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].

Portals & Pathways

Arrowhead Gallery and Studios 77 Catawba Ave.,, Old Fort

Call for Art Arrowhead Art Gallery and Studios in Old Fort, North Carolina, is accepting entries for their next judged exhibit, Portals & Pathways. Create a thematic piece around gateways, […]

Simply Charmed- Drop In!

Ignite Jewelry Studios 191 Lyman Street, Suite #262, Asheville, NC, United States

**Show up at Ignite Jewelry Studios anytime between 11am and 3pm to make one of these charms! This is the perfect way to spend a part of your day while […]

$45.00

Circle Hoop Earrings – Enamel and Silver

Ignite Jewelry Studios 191 Lyman Street, Suite #262, Asheville, NC, United States

Join us at Ignite Jewelry Studios to make a pair of Silver and Enamel Earrings! You'll safely work with a torch, hammer, kilns, and more and leave with a pair […]

$95.00

Points in Space: Performance at Black Mountain College Exhibit

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

Black Mountain College’s interdisciplinary and collaborative philosophy fostered groundbreaking time-based experiments across disciplines, significantly influencing performance, theater, film, music, dance, and visual art worldwide. Points in Space: Performance at Black […]

Free

Boho Silver Earrings

Ignite Jewelry Studios 191 Lyman Street, Suite #262, Asheville, NC, United States

Come spend 1.5 hours at Ignite jewelry Studios and create this dazzling pair of earrings! Each textured design is individually chosen and pressed into sterling silver using a rolling mill. […]

$85.00

Riveting Sterling Ring

Ignite Jewelry Studios 191 Lyman Street, Suite #262, Asheville, NC, United States

Come make this textured and riveted sterling silver ring in a hands on workshop at Ignite Jewelry Studios. A qualified instructor will safely take you through the steps until your […]

$120.00

Silver Stacking Rings

Ignite Jewelry Studios 191 Lyman Street, Suite #262, Asheville, NC, United States

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

$115.00

Lake Hickory Haunts 2025

Lake Hickory Haunts 520 Carolina Ave, Hickory

Voted the Best Haunt in the Carolinas, Known as the premier haunt of the Carolina’s, Lake Hickory Haunts is a one of a kind haunted theme park; featuring a large […]

$30.00

LaMP – Lawton • Metzger • Paczkowski @ Third Room

Third Room 46 Wall Street, Asheville, NC, United States

WHERE: Third Room WHEN: Wednesday, September 17, 2025 DOORS: 7pm SHOW: 8pm GENRE: instrumental jam/rock‑fusion TICKETS: $20 ga PURCHASE: https://tixr.com/e/149147 LaMP: WEBSITE: www.ilikelamp.com HEAR SOME MUSIC: https://lampband.bandcamp.com SEE A VIDEO: […]

$20

Opening Reception: Archives in Practice

Center for Craft 67 Broadway St., Asheville, NC, United States

Join us for the opening of our new exhibition, "Archives in Practice." Archives can be a link to the past while reflecting the present. They often take the form of […]

Free

2025 Rhythm & Brews Concert Series

Downtown Hendersonville South Main Street 201 Main Street, Hendersonville, NC

The Rhythm & Brews Concert Series unfolds as a casual and welcoming event, occurring on the third Thursday of each month from June to October. South Main Street in Hendersonville […]

Free

4th Annual Gathering of the Pearl

Highland Brewing Co. 12 Old Charlotte Hwy #200,, Asheville, NC, United States

Join us for a night of connection, community celebration, and renewal of our collective healing as we gather at Highland Events Center in Asheville, NC for our fourth annual Gathering […]

$125

Looking Back To Move Forward

S. Tucker Cooke Gallery in Owen Hall, UNC Asheville One University Heights, Asheville, NC, United States

"Looking Back To Move Forward" features the work of fifty three artists (thirty eight students, nine alumni, five faculty and one staff) who created work addressing both the devastation and […]

Free

New Moon Yoga Nidra & Reiki in the Salt Cave

Asheville Salt Cave 16 North Liberty St, Asheville

Within this space, a dream will be induced taking you into a state of consciousness that can bring about immense healing in your conscious, subconscious, and unconscious mind. The cave […]

$56.00

Juniper Bends Fall Reading

Story Parlor 227 Haywood Road, Asheville

Juniper Bends returns with our fall event, celebrating the Autumn Equinox. Join us for an evening of poetry, fiction, CNF, and music at Story Parlor. Friday, September 19. Doors at […]

$18

Dinner Under Dinos: A Parents’ Night Out

asheville museum of science 43 Patton Ave, Asheville, NC, United States

After all the effort it takes to get kids back to school, parents deserve a night out! Send your kids to Dinner Under Dinos on Saturday September 20, 5 - […]

$35.00

Hendersonville Farmers Market – Hispanic Heritage Day

Historic Train Depot 650 Maple Street, HENDERSONVILLE, NC, United States

Discover the Hendersonville Farmers Market, Locally Grown, Community Strong A vibrant weekly gathering at the Historic Train Depot in downtown Hendersonville. Running every Saturday from May 3rd to October 25th, […]

Free

Asheville Radio Museum 5th Annual Vintage Radio Market

A-B Tech 16 Fernihurst Drive, Asheville, NC, United States

The museum and vendors from near and far will offer many kinds of restored and restorable vintage radios, parts, accessories and books. In addition, attendees can visit and tour the […]

Free

Thomas Wolfe’s Buried Lives: Riverside Cemetery Tour

Riverside Cemetery 53 Birch St, Asheville

Join us as we welcome Fall and explore portions of Riverside Cemetery, piecing together fact and fiction by highlighting many of the folks that inspired various characters in Wolfe’s works, […]

$10.70

Haywood County Studio Tour

Haywood County Arts Council Gallery 86 N. Main Street, Waynesville, NC, United States

The Haywood County Studio Tour is a two-day self-guided tour through 20 local studios to meet 38 artists, view demonstrations, and possibly take home a piece of Haywood artistry! Studios […]

Free

Resilience & Renewal Through Art

Arrowhead Gallery and Studios 77 Catawba Ave.,, Old Fort

Rising from the Ashes: Join glass artist, Kelly Carlisle, and other artists working alongside our community to create a unique and ambitious collaborative event celebrating the strength of those rebuilding […]

Asheville Symphony Masterworks 1: Eroica

First Baptist Church 5 Oak St., Asheville, NC, United States

Darko Butorac, conductor Emanuel Ax, piano The resilience of our community shines in this Hurricane Helene anniversary program. Experience renewal and rebirth through Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto featuring piano legend […]

Stand Up Comedy w/Next Stop Comedy

12 Bones Smokehouse & Brewing 2350 Hendersonville Road, Arden

Next Stop Comedy brings the best comedians, with new lineups every time, straight to your neighborhood for an unforgettable night of laughter! Our shows feature top-tier talent from across the […]

$25

Blair Crimmins & The Hookers

Hendersonville Theatre 229 South Washington Street, Hendersonville, NC, United States

Hendersonville Theatre welcomes Blair Crimmins & The Hooker as September’s intimate HT’s Hometown Sound Music Series concert! Blair Crimmins & The Hookers bring the magic of 1920s ragtime and Dixieland […]

$38.00

Asheville Symphony Masterworks 1: Eroica

First Baptist Church 5 Oak St., Asheville, NC, United States

Darko Butorac, conductor Emanuel Ax, piano The resilience of our community shines in this Hurricane Helene anniversary program. Experience renewal and rebirth through Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto featuring piano legend […]

Modelface Comedy presents Gluten-Free Comedy

Ginger's Revenge 829 Riverside Drive, Asheville, NC, United States

Modelface Comedy brings you the best comedians from all over the country and all your local favorites! This Saturday we have Gluten-Free Comedy at Ginger's Revenge. Enjoy a cold pint […]

$18

Tunnel Studios Inaugural Open Studio Event

Tunnel Studios 940 Tunnel Road, Asheville

Tunnel Studios, a new artist studio collective and gallery space in East Asheville, will open its doors to the public on Sunday, September 21, from 12–6 p.m. for its first […]

Free

Vishwas R. Gaitonde Book Launch

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

This event is co-sponsored by Orison Books and The Great Smokies Writing Program Join UNCA's Great Smokies Writing Program and Asheville-based publisher Orison Books to celebrate the release of Vishwas […]

RAD Comedy with Ryan Brown and Friends

The River Arts District Brewing Company 13 Mystery Street, Asheville

Modelface Comedy brings you the best stand up comedians from all over the country and this week with have NC favorite Ryan Brown and a few of his very silly […]

$15

Celebrating the Equinox: Gathering the Light, Honoring the Shadows

Kanuga 471 Kanuga Chapel Dr., Hendersonville

Celebrate the autumnal equinox in an evening of yoga, spirituality and healing, Thursday, Sept. 22 at Kanuga. The evening begins at 5:30 p.m. at the Labyrinth with nature crafting, followed […]

$21.05

Live at the Joke Shop, Open Mic Comedy

Sparky's Bardega 23 Broadway St., Asheville

Every Monday Aaron Naylor and Jordan Ballard host Live from the Joke Shop at Sparky's Bardega! Bring your best new jokes each week or just come watch your favorite local […]

Free

The Asheville Business Summit

Diana Wortham Theatre 2 S. Pack Square, Asheville, NC, United States

A event where entrepreneurs, innovators, and change-makers gather to learn, grow, and lead with purpose. Together, we’ll rise to meet challenges, rebuild stronger post-crisis, and shape the future of business […]

$100