This week, Xpress brings you a variety of holiday happenings, along with some options for riding out the apocalypse.
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This week, Xpress brings you a variety of holiday happenings, along with some options for riding out the apocalypse.
The local hip-hop artist headlines a Saturday show at One Stop. Xpress will give away a pair of tickets.
Local tattoo artist and musician J. Horton (aka Ho-Tron Beatz) is celebrating his birthday (well, the one-year anniversary of his Unification Tattoo Parlor) in style. Asian Teacher Factory, Top-R, Samuel Paradise and others perform at One Stop on Saturday, Dec. 1. Image from Photography by Margaret.
Pairing psychedelic rock infused with West African and Afro-Colombian rhythm, this band all the way from Oakland, Calif. brings a lot of what Asheville likes to the stage. And, better yet, the Friday show is FREE.
The spiritual steel player (and Toubab Krewe BFF) performs a Wednesday night show in Asheville this week. Xpress will give away a pair of tickets today at 1 p.m. Image by ChristianJamesPhoto.com.
The Ones headline with New Color, Ho-Tron and Matty Harper. That all happens tonight at 10 p.m. Xpress will give away a pair of tickets to the show at 2 p.m.
The weekly music session has attracted not only some of the best local talent, but also nationally-touring musicians. It recently moved from One Stop to the roomier Asheville Music Hall. Photo from the Tuesday Night Funk Jam Facebook page.
The star-studded local lineup takes the stage on Friday, July 6. Xpress will give away a pair of tickets through Facebook on Thursday.
The relatively new local root-rock outfit plays One Stop this Friday. Xpress will give away a pair of tickets tomorrow through our Facebook page. Photo by Rob Seal.