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].

Comedy for Community supporting WNCAP

Catawba Brewing Company South Slope Asheville 32 Banks Avenue, Asheville

Modelface Comedy Presents: Comedy For Community Locals supporting locals is the heart of Asheville. Comedy for Community brings all your favorite local comedians together each week at Catawba Brewing to […]

$15

Historic Johnson Farm Christmas Tours

Historic Johnson Farm 3346 Haywood Road, Hendersonville

On weekdays from December 2 through 20, Historic Johnson Farm will host daytime Christmas tours. Tour the decorated historic house, visit the Heritage Weavers & Fiber Artists, and enjoy hot […]

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

Homewood 19 Zillicoa St, Asheville, NC

Dreams Wave In your dreams you can take on so many roles! You can shapeshift into so many different scenarios! Do you have multiple, fragments, parts, series or even fun […]

$15 – $25

Town Hall on the Future of End-of-Life Psychedelic Care

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

The Institute for Psychedelics & Death presents The World's First Town Hall on the Future of End of Life Psychedelic Care at Citizen Vinyl on Wednesday, December 4, 7-9 p.m. […]

Free

Holiday Fair & Kringle Village

Greenville Convention Center 1 Exposition Dr, Greenville

Enjoy a uniquely elevated holiday experience created by the partnership of Greenville Convention Center’s Annual Holiday Fair and Rotary Club of Greenville’s Kringle Holiday Village. Holiday Fair & Kringle Village […]

Varies

It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play

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

Frank Capra’s beloved American holiday classic film is reimagined as a live 1940s radio broadcast. Set in Studio A at WBFR in Manhattan on Christmas Eve 1946, this hilarious re-enactment, […]

$5 – $32

Deck the Trees

Monte Vista Hotel 308 W. State Street, Black Mountain, NC, United States

Deck the Trees Celebrates 14th Anniversary to Support Swannanoa Valley Christian Ministry's Fuel Fund December 6, 2024 – January 6, 2025 Black Mountain, NC – November 6th, 2024 Deck the […]

Free

M.A.G.M.A. Land of Sky Holiday Gem Show 2024

Land of the Sky Event Venue 39 Spring Cove Rd., Swannanoa

Come see us Dec. 6-8 at our Holiday Gem Show! You’ll find everything from affordable treasures to the finest gems, minerals, and jewelry in the Southeast. Admission is free and […]

For the Record: Jeremy Phillips art opening

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

"For the Record," a new exhibition by Jeremy Phillips opens at Citizen Vinyl on Friday, December 6, 6-9 p.m. Jupiter, experimental music from Jeff Arnal, Kris Gruda, and John English, […]

Free

Under the Stars 2024

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

Join us for Under the Stars 2024, a fundraiser for AMOS and the communities in our orbit! The Asheville Museum of Science invites you to join us for a night […]

$65 – $80

The Nutcracker featuring Ballet Conservatory of Asheville

WCU Bardo Arts Center 199 Centennial Drive, Cullowhee, NC, United States

Join Bardo Arts Center for a magically festive, full-length version of The Nutcracker featuring professional classical dancers and the Ballet Conservatory of Asheville’s celebrated pre-professional company. Having crept downstairs at […]

$5 – $65

The Comedy Zone – Andy Beningo

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

The nation’s largest comedy club network is back! After a popular run in Tina McGuire Theatre the past two seasons, this hilarious collective returns, bringing top-notch comedians for four weekends […]

$28

Breakfast with the Elves at the Old Rock Cafe

Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park 431 Main St, NC, United States

Santa’s helpers have taken over the Old Rock Cafe and are dishing up festive pancakes and breakfast favorites! Enjoy a delicious breakfast, meet elves straight from the North Pole, then […]

Holiday Greens Market

Clem's Cabin 1000 Hendersonville Rd., Asheville, NC

Annual Greens Market Event at Clem's Cabin 1000 Hendersonville Rd. just south of Biltmore Village. It's the French Broad River Garden Club's annual fundraiser for local college scholarships in Horticulture, […]

Free

27th Annual Santa on the Chimney

Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park 431 Main St, NC, United States

Santa has a big job climbing down all the chimneys in the world on Christmas Eve. But where better to practice than one of the world’s largest natural chimneys? Santa […]

Included with Park admission

2024 Community Holiday Extravaganza + BIPOC Holiday Market

Arthur R. Edington Education & Career Center 133 Livingston Street, Asheville, NC, United States

Join R2S, Christine W. Avery Learning Center, and area friends and families at the 3rd Annual Community Holiday Extravaganza! Bring the whole family for a day of holiday carnival games, […]

Free

The Big Crafty

Harrah's Cherokee Center-Asheville 87 Haywood Street, Asheville

The Big Crafty — a hand-to-heart celebration of creative exuberance — returns on Saturday and Sunday, December 7 and 8, noon-6 p.m. daily at the ExploreAsheville.com Arena in downtown Asheville. […]

$10

The Nutcracker featuring Ballet Conservatory of Asheville

WCU Bardo Arts Center 199 Centennial Drive, Cullowhee, NC, United States

Join Bardo Arts Center for a magically festive, full-length version of The Nutcracker featuring professional classical dancers and the Ballet Conservatory of Asheville’s celebrated pre-professional company. Having crept downstairs at […]

$5 – $65

Blue Ridge Orchestra’s “Finding Home”, Saturday Performance

Haywood Community College, Charles Beall Auditorium, Hemlock Building 185 Freedlander Drive, Clyde

The Blue Ridge Orchestra introduces its 25th Anniversary Season with two performances of “Finding Home.” This series debuts new Music Director, Dr. Emily Mariko Eng. The Blue Ridge Orchestra had […]

$25

Artist ReLEAF Concert feat. Kelle Jolly

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

LEAF Global Arts hosts an Artist ReLEAF Concert series on Saturdays through December 14. The events will both benefit the artists who perform (through the LEAF Local Artist Relief Fund) […]

Free

The Comedy Zone – Andy Beningo

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

The nation’s largest comedy club network is back! After a popular run in Tina McGuire Theatre the past two seasons, this hilarious collective returns, bringing top-notch comedians for four weekends […]

$28

The Big Crafty

Harrah's Cherokee Center-Asheville 87 Haywood Street, Asheville

The Big Crafty — a hand-to-heart celebration of creative exuberance — returns on Saturday and Sunday, December 7 and 8, noon-6 p.m. daily at the ExploreAsheville.com Arena in downtown Asheville. […]

Free

Robert Beatty Book-Signing Event

#3 South Tunnel Rd. #3 South Tunnel Rd., Asheville

Join Robert Beatty, the #1 best-selling author of the Serafina Series, for a book-signing event, 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, at Barnes & Noble-Asheville Mall. Rescheduled from October due to […]

Free

Celebrate the Blues-Juried Invitational Exhibit & Sale

Re.Imagine Gallery 15 Spivey Lake Dr., Fairview

Re.Imagine Gallery and 310Art invite you to join us on Sunday, December 8, for a unique exhibit and sale. Juried works will evoke one of three themes: Color, Mood, or […]

Free

Blue Ridge Orchestra’s “Finding Home”, Sunday Performance

Lipinsky Auditorium One University Heights, Asheville, NC

The Blue Ridge Orchestra introduces its 25th Anniversary Season with two performances of “Finding Home.” This series debuts new Music Director, Dr. Emily Mariko Eng. The Blue Ridge Orchestra had […]

$20

Hemlock Treatment Volunteer Workday at Violet Hill Cemetery

violet hill cemetery Hazel Mill Rd., Asheville, NC

The Hemlock Restoration Initiative is hosting a Hemlock Treatment Volunteer Workday on Tuesday, December 10th from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm at the Violet Hill Cemetery in Asheville, NC. Hemlock […]

Free

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

Homewood 19 Zillicoa St, Asheville, NC

Winterizing Wave! Preparing you and your body for the Cool and Cold Weather! Winter time brings on all kinds of weather and our bodies respond to all of the types […]

$15 – $25

The Totem: Celebrating Family, Spirit & Culture

UpMarket Gallery 68 North Market Street, Asheville

UpMarket Gallery, downtown Asheville’s newest gallery and event space, is hosting its inaugural art show– The Totem: Celebrating Family, Spirit & Culture. Ten Asheville artists offer unique interpretations of totems, […]

Free

Hemlock Hike at DuPont State Recreational Forest

DuPont State Recreational Forest 89 Buck Forest Rd, Cedar Mountain, NC

Please join us on Thursday, December 12th at 1:00 pm for an educational hemlock hike with the Hemlock Restoration Initiative at DuPont State Recreational Forest near Cedar Mountain, NC. The […]

Free

A Kilted Christmas with Eireann’s Call

Folkmoot Friendship Center 112 Virginia Avenue, Waynesville

Join Eireann's Call as they whisk audiences away to Celtic lands far and near to celebrate holiday traditions with passionate and stirring arrangements of seasonal music. Racing fiddle tunes, powerful bagpipe melodies, soaring […]

The Campfireball: Humans vs. Holidays

Story Parlor 227 Haywood Road, Asheville

Just when we thought things couldn’t get any worse, here come the Holidays breathing down our necks. Sure, it starts out nice, pretty decorations, warm feelings, but all that slowly […]

$10

Exhibition | Moving Stillness: Mount Rainier, 1979

Asheville Art Museum 2 South Pack Square, Asheville, NC, United States

Bill Viola’s Moving Stillness: Mount Rainier, 1979 on loan from Art Bridges is an immersive experience that explores the ideas of death and regeneration in nature. In a darkened room, […]

General admission