Shit worth leaving your apartment for in Asheville this week

Asheville Art Museum, Downtown Asheville

TODAY 2:00 PM • $15

“Michelangelo on the big screen inside the art museum. Sunday, extremely well spent.”

Static Age Records, Downtown Asheville

TODAY 8:00 PM • $18.19

“Synth-punk in a record store. Sweaty, fast, eighteen bucks.”

Asheville Art Museum, Downtown Asheville

TMRW 11:00 AM • Included with admission

“Sixty years of Walter Iooss shooting athletes mid-breath. Zero action shots, all nerve.”

The Orange Peel, Downtown Asheville

TMRW 8:00 PM • See Website

“That whistle. Live. In one room. You will get chills, do not fight it.”

The Orange Peel, Downtown Asheville

TUE 7:30 PM • See Website

“The emo band that outlived your emo phase. Still rips, still knows it.”

Static Age Records, Downtown Asheville

TUE 8:00 PM • $14.56

“Midwest power-pop hooks in a record store that fits maybe 100 friends.”

Asheville Art Museum, Downtown Asheville

WED 12:00 PM • Included with admission

“Stare at one painting for a very long time. Turns out that's the entire point.”

Hellbender by The Orange Peel, Downtown Asheville

WED 7:00 PM • See Website

“The buzziest rock band alive, outdoors at Hellbender. Tell people you saw them when.”

The Grey Eagle, River Arts District

WED 8:00 PM • $20.60

“Sword swallowing, fire, and terrible decisions. Sit in the back if you're squeamish.”

Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, Downtown Asheville

THU 7:30 PM • See Website

“90 minutes of Brad Williams talking trash in a room with actually good acoustics.”

The Grey Eagle, River Arts District

THU 8:00 PM • $31.25

“Appalachian songwriter, cheap beer, a room that actually shuts up and listens”

Hellbender by The Orange Peel, Downtown Asheville

FRI 7:00 PM • See Website

“Two beard-and-flannel songwriters, one outdoor stage, everyone crying by song four”

Secret Location (West Asheville), West Asheville

FRI 8:00 PM • $27

“They email you the address the morning of. Comedy, but make it a drug deal.”

Hi-Wire Brewing RAD Beer Garden, River Arts District

SAT 7:30 AM • See Website

“Run 13 miles along the French Broad at 7:30am, get a beer at the end. Fair trade.”

Burial Beer Forestry Camp, Other

SAT 1:00 PM • From $50

“60+ breweries pouring unlimited, then Lucero plays until you forget how many you had.”

Pack Square Park, Downtown Asheville

SAT 1:00 PM • FREE

“20+ local breweries, German food trucks and stein-hoisting in the middle of downtown. Free.”

Ginger's Revenge, West Asheville

SAT 7:00 PM • $18-23

“On Wednesdays we wear pink. On Saturdays we heckle at a ginger beer brewery.”

The Grey Eagle, River Arts District

SAT 8:00 PM • See Website

“Dean Wareham's dreampop legends doing the slow-burn guitar-haze thing live”

Eda Rhyne Distilling Company, South Slope

SAT 10:00 PM • $18

“10pm comedy in a distillery. The jokes get meaner the later it gets. Working as intended.”

Asheville Art Museum, Downtown Asheville

SUN 12:00 PM • Included with admission

“Madrid pianist plays the galleries while you pretend to understand the paintings”

The Orange Peel, Downtown Asheville

SUN 8:00 PM • See Website

“Oakland soul-funk party band. You will dance. Resistance is futile.”