The Laurel of Asheville

All Your Friends
2026-03-21 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Eulogy, 10 Buxton Ave, Asheville, 28801
An indie dance party for the ones who still romanticize a scratched iPod, American Spirits, and a blurry night soundtracked by bloghouse and post-punk revival. All Your Friends is at Eulogy on March 21, 2026, bringing the sweat, synths, and nostalgia of the early 2010’s house party.
This is your basement-floor flashback to tight jeans, smudged eyeliner, and nights that felt like a house show turned afterparty. Expect a high-energy dance floor fueled by indie sleaze classics and remixes you forgot you loved, from LCD Soundsystem and The Rapture to Foals, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TV on the Radio, MGMT, Crystal Castles, and more. No frills, just bodies in motion.
Whether you never left the Lower East Side or just miss the chaos of that era, All Your Friends is a night dedicated to bad decisions, blown speakers, and the soundtrack of your favorite forgotten memories. Come ready for the sweat, the noise, and the party your Tumblr warned you about at Eulogy.

All Your Friends
2026-03-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Eulogy, 10 Buxton Ave, Asheville, 28801
An indie dance party for the ones who still romanticize a scratched iPod, American Spirits, and a blurry night soundtracked by bloghouse and post-punk revival. All Your Friends is at Eulogy on 21 March 2026, bringing the sweat, synths, and nostalgia of the early 2010’s house party.
This is your basement-floor flashback to tight jeans, smudged eyeliner, and nights that felt like a house show turned afterparty. Expect a high-energy dance floor fueled by indie sleaze classics and remixes you forgot you loved, from LCD Soundsystem and The Rapture to Foals, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TV on the Radio, MGMT, Crystal Castles, and more. No frills, just bodies in motion.
Whether you never left the Lower East Side or just miss the chaos of that era, All Your Friends is a night dedicated to bad decisions, blown speakers, and the soundtrack of your favorite forgotten memories. Come ready for the sweat, the noise, and the party your Tumblr warned you about at Eulogy.

Gluten-Free Comedy at Ginger's Revenge
2026-03-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Ginger’s Revenge, 829 Riverside Drive, Asheville, NC, 28801, 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: Hibiscus-Lavender Edition at Ginger’s Revenge. Enjoy a cold pint of ginger beer while you laugh it up with Modelface Comedy
ages 18+
doors at 6:30, show at 7pm
Tickets $18 GA, $23 premium seating

The Hubbub – A Local Food Benefit for WNC Small Farms and Food Systems
2026-03-21 19:00 - 23:00 | Highland Brewing Company, 12 Old Charlotte Hwy, , Asheville, 28803
The Hubbub is WNC Food Coalition’s inaugural benefit in support of small farms and the food hubs who buy, sell, and stock fresh, local, charitable food across Western North Carolina. Together, we can ease hunger today AND alleviate future hunger by growing a strong and resilient local food system.
Join us in revolutionizing a local food economy that works for everyone. Your support benefits the trusted Food Hubs feeding our WNC community: TRACTOR Food & Farms, Smoky Mountain Harvest Hub, Foothills Food Hub, WNC From the Ground Up, Terramonga Hub, Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture, and Equal Plates Project.
The MAIN EVENT will be from 7pm to 9pm and will feature musical performance by the esteemed jazz duo, Free Planet Radio; a full cash bar; a live auction; and grazing tables designed by WNC Food Hub Collaborative partner, Equal Plates Project, in collaboration with several local food hubs and their partnered farms. Arrive ready to sample and delight in an abundance of tasty appetizers as we introduce you to local farms and the critical buyers who hold together our local food economy. Tickets are $100/person for the Main Event (includes admission to the After Party)
The AFTER PARTY will be from 9pm to 11pm with entrance offered on a sliding scale. The After Party will feature a cash bar, a chance to enter our WNC Food For All Basket Raffle, and a beckoning to the dance floor as DJ Lil Meow Meow takes the stage! Incorporating elements of house, hip hop, electro, disco, and beyond, she is known for playing spirited deep dance cuts with big heart.

John McCutcheon
2026-03-21 20:00 - 22:00 | Diana Wortham Theatre, 2 S. Pack Square, Asheville, NC, 28801, United States
Sat, Mar 21 • 8 pm
Grammy-nominated master instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, storyteller, activist, and author—McCutcheon is folk music’s true Renaissance man. Wherever he performs, his legendary charm resonates with audiences of every generation.
“The most impressive instrumentalist I’ve ever heard” —Johnny Cash
“John McCutcheon is not only one of the best musicians in the USA, but also a great singer, songwriter, and song leader.”—Pete Seeger
Connect with the artist in a community event.
Spotlight on John McCutcheon:
Released his 45th album, Field of Stars, in his 52nd year of performing
World-renowned master of the hammer dulcimer and folk music archivist
Learned his craft in Appalachian coal camps and country churches
Revolutionized family music with five Grammy-nominated children’s albums
Compared to Will Rogers and Garrison Keillor for his rich storytelling style

Don't Tell Comedy, Hendersonville
2026-03-21 20:00 - 22:00 | Trailside Brewing Company Hendersonville, NC, 173 Lenox Park Dr, Hendersonville, NC
Show Details
This show will be at an indoor location.
No Outside Food or Drinks permitted.. Drinks will be available for purchase. Food is available for purchase. Small snacks available for purchase. Non-alcoholic drinks will be available.
This show will have chairs provided.
♿︎ This show is wheelchair accessible.
21+ show.
About Don’t Tell Comedy
Secret Locations.
Shhh…it’s a surprise. As you can see, we only advertise the general area or neighborhood for each show. The precise location and other important show details will be sent to you at 8:00 AM the day of the show. If you don’t see it in your inbox you can find the info on show day right here.
Secret Comedians.
No spoilers! All comedians remain unknown until the moment they take the stage. But don’t fret, we carefully curate lineups of 4-7 different comics to create a hilarious and diverse show. The best part is—you never know who might show up!
You might discover your next favorite underground comedian or see a fan favorite. We specialize in introducing audiences to the best-emerging talent from cities around the world through a mix of the best local and nationally touring comedians.
Unique Live Experience.
Honestly, we’re over the whole debt-inducing two-drink minimum thing. We’re dedicated to providing you with a unique and fun live comedy experience—one which doesn’t require you to take out a second mortgage. We thrive on good vibes and welcome you to be a part of the DTC community.
Doors at 7:30pm, show at 8pm

WNC Build and Remodel Expo
2026-03-22 11:00 - 16:00 | WNC Agricultural Center, 761 Boylston Hwy, Fletcher, NC, 28732, United States
The WNC Build and Remodel Expo returns March 21-22, 2026, at the WNC Agricultural Center’s Davis Event Center in Fletcher. Produced by the Builders Association of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Expo connects Western North Carolina homeowners with trusted local building professionals for two days of practical guidance, inspiration, and hands-on learning. Attendees can explore home improvement ideas, compare products, meet local experts, and attend short educational talks throughout the weekend. The event is designed to help homeowners plan projects with confidence, from maintenance and upgrades to larger remodels. General admission is $10; $5 for seniors, military, first responders, and educators. Kids 12 and under are free.

Weekly Sunday Scrabble
2026-03-22 13:30 - 16:30 | NC
Your favorite word game! Maybe you enjoy Wordle, or Boggle, or Words with Friends, or online Scrabble! Or maybe you just remember enjoying Scrabble in the past! We have all the equipment, so just stroll in and let’s play a few games every Sunday afternoon! It’s fine to drop by, be late, leave early, but soon you will want to spend the whole afternoon with us! We have folks who drive in from TN, SC, and neighboring counties. All levels of play. Free challenges for those strange words, and we have a “cheat sheet” for new folks! See you Sunday!

The Misfit Improv Comedy Show
2026-03-22 18:00 - 19:30 | NC Stage Company, 15 Stage Ln, Asheville, 28801
Asheville’s best improvisers bring you a fast-paced, interactive comedy show full of scenes, songs, and games—all based on your suggestions. The second half features a fully improvised musical. Come laugh with us at a show made just for you.

Sunday Night Secret Headliner Comedy Show
2026-03-22 19:00 - 21:00 | The River Arts District Brewing Company, 13 Mystery Street, Asheville, 28801
Every Sunday Modelface Comedy brings you the best comedians from all over the country. This week we have a secret headliner from NYC in Asheville!
Our Secret Headliner is a comic originally from Cincinnati, OH. After winning the 2012 Funniest Person in Cincinnati competition, they relocated to New York City in order to pursue comedy further, and was rewarded in 2014, when they was selected as one of the New Faces of the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in 2014. They have been featured on the Audible comedy podcast “Sounds Like America” as well as part of Cracked Comedy’s digital series. In 2020, they released their debut standup album “Sweet Baby Boy” with Blonde Medicine records, which debuted at #1 on iTunes. This was followed in 2025 by their first special, “Down A Mom”.
ages 18+
doors at 6:30pm, show at 7pm
Tickets $15

5Rhythms Sweat Your Prayers® on Weds Nights hosted by Karen
2026-03-25 17:00 - 18:45 | Homewood, 19 Zillicoa St., Asheville, NC, 28801
SPRING INTO THE LIGHT!
Spring Equinox always represents more light and daylight in our lives! We begin to gather our different seeds of flowers, vegetables and fruit to plant for the Garden. What do we need for our bodies to gain new growth in our movement? How do we gather our strength and motivation to keep going when we are tired or frustrated? How do we seek the light that uplifts our spirits? Pic by Vijayalakshimi Nidugondi. We move to the maps created by Gabrielle Roth!
About 5Rhythms®
Created by Gabrielle Roth and practiced by tens of thousands worldwide. 5Rhythms® is a dynamic movement practice rooted in the principles that if you put the psyche in motion it will heal itself.
About Karen:
5Rhythms dance is for everyone. This meditative freeform dancing practice was created by dancer and visionary Gabriellle Roth. Accredited 5Rhythms teacher Karen Chapman has been hosting dances in Asheville and around the country for 9 years. Through the dance, Karen acts as a guide for the dancer on their journey through the rhythms. Karen is interested in how energy moves on the dance floor through the Breath and Body!
Dance movement timeline:
Doors open at 5 PM for warm up and close at 5:45 for the opening circle. The wave is complete at 6:45PM. If you can arrive at 5 PM that is best but you are welcome to come to the dance anytime before 5:45 PM.
5 PM: Warm-up, Meditative stretching and dancing.
5:45 PM: Doors Close, Opening circle
Demonstration of the 5 Rhythms of Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical, and Stillness.
6 PM: Dancing the wave of the 5 Rhythms
6:45: Closing Circle/End
Thank you and see ya on the dance floor soon! Love K

SPIRITED IMPROV PLAYSHOP SERIES
2026-03-25 17:30 - 19:30 | emberlight, 82 Sanctuary Rd., Swannanoa, NC, 28778, United States
ABOUT SPIRITED IMPROV
Spirited Improv is a unique fusion of expressive arts, spiritual practice, and group play that helps you release fear, trust the unknown, and show up as your truest self.
Spirited Improv is a soul-centered community experience that uses improvisational play as the container for spiritual growth, personal transformation, and authentic connection. Rather than focusing on comedy or performance, we use improv as a living practice, one that invites presence, trust, curiosity, and responsiveness in the moment.
Facilitated by Jessica Chilton, who brings over 20 years of improvisational performing arts experience and 16 years as an expressive arts therapist, weaving creativity, spirituality, and presence into a safe, transformative group experience.
Through embodied improvisational play, movement, voice, storytelling, sound, and silence, we create a living container where authenticity is welcomed and presence is practiced. Over time, this shared experience fosters deep connection, confidence, and a felt sense of belonging.
Spirited Improv is for those seeking a spiritual community grounded in lived experience, where growth happens through relationship, creativity, and the courage to show up fully. As we transform individually through improv, we strengthen the collective and contribute to a more compassionate world.
WHAT PAST PARTICIPANTS ARE SAYING
“Spirited Improv is authentic, vulnerable and connective. It meets my need to deeply feel, be seen and see others. On my first night I experienced such a profound healing experience after sharing what was on my heart. It was like a sound, healing touch, full moon energy bath that opened my heart. ” ~ Kate
“Spirited Improv is a fun and little bit edgy way of interacting with the mystery of the moment. You decide how much you want to interact or observe from the audience so you never have to do anything you don’t want to do. It is an opportunity to let go of control and explore the spontaneity of life and creativity in a supportive, safe environment..” ~ Kenyon
“I got to play, move my body, laugh, take joy in watching my friends come alive, give and receive big hugs, and feel the presence of the ancestors who always join me. There’s something so sacred about being present with others while we play, witness and embody what is.” ~ Sue
WHO IS THIS FOR
People drawn to spirituality, personal growth, and inner exploration
Those seeking genuine connection, community, and a sense of belonging
Creatives and non-creatives alike – no improv or performance experience needed
Individuals who value compassion, openness, and radical acceptance
People who want to grow in joyful, embodied ways rather than through heavy or rigid processes
Those who want to make a positive impact by starting with inner transformation

PBS North Carolina Screening of A Sacred Thread
2026-03-25 17:30 - 20:00 | WCU Bardo Arts Center, 199 Centennial Drive, Cullowhee, NC, 28723, United States
Join us at Western Carolina University’s Bardo Arts Center for a special screening of A SACRED THREAD. Witness the powerful story of the Snowbird Cherokee struggle to protect their language and heritage. This in-person event will showcase the resilience and determination of a community fighting to preserve its identity. Don’t miss this inspiring opportunity to learn about the rich culture and history of the Cherokee Nation.
This PBS NC documentary follows the Snowbird Cherokee of western North Carolina as they fight to preserve their language, customs and ancestral traditions before they disappear. Through intimate storytelling about the Snowbird Cherokee’s art, culture and deep connections to their sacred land, the film offers a powerful portrait of a resilient community safeguarding its heritage.

Start Your Regenerative Mushroom Farm
2026-03-25 18:00 - 19:30 | Virtual
Hey folks — The Forest Farmacy is hosting a by-donation live webinar called Start Your Regenerative Mushroom Farm on March 25, 2026.
If you have land (even a small piece) and you’ve been curious about mushrooms as a high-value crop that can work with your existing farm systems, this session will help you get clear on what’s realistic.
We’ll cover:
– A simple big-picture map of what it takes to start (low-tech, small budget)
– Which production paths make sense first (fresh vs value-added vs supplies)
– How to avoid the common pitfalls that waste time and money
50% of all donations go to the Cherokee-led Center for Native Health.
Register Here: https://www.theforestfarmacy.com/en/live-webinar-start-your-regenerative-mushroom-farm

First Pulls: Works of Butcher Shop Press
2026-03-25 18:00 - 20:00 | Studio 116, 116 W Blue Ridge Rd, East Flat Rock, 28726
Butcher Shop Press begins its creative journey by presenting its first group exhibition, ‘First Pulls: Works of Butcher Shop Press’, on display from March 25 through April 4 with a silent auction of artwork donated by artist Phil Garrett. All proceeds will go to Butcher Shop Press to raise funds for additional studio equipment.
Butcher Shop Press is an art-based initiative housed in a space at the back of Studio 116 where a butcher shop once operated in the early 1900s. Today, the space has been transformed into a working print studio dedicated to exploring the craft and possibilities of printmaking.
Each hand-pulled print in this exhibit was created using the studio’s Takach etching press, generously donated by artist Marty Whaley Adams. The works highlight a range of approaches to printmaking and reflect the creativity of local artists exploring the unique processes of monotype and other print techniques.

AyurPrana Listening Room Presents: Rosenau & Sanborn with special guest Joe Westerlund
2026-03-25 18:00 - 22:30 | AyurPrana Listening Room, 312 Haywood Rd, Asheville, NC, 28806
APLR Presents: Rosenau & Sanborn
with Joe Westerlund
Wednesday, March 25th, 2026
AyurPrana Listening Room – 312 Haywood Rd, Asheville, NC 28806
Doors 6PM || Event 7PM
Rosenau & Sanborn
After nearly 20 years of knowing one another, the collaboration between Nick Sanborn and Chris Rosenau seemed inevitable but ended up accidental, an Eaux Claires music-festival lark that had immediate chemistry. As they were playing that first show, they realized they were already making a record. They reconvened in a small cottage in North Carolina in 2017 to finish what was started. They recorded the improvisations, kept the working mixes and titles, as well as the bird songs and traffic sounds that drifted into the microphones. The result was 2019’s Bluebird, a little five-track wonder that made you feel like you were sitting in the room between them, smiling as they found their wordless rapport.
Two years later, Rosenau (Volcano Choir, Collections of Colonies of Bees) and Sanborn (Sylvan Esso, Made of Oak) got together again. They had fun during round two, but the sessions were neither as carefree as that first attempt nor more focused in a way that felt compelling and new. The pair shelved those pieces to try again when the time seemed right.
Then there was a pandemic. There were tours. There were other records. There was life at large. By the time Rosenau ventured back to Betty’s (Sylvan Esso’s studio in the North Carolina woods) to try again, four years had flashed past.
For the absorbing follow-up, 2026’s simply titled Two, they “unprepared,” Rosenau arriving to the sessions with a novel guitar tuning he’d never used and Sanborn with a reconfigured electronics rig that forced him to abandon old patterns. The result feels like sitting alongside two old friends as they surprise one another with unheard stories from their recent pasts and ideas for their futures.
The night before the duo wrote “Walrus,” Sanborn had performed at a rave with his techno duo GRRL x Made of Oak. Of the track, Rosenau writes, “Honestly, the approach on this track was ‘Ok! Saturday night… Let’s party!’ It all felt real good. From there, we got Nick’s gear back up from the night before, followed our process, and went for it. I remember Nick turning into an octopus in front of my eyes as he wrangled both the modular rig he had set up for this one, as well as the insane drum machine situation.”
Two is set to be released physically in indie record stores on March 6 via Psychic Hotline, with a digital street date following on March 20.
Joe Westerlund
For the last five years, Joe Westerlund’s music has explored and documented his personal unknowns. Before the 2020 release of his solo debut, Reveries in the Rift, Westerlund was largely a band guy, whether that meant charting the edges of folk-rock with his childhood friends in DeYarmond Edison and, later, Megafaun, or offering the anchor to acts like Watchhouse and The Dead Tongues. But on Reveries, he wondered what it would be like to make meditative percussive music, to wander into the middle distance of his own introspection with his drum kit. Some of those findings reappeared on 2023’s lauded Elegies for the Drift, where he stared into several painful ends—of a 20-year partnership and the death of multiple friends, collaborators, and mentors—and tried to send those relationships off with sound. These were largely open-ended and improvisational albums, Westerlund paying less attention to sheer rhythmic patterns than emotional frameworks.
During the same half-decade, though, Westerlund became engrossed in studying the clave, the metric pattern that first defined so much Afro-Cuban and Latin music and then drifted into almost every corner of jazz and rock. What did it mean for an idea to be so flexible, for it to fit so many forms while retaining its own essence? His interest in composing with this new musical curiosity—that is, in constructing grooves that felt instinctual and irrepressible—compounded amid the pandemic, when people desperately wanted to remember what it was like to inhabit their bodies in a room crowded by strangers. The result is another leap into the unknown for Westerlund: Curiosities from the Shift, a 12-track playground of endlessly interwoven beats and melodies, where Westerlund’s clave enthusiasm collides with his textural experimentalism, where his rhythmic symphony of one shakes hands with a half-dozen friends decorating this space alongside him.
Curiosities began taking accidental shape when Califone mastermind Tim Rutili asked Westerlund for a few ideas amid lockdown. Westerlund had been playing in Califone for years, and Rutili was hoping a long-distance beat might spark a song. Nothing concrete came of those sketches, as Rutili pursued other paths. So Westerlund went his own way with them, instead, steadily building those ideas into his own compositions. They are now the basis of the three-piece suite that holds Curiosities’ first half, beginning with the junkyard percussion and delightful bass splashes that frame “Tem” and ending with the surrealistic boom-bap of thumb pianos and shakers on “Can Tangle.” There is a hard-won joy to these numbers, as if Westerlund is delighting in real time in spotting a potential dead end but finding his own way forward, anyway.
Those songs became, too, a kind of working roadmap for the terrain that Westerlund explores across Curiosities, from the call-and-response glory of opener “Nu Male Uno” to the uncanny amorphousness of closer “Felt Like Floating.” All of these songs are defined by an identifiable rhythm, like the loping strut at the center of “Midpoint” and the head-nodding pulse that winds through “Persurverance,” winkingly misspelled to suit his North Carolina-via-Wisconsin pronunciation. But those are springboards for other textures, moods, and notions, like the New Age references—shimmering metallophones, chattering birds, retiring flutes—that circle through “Midpoint” or the dub-indebted delays and gamelan hymns that bubble up through “Persurverance.” This is deeply multivalent music, each number’s propulsive core counterbalanced by a series of surprising choices. Bittersweetness and joy, grief and liberation, sighs and smiles: It all exists here, tangling toward infinity.
This complexity stems, in part, from a happy accident. Late in 2023, around the time of his 43rd birthday, Westerlund booked a week of studio time at Betty’s, the bucolic space built and operated in the North Carolina countryside by his friends and occasional collaborators in Sylvan Esso. He meant to be there for five days before embarking on a brief tour with Setting, the essential instrumental trio that has become a key outlet for his improvisational vim. But after a Setting bandmate got sick, Westerlund booked another five days alone at Betty’s, giving himself time, space, and quiet to keep finessing these compositions, to see where else his assemblages of metallophones and drums, electronics and keyboards might lead, what magic they still had to reveal.
When, for instance, he took a break outside while recording “Elegy (for OLAibi),” a tribute to late Japanese experimentalist Ai, he noticed that the air-conditioning seemed to be sighing in time to the music he was making inside. He recorded the sound and wove it into the track. It is now one layer among so many, one feeling amid a diorama of them. In the months after those sessions were done, Westerlund reached out to seven friends—Califone’s Rutilli, saxophonist Sam Gendel, trumpeter Trever Hagen, and violinists Libby Rodenbough and Chris Jusell among them. Sure, these were his most thoroughly composed and precisely built works ever, but he wanted to hear what happened when his pals responded in real time, when they added bits of themselves back to what he’d made. They delivered grace, depth, and feeling, with their parts pulling back curtains on hidden recesses of Westerlund’s rhythmic worlds.
Westerlund readily admits he is surprised by Curiosities from the Shift, by its insistence on groove and meter rather than drifting abstraction. Having lived and worked so long in the trenches of bands, he assumed he was done functioning within basic meter, at least for a while. But music is, of course, rarely a binary, where one element obviates all room for the other. These 12 songs fuse so many of Westerlund’s loves into pieces that are endlessly fascinating, using familiar elements to, once again, render another of his adventures into the unknown. Playful but tender, wistful but wondrous, driven by beats but not bound by them, Curiosities from the Shift is Westerlund’s definitive statement so far, the solo drummer record that opens wide to reveal a musical and emotional landscape richer than perhaps even he imagined he might find

Wednesday Night Riffs featuring Zandra Johnson
2026-03-25 19:00 - 21:00 | Asheville Guitar Pedals, 444 Haywood Rd., Asheville, 28806
Modelface Comedy brings the best comedians from all over the country to Asheville, NC. This week we are excited to be at Asheville Guitar Pedals!
Hot Riffs Comedy features the best local and regional comedians on the iconic AVL Guitar Pedals stage in West Asheville.
This show features headliner Zandra Johnson
Zandra Johnson is a Gen-Z medical comedian who gives a behind the scenes peek into life in the operating room, featuring a wild cast of surgeons without their customer service face. Her ‘never-say-no’ kind of attitude in the night life scene lands her in wild experiences with fascinating individuals that she bring to life on stage. Her theatrical and unique perspective of life in healthcare, hysterical experiences in the dating worlds of both small towns and big cities, and unparalleled story telling capability transports crowds to the very moment she experienced in real-time.
ages 18+
Doors at 6:30pm, show at 7pm
Tickets $12 advance, $15 day of

All Things Equal: The Life & Trials of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
2026-03-25 20:00 - 22:00 | Diana Wortham Theatre, 2 S. Pack Square, Asheville, NC, 28801, United States
ed & Thur, Mar 25 & 26 • 8 pm
The “Notorious RBG” comes to life in this witty, moving portrait of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. From breaking barriers and fighting for women’s rights to standing strong on a divided Supreme Court, RBG’s story is one of fierce resilience, sharp humor, and lasting impact.
“A must see” —BroadwayWorld
Spotlight on All Things Equal:
Written by Tony Award winner Rupert Holmes, creator of Broadway’s The Mystery of Edwin Drood and AMC’s Remember WENN
Chronicles RBG’s journey from Brooklyn valedictorian to Supreme Court icon
Michelle Azar’s award-winning stage and screen experience includes NCIS LA, Criminal Minds, and the musical Bronco Billy
Laley Lippard has directed and collaborated with companies from Steppenwolf Theatre Company to The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

'Reconnect for Resilience' (FREE 2-Day Personal & Professional Development Training)
2026-03-26 - 2026-03-27 | Virtual
Learn easy-to-use, shareable tools that are designed for real life—whether you’re stressed at work, in your car, or even at the store.
In this 14-hour, interactive training, you’ll learn the science of stress management and ways to build resilience in yourself and those around you.
FREE and open to all WNC residents, thanks to the support of our generous partners
14 contact hours of continuing education available through Area L AHEC for an additional fee.
REGISTER on our website to attend and receive further event details
Can’t make this session? Join our other virtual dates this spring!
April 21 & 22
May 21 & 22
June 16 & 17

Live Music Yoga with Seán Johnson with music from Chris Rosser
2026-03-26 09:00 - 10:00 | AyurPrana Listening Room, 312 Haywood Rd, Asheville, NC, 28806
APLR and AYC Present: Live Music Yoga with Seán Johnson with music from Chris Rosser
Thursday, March 26th, 2026
AyurPrana Listening Room – 312 Haywood Rd, Asheville, NC 28806
Doors 8:45 AM || Event 9:00 AM
Live Music Yoga with Seán Johnson with music from Chris Rosser
Ride the subtle currents of movement and sound, guided by the heart, in this unique weekly live music offering from The AyurPrana Listening Room and Asheville Yoga Center. Each Thursday morning, gather in the sacred sanctuary of the AyurPrana Listening Room, where breath, rhythm, and devotion intertwine.
Asheville Yoga Center Director Seán Johnson guides a creative, heart-centered, all-levels vinyasa practice, while multi-instrumentalist Chris Rosser weaves enchanting live music through every posture, pause, and pulse.
This immersive Bhakti Flow experience features soulful chanting, imaginative and fluid sequencing, space for intuitive movement, and a nourishing closing sequence of gentle reclining postures and meditation. Come to move, listen, and open—letting music, movement, and community carry you into the day.
Please bring your own mat and any yoga props you enjoy using.
15 spaces are available each week for Asheville Yoga Center monthly unlimited and annual members to use as a perk of their membership – register at www.youryoga.com Otherwise, the class is $24 with tickets available at www.AyurPranaListeningRoom.com
Early registration is recommended, as spaces are limited.
*Located at The AyurPrana Listening Room*
312 Haywood Road, Asheville, NC 28806
Seán Johnson
Seán Johnson is the Director of the Asheville Yoga Center, a longtime yoga teacher and trainer, and an internationally respected guide of heart-centered, bhakti-inspired practice. With a Master’s degree focused on devotional singing and years of experience teaching chant as spiritual practice, Seán weaves yoga, music, and imagination into deeply soulful experiences on and off the mat. Since 2005, Seán & The Wild Lotus Band have merged conscious lyrics, sacred chants from the spiritual traditions of yoga and beyond, and roots, rock, gospel, and global grooves to create a universal style of cross-cultural spiritual music.

Pickleball Party for the Asheville Symphony Guild
2026-03-26 17:00 - 19:00 | Asheville Sports Club, 137 Coxe Avenue, Asheville, 28801
The Asheville Symphony Guild is holding a pickleball fundraiser on Thursday, March 26 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Asheville Sports Club, 137 Coxe Avenue in the South Slope. The $40 ticket gets you pizza, beer and the opportunity to play pickleball, or just to hang out. It will be a fun event with proceeds going to the Symphony, thanks to the event sponsor, the Brookshire-Garside Group of Baird. To get tickets, visit the Symphony Guild website.

AyurPrana Listening Room Presents: Tara Clerkin Trio with Walt McClements
2026-03-26 18:00 - 22:00 | AyurPrana Listening Room, 312 Haywood Rd, Asheville, NC, 28806
APLR Presents: Tara Clerkin Trio
with Walt McClements
Thursday, March 26th, 2026
AyurPrana Listening Room – 312 Haywood Rd, Asheville, NC 28806
Doors 6:00 PM || Event 7:00 PM
Tara Clerkin Trio
Not far off two years from the day, Bristol’s Tara Clerkin Trio return to World of Echo and the EP format for a five song collection of quixotic, emotional redolence. But do not mistake their absence for inertia. If their musical output has been a little sparse during those in-between years, limited to a few solo ventures and an astonishing ten minute long piece as a trio, their time has otherwise been richly spent: continuous writing and recording, extensive live performances across Europe and Japan, a cultivation of local and more far-flung artistic connections (musical and otherwise), and a monthly NTS show that, through the voice of others, speaks most obviously to their own unorthodox interests. It’s the conflux of that winding activity that leads indirectly to On The Turning Ground, 26 minutes of probing, thoughtful composition that draws from no one specific source.
Their inspirations might be centreless, but the trio still possess a very obvious anchor in the form of their hometown. Bristol stands as a city of multitudes, heterogenous and vibrant in such a way as to allow it to renew and remake time and again. Tara Clerkin Trio drink from that same well, duly reflecting a rich musical heritage built on fwd-facing electronic subcultures and experimental urges. As such, On The Turning Ground finds them subject to their own subtle internal evolution, the pervasive sense that you’ve caught them mid-bloom, on their way to becoming but never anything but themselves.
The two instrumental pieces that bookend the EP stand as a perfect case in point, displaying an increasing mastery of compositional space. Pensive and restrained, ‘Brigstow’ and ‘Once Around’ both emanate an interstitial quality that’s not so much after- as in-between-hours, miniature dub-folk symphonies held together by the kind of tacit understanding that remains the preserve of only the closest of family units. If those two tracks are shaped by a sense of shifting temporality, then the three vocal-led pieces that comprise the record’s core feel like a gentle ossifying of aesthetic into something approaching their own unique form of avant-pop. ‘Pop’ is, of course, a broadly subjective concept, but there’s no avoiding the overt sparkling melodicism of songs like ‘Marble Walls’ and ‘The Turning Ground’, undeniable re-directions of that late 90s impulse to bend pop sensibilities into off-centre terrain, to render the familiar new again. This is what Tara Clerkin Trio do, gently pulling the ground from under your feet, turning you to face something you’d not quite seen before. To view the world as they do: sideways, sometimes, all of the time.
Walt McClements
Walt McClements is an accordionist, multi-instrumentalist and composer based in Los Angeles. His solo compositions focus on processed accordion, creating patient and emotional meditations that nod to drone and ambient music. His debut record, “A Hole in the Fence” was released in 2021 on American Dreams, and utilized a minimal palette of accordions processed through pedals to create glacial soundscapes and odes to hidden worlds. On his latest record, and first for Western Vinyl, “On a Painted Ocean”, he expands his sonic tools to include lush synths, droning pipe organs, and spirited horns, creating a vibrant journey from solitary stillness to community exuberance. The record also follows last year’s “Rain on the Road”, a collaborative album with harpist Mary Lattimore, released on Thrill Jockey.

Bryan E. Robinson launches She'll Be KILLING 'Round the Mountain, with Linda-Marie Barrett
2026-03-26 18:00 - 2026-04-16 19:00 | NC
Join us in-store or live online when local author Bryan E. Robinson launches his new mystery, She’ll Be KILLING ‘Round the Mountain, in conversation with Linda-Marie Barrett.
The event is free, but registration is required to reserve your seat.
Click HERE to register for the IN-STORE event.
Click HERE to register for the VIRTUAL event.
She’ll Be KILLING ‘Round the Mountain
A high-speed shootout and a series of unexplained murders greet Dr. Einstein Brad Pope and his fiancé upon their arrival for their wedding in Asheville, NC. The 35-year-old psychologist soon realizes he’s ensnared in a dangerous web of deep-woods survivalists, calling themselves the United Survivalist Army (The Real U.S.A.), preparing for Armageddon in the remote mountains of Western North Carolina. The preppers’ battle cry, “Prepare to Survive or Die,” targets the “zombies”— unprepared citizens like Pope.
The doomsayer-preppers believe the zombies will roam the streets and plunder their carefully hidden cache of supplies when the economy collapses, the electrical grid fails, and apocalyptic weather threatens to wipe people off the map. To survive, Pope is forced to succumb to the same kick-ass, pit-bull tactics of his abusive, alcoholic father against the homegrown militant terrorists. But first, he must win an inner battle with his tortured past to find the line between his integrity and his own survival.

The Struggle Against Solitary Confinement: A Nielsen Event
2026-03-26 19:00 - 20:30 | Canon Lounge in Gladfelter Student Center, 114 Upper College Rd, Swannanoa, NC, 28778, United States
Three panelists will discuss the struggle against solitary confinement. Jules Lobel, the lead attorney on the Pelican Bay case (once the largest solitary confinement facility in the country); Jack Morris, one of his clients, who was in solitary for 40 years; and Dolores Canalas, long time activist against solitary confinement.
Visitors from off campus should park in the Admissions parking lot located just beyond Orr Cottage, located at 114 Lower College Rd, Swannanoa, NC. For google maps directions, you can use this dropped pin: https://maps.app.goo.gl/4EqWwmK51EtHn5uq8

Slice Spring Standup Comedy Contest
2026-03-26 19:30 - 21:30 | PULP Under The Orange Peel, 103 Hilliard Avenue, Asheville, NC, 28801, United States
The Slice of Life Comedy Asheville Spring Standup Contest 🌼
Thursday March 26, 7:30p-9:30p, doors at 6:30p
The Orange Peel’s Comedy Basement, Pulp Lounge
103 Hilliard Ave, Downtown Asheville
Tickets: $18 (available at door or The Orange Peel website)
These shows sellout!
Hosted by Alex Parsons
Cocktails available while you laugh the night away to some of the area’s best Stand Up Comics in a ridiculously fun adult environment!!
Free snacks while availability lasts! You may bring your own food in (no outside drinks)!
How it Works:
Audience votes thru ballots throughout the night. Comics on the show will do 3-5m of standup comedy. This show’s 3 top comics will be paid & brought back to compete in our pageant finale, date TBA.
Go to SliceofLifeComedy.com for more contest information. Contact Michele with any questions, or to sign up to perform at sliceoflifecomedy@gmail.com
The Slice of Life Comedy Asheville Spring Standup Contest

An Artful Journey: The Honest Eye - Camille Pissaro's Impressionism
2026-03-27 10:30 - 12:00 | Black Mountain Center for the Arts, 225 W. State Street, Black Mountain, NC, 28711, United States
Seeing Impressionism Clearly: Camille Pissarro and The Honest Eye
Step into the origins of Impressionism through the work of Camille Pissarro—often called the first Impressionist. Born in St. Thomas to French Jewish parents and shaped by experiences across South America and Paris, Pissarro brought a uniquely global and human perspective to modern painting. On this Artful Journey to the Denver Art Museum, we’ll explore how his background informed his luminous landscapes, intimate city scenes, still lifes, and portrayals of everyday life, revealing Impressionism not as a fleeting style, but as a deeply thoughtful way of seeing the world.
Friday, March 27th, 10:30 – 12:00
Black Mountain Center for the Arts
$25 (All Refreshments Included)

Mixed Metal Mountain Bracelet with Workshops/Classes/Appointments
2026-03-27 13:00 - 15:55 | Ignite Jewelry Studios, 84 W Walnut St Unit A, Asheville, 28801
Join us at Ignite Jewelry Studios for a hands-on brass and silver bracelet workshop. You’ll choose your design, then solder, sand, polish, and more. By the end, you’ll leave feeling accomplished, having created your own piece using traditional metalsmithing tools and techniques—all guided by a skilled instructor.
Happens on the following Dates:
Mar 27, 2026, 1:00pm to 3:55pm Timezone: Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Apr 3, 2026, 1:00pm to 3:55pm Timezone: Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Apr 17, 2026, 1:00pm to 3:55pm Timezone: Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Jun 2, 2026, 1:00pm to 3:55pm Timezone: Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Open Hearts Annual Talent Show: “Life’s A Beach”
2026-03-27 16:00 - 20:00 | Highland Brewing Company, 12 Old Charlotte Hwy, , Asheville, 28803
Open Hearts Art Center invites the community to its annual Talent Show, “Life’s a Beach,” on Friday, March 27, 2026, from 5:00 PM to 8pm PM at The Event Center at Highland Brewing, located at 12 Old Charlotte Highway in Asheville.
🕓 Doors open at 4:00 PM
🌊 Show starts promptly at 5:00 PM
Step into a joyful, inclusive celebration as our performers bring coastal vibes to the stage through music, dance, and visual performance. Perfect for families and friends, this uplifting evening is packed with fun, energy, and heart.
🌭 Food trucks will be available outside the venue. Stop by Bigfoot Long’s to try their special Open Hearts beach-themed hotdog. Please note: no outside food is allowed inside the venue.
🎟 Tickets are on sale now and expected to sell out! Please visit www.openheartsartcenter.org/events to buy yours today!
☀️ Raffle: We’re excited to share what’s in the raffle this year! It’s a GOOD one and includes a variety of amazing items/experiences from:Stillpoint Wellness, Foggy Mountain Brew Pub, The Med Scratch Diner, Wheelhouse, Asheville Pizza & Brewing Co., Asheville Yards, My Body Of Art, Solita Designs, Breakout Asheville, Strada
☀️ ️ HUGE THANK YOU to our generous sponsors and donors: Pitts, Hay & Hugenschmidt Law Firm; Randy & Donna Weast; Don & Frani Olson; Stillpoint Wellness; Highland Brewing; Mellow Mushroom Asheville; and Pie.Zaa.
To stay the most up-to-date on all things Open Hearts/ Talent Show, please follow up on Instagram and Facebook at @openheartsartcenter
WE CAN’T WAIT TO SEE YOU ALL THERE! ⛱️

Breath Medicine: Breathwork in the Salt Cave
2026-03-27 18:00 - 19:00 | Asheville Salt Cave, 12 Eagle St., Asheville, North Carolina, 28801
Join The Breath Nurse for Breath Medicine: a restorative RESET Breathwork experience held within the calming, mineral-rich environment of the salt cave. This session is designed to boost energy, relieve stress, and support overall health and well-being. Inside the cave, the therapeutic properties of halotherapy blend with conscious connected breathwork, gentle guided meditation, simple visualization, and music for a full-body reset to leave you feeling relaxed, recharged, and renewed. With each intentional breath, the body calms, the mind clears, and your energy begins to shift. You’ll leave with a deeper sense of peace and wellness. All levels are welcome. Must be 18+ and in good health. Not recommended during pregnancy, recent postpartum, or for unmanaged medical conditions.

AyurPrana Listening Room Presents: Wendy Eisenberg with Sally Anne Morgan
2026-03-27 18:00 - 22:00 | AyurPrana Listening Room, 312 Haywood Rd, Asheville, NC, 28806
APLR Presents: Wendy Eisenberg
with Sally Anne Morgan
Friday, March 27th, 2026
Doors 6PM || Show 7PM
Wendy Eisenberg
Wendy Eisenberg has spent the past decade as a fixture of independent music and an artist of inspired multiplicity. As a singer-songwriter, improviser, and virtuoso guitarist, the coordinates of their artistry are ever-shifting, from art-rock to jazz to blistering free improv and eloquent folk. On catalog highlights including 2020’s ‘Auto’ and the 2024 free-jazz sprawler ‘Viewfinder’, they’ve made a signature of ambition.
As Eisenberg told fellow guitarist Nick Millevoi in an interview for Premier Guitar in 2021, “I need to be in a punk band at the same time as I need to be playing free improv at the same time as I need to be playing songs. All at the same time—otherwise none of the practices will work for me.” Their musical range isn’t a glib manifestation of eclecticism, but a genuine artistic essence
