Friday, September 11 · Asheville & Black Mountain, NC

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Where to go tonight, and what’s worth planning around after that.

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920 events aheadthrough Oct 22

Today's Features

11 AM · 13 mi

Villain Arts' 7th Annual Asheville Tattoo Arts Festival

Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville · Asheville

FestivalArt

Hundreds of tattoo artists working live under one roof, plus contests and sideshow acts, so it's a good walk-through even for people who aren't getting inked.

Featured

SEP 11 · 11 AM

7 PM · 13 mi

Modelface Comedy presents Scott Eason

Wicked Weed Funkatorium · Asheville

Comedy18+

$22.52

Featured

SEP 11 · 7 PM

7 PM · 10 mi

Cactus Kate and the Pricks

Meadow at Highland Brewing Co. · Asheville

Live MusicAll ages

Country-Americana originals in the meadow, where there's grass to spread out on.

Featured

SEP 11 · 7 PM

7 PM · 18 mi

Dangermuffin

Sierra Nevada Mills River · Mills River

Live Music

Roots-and-groove songs that sit well in a big taproom garden on a Friday night.

Featured

SEP 11 · 7 PM

6 PM · 21 mi

Red Carpet -Royal Moonlit Ball at Mills River Brewing co w/ DJ Jason!

Mills River Brewing Co · Mills River

FestivalDJ & DanceAll ages

A free renaissance ball with fire spinners, food and vendors, kicking off a full festival weekend.

Free

Featured

SEP 11 · 6 PM

9 AM · 18 mi

The NC Mountain State Fair

WNC Agricultural Center - Davis Event Center · Fletcher

Festival

Featured

SEP 11 · 9 AM

Worth planning around

the standouts of the next month

10 AM · 17 mi

Eliada Corn Maze & Fall Festival

Eliada Homes · Asheville

FestivalOutdoors

Eight acres of corn maze plus tractor rides, pumpkins and a corn cannon, which is about as much fall as one field can hold.

$10–$300

Featured

SEP 25 · 10 AM

7 PM · 15 mi

Still Here Fest

Fleetwood's · Asheville

FestivalLive Music

$15–$84.50

Featured

SEP 18 · 7 PM

7 PM · 13 mi

URBAN COMBAT WRESTLING COMEDY EDITION

Hi-Wire Biltmore Village · Asheville

ComedySports

Wrestling and stand-up comedy crashed into each other in a brewery, which is exactly as ridiculous as it sounds.

Featured

SEP 20 · 7 PM

3 PM · 2 mi

Rising Appalachia: Hurricane Helene Anniversary Shows (DAY 2)

Pisgah Brewing · Black Mountain

Live MusicAll ages

Rising Appalachia's second Helene anniversary night, and there's real weight behind two sisters playing fiddle and banjo music at a brewery two miles from home.

$40.83

Featured

SEP 27 · 3 PM

7 PM · 2 mi

Asheville Symphony: ALT ASO @ Pisgah Brewing - Balkan Brass Meets NOLA

Pisgah Brewing · Black Mountain

Live Music

Balkan brass crashing into New Orleans horns, played by the Asheville Symphony outdoors at a brewery two miles from home.

$45

Featured

OCT 6 · 7 PM

7:30 PM · 0 mi

Asheville Jazz Orchestra October 2026

White Horse Black Mountain · Black Mountain

Live Music

A full jazz orchestra on a Sunday evening right in town, and the horns are worth hearing in a room that size.

Ticketed

Featured

OCT 11 · 7:30 PM

Today62 events

Fri, Sep 11 · 13 mi

RECESSION GLEEZY DOG SPECIAL

Hi-Wire South Slope · Asheville

Food & Drink

SEP 11

Fri, Sep 11 · 13 mi

River Snorkeling

In Asheville

Outdoors

SEP 11

Fri, Sep 11 · 13 mi

Open Field Soccer begins

In Asheville

Sports

SEP 11

Fri, Sep 11 · 13 mi

Beyond the Buzzer: NBA 2K

In Asheville

Games & Trivia

SEP 11

9 AM · 21 mi

Carolina Mountains Literary Festival

Multiple Venues throughout Burnsville · Asheville

FestivalArtAll ages

$500

SEP 11 · 9 AM

9 AM · 18 mi

The NC Mountain State Fair

WNC Agricultural Center - Davis Event Center · Fletcher

Festival

SEP 11 · 9 AM

10 AM · 13 mi

Mixed Metal Mountain Bracelet

Ignite Jewelry Studios · Asheville

ArtClass & CraftAges 12-14 A parent/guardian must sign safety waiver and als

$185

SEP 11 · 10 AM

10 AM

UNC Asheville Women's Volleyball vs Harvard

UNC Asheville Athletics · Wilmington

Sports

SEP 11 · 10 AM

10:30 AM · 0 mi

Hot Shop: 30 Minute Make Your Own

North Carolina Glass Center · Asheville

ArtClass & Craft

$112

SEP 11 · 10:30 AM

11 AM · 13 mi

Villain Arts' 7th Annual Asheville Tattoo Arts Festival

Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville · Asheville

FestivalArt

Hundreds of tattoo artists working live under one roof, plus contests and sideshow acts, so it's a good walk-through even for people who aren't getting inked.

Featured

SEP 11 · 11 AM

11 AM · 13 mi

Discover the Magic of Cyanotypes art class

Trackside Studios · Asheville

ArtClass & Craft

$120

SEP 11 · 11 AM

11 AM · 13 mi

Art and Film Experience

Jaime Byrd Contemporary Art · Asheville

Art

SEP 11 · 11 AM

11:30 AM · 0 mi

Tasty Treats in the Flameshop

North Carolina Glass Center · Asheville

ArtClass & Craft

$102

SEP 11 · 11:30 AM

12 PM · 1 mi

Yoga for Optimal Health with Leslie Temme

Quietude · Black Mountain

Wellness

SEP 11 · 12 PM

12 PM · 18 mi

River Systems of the Blue Ridge

North Carolina Arboretum · Arden

Outdoors

SEP 11 · 12 PM

12 PM · 13 mi

Slow Art Friday

Asheville Art Museum · Asheville

Art

Free

SEP 11 · 12 PM

1 PM · 2 mi

Feature Friday @ Oak and Grist Distilling Company

Oak and Grist Distilling Company LLC · Black Mountain

Food & Drink

Free

SEP 11 · 1 PM

1 PM · 18 mi

History and Archaeology of the Arboretum

North Carolina Arboretum · Arden

OutdoorsCommunity

SEP 11 · 1 PM

2 PM · 5 mi

Women's Volleyball vs. Geneva College (Pa.)

Warren Wilson College · Swannanoa

Sports

SEP 11 · 2 PM

2 PM · 13 mi

Open Studio

Light + Love Arts · Asheville

ArtAll ages

$15–$25

SEP 11 · 2 PM

3 PM · 36 mi

2026 Mountain Song Festival

Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium · Brevard

FestivalLive Music

SEP 11 · 3 PM

4 PM · 19 mi

MUSIC AT THE VINEYARD - LETTERS TO ABIGAIL

Burntshirt Vineyards · Hendersonville

Live Music

SEP 11 · 4 PM

4 PM · 13 mi

Caricatures in Downtown Asheville

On the Sidewalk, next to The Noodle Shop · Asheville

ArtFamilyAll ages

$15 per subject

SEP 11 · 4 PM

4 PM · 14 mi

Afternoon Foodie Brewery Loop

The Radical · Asheville

Outdoors

Ticketed

SEP 11 · 4 PM

4 PM · 13 mi

SUPER FRESH FRIDAY

Hi-Wire Biltmore Village · Asheville

Food & Drink

SEP 11 · 4 PM

4:30 PM · 14 mi

Tuxedo Junction at the Bandstand

Biltmore Estate · Asheville

Live Music

SEP 11 · 4:30 PM

5 PM · 13 mi

Champagne + Shopping

River Arts District · Asheville

MarketFood & Drink

SEP 11 · 5 PM

5:30 PM · 13 mi

The Art & Craft of Restorative Yoga

Asheville Yoga Center · Asheville

Wellness

$395

SEP 11 · 5:30 PM

5:30 PM · 14 mi

PATIO SHOW: Morgan Geer

The Grey Eagle Music Hall and Pub · Asheville

Live MusicAll ages

$10.99

SEP 11 · 5:30 PM

5:30 PM · 10 mi

Brews & Bears

WNC Nature Center · Asheville

Family

$6–$55

SEP 11 · 5:30 PM

5:30 PM · 13 mi

Goombay 2026

YMI Cultural Center · Asheville

FestivalCommunity

SEP 11 · 5:30 PM

5:30 PM · 14 mi

DARK MARKET

Hi-Wire RAD Beer Garden · Asheville

MarketArt

More than 35 Southeast artists and makers take over the beer garden after dark, and it doesn't come around often.

Featured

SEP 11 · 5:30 PM

6 PM · 21 mi

Red Carpet -Royal Moonlit Ball at Mills River Brewing co w/ DJ Jason!

Mills River Brewing Co · Mills River

FestivalDJ & DanceAll ages

A free renaissance ball with fire spinners, food and vendors, kicking off a full festival weekend.

Free

Featured

SEP 11 · 6 PM

6 PM · 7 mi

FREE Line Dancing | Honky Tonk Dance Hall

Foothills Watershed · Old Fort

Live MusicDJ & DanceAll ages

A short lesson at six, then live music and two-stepping the rest of the night in an old dance hall.

Free

Featured

SEP 11 · 6 PM

6 PM · 13 mi

Little Feat: The Last Farewell Tour

Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville · Asheville

Live Music

SEP 11 · 6 PM

6 PM · 8 mi

Live Music with Mark Bumgarner

Appalachian Mountain Brewery Outpost & Kitchen · Old Fort

Live Music

SEP 11 · 6 PM

6 PM · 21 mi

Open Late at American Vinyl Co

American Vinyl Co · Leicester

MarketFamily

SEP 11 · 6 PM

6 PM · 13 mi

Sit A Spell | Old Time & Song

Ginger's Revenge · Asheville

Live Music

SEP 11 · 6 PM

6 PM · 13 mi

Asheville Waits Band

French Broad Brewing · Asheville

Live MusicAll ages

Free

SEP 11 · 6 PM

6 PM · 2 mi

Cut Your Own Bouquet

Bloom WNC · Black Mountain

OutdoorsFamily

Tour a working flower farm and cut a bouquet to take home, two miles out of town.

$35

Featured

SEP 11 · 6 PM

6 PM · 19 mi

SOUP @ THE SOUP

Modern Local ArtSOUP · Asheville

ArtCommunityFamily

SEP 11 · 6 PM

6 PM · 13 mi

BANFF Centre Film Festival World Tour (50th anniversary) in Asheville, NC

MountainTrue · Asheville

Theater & FilmOutdoors

SEP 11 · 6 PM

6:30 PM · 13 mi

Into The Dark - A Soul Story

Story Parlor · Asheville

Theater & FilmWellness

$32.71

SEP 11 · 6:30 PM

6:30 PM · 18 mi

New Moon Ceremony

90 Flint Morgan Rd · Asheville

Wellness

$20.19

SEP 11 · 6:30 PM

6:30 PM

UNC Asheville Women's Volleyball at UNC Wilmington

UNC Asheville Athletics · Wilmington

Sports

SEP 11 · 6:30 PM

7 PM · 13 mi

Modelface Comedy presents Scott Eason

Wicked Weed Funkatorium · Asheville

Comedy18+

$22.52

SEP 11 · 7 PM

7 PM · 13 mi

Guess Who's Coming To Dinner

YMI Cultural Center · Asheville

Theater & Film

SEP 11 · 7 PM

7 PM · 10 mi

Cactus Kate and the Pricks

Meadow at Highland Brewing Co. · Asheville

Live MusicAll ages

Country-Americana originals in the meadow, where there's grass to spread out on.

Featured

SEP 11 · 7 PM

7 PM · 14 mi

The Swingin' Poppies

The Radical · Asheville

Live Music

SEP 11 · 7 PM

7 PM · 13 mi

The Emo Night Tour

The Orange Peel · Asheville

DJ & Dance18+

SEP 11 · 7 PM

7 PM · 14 mi

Horse Feathers

The Grey Eagle · Asheville

Live MusicAll ages

$25.60

SEP 11 · 7 PM

7 PM · 18 mi

Dangermuffin

Sierra Nevada Mills River · Mills River

Live Music

Roots-and-groove songs that sit well in a big taproom garden on a Friday night.

Featured

SEP 11 · 7 PM

7:27 PM · 13 mi

Reynolds Ball

UNC Asheville · Asheville

DJ & DanceCommunity

SEP 11 · 7:27 PM

7:30 PM · 0 mi

Liam Purcell & Cane Mill Road

White Horse Black Mountain · Black Mountain

Live Music

Cane Mill Road play hard-driving young bluegrass, and Liam Purcell's mandolin work is the kind worth going out of the way for.

$20 (suggested donation)

Featured

SEP 11 · 7:30 PM

7:30 PM · 13 mi

PechaKucha Night AVL: v42

Devil's Foot / The Mule · Asheville

ArtCommunity

SEP 11 · 7:30 PM

8 PM · 13 mi

Doc Aquatic w/ Nancy Whitaker & Yesterday's Clothes

Eulogy · Asheville

Live Music18+

$15.42

SEP 11 · 8 PM

8 PM · 0 mi

Supatight - $5 Suggested Donation

Taproom Stage · Black Mountain

Live Music

Five bucks gets you funk and soul on the Taproom Stage right in town.

Free

Featured

SEP 11 · 8 PM

8 PM · 9 mi

Open Mic Night • 6-8PM

Turgua Brewing · Fairview

Live Music

SEP 11 · 8 PM

8 PM · 13 mi

Scott Stetson

One World Brewing · Asheville

Live Music

SEP 11 · 8 PM

9 PM · 15 mi

One Weird World West Super Jam

One World Brewing West · Asheville

Live Music

SEP 11 · 9 PM

9 PM · 15 mi

Analog Moon (band) DJ Chstr

Fleetwood's · Asheville

Live MusicDJ & Dance

$5–$84.50

SEP 11 · 9 PM

9 PM · 13 mi

Antidote's Rooftop Remedy: DJ cpt. hyperdrive

Antidote at Chemist · Asheville

DJ & Dance21+

Free

SEP 11 · 9 PM

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6 AM · Ended · 22 mi

Concerts at Union Mills Learning Center

Union Mills Learning Center · Asheville

Live Music

Free

SEP 11 · 6 AM

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Static Age Records

Record store by day, sweaty basement-style show room by night.

Shops

Village Antiques & Interiors

A 25,000-square-foot house of European antiques.

Hikes & Nature · locals’ pick

Graveyard Fields Loop Trail

Best swimming falls in area.

Breweries & Drinks

The Roof at The Radical

Asheville's only riverfront rooftop.

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Today's Features

Villain Arts' 7th Annual Asheville Tattoo Arts Festival

Modelface Comedy presents Scott Eason

Cactus Kate and the Pricks

Dangermuffin

Red Carpet -Royal Moonlit Ball at Mills River Brewing co w/ DJ Jason!

The NC Mountain State Fair

Commodore Fox

Johnny Humphries

The Misfit Improv Comedy Show

Hillman Beer Oktoberfest Old Fort

Dance Underground w/ In Plain Sight & Aziz Vora

RADish FEST

Worth planning around

Eliada Corn Maze & Fall Festival

Still Here Fest

URBAN COMBAT WRESTLING COMEDY EDITION

Rising Appalachia: Hurricane Helene Anniversary Shows (DAY 2)

Asheville Symphony: ALT ASO @ Pisgah Brewing - Balkan Brass Meets NOLA

Asheville Jazz Orchestra October 2026

RECESSION GLEEZY DOG SPECIAL

River Snorkeling

Open Field Soccer begins

Beyond the Buzzer: NBA 2K

Carolina Mountains Literary Festival

The NC Mountain State Fair

Mixed Metal Mountain Bracelet

UNC Asheville Women's Volleyball vs Harvard

Hot Shop: 30 Minute Make Your Own

Villain Arts' 7th Annual Asheville Tattoo Arts Festival

Discover the Magic of Cyanotypes art class

Art and Film Experience

Tasty Treats in the Flameshop

Yoga for Optimal Health with Leslie Temme

River Systems of the Blue Ridge

Slow Art Friday

Feature Friday @ Oak and Grist Distilling Company

History and Archaeology of the Arboretum

Women's Volleyball vs. Geneva College (Pa.)

Open Studio

2026 Mountain Song Festival

MUSIC AT THE VINEYARD - LETTERS TO ABIGAIL

Caricatures in Downtown Asheville

Afternoon Foodie Brewery Loop

SUPER FRESH FRIDAY

Tuxedo Junction at the Bandstand

Champagne + Shopping

The Art & Craft of Restorative Yoga

PATIO SHOW: Morgan Geer

Brews & Bears

Goombay 2026

DARK MARKET

Red Carpet -Royal Moonlit Ball at Mills River Brewing co w/ DJ Jason!

FREE Line Dancing | Honky Tonk Dance Hall

Little Feat: The Last Farewell Tour

Live Music with Mark Bumgarner

Open Late at American Vinyl Co

Sit A Spell | Old Time & Song

Asheville Waits Band

Cut Your Own Bouquet

SOUP @ THE SOUP

BANFF Centre Film Festival World Tour (50th anniversary) in Asheville, NC

Into The Dark - A Soul Story

New Moon Ceremony

UNC Asheville Women's Volleyball at UNC Wilmington

Modelface Comedy presents Scott Eason

Guess Who's Coming To Dinner

Cactus Kate and the Pricks

The Swingin' Poppies

The Emo Night Tour

Horse Feathers

Dangermuffin

Reynolds Ball

Liam Purcell & Cane Mill Road

PechaKucha Night AVL: v42

Doc Aquatic w/ Nancy Whitaker & Yesterday's Clothes

Supatight - $5 Suggested Donation

Open Mic Night • 6-8PM

Scott Stetson

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