Smoky Park Supper Club — the nation’s largest shipping container restaurant opening aside the French Broad River — will hold a dinner this Saturday, May 2 at 6:30 p.m., in conjunction with the 11th annual Asheville Bread Festival. Many participants from the Bread Festival will be in attendance, although general admission tickets will also be […]
Funk Asheville festival — “a gathering of sour and wild ales from across the country featuring, both well established and up-and-coming breweries that are paving the sour and wild path for craft beer,” according to organizers — takes place at Wicked Weed’s Candler-based production facility (the wooded, outdoor space) on Saturday, July 18, at 7 […]
If 64 degree eggs are your thing, it may be time to cancel your weekend plans. Chef Jake Whitman is taking over the MG Road kitchen for a “special one-off, two-night stint of non-stop ramen deliciousness,” this Friday and Saturday, May 1-2, from 5:30 p.m. until 10:30 p.m., according to Michael Files, partner and manager […]
The Funky Meters, born during a spontaneous jam session at the New Orleans Jazz Festival in 1989, will play a show at Pisgah Brewing’s outdoor stage on Saturday, May 16. Earphunk and George Porter Jr. and the Runnin’ Pardners will also perform at the “festival-like daylong event.” Tickets are $27 in advanced and $32 day […]
Alternative country singer and guitarist Joe Lasher Jr. of Western North Carolina is on an Ingles-sponsored eight date tour, which stops in Sylva’s Bridge Park Pavilion on May 9, at 6 p.m. Tickets to see the 18 year-old performer cost $7 at the door or five non-perishable canned food items. The up-and-coming artist, who was […]
Husband and wife Ryan Dixon and Chanda Calentine have been working with children for years, using the performing arts to help parents and children connect with one another and “the creative vibrations of the world around them.” The Brooklyn-expats’ forthcoming class series, “a holistic introduction to the world of music, dance and theatre, using poetry, […]
In partnership with the NC LiteracyCorps (an AmeriCorps project), the Literacy Council of Buncombe County will offer a full-time position with an application deadline of Monday, May 4. The recruitment and awareness coordinator position will provide an opportunity “to provide direct service tutoring, recruit and orient volunteers, recruit and support students, develop and enhance community […]
Biltmore Village will host the second iteration of the Bee Happy Vintage Market event on Saturday, May 2, at BB&T Insurace’s parking lot (9 All Souls Crescent) from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Live entertainment and food and beverage will round out the open air vendor market. Here is the full release from Biltmore Property […]
The Montford Park Players will hold auditions for William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night on Saturday and Sunday, May 16-17, from 2-4:30 p.m. at the Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre at 92 Gay Street. Directed by Adam Arthur, the production opens Thursday, July 10 through Saturday, August 1. Actors will read from audition sides, posted here. Email info@montfordparkplayers.org or […]
Buskers, however innately transient, also boast a collective permanence in downtown Asheville. During his solo set, singer and guitarist Jason Brazzel paired his sturdy rasp with peppy strums, covers with originals.
“Though we are in the heart of the South here in Asheville, there doesn’t seem to be a plethora of country music shows,” reads a release from The Altamont Theatre, “so [we are] beginning to look to fill that void.” The Altamont will begin its regularly scheduled country tributes next month, with the initial concert […]
Mountain Sports Festival has already released nine of the 10 musical groups that will perform at the festival’s main site from Friday to Sunday, May 22-24. The final act — allotted the 4-5:30 p.m. slot for Saturday, May 23 — will be determined by a panel of judges at the festival’s Race to the Stage […]
The collection aims to evoke thoughts on both individual experience and the “collective unconscious” as they relate to the colorful spectrum of dream states.
The Austin-based couple’s latest effort, Man, Woman, Beast, marks their first full-length album and offers “more of a complete picture of where we are at as a band.”
From illusionists to jugglers, conjurers to balloon artists, storytellers to face painters, the second Asheville Magic Festival brings more than 20 entertainers downtown for a “nonstop celebration of wonder.”
Paste magazine calls Spirits and the Melchizedek Children’s music “haunted shoegaze art-rock,” while the A.V. Club dubs the band “the southern Sigur Ros.” Ashevilleans, however, can make their own assertions about the Atlanta group’s psychedelic sounds this Saturday, May 2, when they play the Odditorium. Teach Me Equals opens the show at 9 p.m. The […]
New York-based roots rock outfit Esquela will play a free show at Straightaway Café of Black Mountain on Thursday, April 30, at 7 p.m. “War, politics, relationships and the banalities of everyday life, provide fodder for the band’s original songwriting,” reads Esquela’s website, “while a talented and passionate group of musicians wrap those lyrics in […]
Each week, Xpress highlights notable WNC crowdsourcing initiatives that may inspire readers to become new faces in the crowd. This week features a milestone for a 15 year old guitarist and a youth guidance organization providing free opportunities for children.
It’s hard to say whether Midnight Snack’s infectious busking sets are more likely to add a bit of pep to the pedestrian pace or to halt it altogether. Either way, the self-described art rock quintet, which made the move from Boston to Asheville several months ago, has been steadily building a presence among downtown’s streetside stages.
Friends, family and fools are frequently cited as the most promising sources of capital for small businesses. And that networking approach to financing — called crowdfunding when it’s leveraged online — seems to suit Ashevilleans, who’ve raised almost $2 million to date for creative ventures funded via Kickstarter.
MANNA FoodBank’s newly announced capital campaign, the Space to Erase Hunger, includes a comprehensive plans to achieve an “integrated facility,” through a complete overhaul of current warehouse operations.
