood 19 Zillicoa St., Asheville, NC

May 8th A Heartwarming and Joyous Wave! Please pay attention to the times of this Sweat. We have a shorter time to dance. Please be prompt, we will begin warmup at 5:30pm and end at 6:45pm. Sorry for the inconvenience, but this is not in my control! May brings on a Lyrical energy in Asheville! […]

$15 – $25

5Rhythms Sweat Your Prayers® on Weds Nights hosted by Karen

Homewood 19 Zillicoa St., Asheville, NC

May 8th A Heartwarming and Joyous Wave! Please pay attention to the times of this Sweat. We have a shorter time to dance. Please be prompt, we will begin warmup at 5:30pm and end at 6:45pm. Sorry for the inconvenience, but this is not in my control! May brings on a Lyrical energy in Asheville! […]

$15 – $25

Hybrid | Mothership: Greg Wrenn with Alanna Collins, Davi de Paula, and Yara Yaworâ

Malaprop's Bookstore & Cafe 55 Haywood Street, Asheville, NC, United States

Join us for a Mothership Reading and Rainforest Medicine Concert with Eco-Memoirist Greg Wrenn along with Alanna Collins, Davi de Paula, and Yara Yaworâ. This hybrid event is free but registration is required for both in-person and virtual attendance. Weaving together memoir and 70 peer-reviewed scientific articles, Mothership is not only a brave, queer coming-of-age […]

Free

Dogwood with Emma Garau / John Dikeman Trio

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

Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center presents Dogwood (Emma Garau) and the John Dikeman Trio for an evening performance. Dogwood is an evolving rendition of Garau’s solo project; reimagined as a live, improvised performance. Built around an exploration of rhythmic and tonal textures on drum set, Dogwood combines elements of soundscape, free jazz, and […]

$5 – $10

Stewart/Owen Dance

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

Stunning audiences last season with imaginative and impassioned performances, Wortham’s resident dance company returns to share their latest creation, which draws on themes of passion, intimacy and playfulness. With an exciting collection of contemporary choreography that’s as “sensual” (Washington Post) as it is “humorous, elegant and wild” (Seattle Dances), this award-winning company, founded by a […]

$42

Stewart/Owen Dance – Student Series

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

Enjoy an exciting collection of all-new contemporary choreography performed in Wortham’s intimate Tina McGuire Theatre. Seating is limited. Recommended for grades 6-12. The Student Series is open to school groups, homeschoolers, community groups and families. Connect with the artists in a post-show Q&A. Reservations for individuals (10 people or less): $12 each. Reservations for groups […]

$11 – $12

Thursday, May 9, 2024: Invasive Species and Forest Management Educational Hike

Sandy Mush Game Land Alexander

Have you ever wondered which invasive species might be growing around you? Join staff from HRI and EcoForesters for a guided hike at Sandy Mush Game Lands at a site that has been managed to control several invasive species, including the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid. As we hike, we will discuss silviculture, prescribed burning, chemical treatment, […]

Free

Peeled Back: Featuring Benjamin Tod & Ashley Mae

Citizen Vinyl 14 O'Henry Ave, Asheville, NC, United States

The Orange Peel + Citizen Vinyl Present Peeled Back: Featuring Benjamin Tod & Ashley Mae Join us on Thursday, May 9th for Peeled Back, a collaboration between The Orange Peel and Citizen Vinyl, featuring Benjamin Tod and Ashley Mae, one night before the much anticipated sold out Lost Dog Street Band’s show on May 10th. […]

$20 – $25

The Campfireball: Failure

Story Parlor 227 Haywood Road, Asheville

A storytelling show about you—the audience—The Campfireball is created spontaneously out of whatever stories and lives happen to be gathered together inside Story Parlor at that moment in time. There’s nothing to prepare and nothing to fear—participation is never required, and the show is just as much fun to sit back and watch unfold as […]

$10

Modelface Comedy Prestents John-Michael Bond at LaZoom

LaZoom Room 76 Biltmore Avenue, LaZoom Room: 76 Biltmore Avenue, Asheville, NC, United States

Modelface Comedy brings you the best comedians from all over the country. This week we have John-Michael Bond from Los Angeles! Originally from Chattanooga, TN, John-Michael Bond is the former co-host of the Who's Your God Podcast alongside Amy Miller and Steve Hernandez. Creative Loafing magazine say his comedy covers “the arduous yet worthwhile pursuit […]

$15

Mother’s Day/Loved Ones’ Day Collage with Li Newton

Trackside Studios 375 Depot Street, Asheville

This workshop will teach you how to make a personal message for someone you love. To look at images in a new way. You will look for symbols and words that reflect what the recipient means to you. Everyone can do this! Don’t be intimidated. You do not have to “know how to draw” to […]

$125

Europa’s 10th Anniversary Celebration

Europa 125 Cherry Street, Black Mountain, NC, United States

Join us on Friday, May 10, as we celebrate 10 years in business and thank you for your support! Visit Europa at 125 Cherry Street in Black Mountain, NC. Since its launch in 2014, Europa has grown from a modest startup to a regional destination for imported handcrafted gifts, including German cuckoo clocks and nutcrackers, […]

Free

Acupuncture and Healing Meditation @ AVL Salt Cave

Asheville Salt Cave 16 North Liberty St, Asheville

Salt Cave Community Acupuncture & Healing: Acupuncture with nourishing meditation in the tranquil ambiance of the Salt Cave on May 10th @ 6pm Blending together acupuncture and healing meditations rooted in Intuition Medicine ® Jessica Davies, LAc. creates a safe and sacred space for community healing inside the Asheville Salt Cave. The intentions of this […]

$70

Echoes of the Blue Ridge: Songs of Renewal & Resistance

First Presbyterian Church Asheville 40 Church Street, Asheville, NC

Explore the sounds of Appalachian singing traditions in ACS's upcoming Echoes of the Blue Ridge: Songs of Renewal & Resistance. Featuring Come Away to the Skies: A High, Lonesome Mass, enjoy a diverse set of choral favorites and emerging composers.

$15 – $25

Popcorn Falls By James Hindman

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

The sleepy town of Popcorn Falls is forced into bankruptcy when a neighboring town threatens to turn them into a sewage treatment plant. Their only hope – open a theater! Two actors play over twenty roles in a world of farce, love, and desperation, proving once and for all that art can save the world.

$20

Tim Easton at Citizen Vinyl

Citizen Vinyl 14 O'Henry Ave, Asheville, NC, United States

Few poets follow their own arrow as devotedly as Nashville based Tim Easton, whose songwriting career has woven in and out of folk music and rock ‘n’ roll (and Americana before it was really called that), of erstwhile bands and solo songwriting, of his birthplace of America and all the other places he’s called home. […]

$15 – $18

Comedy at Catawba: Chloe Radcliffe

Catawba Brewing Company South Slope Asheville 32 Banks Avenue, Asheville

Every Friday Modelface Comedy brings you the best comedians from all over the country. This week we have Chloe Radcliffe from NYC! Chloe Radcliffe is a NYC-based standup comic, actor, and writer. She starred in COMMAND Z from Steven Soderbergh. She was also a staff writer on the series and has teleplay credit on 3 […]

$18

Lonely Parrots Band @ AVL Salt Cave Gardens

Asheville Salt Cave 16 North Liberty St, Asheville

Lonely Parrots is a brand new folk-pop duo who are on tour and poppin’ by the Salt Cave for a fun outdoors show in our gardens. Thursday May 9th 7:30-9:30 Check out their sound here! Make a fun night out and join us for a session before the show starts! Bring a camping chair and/or […]

$20

Tim Easton + Tommy Scifres + Hannah Kaminer

Citizen Vinyl 14 O'Henry Ave, Asheville, NC, United States

An evening of stellar singer-songwriters! Friday, May 10, doors at 6 p.m. and show at 7 p.m. $15 advance / $18 at the door. TIM EASTON: Raised in Akron, OH, singer/songwriter Tim Easton was influenced by a combination of pop icons and bluegrass/folk legends. After college, Easton found himself busking in the streets of Paris, […]

$15 – $18

ACMS Presents the Canellakis-Brown Duo

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville 1 Edwin Place, Asheville, NC, United States

Pianist-composer Michael Brown returns to Asheville, joined by cellist Nicholas Canellakis. The pair has spent 15 years honing their unique musical voice. They bring their infectious rapport to present programs that celebrate both standards and little­known gems, as well as original works. A season finale not to be missed!

$45

Stewart/Owen Dance

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

Stunning audiences last season with imaginative and impassioned performances, Wortham’s resident dance company returns to share their latest creation, which draws on themes of passion, intimacy and playfulness. With an exciting collection of contemporary choreography that’s as “sensual” (Washington Post) as it is “humorous, elegant and wild” (Seattle Dances), this award-winning company, founded by a […]

$42

Hot and Horny Comedy Showcase at Catawba Brewing

Catawba Brewing Company South Slope Asheville 32 Banks Avenue, Asheville

Modelface Comedy presents Hot & Horny Comedy Showcase Celebrate the funniest/ sexiest time of the year with some of the horniest comics around! And what is sexier than a sense of humor? Jokes and stories about dating, love, lust and everything else. ages 21+ doors at 9pm, show at 9:15pm Tickets $15

$15