ARTS + MUSIC

The Asheville GritVegas Weekend Update!

Looking for the something to do this Cinco de Mayo weekend? The Asheville GritVegas Weekend Update has you covered!

How to Rock Beer City Festival << 5/28 @ Roger McGuire Green

Tips for making the most out of this year's Beer City Festival, with all the details you need from how to get tickets (which sell out every year) and what you should eat when you get there.

The Asheville GritVegas Weekend Update! << April 29-May 1

The Asheville GritVegas Weekend Update fills you in on what we're most excited about each weekend! With hosts Ali McGhee of Asheville Grit and Jason Sandford of Ashvegas.

INTERLUDE Closing Festivities + Events

This coming Wednesday and Friday, INTERLUDE winds down with a special free event, a closing reception and block party, and more.

Free Range Asheville Presents Roomful of Teeth

This Thursday, 4/28 at the Masonic Temple, Free Range Asheville presents the experimental, boundary-pushing, and strangely beautiful a cappella group Roomful of Teeth. The show starts at 7 pm.

Artist Phil Cheney Kickstarts Locally-Made Coloring Book

How artist Phil Cheney came to create a coloring book (and everything in between).

BEATLIFE @ Mothlight << 4/29 w/ Futexture

On Friday, 4/29, BEATLIFE throws down at the Mothlight with Futexture, eMe, Koresma, Vietnam Jerry, and Bobby FKN White. The show starts at 9 pm and costs $5.

Digable Planets @ The Orange Peel July 19th << On Sale Now! (+ Ticket Giveaway!)

Hip-hop trio Digable Planets have reunited for a tour that includes a stop at Asheville's Orange Peel. Camp Lo opens. We have all the deets on this unmissable show, and a pair of tickets to give away to one lucky commenter!

Hops for Horses @ Highland Brewery << Saturday, 4/23

This Saturday from 2-6 pm, head to Highland Brewing to support Hope for Horses,

6 Moogfest Must-Sees

Our list of 6 must-sees on the Moogfest schedule this year include the cyborg Neil Harbisson, playtime with the Oculus Rift, performance artist and rapper Mykki Blanco, and Asheville band RBTS WIN.

Thomas Schmidt @ the CCCD << April 21 @ 6 pm

Thomas Schmidt of Recycled China gives an art talk on the project, tradition vs. industrialization, and our relationship to waste materials at the Center for Craft, Creativity, and Design this Thursday, 4/21 at 6 pm.

Sean Watkins @ The Grey Eagle (Slideshow)

Sean Watkins played a solo show at the Grey Eagle on 4/6 to celebrate the release of his new LP, What to Fear, and we were there with bells on. Support from Petra Haden, Jesse Harris, and ???

Benefit Concert for Asheville Music School << Thursday 4/21 @ Isis

This Thursday, 4/21, Asheville Music School and Isis are pairing up to bring you Sound Effects, the 4th annual benefit for AMS.

Austin Artist Mobley Plays the One Stop Friday 4/22

Austin-based world traveler and multi-instrumentalist Mobley plays a free show at the One Stop on Friday, 4/22 @ 10 pm. We interviewed him to get the scoop on his new EP and his unique style.

Grit's Weekend Picks << April 15-17

Asheville Grit's weekend picks for April 15-17.

Moogfest Announces Full Schedule

Moogfest has released the festival's full program, which includes a dizzying number of acts, artists, and thinkers who will be performing, leading workshops, and discussing the intersections of art and technology this year in Durham, NC.

Salvage Station prepares to open. Photo: Salvage Station

Salvage Station Hosts Open Job Calls 4/19 + 4/21

Asheville's newest venue and recreational space, the Salvage Station, is hosting two days of open job calls for a variety of positions on April 19th and 21st from 11 am-4 pm.

Small Black @ The Mothlight Ticket Giveaway!

Indie dream-rockers Small Black hit Asheville's Mothlight on Monday, 4/18, with Bayonne.

Soul Rhythms. Photo courtesy of the band. Credit: Aric Morgan.

All Go (South)West Pre-Party @ Zia Taqueria 4/17

All Go West and Zia Taqueria are throwing a party to celebrate this year's AGW, happening on June 25th across West Asheville.

Benjamin Grosser, "Computers Watching Movies"

Interlude Revisits the Legacy of Black Mountain College << April 8-29

Put on by the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center and the Media Arts Project, Interlude is an exploration of the creativity that will emerge across approximately one month in downtown Asheville.

Jenny Greer Fares. Photo Credit: Luxe House Photographic.

15 Year Asheville Artist Makes a Move from RAD to AAAC’s new Refinery Creator Space

As the Asheville Area Arts Council receives the green light to move into the new 'Refinery Creator Space', local artists are solidifying their studio leases, including Sound Mind Creative artist Jenny Greer Fares.

Sean Watkins. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Sean Watkins @ The Grey Eagle << 4/6

Sean Watkins of Watkins Family Hour and Nickel Creek comes to Asheville's Grey Eagle on Wednesday, April 6 to celebrate the release of his solo album, What to Fear.

Unique Mix of Fashion, Fantasy, Pizza and Beer to Benefit Two Local Charities

Rock Eblen's 2nd Annual Pizza PanDemonium is back at Highland Brewing. Along with a pizza cook-off contest, attendees will enjoy live music and the Wonderland Fashion Fantasy show, featuring Alice in Wonderland-inspired designs by local fashion designers.

Yumiko Yushioka. Photo courtesy of Asheville Butoh Festival.

Dance of Darkness: The Asheville Butoh Festival Returns 4/7-4/10

The 10th Asheville Butoh Festival brings world-class performers, both international and local, to explore the edges of expression via this uniquely fascinating dance form.

Glass Picture. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Gláss to Play The Mothlight March 28

Athens based three-member band, Gláss is set to play The Mothlight, March 28.

Asheville Climate Conversations Update

The Collider opens downtown, Dr. Katharine Hayhoe visits Asheville, and a new video from the Climate Listening Project!

How to Survive Your Own Death (223). Images Courtesy of Colby Caldwell and Hemphill Fine Arts.

Digital Photography + Phantom Practices: Colby Caldwell on Photo+Craft

Colby Caldwell of REVOLVE Gallery on Photo+Craft, the panel and screening he's organized, and how advances in the digital realm are shifting the our perceptions of art and of the world.

Finding Craft in the Photograph: Robert Asman's Photo+Craft Workshop at the Asheville Darkroom

The Grit sat down with Bridget Conn of the Asheville Darkroom to talk about Photo+Craft, the workshop she's organized, and all things Darkroom.

Plankeye Peggy Release Debut Album 'Let's See What We Have Here'

Local four piece vaudevillian outfit Plankeye Peggy will release their debut Album 'Let's See What We Have Here' March 18th at the Mothlight.

All Go West 2016 Schedule Leak

All Go West's 2016 lineup and stages have been announced! All Go West happens in West Asheville on Saturday, 6/25.

Jordan Geiger. Image courtesy of the artist.

Hospital Ships Releases New Single >> You and I

Asheville can add yet another musician to their roster, as Jordan Geiger calls the city his new home. Playing for the last fifteen years as a solo act under the moniker Hospital Ships, Geiger decided to transplant from his roots in Austin, Texas to Asheville, NC to play in a new band, Des Ark.

All That Jazz: An Interview with Pianist Andrew Fletcher

Jazz pianist Andrew Fletcher talks music history, silent film, and the Asheville music scene.

Exercises in the Surreal: David London Brings His Weekend of Magic to Asheville (3/11-12)

Surrealist magician and performer David London comes to Asheville's Altamont Theatre on Friday, March 11 - Saturday, March 12.

Thriftworks + Panther God @ New Mountain (3.10)

Berkeley-based producer Thriftworks returns to Asheville for a show at New Mountain with Panther God and Live Animals. This is your chance to win two tickets!

Ty Segall Never Stops...

He may be the hardest working indie darling in rock, which is pretty impressive considering he is only 28.

Bass 4 Bernie: A Bernie Sanders Benefit at New Mountain (SATURDAY)

This Saturday night, join the revelers at New Mountain Asheville for a night of music to benefit the Bernie Sanders campaign. This event was rescheduled from its original date because of Snowmageddon 2016) to this Saturday, February 27th!

Caro Savanti Experience. Photo: Rodney Smith (Tempus Fugit)

Review: The Caro Savanti Experience is a Full Helping of Lighthearted Fun

The Caro Savanti Experience, now at Magnetic 375, is a hilarious send-up of foodie culture with a surprisingly sweet finish.

TALKING FUNK WITH DAVE WATTS OF THE MOTET

Asheville Grit Blogger Adam St. Simons talks Funk with The Motet's Dave Watts.

photo+craft Brings WNC Creative Community Together (March 31-April 3)

This inaugural photo+craft event takes place March 31-April 3 in arts spaces around Asheville. It's the first event of its kind to unite not only two areas within the arts--photography and craft--but also to unite the larger Asheville arts community.

Asheville Vaudeville will heat up ToyBoat Artspace in February!

Comedy, puppetry, burlesque, flow arts, and feats of physical strength will be on display for two Asheville Vaudeville shows in one night: February 27!

Hell's Kitchen: The Caro Savanti Experience @ Magnetic 375

A send-up of Asheville food culture and the dangers of celebrity, The Caro Savanti Experience is a hilarious play that's showing for two more weekends at Magnetic 375.

"Under the Sink": Larkin Ford's Intersections of the Grotesque + the Beautiful

UNCA alumnus + painter Larkin Ford returns to Asheville to present his solo exhibit, "Under the Sink." The opening reception is Friday, January 19 from 6-8 pm in Owen Hall (on the UNCA campus).

Condom Couture: A Behind the Scenes Look

Condoms are the "it" look not just for safe sex, but fashion too at the Condom Couture Fashion Show. This entertaining event at New Mountain is just around the corner. Don't miss it.

Betaplane: Asheville's Next Buzzworthy Band

From winning the Judge's Choice Award at the 2015 Music Video Asheville Awards to wrapping up recording of their new album at Echo Mountain, local Asheville Post Rock ensemble Betaplane performs a free show tonight at The One Stop at Asheville Music Hall.