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].

Sonic Collage with Drones in the Garden

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

PERFORMANCE: Sonic Collage with Drones in the Garden Featuring Patrick Kukucka, Sleep Number, Farewell Phoenix, and Ash Sierra Thursday, August 27, 2026 at 7PM Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center {120 College Street} Free and Open to All Join us for an evening of poetry + music co-curated by Drones in the Garden, an […]

Free

Santiago Y Los Gatos w/ Fashion Bath

The Grey Eagle Music Hall and Pub 185 Clingman Ave, Asheville, NC, United States

Santiago y Los Gatos is an Asheville, NC-based indie and roots rock band led by songwriter Jeff Santiago. Known for compelling songwriting, memorable melodies, and engaging live performances, the band has shared stages with The Wallflowers, Franz Ferdinand, Sixpence None the Richer, Ozomatli, and Scott Weiland, and has appeared at festivals including Artisphere, Fall for […]

$16.44

The Odd Couple – Flat Rock Playhouse – 8/28-9/19

Flat Rock Playhouse 2661 Greenville Highway, Flat Rock, NC, United States

Pour a drink and duck for cover — domestic bliss is about to get messy. Meet Felix: impeccably pressed, emotionally distressed, and suddenly single. Meet Oscar: charmingly rumpled, habitually late, and blissfully allergic to coasters. When Felix moves in with his old pal Oscar after a marital meltdown, neatness meets nonsense, and the sparks fly. […]

NIADA Exhibition and Sale

Cambria Hotel 15 Page Avenue

National Institute of American Doll Artists exhibition and sale that is FREE and open to the public.

Nashville Emerging Artist Showcase 8.28

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

Nashville Emerging Artist Night (NEAN) is a premier showcase spotlighting Music City’s most promising up-and-coming artists and songwriters. A carefully curated lineup performing original music, giving audiences an exclusive first look at Nashville’s next generation of talent. NEAN celebrates creativity, storytelling, and the vibrant future of the city’s musical landscape. This intimate, acoustic showcase presents […]

$22

Gimme Hendrix

The Grey Eagle Music Hall and Pub 185 Clingman Ave, Asheville, NC, United States

GIMME HENDRIX Hailing from the vibrant music scene of Athens, GA, Gimme Hendrix stands as a testament to the enduring legacy of the greatest band of the psychedelic era, The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Our band is not just a tribute; it’s a journey back in time to when music underwent a revolution, led by the […]

$20.28

Gimme Hendrix

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

Hailing from the vibrant music scene of Athens, GA, Gimme Hendrix stands as a testament to the enduring legacy of the greatest band of the psychedelic era, The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Our band is not just a tribute; it’s a journey back in time to when music underwent a revolution, led by the unparalleled artistry […]

$20.28

COLD WAX ALCHEMY 2-DAY WORKSHOP WITH GINA LOUTHIAN-STANLEY

Lucy Clark Gallery & Studio 51 West Main Street, Brevard, NC, United States

In this 2-Day workshop, discover the beautiful layers, textures, and marks that only oil and cold wax can achieve finding inspiration within your own marks, compositions and intuition. We will explore various techniques such as working methods, substrates, drying times, opaque and transparent color, pigments and powders, blending, color schemes, glazing, transfer/printmaking techniques, creating textures, […]

$385.00

Adult Studio: Papermaking

Asheville Art Museum 2 S Pack Square, Asheville

This 4 hour workshop will introduce the basics of hand papermaking along with a guided tour of the Exhibition. Participants will learn to make several sheets of handmade paper that they can add botanicals to or embellish with pigmented pulps. We will conclude with pressing the handmade sheets so they will be ready to take […]

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Film Premiere: Erased

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

Asheville, NC — On August 29, 2026, at 7:30pm, Missy Bell of Mouse House Productions will premiere her debut feature film: Erased, at the Diana Wortham Center for the Performing Arts. The tender-hearted drama stars local actors Thomas L. Townsend, Elias Hamilton, and Lauren H. Davis. When Missy Bell wrote the screenplay for her debut […]

HAPPY LANDING w/ The Band Solstice

The Grey Eagle Music Hall and Pub 185 Clingman Ave, Asheville, NC, United States

ALL AGES STANDING ROOM ONLY HAPPY LANDING HAPPY LANDING is an American band formed in Oxford, Mississippi in 2020 by Matthew Hendley (lead vocals, guitar), Keegan Christensen (vocals, keys), Jacob Christensen (drums, vocals), Andrew Gardner (fiddle, vocals), and Wilson Moyer (bass/guitar, vocals). The group pioneers a new wave of folk music, captivating audiences internationally with […]

$30.27

Haunts & Haints, a night of Appalachian Storytelling

Eda Rhyne 101 Fairview Rd, Asheville

Modelface Comedy Presents: Haunts & Haints, a night of Appalachian Storytelling Join us for a night of cocktails and ghost stories at Eda Rhyne Distillery. All are welcome to share their favorite ghost stories and tales of Appalachian folklore and history. Share a story or just sit back and enjoy the stories, all are welcome. […]

$15

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

COLD WAX ALCHEMY 2-DAY WORKSHOP WITH GINA LOUTHIAN-STANLEY – DAY 2

Lucy Clark Gallery & Studio 51 West Main Street, Brevard, NC, United States

In this 2-Day workshop, discover the beautiful layers, textures, and marks that only oil and cold wax can achieve finding inspiration within your own marks, compositions and intuition. We will explore various techniques such as working methods, substrates, drying times, opaque and transparent color, pigments and powders, blending, color schemes, glazing, transfer/printmaking techniques, creating textures, […]

$385.00

Sunday Sounds: Steve Lapointe

Asheville Art Museum 2 S Pack Square, Asheville

Join us for a live performance by Steve Lapointe, pianist-in-residence in the Windgate Foundation Atrium. ABOUT THE MUSICIAN Steve Lapointe’s nine years of classical piano as a youth grounded him in music theory. Jazz studies while in Ithaca, New York, opened his ears to extemporaneous improvisation and the music of Keith Jarrett, Chick Corea, Bill […]

Free for Members or included with Museum admission

The Grey Eagle Classic Golf Tournament

The Omni Grove Park Inn Golf Course 75 Club View Rd, Asheville

Join us on Sunday, August 30 for our 6th annual The Grey Eagle Classic Golf Tournament in Asheville, NC at The Omni Grove Park Inn Golf Course! Grab your golf clubs and the best players you can find. This tournament welcomes local businesses, community partners, supporters of music and arts, and all of our river […]

$187.25

PATIO SHOW: Cordovas

The Grey Eagle Music Hall and Pub 185 Clingman Ave, Asheville, NC, United States

– LIMITED PATIO SEATING IS FIRST COME FIRST SERVE CORDOVAS Cordovas are an Americana rock band out of Nashville whose sound, equal parts soulful harmony, poetic craft, and cosmic improvisation, has long earned comparisons to The Band, Grateful Dead, and Crosby, Stills & Nash. But with their fifth studio album, Back to Life (out January […]

$14.51

Estimated Prophets: Grateful Dead Cover Show

The Grey Eagle Music Hall and Pub 185 Clingman Ave, Asheville, NC, United States

Standing Room Only Good Ole Grateful Dead Music! The Estimated Prophets: featuring Spiro Nicolopoulos and Josh Blake on guitars, David Mulder on keyboards, JD Smith on Bass, and Lee Kram on Drums.

$12.09

GUIDED OPEN STUDIO – SEPTEMBER EDITION – WITH ANNE STRUTZ, PSA, IAPS-MC

Lucy Clark Gallery & Studio 51 West Main Street, Brevard, NC, United States

Wednesdays from 10-3 September 2, 9, 16, 23 Join Anne in the studio for an open-format pastel class designed to deepen your skills in this richly expressive medium. Each session begins with a guided morning exercise exploring essential artistic principles and techniques that bring depth, energy, and confidence to your work. Bring your own reference […]

$225.00

Everybody But You Bro Comedy Open Mic

The River Arts District Brewing Company 13 Mystery Street, Asheville

Join Eyes Up Here Comedy & Modelface Comedy for the premiere open mic for the rest of us -- Everybody But You Bro is a comedy mic for women, non-binary, queer and femme folks to take the stage and tell jokes -- up to 5 minutes. This is a queer and trans-inclusive mic. We don’t […]

Free

GALLERY WALK – HOLLAND VAN GORES – WOOD & MIXED MEDIA ARTIST

Lucy Clark Gallery & Studio 51 West Main Street, Brevard, NC, United States

(FREE) Meet and talk with Holland Van Gores about his process in creating incredible wooden sculptures. Holland has spent the better part of his life working with wood. As a child, he had access to his father’s workshop and was able to use the tools and supplies. Learning these skills early in life, led him […]

Free

Wool Spinning Demonstration with Jamie Sparks

Asheville Art Museum 2 S Pack Square, Asheville

Jamie Sparks is a multidisciplinary artist and educator with more than 30 years of experience teaching learners of all ages. She has spent more than two decades working with natural fibers, specializing in spinning and felting, and has taught throughout the southeastern U.S., including the John C. Campbell Folk School, Tryon Arts and Crafts School, […]

Free for Members or included with Museum admission

Witching Hour, Dark and Dirty Comedy

Eda Rhyne 101 Fairview Rd, Asheville

Modelface Comedy presents The Witching Hour Comedy Showcase at Eda Rhyne Distillery Witching Hour is a dark and dirty comedy show featuring some of the filthiest comics in the South!! Combining dark humor with hauntingly delicious Appalachian cocktails. This show is ages 21 and up and NC17 Doors at 9:30pm, show at 10pm Tickets $18

$18

Sunday Sounds: Steve Lapointe

Asheville Art Museum 2 S Pack Square, Asheville

Join us for a live performance by Steve Lapointe, pianist-in-residence in the Windgate Foundation Atrium. ABOUT THE MUSICIAN Steve Lapointe’s nine years of classical piano as a youth grounded him in music theory. Jazz studies while in Ithaca, New York, opened his ears to extemporaneous improvisation and the music of Keith Jarrett, Chick Corea, Bill […]

Free for Members or included with Museum admission

Don’t Tell Comedy West Asheville

Wrong Way River Lodge & Cabins 9 Midnight Drive, Asheville, NC

Show Details This show will be at an indoor location. No Outside Drinks permitted.. Drinks will be available for purchase. Small snacks available for purchase Non-alcoholic drinks will be available. Outside snacks allowed. This show will have chairs provided. ♿︎ This show is wheelchair accessible. 21+ show. About Don't Tell Comedy Secret Locations. Shhh...it's a […]

$27

Croz Boyce

AyurPrana Listening Room 312 Haywood Rd, Asheville, NC

APLR Presents: Croz Boyce - Featuring Avey Tare & Geologist from Animal Collective Tuesday, September 8th, 2026 AyurPrana Listening Room 312 Haywood Rd, Asheville, NC 28806 Doors 6PM || Show 7PM Croz Boyce **What if 40 minutes of instrumental music made by two friends passing files across state lines could capture the range of human […]

$25.90

GUIDED OPEN STUDIO – SEPTEMBER EDITION – WITH ANNE STRUTZ, PSA, IAPS-MC

Lucy Clark Gallery & Studio 51 West Main Street, Brevard, NC, United States

Wednesdays from 10-3 September 2, 9, 16, 23 Join Anne in the studio for an open-format pastel class designed to deepen your skills in this richly expressive medium. Each session begins with a guided morning exercise exploring essential artistic principles and techniques that bring depth, energy, and confidence to your work. Bring your own reference […]

$225

Rooftop Comedy featuring Elliott White

antidote 151 Coxe Avenue, Asheville, NC, United States

Every Thursday Modelface Comedy Club brings the best local and touring comedians to Asheville! This week we have Southern favorite Elliott White on the rooftop at Antidote! Chemist Spirts welcomes top comedians for a night of laughs. Enjoy a stunning AVL sunset from the rooftop bar at Antidote while giggling and sipping a classic cocktail. […]

$18

Weaverville Foundation Charity Golf Tournament

Reems Creek Golf Club 36 Pink Fox Cove Road, Weaverville, NC, United States

Registration is now open for the Weaverville Foundation's inaugural charity scramble golf tournament, September 11, 2026, at the beautiful Reems Creek Golf Club in Weaverville NC. As a nonprofit organization, the Foundation encourages and funds smart growth to help protect Weaverville's local character, small business vibrancy and open space. All donations, exclusive of registration fees, are tax deductible […]

$125

YIKES! Travel Disaster Comedy with Sarah Love

Cultura 147 Coxe Ave., Asheville, NC, United States

Modelface Comedy Club brings you the best comedians from all over the country! This week we have Sarah Love from Asheville and her friends!!! YIKES! is a show of disaster stories and stand up comedy hosted by local favorite Sarah Love. Join Sarah and a group of amazing comedians as they share their travel disasters […]

$18

Railway Races 5k & 1 Mile

Hendersonville Welcome Center 201 South Main Street, Hendersonville

Join us in Hendersonville, NC, Saturday, September 12th, for the Inaugural Railway 5k & 1 Mile presented by Aetna! The Railway Races are a running celebration of history, movement, and community, hosted on the Ecusta Trail — a former railroad corridor transformed into a shared-use greenway connecting Hendersonville and Brevard. This inaugural event brings families, […]

The Art of Yoga | Summer-Fall Series 2026

Asheville Art Museum 2 S Pack Square, Asheville

Join us at the Museum for a harmonious blend of artistic inspiration and mindful movement! Our Saturday sessions are from 9:30–11am.  Experience how close looking at art and practicing yoga in the beautiful spaces of the Museum can foster relaxation and connection. Each yoga session includes a guided mindful looking session in one of the […]

$15 – $20

COPTIC BOUND JOURNAL WORKSHOP WITH ERIN KEANE – SEPTEMBER EDITION

Lucy Clark Gallery & Studio 51 West Main Street, Brevard, NC, United States

Handmade journals are a joy to use for anything and everything, any day, every day. Coptic binding is a historical method of constructing a book by sewing folded sections of paper and attaching them to hard covers. Bookbinders use this binding for its beauty with an exposed spine, functionality with pages that open flat, and […]

$150.00

RADish FEST

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

RADish Fest is a one-day, 12 hour celebration rooted in the River Arts District put on by local creatives, for locals and open to every neighbor, visitor, and friend who wants to be part of something…pretty RADish. From 11am to 11pm, the heart of RAD comes alive with live music on the Grey Eagle stages, […]

$43.69

Makerspace

Asheville Art Museum 2 S Pack Square, Asheville

Join us in the studio for a drop-in art activity led by Museum staff. Participants will be invited to create an artwork of their own inspired by the Museum’s Collection or our current exhibitions. All ages and abilities are welcome (children must be accompanied by an adult).

Free for Members or included with Museum admission. Registration is not required.