Asheville Downtown After Five live concert this Friday

May 20, 2016     Downtown After Five   Free live music entertainment in downtown Asheville. Headlining this month is CHA WA.

The celebration is every third Friday, May through September, with the goal of encouraging locals and visitors to enjoy downtown Asheville and support local businesses and entertainers. 

The event is located on North Lexington Avenue (between Hiawassee and the I-240 overpass) in Downtown Asheville NC. Food and beer vendors will be available.

Annual Bluegrass First Class in Asheville this Weekend

February 19 - 21, 2016   19th Annual Bluegrass First Class   Some of the best bluegrass acts in the country rocking out all over the hotel, all weekend. Friday night will feature the impeccable harmonies of 7-time Female Vocalist of the Year Rhonda Vincent & The Rage, 5-time IBMA Male Vocalist of the year Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out. 

On Saturday the incomparable Dailey & Vincent will not disappoint plus performances will also include the seasoned talent of Seldom Scene, highly awarded and recognized Lonesome River Band, as well as the amazing vocals of Appalachian Fire, along with IMBA’s 2014 Emerging Artist of the Year, Flatt Lonesome. 

The event is held at the Crowne Plaza Tennis and Golf Resort.  Get current rates and availability.

Downtown Asheville NC Events: Downtown After Five - Last Concert of the Season

September 18, 2015   Downtown After Five   Free live music entertainment in downtown Asheville.  The celebration is every third Friday, May through September, with the goal of encouraging locals and visitors to enjoy downtown Asheville NC and support local businesses and entertainers.  The event is located on North Lexington Avenue (between Hiawassee and the I-240 overpass). Food and beer vendors will be available.

This final concert features Corey Harris, an American blues and reggae musician, currently residing in Virginia. Along with Keb' Mo' and Alvin Youngblood Hart, he raised the flag of acoustic guitar blues in the mid-1990s. He was featured on the 2003 PBS television mini-series, The Blues, in an episode directed by Martin Scorsese, and was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2007.

Shindig on the Green In Downtown Asheville

July 11, 2015   Shindig on the Green    Held outdoors at Pack Square Park in the heart of downtown Asheville NC, this FREE event  was voted the #1 Local Outdoor Concert in the Mountain Xpress "Best of WNC" survey for four years. 

Bring your instruments, your lawn chair or blanket, family and friends and join the fun eight summer Saturdays. Performances include Long-standing house band The Stoney Creek Boys Bluegrass and Old-Time String Bands, Big Circle Mountain Dancers, Clog Dancers, Smooth Dancers, Ballad Singers and Storytellers. If you love old time Mountain music and Bluegrass this is the place to be.

Sunday Music in the Park in Asheville

June 14, 2015   Sunday Music in the Park    This week presenting Biou Diesel - Zydeco Dance.  Free performances by local musicians at Pack Square Park in downtown Asheville NC. 

Held from 4  PM - 6 PM and sponsored by the Asheville Downtown Association.

Shana Tucker Performs at Diana Wortham Theatre this Weekend

January 17, 8 PM at the Diana Wortham Theatre, 2 S Pack Square, Asheville NC - Shana Tucker and her Band Perform.

When she's not performing as the cellist and mezzo-soprano for Cirque du Soleil's KÁ in Las Vegas, Shana is touring the country with her own music as an indie artist. Shana and her band bring their distinct jazz-folk-soul sound to Diana Wortham Theatre this Saturday with a special pre-performance discussion for ticket holders at 7:00 p.m. in The Forum.

A classically trained musician who studied at Howard University and the Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music, Shana will often stand and pluck her cello like a string bass. "I can’t deny the classical training; it inspires my cello sensibilities," she says. "But I like the thump of walking blues and old-timey bass lines. It’s like a delicious coffee blend, bold and robust, with subtle undertones of bittersweet."

This Saturday, Asheville audiences can expect an eclectic blend of Shana's own original music with original covers and jazz standards that veer from acoustic pop to funk, folk and R&B.

Last 2014 Downtown After Five tonight in Asheville

September 19, 2014   Downtown After Five   Members from Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band, The Asheville Horns, Molli Party, The Hermit Kings, Bayou Diesel, Mary Francis and The Dirty Classics, The Tuesday Night Funk Jam House Band, and many more will be closing out the 26th anniversary season of Downtown After 5. 

Local brews from Highland Brewing Company, Pisgah Brewing, Asheville Brewing Company and French Broad Brewing Company, plus, regional favorites Sierra Nevada and SweetWater Brewing as well as national brands from Budweiser of Asheville and Empire Distributing will be on tap. Wine and water will also be available for purchase. 

Asheville's Homegrown in the Park Live Music

June 19, 2014   Homegrown in the Park    Free performances by local singer/songwriters each Thursday between Memorial Day and Labor Day at Pritchard Park in downtown Asheville. Held from 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM and sponsored by 98.1 The River radio station.

Find more local events on the Asheville NC Visitor Guide. 

 

Homegrown in the Park

June 12, 2014   Homegrown in the Park   This week featuring Nikki Talley. Free performances by local singer/songwriters each Thursday between Memorial Day and Labor Day at Pritchard Park in downtown Asheville. Held from 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM and sponsored by 98.1 The River radio station.

Get links for more Asheville music events on the Asheville NC Visitor Guide. 

 

Diana Wortham Theatre Presents "Jazz in the Forum with Steinway Artist Michael Jefry Stevens"

September 14, 7:30 PM -at the Diana Wortham Theatre, 2 South Pack Square in downtown Asheville.  Jazz in the Forum with Steinway Artist Michael Jefry Stevens.   Over the past 40 years Pianist/Composer Michael Jefry Stevens has been associated with some of the most important figures in modern jazz including Dave Douglas, Mark Feldman and his long time bassist and collaborator Joe Fonda.

Mr. Stevens has been in the forefront of the NYC and international improvised music scene. He has released over 75 cds of his original music and composed over 400 works for various ensembles, including big band, string quartet, music for voice, music for solo instruments and various small group compositions.

Tickets: Adults $20 in advance or $25 day of show, Students & Children 12 & Under $15, Package for entire 3 concert series $51.

Swanannoa Gathering this Week - Old Time Week

July 21 - 27   Swanannoa Gathering - Old Time Week Explore the rich music, dance, and singing traditions of the southern Appalachian region through a wide variety of classes taught by an experienced and supportive staff. Evening activities include jam sessions, singing, square dances, clogging, concerts, and the popular Late-Night Honky-Tonk Dance.

For those students bringing their families, we also offer a program for kids, but space is limited. The Children's Program for ages 6-12 features kids' activities scheduled during all the daytime class sessions, and evening childcare for ages 3-12 is provided at no additional cost.

Downtown After 5 this Friday in Asheville offers Live Music

July 19   Downtown After 5   The Asheville Downtown Association brings together some of the best musicians in the area and throughout the Southeast. Sol Driven Train and Common Foundation perform this month.  July's event features a well-rounded line up of Asheville's "All-Stars" bringing a mix of both originals and covers with each vocalist leading one or two songs during the set.

Opener Pleasure Chest has quickly become a favorite Asheville band. Their raucous mix of blues and gritty soul with a dash of rockabilly makes for a not-to-be-missed live show.

Shindig on the Green Concerts begin this Weekend

June 29 - Shindig on the Green   Bring your instruments, families, friends, lawn chairs and blankets and join in the good times at the new Bascom Lamar Lunsford Stage. In 2013 Shindig on the Green, which features a stage show and informal jam sessions around the park, continues at its original location -- formerly known as City County Plaza, now transformed into the new Pack Square Park.

Locals and visitors alike come together downtown "along about sundown," or at 7:00 PM for those who wear a watch, and ends around 10:00 PM. Concessions are available. Come experience the beautiful music and dance traditions of Southern Appalachia on a summer evening in the mountains.

Get Asheville lodging and complete visitor information HERE.

Homegrown in the Park Features Local Mountain Singer-songwriters

June 6    Homegrown in the Park   Free performances by local singer/songwriters each Thursday between Memorial Day and Labor Day at Pritchard Park in downtown Asheville. Held from 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM and sponsored by 98.1 The River radio station.

Get a link for Homegrown in the Park and other Asheville events, attractions and lodging on the Asheville NC Visitor Guide.

Jummy Webb Performs at Asheville's DIana Wortham Theatre

March 15, 8 PM at Diana Wortham Theatre, 2 South Pack Square in Asheville NC - Jimmy Webb performs in concert. Grammy award winning performer, arranger, and composer Jimmy Webb takes the DWT stage next Friday evening to perform standards and his timeless classics, including “Wichita Lineman” and “By The Time I Get To Phoenix."

Womansong - Asheville's Women's Community Chorus

November 10-11   Womansong 25th Anniversary Concert   Asheville's oldest and largest women's community chorus, a seventy-five member community chorus and village. The concert will celebrate women coming together from ancient times until today, to sing, gather strength and support, and to change the world through their united efforts.

It will honor role models from "herstory" and connect women's experiences across time and cultures to our own lives, weaving together global, local, and personal aspects of life as women. Held at the Diana Wortham Theatre in downtown Asheville.

The Diana Wortham Theatre is located at 2 South Pack Square in downtwon Asheville NC.