The Laurel of Asheville

Comedy at Catawba: Andrew Orolfo
2025-03-30 18:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Catawba Brewing Company South Slope Asheville, 32 Banks Avenue, Asheville, 28801
Every Sunday Modelface Comedy brings you the best comedians from all over the country, and this week we have Andrew Orolfo from Los Angeles!
Filipino American, Andrew Orolfo has been named one of the country’s “top knot” comedians by… don’t even ask, just go with it. A JFL New Face 2022 and established staple in San Francisco comedy, he has been featured in the High Plains Comedy Festival, Comedy Central Clusterfest and Netflix is a Joke Fest. He can be heard on Sirius XM Radio and seen on Comedy Central, The Late Late Show with James Corden as well as Jo Koy: In His Elements on Netflix.
Doors: 6 PM
Show: 6:30 PM
Tickets: $18.00
PREMIUM SEATING: $23.00
Ages 18+
SEATED SHOW

Freshen Up Comedy Open Mic at VOWL Bar
2025-03-30 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-04-06 19:00 - 21:00 | DSSOLVR, 63 N Lexington ave, Asheville, 28801
Every Sunday Alex Parsons and Josie Beers host Freshen Up at VOWL Bar.
Stand up comedy open mic with a focus on new material.
Bring your best new jokes each week or just come watch your favorite local comedians
Anyone is welcome to participate
Signups start at 6:30pm, show starts at 7pm
no cover
ages 21+

ART-POW! Youth Art Workshops
2025-03-31 15:30 - 17:00 | Story Parlor, 227 Haywood Road, Asheville, 28806
LET’S MAKE ART! For ages 6-12
Join us for two weeks of affordable art classes for elementary-aged kids! Drop-off is encouraged, making it an ideal option for homeschoolers, unschoolers, and after-school programs.
SLIDING SCALE: $5-$20/class, but NOTAFLOF
Monday 03/31+04/07 – COLLAGE AND MIXED MEDIA w/ Corona Fine Art
Tuesday 04/01+08 – GRAFFITI STICKERS w/ Destro
Wednesday 04/02+09 – STORYTELLING w/ Olympea
Thursday 04/03+10 – PHYSICAL THEATRE w/ Ayla Claypool
Through visual and performing arts activities participants in Arts POW! will be invited to expand their creativity, build confidence and engage with arts as a tool for change.
by Asheville Creative Arts
SIGN UP FOR THE WHOLE SERIES ENCOURAGED! (but you can also pick your favorite classes!)
Price 5.00 to 20.00–No one turned away for lack of funds
Contact: info@ashevillecreativearts.org
(828) 357- 8012

An evening with Squanderers
2025-03-31 20:00 - 22:00 | Citizen Vinyl, 14 O'Henry Ave, Asheville, NC, 28801, United States
Join us on Monday, March 31, for a special evening with Squanderers, hot off the band’s Big Ears debut. Doors at 7 p.m., show at 8 p.m. $15 advance / $20 at the door.
Squanderers first sprung into action as the duo of composer, musician, filmmaker, and multi-instrumentalist Kramer, and composer, guitarist, pianist, and vocalist David Grubbs with the single “Congress of Poodles” b/w “Lendrick Muir Bible Study Weekend,” part of Kramer’s 2023 Shimmy-Disc box set Rings of Saturn. Squanderers now enter the arena of live performance with the addition of bona-fide guitar slayer Wendy Eisenberg, a dream of a foil to Grubbs’ grubbslike guitarisms, setting the scene for Kramer to follow his musical divining rod. Divining urges not dirges.

Pranks, Plots, & Playful Tales | Gallery Tales Kids After Hours FREE April Fools Trickster Tales Night
2025-04-01 18:00 - 19:30 | Trackside Studios, 375 Depot Street, Asheville, 28801
A playful night of storytelling, surprises, and art-inspired mischief!
When the gallery closes for the night, the stories come out to play! Join Gallery Tales founder, Kate Wargo, for a special April Fools edition of Pranks, Plots, & Playful Tales—where artwork takes on a life of its own and every story has a surprise twist.
Young writers (ages 8-13) and their family will explore the gallery, find inspiration in the artwork, and craft their own Trickster Tale—full of pranks, unexpected turns, and clever characters! Will your story pull off the ultimate trick, flip the script, or leave the audience guessing?
🎨 Art Speaks: Pick a piece of artwork—what if it’s hiding a secret, playing a joke, or telling a different story than it seems?
✍️ The Trickster’s Challenge: Start writing, but beware! A surprise storytelling twist might shake things up!
🎤 The Night Owl Mic: Share your tricky tale (if you want) in a cozy, welcoming space.
Join us for 90 minutes of creativity, fun, and storytelling shenanigans! Just remember… in a Trickster Tale, anything can happen!
✨ For young writers ages 8-13 who love a good story and a little bit of fun!
**Bring a notebook, pen/pencil, and your imagination!
www.gallerytales.com to learn more about Gallery Tales Kids Spring and Summer creative writing and visual arts series.

PETIT MONDRIAN - From April 2nd to April 13th, 10am+3pm
2025-04-02 10:00 - 10:30 | Tina McGuire Theater, 18 Biltmore Ave, Asheville, NC, 28801, United States
PETIT MONDRIAN is a 30-minute interactive and multimedia performance installation for very young children ages birth to five and their caregivers, which mixes dance-theater with the language of object theater, video animation, music, and Bunraku style puppetry. Inspired by the shapes and colors in the paintings of Dutch painter, Piet Mondrian, it will immerse audiences in a world of imagination and play.
The show runs from April 2nd to April 13th.
APRIL 2,3,4,5+9,10,11,12 @10am, APRIL 5,6+12,13 @3pm
Admission is free – donations accepted at the end of the performance.

Hurricane Helene Recovery Panel & Discussion with MountainTrue at NC Arboretum in Asheville, NC 4/3
2025-04-03 17:30 - 19:30 | The North Carolina Arboretum, 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, Asheville, 28806
Join MountainTrue and a panel of experts to discuss recovery in our area after the devastation of Hurricane Helene. Panelists will address the impacts of natural disasters, what recovery means for our region and how the community can support these efforts.
This event is free of charge, but if you feel moved to make a donation to support critical work in our area, we invite you to do so when you register. The North Carolina Arboretum is generously donating use of the Education Auditorium for this event. All donations associated with the registration of this event will be split 50/50 with the NC Arboretum. Click here to learn more about the NC Arboretum.
The event will kick-off with social time from 5:30 to 6 pm with snacks and beverages provided for attendees. The panel will run from 6 to 7:30 pm.
Tickets for this event are capped at 160, so you must pre-register to attend. Participants may submit questions to be vetted for the panel through the registration form. Due to time constraints, not all questions will be included.

Live Music w/Helena Rose @ 12 Bones
2025-04-03 17:30 - 19:30 | 12 Bones Smokehouse & Brewing, 2350 Hendersonville Road, Arden, 28704
Helena Rose is a folksinger, songwriter and banjo player living in Johnson City, TN. She tours the country playing banjo and singing with the Susto String Band and Holler Choir. She’s also a fantastic songwriter and performer in her own right, playing both original and traditional Appalachian music.

Folkmoot LIVE! - Pure Drop Traditional Irish Music
2025-04-03 18:00 - 21:00 | Folkmoot Friendship Center, 112 Virginia Avenue, Waynesville, 28786
If you love traditional Irish music, this concert is for you!
Folkmoot LIVE! is thrilled to present an evening of Pure Drop Traditional Irish Music. Join us for the superb sounds of Andrew Finn Magill & David McKindley-Ward. Read more below.
Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 7 PM, Doors at 6 PM
Listen:

Tickets: https://givebutter.com/OLccES
Ticket Donation
Pay What You Can: $25, $15, $5
Donations are Welcome
Folkmoot Friendship Center
112 Virginia Avenue, Waynesville, NC
The Spotted Banana Food Truck On-Site
Andrew Finn Magill is an award-winning multi-genre fiddler/violinist. He is a Fulbright fellow, North Carolina Arts Council Fellow and an award-winning composer. Finn has been featured on PBS, MTV, TEDx, Avianca in-flight entertainment and multiple times on NPR’s The Thistle & Shamrock. His 2016 album Roots (featuring Cillian Vallely of Lúnasa and John Doyle) debuted at number #46 on the folk DJ charts. He has toured internationally and headlined several Irish festivals.
Award winning musician and singer, David McKindley-Ward has made a name for himself as a recording and touring multi-instrumentalist in the folk, roots and traditional music scenes across the US, Ireland and the UK. He is a regular performer and instructor at Irish music teaching festivals including O’Flaherty’s Irish Retreat, Atlanta Irish Fest, Baltimore Tradfest, Celtic Fest Mississippi, the Ashokan Center, The Philadelphia Céilí Group Traditional Irish music and Dance Weekend, the Augusta Irish Retreat and the Catskills Irish Arts Week. In the fall of 2024 he released a double album with longtime friend, collaborator and songwriter Letitia VanSant called The Eye of the Storm.

Modelface Comedy presents Dan Alten at LaZoom
2025-04-03 19:00 - 21:00 | LaZoom Room, 76 Biltmore Avenue, LaZoom Room: 76 Biltmore Avenue, Asheville, NC, 28801, United States
Modelface Comedy brings you the best comedians from all over the country and this week we have Dan Alten from Kentucky!!
Dan Alten is an intelligent goofball from Kentucky who has headlined shows in 30 states playing everything from theaters to punk basements to art galleries to beloved comedy clubs. Doing over 200 shows a year bringing his tight night surreal nonsense to the people, like if the Ramones were one guy with a mustache and good jokes. He has opened for Kyle Kinane, Bobcat Goldthwait, Rory Scovel, Sarah Sherman from SNL, Johnny Pemberton, Hari Kondabolu, rapper Open Mike Eagle, DJ Doug Pound & David Leibe Hart from Tim & Eric, various punk bands with silly names, and a guy at an open mic who tried to throw his father’s ashes into the crowd. He has recorded 2 albums, written a zine, and filmed a pilot for an Amazon Prime stand up show that was lost to history. He’s funny. You will enjoy him and if not you can spit on his car.
ages 18+
Doors at 6:30pm, show at 7pm
Tickets $15

Hemlock Hike with the Blue Ridge Conservancy
2025-04-04 12:30 - 15:30 | Blue Ridge Conservancy Campus, 416 Aho Road, Blowing Rock, 28605
Please join us on Friday, April 4th at 12:30pm for an educational hemlock hike with the Hemlock Restoration Initiative and the Blue Ridge Conservancy at their campus trail in Blowing Rock, NC. The hike will be a 2.2 mile loop, and is considered moderate terrain.
Along the way, we will traverse through one of HRI’s Hemlock Conservation Areas (HCA). These hemlocks were treated in winter of 2023. The hike will also take participants past a hemlock health monitoring plot to discuss methods of evaluating treatment success. Overall, participants can expect to learn about hemlock ecology, the threat of the invasive hemlock woolly adelgid, and a variety of different control methods being used on both state and national forests in NC, as well as on other public and private lands across the range of eastern hemlock.
A staff member from Blue Ridge Conservancy will also join to discuss their efforts protecting the lands around you.
We’ll depart from the Blue Ridge Conservancy Campus trailhead. More information about the meeting location and what to bring will be provided after registering.
The back-up weather date for this hike will be on April 11th at 12:30pm.
For any questions, contact Olivia Hall at education@savehemlocksnc.org or 828-252-4783. While the hike is free to attend, your RSVP is required, and space is limited. Please sign up by Wednesday, April 2nd. Visit our website to learn how to register.

OPENING RECEPTION: viewshed
2025-04-04 17:30 - 20:00 | Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center, 120 College Street, Asheville, North Carolina, 28801
OPENING RECEPTION for viewshed
Friday, April 4, 2025 – 5:30–8pm | Free and Open to All
@ Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center {120 College Street, Asheville, NC}
Join us for the opening reception for the spring/summer exhibition viewshed, hosted at BMCM+AC. Refreshments will be provided by Curious Elixirs, creators of sophisticated alcohol-free craft beverages.
viewshed (April 4 – August 16, 2025) illuminates the enduring impact of Black Mountain College as a crucible of artistic experimentation and exchange, tracing the transmission of ideas across generations and exploring how BMC’s radical pedagogical approaches continue to shape contemporary artistic practice. The exhibition stages a dynamic dialogue between past and present, featuring contemporary artists Richard Garet, Jennie MaryTai Liu, Deanna Sirlin, and Susie Taylor alongside seminal BMC figures such as Dorothea Rockburne, Sewell (Si) Sillman, and Jacob Lawrence. By engaging with transparency, structure, color, collaboration, and expanded forms, viewshed brings into focus the porous boundaries between disciplines, unfolding as a sensorial and conceptual investigation into the shifting terrain of artistic influence. The exhibition highlights works that span painting, textile, sound, and performance, inviting viewers to consider the ways in which artistic methodologies evolve and reverberate across time. At its core, viewshed underscores the ways in which BMC’s experimental ethos continues to inspire artists to challenge, reinterpret, and expand the possibilities of creative expression.
Curated by Alice Sebrell and Jeff Arnal

An Evening of Jazz with Sheila Gordon Trio
2025-04-04 18:00 - 22:00 | Wells Events and Reception Center, 33 Wells Events Way, Waynesville, 28786
Immerse yourself in a night of smooth melodies and soulful performances at ‘A Night of Jazz.’ Get ready to unwind in a relaxing atmosphere as you sip on cocktails from the cash bar when doors open at 6:00. Entertainment begins at 7:00. Mark your calendar for Friday, April 4, 2025, and join us at Wells Events Center in Downtown Waynesville to experience the enchanting tunes of the Sheila Gordon Jazz Trio from Knoxville. Don’t miss this musical extravaganza!

Comedy at Catawba: Amber Autry
2025-04-04 19:00 - 21:00 | Catawba Brewing Company South Slope Asheville, 32 Banks Avenue, Asheville, 28801
Every Friday Modelface Comedy brings you the best comedians from all over the country. This week we have Amber Autry from Nashville!!
Amber Autry is an internationally touring Comedian hailing from Nashville TN. She has been featured on Peacock TV, Don’t Tell Comedy, and has over 125k followers on tiktok and growing. She has worked with Fortune Feimster, Tim Meadows, Maria Bamford and more. She is also the co-host of the hit podcast I’m Fine, It’s Fine. Amber’s relatable stories and electric energy make every audience feel like they are her best friend. Said to be universally funny, get ready to meet your new favorite Comedian! Follow her on all platforms @amberautrycomedy.
ages 18+
Doors at 6:30, show at 7pm
Tickets $18 GA, $23 premium seating*

ACMS Presents the Aspen String Trio
2025-04-04 19:30 - 22:00 | Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, 1 Edwin Place, Asheville, NC, 28801, United States
This visionary trio is back in Asheville by popular demand to deliver another round of virtuosic performance with its signature humor and insight. Be sure to get your tickets early for this audience favorite, consistently praised for their masterful sensitivity and nuance, ultra-refined musicianship, tight ensemble work and musical intelligence.
PROGRAM
Richard Strauss: Variations on a Bavarian Folksong “Dirndl is haub auf mi,” TrV 109
Gideon Klein: String Trio (1944)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello, No. 3 in G major, Op. 9, No. 1
Mieczysław Weinberg: String Trio, Op. 48
Ernö Dohnányi: Serenade for String Trio in C major, Op. 10

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
2025-04-04 19:30 - 22:30 | Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts, 733 Rivers St, Boone, NC, 28607, United States
Gillian Welch and David Rawlings perform a concert at the Schaefer Center this spring. Gillian Welch’s rich and remarkable career spans over 25 years, and she and her musical partner David Rawlings are a pillar of the modern acoustic music world. They have been hailed by Pitchfork as “modern masters of American folk” and “protectors of the American folk song” by Rolling Stone. Originally planned for October 17, the event was postponed due to damage Hurricane Helene inflicted upon Watauga County and Western North Carolina.

Comedy at Catawba: Amber Autry (late show)
2025-04-04 21:00 - 23:00 | Catawba Brewing Company South Slope Asheville, 32 Banks Avenue, Asheville, 28801
Every Friday Modelface Comedy brings you the best comedians from all over the country. This week we have Amber Autry from Nashville!!
Amber Autry is an internationally touring Comedian hailing from Nashville TN. She has been featured on Peacock TV, Don’t Tell Comedy, and has over 125k followers on tiktok and growing. She has worked with Fortune Feimster, Tim Meadows, Maria Bamford and more. She is also the co-host of the hit podcast I’m Fine, It’s Fine. Amber’s relatable stories and electric energy make every audience feel like they are her best friend. Said to be universally funny, get ready to meet your new favorite Comedian! Follow her on all platforms @amberautrycomedy.
ages 18+
Doors at 6:30, show at 7pm
late show doors at 8:45, show at 9pm
Tickets $18 GA, $23 premium seating*

HERBalachia Herbalist Lifestyle Program
2025-04-05 10:00 - 2025-04-06 17:00 | Blackberry Blossom Campground- Unicoi, TN, 250 Blackberry Blossom Ln, Unicoi, 37692
HERBalachia’s Hands-On Herbal Training Program Returns for 2025!
HERBalachia is excited to announce its in-person, hands-on herbal studies program for 2025. This immersive course offers students an authentic, nature-based herbal education led by experienced professionals. Students will engage in herb walks, medicine making, and ethical harvesting practices while learning about local plant species.
Key Highlights:
*84 Hours of Herbal Learning: Study 25 local herbs, practical uses, and the Materia Medica.
*Herbal Energetics: Experience plants in their natural habitat to understand their energy and properties.
*Hands-On Medicine Making: Take home herbal tinctures, salves, syrups, and more.
*Traditional Herbalism: Explore various herbal traditions including Chinese, Ayurvedic, and Native American.
*Botany & Plant Identification: Learn safe herbal use and plant taxonomy.
*Wildcrafting & Stewardship: Focus on ethical harvesting and plant protection.
Classes are held on weekends from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. from April 5th through October. The program will be at Blackberry Blossom Campground in Unicoi, TN.
Course Dates:
April 5-6, May 3-4, June 7-8, July 12-13, August 2-3, September 13-14, October 4-5.
For more information or to register, visit: www.HERBalachia.com/lifestyle-program

What’s Shaking? Music presents: Spring Fling
2025-04-05 14:00 - 17:00 | The Mule at Devil’s Foot Beverage, 131 Sweeten Creek Rd #10, Asheville, 28803
Join us for an afternoon of music and fun — for kids and their adults — on Saturday, April 5! FREE EVENT!! The full What’s Shaking Band will be onstage from 3-4pm with poems, songs, and dances for pre-K (and cool kids of all ages). We’ll also have lots of drums and percussion instruments to play along with the band.
Chef Bailey will be cooking up delicious meals (including kid-friendly options) and of course Devil’s Foot has tasty drinks for the whole family. Bring your friends, brings your neighbors, and don’t miss this joyful celebration of SPRING!

Eyes Up Here Comedy, Beating Breast Cancer Edition
2025-04-05 19:00 - 21:00 | Ginger’s Revenge, 829 Riverside Drive, Asheville, NC, 28801, United States
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 comedians from Asheville and around the South East!!
Our dear friend and EUH alum JoAnna Brooker has recently been diagnosed with breast cancer. So we are doing a special show to help raise money for her recovery. She might even bless us with some jokes.
Hosted by local favorite Danny Felix.
ages 18+
doors at 6:30pm, show at 7pm
Tickets $18 GA, $23 premium seating

The Witching Hour, dark and dirty comedy
2025-04-05 20:00 - 22:00 | DSSOLVR, 63 N Lexington ave, Asheville, 28801
Modelface Comedy presents The Witching Hour Comedy Showcase at DSSOLVR Brewing
The Witching Hour is a dark and dirty comedy show featuring some of the filthiest comics in the South!! This show is ages 21 and up and NC17
Food available before the show from Boy Howdy
ages 21+
Doors at 9:30pm, show at 10pm
Tickets $15 advance, $18 day of

Southside Community Farm Spring Fundraiser
2025-04-06 13:00 - 16:00 | New Belgium Brewing Company, 21 Craven St., Asheville, NC, 28806, United States
Join Southside Community Farm for their Spring Fundraiser at New Belgium Brewing on Saturday, April 6, from 1-4 PM.
There is no entry fee! Attendees are encouraged to make a tax-deductible donation directly to the farm through their campaign page or via check. Donations can also be made in advance of the event.
Join us for…
–Live music by DJ Malintzin
–Cold beers on tap from one of Asheville’s most beloved breweries
–Free elderberry cuttings from Southside Community Farm to take home
–Free native trees from Asheville Greenworks to support local reforestation efforts (while supplies last)
–Youth education booth
–SCF merchandise for sale
–Information on ways to get involved with SCF in 2025
This event is part of the farm’s campaign to raise $50,000 in support of its Black food sovereignty initiatives, including free neighborhood food programming, youth education, community farming & education, workshops, and outreach efforts in 2025.
Event address:
New Belgium Brewing
21 Craven Street
Asheville, North Carolina 28806

Faraway Tunes
2025-04-06 15:00 - 17:00 | Black Mountain Presbyterian Church, 117 Montreat Road, Black Mountain, NC, 28711, United States
Asheville Baroque Concerts’ presents Faraway Tunes, a concert showcasing eclectic repertoire of the Baroque, with English divisions by a French viol master; Spanish influences, as well as Scottish and English tunes, found in French, Italian and German works; and a Telemann quartet inspired by his eight-month stay in Paris.
Performers include special guest, Anne Timberlake, recorder; Jeanne Johnson, baroque violin; Gail Ann Schroeder, viola da gamba and Jennifer Streeter, harpsichord.

Asheville Baroque Concerts: Faraway Tunes
2025-04-06 15:00 - 17:00 | St. Giles Chapel at Deerfield, 1617 Hendersonville Road, Asheville, NC, 28803
Asheville Baroque Concerts’ program, Faraway Tunes, showcases eclectic repertoire of the Baroque, with English divisions by a French viol master; Spanish influences, as well as Scottish and English tunes, found in French, Italian and German works; and a Telemann quartet inspired by his eight-month stay in Paris. Performers include special guest, Anne Timberlake, recorder, with Jeanne Johnson, baroque violin, Gail Ann Schroeder, viola da gamba and Jennifer Streeter, harpsichord.

Monster Comedy Jam!!!
2025-04-06 18:30 - 20:00 | Catawba Brewing Company South Slope Asheville, 32 Banks Avenue, Asheville, 28801
SUNDAY!
SUNDAY!
SUNDAY!!!
Modelface Comedy brings you the Monster Comedy Jam!
Your favorite Asheville comics are revving their engines and ready to crush
featuring Derek Boskovich, Ryan Gordon, Christian Lee, Clay Jones and more!!
ages 18+
doors at 6pm, show at 6:30pm
Tickets $15

Huge Book Sale
2025-04-10 09:30 - 2025-04-12 17:30 | Marshall Library, 1335 N Main St, Marshall, 28753
The Friends of Madison County Public Library will hold our annual 2025 book sale on April 10, 11 and 12 at the Marshall Library, 1335 N Main Street in Marshall, NC. Sale hours are Thursday and Friday 9:30-5:30 and Saturday 9:30-1:30. The sale is located in the main meeting room of the Library and will feature thousands of new and gently used donated and past library books as well as a good selection of DVDs, music CDs, puzzles and games. The sale includes a wide array of subjects covering both fiction and nonfiction sorted by subject area for easy access and books for all ages. Most adult books are hardcover. Great low prices!
There is a large parking lot for ease of access and parking.
Payment will be accepted by cash, check, debit or credit cards. Purchases made at the sale enable the Friends to continue to support the Marshall Library.

Billy Jonas "Bridging Divides" Album Release Party (Adults 16 and up)
2025-04-10 19:00 - 21:00 | AyurPrana Listening Room, 312 Haywood Rd, Asheville, NC, 28806
Longtime Asheville resident Billy Jonas invites you to “peruse the perimeters of possibility” with the heartfelt, humorous, healing, and eminently human songs from his new album Bridging Divides. Many of the pieces were commissioned during and around the pandemic. “These songs are an acoustic apothecary,” says Billy, “Their purpose is healing. They are love letters to all those seekers and soul spelunkers yearning to sing their way through tumultuous times.”
Billy Jonas has taken his unique blend of voice, guitar, and “industrial re-percussion” — instruments made from found, foraged, and recyclable materials — all over the world since 1987. Beloved for his ability to connect with audiences of all ages, Billy has garnered multiple awards, been featured in the New York Times, and been invited to perform at the White House.
A versatile performer who presents a variety of shows for both adults and youth, Billy has prepared a special show to celebrate the release of Bridging Divides, which he’ll present in the intimate setting of AyurPrana Listening Room in West Asheville. This 16-and-up evening will feature Billy alongside special guests River Guerguerian, Chris Rosser, E’Lon JD, Ashley Jo Farmer, Juan Holladay, Bill Melanson, David LaMotte, Sherman Hoover, members of the CBHT Choir, and more.

Billy Jonas - "Bridging Divides" Album Release Concert
2025-04-10 19:00 - 22:00 | AyurPrana Listening Room, 312 Haywood Rd, Asheville, NC, 28806
Longtime Asheville resident Billy Jonas invites you to “peruse the perimeters of possibility” with the heartfelt, humorous, healing, and eminently human songs from his new album Bridging Divides. Many of the pieces were commissioned during and around the pandemic. “These songs are an acoustic apothecary,” says Billy, “Their purpose is healing. They are love letters to all those seekers and soul spelunkers yearning to sing their way through tumultuous times.”
Billy Jonas has taken his unique blend of voice, guitar, and “industrial re-percussion” — instruments made from found, foraged, and recyclable materials — all over the world since 1987. Beloved for his ability to connect with audiences of all ages, Billy has garnered multiple awards, been featured in the New York Times, and been invited to perform at the White House.
A versatile performer who presents a variety of shows for both adults and youth, Billy has prepared a special show to celebrate the release of Bridging Divides, which he’ll present in the intimate setting of AyurPrana Listening Room in West Asheville. This 16-and-up evening will feature Billy alongside special guests River Guerguerian, Chris Rosser, E’Lon JD, Ashley Jo Farmer, Juan Holladay, Bill Melanson, David LaMotte, Sherman Hoover, members of the CBHT Choir, and more.
EVENT INFO:
APLR Presents: Billy Jonas – ‘Bridging Divides’ Album Release Party
Thursday, April 10
AyurPrana Listening Room
312 Haywood Rd, Asheville, NC 28806
Doors 6 PM || Show 7 PM
THIS SHOW IS AGES 16 AND UP

Blue Ridge Humane Society Paws for a Purpose
2025-04-11 - 2025-04-13 | NC
Support Local, Save Local Animals
Join Blue Ridge Humane Society (BRHS) for Paws for a Purpose, a signature fundraising weekend dedicated to raising awareness and funds to support our mission of ensuring the highest quality of life for animals in Henderson County and surrounding communities.
Throughout the weekend, local businesses and individuals host fundraisers, helping animals in need while strengthening our community. By supporting small, locally owned businesses during this event, you contribute directly to the well-being of pets in our neighborhoods. In 2024, over 50 companies participated. We can’t wait to see who signs up this year!
Get Involved
We invite local businesses to participate by hosting fundraisers or special events. Whether it’s a percentage-of-sales donation, a themed event, or a pet-friendly gathering, every contribution makes a difference! Check out our Business Sign Up Page for more info or to sign up!
To find out more information, email events@blueridgehumane.org for more details.
