Local bakeries are fit to be pied for Pi Day. Also: Area St. Patrick’s Day food and fun, a sake tasting at WakuWaku, a PubCorps volunteer event at The Collaboratory and more.
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Smart Bets: Pétunia
The Vancouver-based experimental country artist plays Jack of the Wood on Nov. 29.
Smart Bets: Chris Jamison’s Ghost
The Marshall-based Americana artist brings his full band to Jack of the Wood on Sept. 7.
Smart Bets: Jackson Grimm
The Asheville-based multi-instrumentalist and his band play a record release show Nov. 17 at Jack of the Wood.
30 Days Out: a look at upcoming concerts
Discover Americana, hip-hop and an epic battle of sorts between tributes to two of the greatest bands of the rock era.
Open mics in and around Asheville
There’s typically a time limit for each presenter, and some open mics have a theme or a host to usher the evening along, but what happens in front of the microphone is, truly, wide open to possibility.
30 Days Out: a look at upcoming concerts
Americana, Indian music and icons of indie-rock and funk are all showcased in this edition.
Conscious Party: Highland Games benefit concert
Grandfather Mountain Highland Games rock headliner Seven Nations and the Piper Jones Band play Jack of the Wood on April 20.
30 Days Out: a look at upcoming concerts
This edition wraps up the fourth year of “30 Days Out,” taking a look at a beloved local act; a highly regarded regional musician; an alt-country troubadour who got his start in Western North Carolina; and one of pop culture’s most outspoken, iconoclastic and articulate spokespeople.
Carolina Beer Guy: Green Man Brewery’s local roots originate from Jack of the Wood pub
Founders Joan and Joe Eckert reflect on the pub’s history, including being the original home of Asheville’s second brewery.
AVL Beer Week 2017: Events
AVL Beer Week 2017 presents a full roster of special releases, tap takeovers, festivals, dinners, parties and even some opportunities for yoga and bhangra dancing.
30 Days Out: a look at upcoming concerts
This time around, all four featured acts are nationally touring artists. Funk, pop, rock and rockabilly are on the musical menu.
30 Days Out: a look at upcoming concerts
Post-rock, Americana-flavored rock ‘n’ roll, primal rock and hip-hop are on the menu this time around.
Beer today, gone tomorrow: Asheville beer happenings Jan.10-16
**UPDATED JAN. 13** Hi-Wire releases bottles of its new Foeder Brett Saison, Burial features Holy Mountain saisons and more.
Where to ring out the old and welcome the new year
For those of us who want to kick this year to the curb and see in — albeit with some trepidation — 2017, here’s where to sip some bubbly, wear a wacky hat, dance like no one’s watching and party like it’s 1999 (there’s no shame if you secretly wish it was).
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.
Beer today, gone tomorrow: Asheville beer happenings May 31-June 6
**Updated June 4** A rundown of AVL Beer Week events.
Anti-folk duo Paleface returns to Asheville
Paleface, the singer-songwriter who fronts a duo of the same name, has been working on a followup to the band’s 2011 release, One Big Party. The band will play some of that new material at Jack of the Wood on Friday, May 27.
Smart bets: Piper Jones Band
Jack of the Wood hosts Celtic bagpiper E.J. Jones and two collaborators on Friday, April 15.
St. Patrick’s Day events in and around Asheville
From Asheville on Bikes annual Bike of the Irish to a DJ dance party at Lexington Avenue Brewery, Mountain Xpress has a roadmap so you can snake across the long St. Patrick’s Day weekend.
Concert review: Angela Perley & the Howlin’ Moons
The band was touring its new album, Homemade Vision, mixing old favorites with new songs like “White Doves,” the album’s lead track.