Downtown Asheville: What's Actually Happening

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.”

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.”

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”

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.”

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.”

The Orange Peel, Downtown Asheville

OCT 5 7:30 PM • See Website

“Brighton punk sisters screaming about landlords on a Monday. Perfect.”

Revival Asheville, Downtown Asheville

OCT 6 7:00 PM • $22-25

“Ella Williams sings like the room is flooding and you should probably stay anyway”

The Orange Peel, Downtown Asheville

OCT 6 8:00 PM • See Website

“Six Brits and a violin turning a Tuesday into a small emotional emergency”

Asheville Music Hall, Downtown Asheville

OCT 7 8:00 PM • See Website

“Horn-heavy funk band that will absolutely make you dance on a work night”

Revival Asheville, Downtown Asheville

OCT 7 8:00 PM • $29

“Falsetto indie-soul for people who peaked emotionally in 2016. Us too.”

Wortham Center for the Performing Arts, Downtown Asheville

OCT 8 7:30 PM • See Website

“Short plays and monologues about surviving stuff. Local theatre that actually bites.”

Asheville Music Hall, Downtown Asheville

OCT 8 8:00 PM • See Website

“Vulfpeck guy, alone with a guitar, staring down midlife in front of strangers”

The One Stop, Downtown Asheville

OCT 9 10:00 PM • See Website

“No bass, no singer, just an organ trio melting a bar at 10pm. Trust it.”

Asheville Art Museum, Downtown Asheville

OCT 10 11:00 AM • FREE

“Free museum day about paper. Yes paper. Go touch art, it's Saturday.”

Wortham Center for the Performing Arts, Downtown Asheville

OCT 10 7:00 PM • $45

“Danish folk trio on violin, cittern and piano. Weirder and better than it sounds.”

Asheville Art Museum, Downtown Asheville

OCT 11 2:00 PM • $15

“A whole film about the guy who painted hell as a nightclub. Sunday well spent.”

Wortham Center for the Performing Arts, Downtown Asheville

OCT 11 7:00 PM • See Website

“The miniminuteman guy dunking on pseudo-archaeology for 90 straight minutes”