Press release from Asheville Area Arts Council: The Asheville Area Arts Council is pleased to announce the 2016 Grassroots Arts Program Grant Winners. Since 1977, the North Carolina Arts Council’s Grassroots Arts Program has provided North Carolina citizens access to quality arts experiences. Using a per capita based formula, the program provides funding for the […]
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VIDEO: “I Hope I Live a Few More Days” by Shane Parish
In advance of the release of his new album Undertaker Please Drive Slow, the local guitarist shares this sweet, autumnal video.
Faerie Arts Festival, Nov. 11
Press release from event organizers: Bioflyer Productions presents its 4th Annual Faerie Arts Festival on November 11 once again in the beautiful ballroom of the Renaissance Hotel in downtown Asheville. The event celebrates the holiday season with some of the regions best artists and musicians. This year will be an evening only adult extravaganza (7-11pm) […]
Q+A with Arouna Diarra & The AZA Band
Diarra is a n’goni & balafon player from Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso in West Africa. He’s been in Asheville for nearly five years and has fronted West African groups Mande Foly and now The AZA Band with multi-instrumentalist Biko Cassini and percussionist Jessie Lehmann.
Oct. 28 is the last day to pre-register for the North Carolina Writers’ Network fall conference
Press release from the North Carolina Writers’ Network: With some 200 writers in attendance, as well as dozens of faculty and publishing professionals, the North Carolina Writers’ Network 2016 Fall Conference is the largest writing conference in the state and one of the biggest and most inclusive in the country. It’s a great chance for […]
Q+A with Third World
The reggae band is currently at work on a forthcoming album with producer Damien Marley. Though Third World is not touring, the group made an appearance at fall LEAF on Saturday night.
Asheville Art Museum moves to a temporary location on the South Slope
Press release from the Asheville Art Museum: The Museum is undergoing an exciting transformation, with major construction about to begin on the New Asheville Art Museum! The Museum’s 2 S. Pack Square location will temporarily close beginning October 31 to allow for major construction and to keep our Permanent Collection safe and secure. We’ll be […]
Halloween for days
Looking for yet more spooky celebrations? Check out our roundup.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds will play Thomas Wolfe Auditorium on June 7
Press release from U.S. Cellular Center: NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS ANNOUNCE 2017 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR JUNE 7 AT THE THOMAS WOLFE AUDITORIUM IN ASHEVILLE, NC TICKETS ON-SALE 10am, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28 ‘Skeleton Tree’ Out Now On Bad Seed Ltd. via KLS ‘One More Time With Feeling’ Returning to Cinemas December 1 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ […]
Guy Fawkes Dance Party (fundraiser for MAP) on Nov. 4
Press release from Media Arts Project: The Media Arts Project (MAP) announces a pop-up fundraiser: Guy Fawkes Dance Party –featuring techno, ambient and house music in the warehouse studios of NYS3 Actors’ School.The Guy Fawkes Dance Party is a nod to the iconic vigilante-turned-meme with sound and music by Gaul Plus, DJ Wey, Liquid Asset, […]
Austin-based Greyhounds strive for change and balance
The soul-rock band, with vocalist/keyboardist Anthony Farrell and vocalist/guitarist Andrew Trube, played the first RiverMusic concert this summer and returns to headline The Grey Eagle on Saturday, Oct. 29.
Shana Tucker will perform at WCU Bardo Arts Center, Nov. 11
Press release from WCU Bardo Arts Center: The Western Carolina University Bardo Arts Center will present Shana Tucker performing a concert of music she calls “ChamberSoul™” on Friday, Nov. 11, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale to the public now. Tucker is a singer-songwriter and cellist who credits her genre-bending “ChamberSoul™” journey to the […]
N.C. Stage premieres new musical Curvy Widow
Press release from N.C. Stage Company: North Carolina Stage Company (NC Stage) is excited to launch the world premiere of CURVY WIDOW: THE MUSICAL. A feisty, fifty-something woman finds herself unexpectedly single in NYC and launches into the dating pool for the first time in thirty years. A dating pool that has evolved over the […]
A roundup of local Halloween events
Ride a bike, cut a rug, revisit Neil Young, tour a haunted house or celebrate the spookiest season with poetry and pie. There are as many ways to commemorate All Hallows Eve as there are sexy zombie costume possibilities.
RBTS WIN releases new EP, King Summer, today
Press release from Terrorbird Media: RBTS WIN are completing production on their forthcoming album Sensitivity Kit for 2017, the follow-up to 2014’s Palm Sunday. In anticipation of the new album, RBTS WIN are releasing the King Summer EP this Friday (October 21st) on Tidal Prism. Northern Transmissions is streaming the prismatic EP cut “Heart Eyes” […]
Yancey Theatre preserves the pleasure of movie night
Press release from Yancey Theatre: Yancey Theatre is a landmark in downtown Burnsville. Located on Main Street, the theater’s bright marquee catches the eye of passersby and reminds them of a simpler time. The theater opened Thursday, Aug. 17, 1939, and its first movie was “Our Leading Citizen” starring Bob Burns. Gene Autry’s “Western Jamboree” […]
Q+A with LEAF performer Lisa Zahiya
“I think my favorite LEAF was the last time Beats Antique was there. I am lucky enough to dance with the band on the East Coast. It was raining outside and inside the tent the energy was awesome.”
Q+A with LEAF band The Hip Abduction
The Hip Abduction is based in St. Petersburg, Fla., but the indie-pop-meets-roots and reggae outfit is no stranger to Western North Carolina.
Ian Ridenhour performs at Isis Restaurant & Music Hall, Oct. 27
Press release from event organizers: Ian Ridenhour and his band will make their Isis debut on Thursday, Oct. 27. Ian is a unique performer. 2016 marks not only his sixteenth birthday, but also ten years as a professional musician. He began drumming with Bismarck, ND-based band Blind Mice at only six years old, the youngest […]
Joe Penland performs at White Horse, Oct. 23
Press release from White Horse Black Mountain: Western North Carolina abounds with musicians who have found inspiration in Appalachian songs and dance tunes. To inspire literally means “to breathe in”, a word that perfectly describes how Madison County singer/storyteller Joe Penland came by his deep knowledge of the music nurtured in mountain valleys, coves and […]
Hamilton musical singalong at The Fine Arts Theatre, Nov. 3
Press release from event organizers: HamiltunesAVL is Asheville’s first Hamilton musical singalong! This all-ages event will feature YOU singing and rapping to the Tony® Award winning musical, Hamilton. When: Thursday, November 3, 7:00 PM Where: The Fine Arts Theatre, Downtown Asheville What: Sing (and rap!) along to Broadway’s hottest new musical Sign up to sing […]