The Laurel of Asheville‘s Community Events Calendar

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The Laurel of Asheville is a lifestyle magazine focused on the arts, culture, and communities of Western North Carolina, and submitted events should fall within this context. If your event occurs over several days, please submit multiple events. Events extending beyond a month will not be accepted. All submissions are subject to editorial approval and edits for clarity and style before being published online. If you are going to include a photograph, please be certain that you have the rights to utilize that image. If there is a question about image rights, we may remove the image. Also, images should be no larger than 2000 pixels wide. Large images will prevent the event from being submitted. Please allow up to 5 days for your even to be posted. If you encounter difficulties submitting an event, please email [email protected].

Sips & Scripts: An Afternoon Tea and Readers Theater in Honor of Julia Wolfe’s 166th Birthday

Thomas Wolfe Memorial 52 N. Market Street, Asheville, NC, United States

In honor of Julia Wolfe's 166th Birthday, join us inside the historic boardinghouse dining room as we enjoy light refreshments and tea from the Asheville Tea Company. Guests will also enjoy a special Readers Theater titled “Wolfe’s Women,” which will highlight the impact that Julia and other women had on Thomas Wolfe. Finish the afternoon […]

$20

Blue Ridge Orchestra’s “Ta-Ra-Ra”: Waynesville, NC

First United Methodist Church Waynesville 566 S. Haywood St.,, Waynesville

ASHEVILLE, NC. | February 2026– The Blue Ridge Orchestra’s winter program warms spirits and excites the imagination with two performances of “Ta-Ra-Ra.” This program celebrates the rich acoustics of each beautiful sanctuary, with guest choirs performing Tallis’s (TA) “If Ye Love Me.” The BRO performs a regional premiere of a modern work by David Rakowski […]

$20

Kat Williams Tribute

The White Horse Black Mountain 105 Montreat Road, Black Mountain, NC, United States

Hosted by David LaMotte and Anne Coombs, this special evening honors the legacy of an unforgettable artist, Kat Williams, with performances by Lyric, Rhoda Weaver, Elaine Scott, Free Planet Radio, Anne Coombs, and David LaMotte. All proceeds benefit Patrice Boudreaux.Presented by White Horse Black Mountain as part of our concert series at the historic Monte […]

Free

Gimme Gimme Disco

Eulogy 10 Buxton Ave, Asheville

America’s most ICONIC disco party, Gimme Gimme Disco, is coming to Asheville on February 28, 2026, and it’s bringing nothing but glitter, grooves, and pure dance-floor joy. If you can’t get enough of ABBA, this is THE dance party for you! Gimme Gimme Disco is a DJ-based dance party spinning all your favorite ABBA anthems, […]

$22.00

AyurPrana Listening Room Presents: Crescent Choir

AyurPrana Listening Room 312 Haywood Rd, Asheville, NC

APLR Presents: An Evening with Crescent Choir ft Meaghan Collins, Lyle De Vitry, Sarah Louise, P’AL, Soft Talk, Henry Toland & Sophia Corinne Saturday, February 28th, 2026 AyurPrana Listening Room - 312 Haywood Rd, Asheville, NC 28806 Doors 6 PM || Show 7 PM An Evening with Crescent Choir Crescent Choir is a choral project […]

$23.70

Comedy Shutdown: Anti-ICE Edition

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 a special comedy showcase raising money for the ACLU!! Comedy Shutdown is a showcase of killer local and regional comedians at RAD Brew Co. doing their best political material. We are all grinding our teeth and […]

$20

Jazz Is for Everyone – Ballads: Lost & Found

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

A Lecture Demonstration Series for the Curious, the New, and the Devotee Sun, Mar 1 • 3 pm | 60 Minutes There are songs of loss and songs of found. No music has gone deeper into heartache, flirtation, and reverie than jazz. From Billie Holiday’s ache to Sarah Vaughan’s sass, from the lonely beauty of […]

ONLINE Spring Native Plant & Shrub Sale benefiting MountainTrue

🌱 Grow Crazy! MountainTrue’s ONLINE Spring Native Plant Sale is coming soon—mark your calendar so you can dig in before your top picks vanish! The online sale opens at 9 am on March 1st. Sign up to be notified when the sale goes live. From native trees and shrubs to pollinator-friendly blooms and wildlife-loving plants, […]

$15 – $40

Meditation with Horses

Step into a space of stillness, presence, and deep connection with our one-hour Meditation with Horses experience at HapBE Valley. Surrounded by the gentle energy of these intuitive beings, you’ll be guided into a state of calm and mindfulness, where the noise of daily life fades away. Horses in a harmonious herd have a large, […]

$35

Weekly Sunday Scrabble

Stephens Lee Recreation Center 30 George Washington Carver Avenue, Asheville, NC, United States

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 […]

Free

Blue Ridge Orchestra’s “Ta-Ra-Ra”: Weaverville, NC.

First Baptist Church Weaverville 63 N Main St., Weaverville

ASHEVILLE, NC. | February 2026– The Blue Ridge Orchestra’s winter program warms spirits and excites the imagination with two performances of “Ta-Ra-Ra.” This program celebrates the rich acoustics of each beautiful sanctuary, with guest choirs performing Tallis’s (TA) “If Ye Love Me.” The BRO performs a regional premiere of a modern work by David Rakowski […]

$20

Take My Wife: 80’s/90’s style comedy with Derek Boskovich

The River Arts District Brewing Company 13 Mystery Street, Asheville

Every Sunday Funday Modelface Comedy brings the best comedians from all over the country to Asheville, NC and this weekend we have a special time travel comedy show! Take My Wife is a night of 80's and 90's comedy club style comedy. A night of ponderings on airline food and the wild differences between men […]

$15

DOM FLEMONS AT THE GREY EAGLE

THE GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL 185 Clingman Ave, Asheville, NC, United States

Dr. Dom Flemons — widely celebrated as “The American Songster” — is a GRAMMY Award winner with four nominations, a two-time EMMY nominee, an International Acoustic Music Award Grand Prize winner, and a United States Artists Fellow. A multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, actor, historian, and scholar, he is known for his unmatched command of more than a […]

$25 – $30

Smoky Mountains Bluegrass Festival

Maggie Valley Festival Grounds 3374 Soco Road, Maggie Valley, NC, United States

The Smoky Mountains Bluegrass Festival (SMBF) is a full-day celebration of award-winning bluegrass music and a variety of arts and crafts, set against the stunning fall colors of the Maggie Valley Festival Grounds. With top-tier bluegrass artists, local artisans, delicious food, and family-friendly fun, SMBF brings our community together while supporting the mission of the […]

$65.00

Getting Going on the Wheel at Arrowhead Gallery & Studios

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

If you've wanted to learn to throw pottery but have felt intimidated, this beginner class is for you! I aim to help each student move through the first, often frustrating, early steps of learning this new skill with enjoyment and curiosity.

$360

Exploring Perspective

2 South Pack Square Asheville, NC 28801 2 S Pack Square, Asheville, NC 28801, USA, Asheville, NC, United States

At this one-day collaborative workshop between the Asheville Art Museum and Asheville Museum of Science, campers will observe and interpret the natural world from the microscopic to the landscape scale, and practice using tools and techniques from microscopes to impressionistic landscape painting. Campers who are currently in Third through Fifth Grades are eligible for this […]

$85

Clay as Canvas with Molly Morningglory

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

If you're a painter, this 8-week Clay workshop is for you! Using tiles or simple hand-built forms, we will focus on exploring surface materials such as decorative slips, underglazes, terra sigillata, and glazes. Techniques such as mishima, sgraffito, wax resist, and monoprinting can be layered for dynamic or thoughtful compositions. This is an adult class, […]

$360

Jane Lynch & Kate Flannery: The Trouble with Angels

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

Tue, Mar 3 • 7 pm Join Emmy Award-winner Jane Lynch (Glee, Only Murders in the Building) and the hilariously charming Kate Flannery (The Office) for a raucous night of classic tunes, live comedy, and devilish charm. It’s part cabaret, part stand-up, and all sass—because when these angels get together, heaven can wait. Spotlight on […]

AyurPrana Listening Room Presents: Experimental Meditation Club with Kelly Kelbel and Tony Rolando

AyurPrana Listening Room 312 Haywood Rd, Asheville, NC

Make Noise + APLR Present: Experimental Meditation Club with Kelly Kelbel and Tony Rolando Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026 AyurPrana Listening Room - 312 Haywood Rd, Asheville, NC 28806 Doors 7:00 PM || Event 7:30 PM Experimental Meditation Club with Kelly Kelbel and Tony Rolando Tuesdays in September, we’ll convene as the Experimental Meditation Club. We’ll […]

Free

The Fantastic Ekphrastic Writing Workshop

Zoom (Virtual) 95 Upper Red Oak Trail, Hendersonville, NC, United States

Four Week Class — Wednesdays, March 4-25, 6-8 p.m.
ONLINE delivered via ZOOM
Facilitated by Alli Marshall (I&A Certified) Sliding Scale Registration | $160 / $200 / $240 Ekphrastic art is work made in response to another piece of artwork. It can be a poem jump-started by a painting, a song inspired by a sculpture or — […]

$160 – $240

MatchStrike Youth Arts Showcase

Ten years ago, the MatchStrike Youth Arts Showcase brought together dozens of young artists to showcase local talent in a hybrid gallery-concert style event. Many of the artists featured then have gone on to build successful careers for themselves in the arts. On Wednesday, March 4th, MatchStrike will, for the first time since 2016, once […]

Nicole Zuraitis

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

Wed, Mar 4 • 7 pm A 2X Grammy-winning jazz singer-songwriter, pianist, arranger, and New York-based bandleader—Zuraitis is a trailblazing artist with “a heart as big as her remarkable voice” (Jazz Police). Discover how this dynamic performer and “prolific songwriter” (Broadway World) is redefining vocal jazz. “Zuraitis showcases superb songcraft.” —DownBeat Magazine Spotlight on Nicole […]

Ayurprana Presents: Live Music Yoga with Seán Johnson with music from Chris Rosser

AyurPrana Listening Room 312 Haywood Rd, Asheville, NC

APLR and AYC Present: Live Music Yoga with Seán Johnson with music from Chris Rosser Thursday, March 5th, 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, […]

$24

Decorative Wall Hangings at Arrowhead Gallery & Studios

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

Learn to create unique and beautiful wall hangings during this weekly hand-building class. You'll be exposed to different types of wall hangings and explore surface design techniques. You'll get to create multiple wall hangings with guided instruction and lots of support. Clay and tools needed to create a stunning wall hanging will be included. No […]

$360

The Crowded Table – Windows Down Tour – Live at One Stop 3/5

The One Stop 31 patton ave, asheville, CA, United States

The Crowded Table is a Portland, Maine based band blending the energy of jam improvisation with the soul and song craft of classic roots-rock. Known for their dynamic live shows and genre-blending sound—where rock, blues, jam, and folk collide—the band creates performances that are spontaneous, high-energy, and never the same twice. Their latest EP, “Libations”, […]

$15

Opening Reception: Formed and Fired Here

Art Place Gallery 730 Locust Street, Hendersonville

Please join us to celebrate the outstanding ceramic artists of the Stuart Glassman Clay Studio and to enjoy their work which is shaped, glazed, and fired on site in Hendersonville. From functional wares to sculptural forms, every piece in the exhibit was created in the Glassman Clay Studio — wheel to kiln.

Free

Asheville Choral Society concert

Central United Methodist Church 27 Church Street, Asheville

Join the Asheville Choral Society for our exploration of Sanctuary in song, featuring Faure’s Requiem paired with Serenade to Music, by Ralph Vaughan Williams. 125 singers along with a string quintet and organist will bring this music to life as we look ahead to spring. CONCERT DETAILS March 6, 2025 | 7pm March 7, 2025 […]

$25

Hot Riffs Comedy at Asheville Guitar Pedals

Asheville Guitar Pedals 444 Haywood Rd., Asheville

Modelface Comedy brings the best comedians from all over the country to Asheville, NC. This week we are excited to have our first show at Asheville Guitar Pedals! Hot Riffs Comedy features the best local and regional comedians on the iconic AVL Guitar Pedals stage in West Asheville. also featuring Austin Elfers, Jordan Ballard and […]

$15

Hiroya Tsukamoto

The White Horse Black Mountain 105 Montreat Road, Black Mountain, NC, United States

NEW LOCATION as part of a special event & concert series being held at the Monte Vista, located at 308 W State St, Black Mountain, NC 28711 Friday, March 6th at 7:30 pm – We want everyone to access the healing power of music! Perhaps you can only afford a few dollars, or maybe you […]

Free

Fold & Fabricate with Liz Zlot Summerfield

AVL Clay 4 Mulvaney St, Asheville

Liz Zlot Summerfield is a seasoned potter and exceptional teacher. In this workshop students can expect to learn some of the ways Liz creates her whimsical and delicate forms. Students will be introduced to the techniques of darting while working with paper patterns. The making process will begin with simple functional forms and expand to […]

$325.00

Mikros: A Tiny Show by Heather Divoky

See Heather Divoky's small wonders at Asheville's sweetest little venue! I'm so excited to share a collection of new small works — intimate pieces that embrace the beauty of small spaces, fine detail, and big stories told in miniature. And yes, three brand-new crowns will be making their debut! Join us for the opening reception: […]

Free

Eyes Up Here Comedy: 11th Anniversary Show

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

Modelface Comedy presents Eyes Up Here Comedy at Ginger's Revenge, and we are celebrating 11 years of EUH! 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. Hosted by local favorite Erin Terry. ages 18+ doors […]

$18

Broadway Rave – Eulogy

Eulogy 10 Buxton Ave, Asheville

🎤 Oh Asheville, have you done your vocal warmups yet? Calling all Musical Theatre nerds, drama geeks, actors, actresses, theatre lovers, and more! Welcome to Broadway Rave, a Broadway Dance Party celebrating the best in show-tunes and musical theatre. Come sing along to all of your favorite broadway hits while dressed up as your favorite […]

$17.00

Secret Saturday Late Nite Comedy Show

The River Arts District Brewing Company 13 Mystery Street, Asheville

Every Saturday Modelface Comedy brings you the best comedians from all over the country. This week it's a secret lineup of amazing comedians!!! A fun mix of local favorites and big city comics all the way from New York City and who knows who else might show up!!! ages 18+ doors at 8:30, show at […]

$18

Garden Sculptures with Molly Morningglory

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

Join Molly for this great new 7-week class focusing on stackable sculptures for the home and garden. We will work to construct modular pieces that will bring a new energy to those sacred spaces. A variety of handbuilding techniques will be used to create sculptures up to 4 feet tall! These sculptures can be installed […]

$320