Upcoming events and things to do in Asheville, NC. Below is a list of events for festivals, concerts, art exhibitions, group meetups and more.

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Saturday, October 28, 2023
Asheville Holiday Parade Volunteers w/ Asheville on Bikes
Oct 28 all-day
Pack Square Park
Co-founders Rachel Reeser and Mike Sule ride the Holiday Parade in 2008
Asheville on Bikes is coordinating with the Asheville Downtown Association to support the Asheville Holiday Parade on Nov. 18 with Bike Marshall volunteers. The “Bike Marshall In Parade” option is a great way to experience the event because you get to pedal the parade route and take in the spectacles and participants. If you’re interested, sign up to volunteer!
Sponsor a child for the holidays
Oct 28 all-day
Eliada Homes
Help Make a Child Smile this Holiday Season!
Eliada works hard to make the holidays a special time for the children in our care. You can help bring a smile to their face by fulfilling their holiday wishes!

 

Sponsor a Child:

When you sign up to sponsor a child for the holidays, you’ll receive a Wish List that a young person created. Wish Lists include their favorite things, clothing sizes, and most needed and wanted items. The value of a Wish List is around $200. You can divide that cost with friends, or even sponsor several children.

 

For most of Eliada’s children and youth, the gifts they receive from sponsors are the only gifts they will get during the holiday season.

To sign up to sponsor, please contact Rebecca Boline by email at [email protected].

Sponsor Multiple Children:

We also have Wish Lists which include items that children will need here at Eliada depending on what program they are in.

 

Cottage wish lists for youth living at Eliada, for example, include toiletries, bedding and towels, books, games, art supplies, suitcases and kitchen utensils. Many children come to Eliada with a few clothes in a garbage bag. Together we can provide them things that every home should have!

 

Other wish lists are for our Child Development programs, Foster Care program, Farm program, Summer Camp program, and Recreation programs. Our Equine Therapy program also has some needs this holiday season! We never know when we’ll get a call for a child in Foster Care who needs a home immediately. Let’s help Foster Parents provide these children everything they deserve!

 

Sponsor a last minute wish:

Some youth living at Eliada won’t arrive until right before the holidays! We won’t receive their wish lists until mid-late November. Can you sign up to help one of these teens at the last minute?

If you don’t have time to shop, Eliada will use your donation to purchase gifts for children who may arrive at Eliada very close to Christmas or right after Christmas. It shouldn’t matter when you arrive at Eliada–your wishes should be fulfilled! You can make a donation here. In the comment field, write “holiday wishes.”

 

To sign up to sponsor multiple children or a teen at the last minute, please contact Rebecca Boline by email at rboline@eliada.org or by phone at (828) 254-5356, ext. 306.

Haunts + Hops Costume Party
Oct 28 @ 8:00 pm – Oct 29 @ 12:00 am
The Restoration Asheville

Find out what goes bump in the night at our basement bar costume party! Wear your spookiest, silliest, or just plain wackiest costume and get ready for a scary good time with themed cocktails, a live DJ, and of course, a costume contest for the best outfit in the house!

Haunts + Hops Costume Party
Oct 28 @ 8:00 pm – Oct 29 @ 12:00 am
The Restoration Asheville

Find out what goes bump in the night at our basement bar costume party! Wear your spookiest, silliest, or just plain wackiest costume and get ready for a scary good time with themed cocktails, a live DJ, and of course, a costume contest for the best outfit in the house!

Sunday, October 29, 2023
Asheville Holiday Parade Volunteers w/ Asheville on Bikes
Oct 29 all-day
Pack Square Park
Co-founders Rachel Reeser and Mike Sule ride the Holiday Parade in 2008
Asheville on Bikes is coordinating with the Asheville Downtown Association to support the Asheville Holiday Parade on Nov. 18 with Bike Marshall volunteers. The “Bike Marshall In Parade” option is a great way to experience the event because you get to pedal the parade route and take in the spectacles and participants. If you’re interested, sign up to volunteer!
Howl-O-Ween Dog Party
Oct 29 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Aloft Hotel

Benefiting Charlie’s Angels Animal Rescue. Bring your furry friend for costume contests, raffles, local vendors, specialty cocktails, tunes from DJ RexxStep. $5.

Halloween Creepy Climbing 
Oct 29 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Tempie Avery Montford Community Center

 

$5 per person | Ages 5 and older (under 16 must be with adult), advance registration required

Show off your costume, climb for candy on the indoor rock climbing wall, play ghoulish games, and enjoy spooky snacks during a night of fiendish family fun. For more info, call 828-253-3714.

Pinhead’s Graveyard
Oct 29 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Pinhead's Graveyard

I would like to add my two cents to the reviews you’ve received so far regarding your new location and what it offers the horror fans when they visit the Graveyard. You have improved your haunt by miles. Yes, outdoors is unique and fun. But what you offer here is a chance to re-live scenes out of some of the best horror films ever made such as Nightmare On Elm Street with Freddy in person and Jason at Crystal Lake. You will not be disappointed when you make the trip to Canton to see for yourself. What the visiting folks don’t know is how much you put into making this new indoor haunt and what was developed in a very short time. The scenes you created like the Michael Myers house and the Pennywise scene is out of sight! I just viewed that scene clearly depicted to a “T”. It is truly a great place to visit. Congratulations to all of the cast that made it special. Especially the Michael Myers scene….after all, I know it well. Can’t wait to come back!

– Dick Warlock (Michael Myers from Halloween 2) (11-17-21)

Pinhead’s Graveyard
Oct 29 @ 7:00 pm
Pinhead’s Graveyard
The Haunted Farm
Oct 29 @ 7:00 pm – 11:30 pm
The Haunted Farm

The Haunted Farm is Western North Carolina’s Scariest Attraction, and has been Voted Best Haunted House in NC! Located in rural farmland near Hendersonville, The Haunted Farm sits on a mysterious, blood-soaked stretch of land where the locals claim an age-old Blood Feud between the Lively and Tate families has devastated the local farming community. The Haunted History of Curses, Derangements, Undead, Ghosts, and terrible Bloodshed brings visitors from near and far – hoping to survive The Haunted Farm.

Monday, October 30, 2023
Asheville Holiday Parade Volunteers w/ Asheville on Bikes
Oct 30 all-day
Pack Square Park
Co-founders Rachel Reeser and Mike Sule ride the Holiday Parade in 2008
Asheville on Bikes is coordinating with the Asheville Downtown Association to support the Asheville Holiday Parade on Nov. 18 with Bike Marshall volunteers. The “Bike Marshall In Parade” option is a great way to experience the event because you get to pedal the parade route and take in the spectacles and participants. If you’re interested, sign up to volunteer!
Monday Night Halloween Dance
Oct 30 @ 7:45 am – 10:45 am
George’s Episcopal – West Asheville at 1 School Road, West Asheville NC 28806

The Monday Night Halloween Dance with Playing with Fyre 2: George Paul/Piano and Rob Zissette/Fiddle with Terry Doyle Calling! @ St. George’s Episcopal.

Please Enter through the Grey and Red Doors facing School Road.
The Asheville Monday Night Contra Dance is a Loving Community Dance and a wonderful Place to Learn and Grow in A Fun, Kind, Friendly, Enthusiastic, and Beautiful Environment!
LESSON: 7:45pm(ish)
Advanced Dancers are encouraged to attend to help the Newcomers!
DANCE: 8:15pm(ish) – 10:45pm(ish)
WALTZES End the Night!
– No Partner Required – Walk-Throughs taught for All Dances!
Sliding Scale Admission: $10-$40 CASH ONLY
$10 Minimum Please!
Please pay as much as You can to Support The Dance, Band, Caller, and Sound Person! Thank You!
*No One Will Be Turned Away For Lack of Funds!
*Students: $6, with Student ID
*Family & Group Rates Available
$8 Price to listen to the band(no dancing)
$8 Active Military and Veterans
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED and DANCE for FREE
To Sign Up:
Please click on the link below and check out our website for more info. :
WEBSITE LINK:
Please bring your Friends, Share The Event
Dancing Shoes, Water Bottle,
and CASH ONLY for Entry to the dance and Tips for The Band!
Families, LGBTQ+, All Ages, Races, Ethnicities, Shapes Sizes, and Genders Welcome!
No Discrimination, Bullying, or Inappropriate Sexual Behavior
of any Kind Will Be Tolerated!
*** Sign in agreeing to Privacy Practices required! ***
*Health Note*
Please be Courteous to Those Masking
No Discrimination To Those Wearing Masks Will Be Tolerated!
If You have had COVID or have had a Cold, the Flu, or other contagious Illnesses in the past 10 days please stay home and get better! Thank You!
*SCENT-FREE DANCE:
While at the dance Please be mindful of those having Sensitivities to Strong Scents and Chemicals that make them sick by not using Colognes, Perfumes, Essential Oils, Soaps, Body Wash, and Deodorants;
Please do not wear clothing that has been washed with Strong Scents From Detergents, Fabric Softeners, and Dryer sheets, as well as exposure to Cleaners, Chemicals, and/or Smoke of any Kind! Please use scent-free products instead! Thank You for your kindness and support regarding; Scented Products can cause folks with Sensitivities to have trouble breathing and can induce Asthmatic Attacks!
See You on The Dance Floor!
Much Peace, Love, Music, and Dancing
Meredith
Organizer of The Monday Night Dance
Haints in the Holler – Haunted Hike!
Oct 30 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Shope Creek Trailhead

Join a spooky storyteller as they guide you into the Appalachian woods with chants of folklore.

Tuesday, October 31, 2023
Asheville Holiday Parade Volunteers w/ Asheville on Bikes
Oct 31 all-day
Pack Square Park
Co-founders Rachel Reeser and Mike Sule ride the Holiday Parade in 2008
Asheville on Bikes is coordinating with the Asheville Downtown Association to support the Asheville Holiday Parade on Nov. 18 with Bike Marshall volunteers. The “Bike Marshall In Parade” option is a great way to experience the event because you get to pedal the parade route and take in the spectacles and participants. If you’re interested, sign up to volunteer!
All Hallow’s Eve Purrrty
Oct 31 @ 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm
House of Black Cat Magic

Who would we be if we didn’t have a party for celebrate Samhain/ Halloween?!

We know you’ll be in West Asheville on the spookiest night of the year, so fly on by and purrrty with us! The cat lounge and shop will be open late, and we’ll have tons of family-friendly activities including:

-Britt’s Sweet Treats ice cream truck
-backyard bonfire
-bobbing for apples
-tarot and intuitive readers
-trick-or-treat trail
-local vendors with oddities, art, & more

PLUS we’re having 3 COSTUME CONTESTS where you can win awesome prizes like a 1-month Panther Pass to the black cat lounge!

This event is FREE to attend so don’t miss it!

All Hallows Eve Purrrty
Oct 31 @ 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm
House of Black Cat Magic

 Britt’s Sweet Treats ice cream truck, backyard bonfire, bobbing for apples, tarot and intuitive readers, trick-or-treat trail, vendors with oddities, art and more. Free.

Treat Street
Oct 31 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Downtown Hendersonville

: 5-8 p.m., Main Street, Hendersonville. Kids Fun Zone, trick or treating, DJ dance party, costume contest, games.

Treats on the Street
Oct 31 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Downtown Waynesville

Treats on the Street: 5-7 p.m. in downtown Waynesville

Trick or Treat on Main Street Canton
Oct 31 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Main Street, Downtown Canton

The Canton Merchant Partnership will be hosting its annual spooktacular night of fun and Trick-or-Treating on Main Street, so bring your little ghosts and goblins for this safe family event.

HAYRIDES in the Academy Street Lot
MERLIN AND THE FORTUNE TELLER at the Southern Porch
COSTUME CONTEST and selfie portrait wall, between Papertown Coffee and Grateful Table (see more details below about entering the contest)
SPOOKY DJ MUSIC with DJ Jason Wyatt at the Southern Porch
PUMPKIN ARTS & CRAFTS next to JRO’s
HALLOWEEN CORNHOLE CONTEST next to JRO’s
FOOD TRUCKS in Smather’s Parking Lot (Ben’s Backdraft BBQ and Sticky 8’s)
CANTON FIRE AND RESCUE TRUCKS in Champion Mortgage Parking Lot
HATTON’S TOW TRUCKS in Smather’s Law Parking Lot
PRGC SCARECROW TRAIL CONTEST at participating merchants

MONSTER MOVIE MADDNESS

Don’t forget to head down to Sorrells Street Park afterward for MONSTER MOVIE MADNESS! We will be showing Monster House at 7:00 p.m. (after dark). Ben’s Backdraft BBQ and Sticky 8’s will be moving down from Main St. to provide food for purchase at the movie! Feel free to bring your own movie snacks as well!

COSTUME CONTEST INFORMATION

This year there will be a selfie station set up between Papertown Coffee and Grateful Table with a QR code to scan and submit your photo to the Canton Merchant Partnership Facebook page. There will be prizes awarded for best family, best adult, best teen 12-17, best kid 7-11, best child 2-6, and best infant.

PARKING INFORMATION

The Academy Street, Champion Mortgage, and Smathers lot will be blocked off for event use. You will find parking available across from Sorrells Street Park on Main St and Park St.

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Presented by the Canton Merchant Partnership in cooperation with the Town of Canton.

Halloween Bingo 
Oct 31 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Burton Street Community Center

 

FREE | All ages (under 14 must be with adult)

Prizes and fun await as you play for great prizes in your costume. For more info, call 828-507-9003.

Halloween Bingo
Oct 31 @ 6:00 pm
Burton Street Community Center

Halloween Bingo: Free but registration required. Visit www.avlrec.com or call 828-254-1942.

Eclipse: Stories of Light + Dark
Oct 31 @ 7:00 pm
Weaverville Community Center

Join Connie Regan-Blake & Kim Weitkamp for spooky tales this All Hallows Eve at the Weaverville Community Center.
Sponsored by Town & Mountain Realty, Hopscotch Health & Weaverville Center for Creative & Healthy Living.
Recommended for adults & youth 13+
Free event with tips suggested.

Pinhead’s Graveyard
Oct 31 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Pinhead's Graveyard

I would like to add my two cents to the reviews you’ve received so far regarding your new location and what it offers the horror fans when they visit the Graveyard. You have improved your haunt by miles. Yes, outdoors is unique and fun. But what you offer here is a chance to re-live scenes out of some of the best horror films ever made such as Nightmare On Elm Street with Freddy in person and Jason at Crystal Lake. You will not be disappointed when you make the trip to Canton to see for yourself. What the visiting folks don’t know is how much you put into making this new indoor haunt and what was developed in a very short time. The scenes you created like the Michael Myers house and the Pennywise scene is out of sight! I just viewed that scene clearly depicted to a “T”. It is truly a great place to visit. Congratulations to all of the cast that made it special. Especially the Michael Myers scene….after all, I know it well. Can’t wait to come back!

– Dick Warlock (Michael Myers from Halloween 2) (11-17-21)

Pinhead’s Graveyard
Oct 31 @ 7:00 pm
Pinhead’s Graveyard
The Haunted Farm
Oct 31 @ 7:00 pm – 11:30 pm
The Haunted Farm

The Haunted Farm is Western North Carolina’s Scariest Attraction, and has been Voted Best Haunted House in NC! Located in rural farmland near Hendersonville, The Haunted Farm sits on a mysterious, blood-soaked stretch of land where the locals claim an age-old Blood Feud between the Lively and Tate families has devastated the local farming community. The Haunted History of Curses, Derangements, Undead, Ghosts, and terrible Bloodshed brings visitors from near and far – hoping to survive The Haunted Farm.

Wednesday, November 1, 2023
Asheville Holiday Parade Volunteers w/ Asheville on Bikes
Nov 1 all-day
Pack Square Park
Co-founders Rachel Reeser and Mike Sule ride the Holiday Parade in 2008
Asheville on Bikes is coordinating with the Asheville Downtown Association to support the Asheville Holiday Parade on Nov. 18 with Bike Marshall volunteers. The “Bike Marshall In Parade” option is a great way to experience the event because you get to pedal the parade route and take in the spectacles and participants. If you’re interested, sign up to volunteer!
Sponsor a child for the holidays
Nov 1 all-day
Eliada Homes
Help Make a Child Smile this Holiday Season!
Eliada works hard to make the holidays a special time for the children in our care. You can help bring a smile to their face by fulfilling their holiday wishes!

 

Sponsor a Child:

When you sign up to sponsor a child for the holidays, you’ll receive a Wish List that a young person created. Wish Lists include their favorite things, clothing sizes, and most needed and wanted items. The value of a Wish List is around $200. You can divide that cost with friends, or even sponsor several children.

 

For most of Eliada’s children and youth, the gifts they receive from sponsors are the only gifts they will get during the holiday season.

To sign up to sponsor, please contact Rebecca Boline by email at [email protected].

Sponsor Multiple Children:

We also have Wish Lists which include items that children will need here at Eliada depending on what program they are in.

 

Cottage wish lists for youth living at Eliada, for example, include toiletries, bedding and towels, books, games, art supplies, suitcases and kitchen utensils. Many children come to Eliada with a few clothes in a garbage bag. Together we can provide them things that every home should have!

 

Other wish lists are for our Child Development programs, Foster Care program, Farm program, Summer Camp program, and Recreation programs. Our Equine Therapy program also has some needs this holiday season! We never know when we’ll get a call for a child in Foster Care who needs a home immediately. Let’s help Foster Parents provide these children everything they deserve!

 

Sponsor a last minute wish:

Some youth living at Eliada won’t arrive until right before the holidays! We won’t receive their wish lists until mid-late November. Can you sign up to help one of these teens at the last minute?

If you don’t have time to shop, Eliada will use your donation to purchase gifts for children who may arrive at Eliada very close to Christmas or right after Christmas. It shouldn’t matter when you arrive at Eliada–your wishes should be fulfilled! You can make a donation here. In the comment field, write “holiday wishes.”

 

To sign up to sponsor multiple children or a teen at the last minute, please contact Rebecca Boline by email at rboline@eliada.org or by phone at (828) 254-5356, ext. 306.

Thursday, November 2, 2023
Asheville Holiday Parade Volunteers w/ Asheville on Bikes
Nov 2 all-day
Pack Square Park
Co-founders Rachel Reeser and Mike Sule ride the Holiday Parade in 2008
Asheville on Bikes is coordinating with the Asheville Downtown Association to support the Asheville Holiday Parade on Nov. 18 with Bike Marshall volunteers. The “Bike Marshall In Parade” option is a great way to experience the event because you get to pedal the parade route and take in the spectacles and participants. If you’re interested, sign up to volunteer!
Sponsor a child for the holidays
Nov 2 all-day
Eliada Homes
Help Make a Child Smile this Holiday Season!
Eliada works hard to make the holidays a special time for the children in our care. You can help bring a smile to their face by fulfilling their holiday wishes!

 

Sponsor a Child:

When you sign up to sponsor a child for the holidays, you’ll receive a Wish List that a young person created. Wish Lists include their favorite things, clothing sizes, and most needed and wanted items. The value of a Wish List is around $200. You can divide that cost with friends, or even sponsor several children.

 

For most of Eliada’s children and youth, the gifts they receive from sponsors are the only gifts they will get during the holiday season.

To sign up to sponsor, please contact Rebecca Boline by email at [email protected].

Sponsor Multiple Children:

We also have Wish Lists which include items that children will need here at Eliada depending on what program they are in.

 

Cottage wish lists for youth living at Eliada, for example, include toiletries, bedding and towels, books, games, art supplies, suitcases and kitchen utensils. Many children come to Eliada with a few clothes in a garbage bag. Together we can provide them things that every home should have!

 

Other wish lists are for our Child Development programs, Foster Care program, Farm program, Summer Camp program, and Recreation programs. Our Equine Therapy program also has some needs this holiday season! We never know when we’ll get a call for a child in Foster Care who needs a home immediately. Let’s help Foster Parents provide these children everything they deserve!

 

Sponsor a last minute wish:

Some youth living at Eliada won’t arrive until right before the holidays! We won’t receive their wish lists until mid-late November. Can you sign up to help one of these teens at the last minute?

If you don’t have time to shop, Eliada will use your donation to purchase gifts for children who may arrive at Eliada very close to Christmas or right after Christmas. It shouldn’t matter when you arrive at Eliada–your wishes should be fulfilled! You can make a donation here. In the comment field, write “holiday wishes.”

 

To sign up to sponsor multiple children or a teen at the last minute, please contact Rebecca Boline by email at rboline@eliada.org or by phone at (828) 254-5356, ext. 306.

Reimagining Capitalism by Reimagining Business
Nov 2 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Kittredge Theatre

Join us for a lecture, made possible by an Arthur Vining Davis Grant, that will change the way you think about business by reimagining the world we all want to live and work in. Could it be that good business is good for business? At some point in your life you will either work for someone or work for yourself and potentially employ others. How can we use business as a force for good in the world?

Certified B Corps are for-profit companies that lead with their values of sustainability, diversity, and community. They meet rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. These values align with the WWC Business Department’s Green Entrepreneurship focus. Our interdisciplinary business program integrates sustainability and social responsibility throughout a traditional business curriculum, rooted in the liberal arts.

Nathan Stuck of Board Chair of B Local Georgia, CEO and Founder of Profitable Purpose Consulting and
Adrianne Gordon, WWC ‘99 Alumna, Board Chair of B Local Asheville, COO at Big Path Capital and Founder of Practical Insight will guide us through a thought provoking evening that will shape the way you do business in the world.