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.

 

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 event to be posted. If you encounter difficulties submitting an event, please email amy@thelaurelofasheville.com.

 

  • Come Sit With Us: Meditation & Community

    Blank Space 701 Haywood Road, Asheville

    Come Sit With Us is a weekly gathering for meditation, spiritual inquiry, and community, led by Ajay Anantadev Das, a meditation and nondual philosophy teacher and former Bhakti monk. Each evening begins with a short teaching, followed by guided meditation and silence, with time for questions, reflection, and conversation. Sharing is optional. No previous meditation […]

    $10 – $50
  • Vulnerability Olympics

    Blank Space 701 Haywood Road, Asheville

    You’ve done ‘the work’. Now, prove it. whimsyLab presents a satirical sporting spectacular where personal growth finally comes with rankings. Contestants compete in Competitive Curiosity, Trauma Dumping, Speed Repair, Reflect-Offs and Anger-Translating. Enter the arena or watch from the audience. The stakes are ridiculous; the feelings may be entirely real. Thursday, November 19, 2026, 6:30 […]

    $15 – $30