Asheville information

(See the bottom of the page for some free, fun events.)

Local events, festivals, music & arts:
Mountain XPress Community Calendar
Asheville Citizen-Times
Asheville Events Calendar
List of Festivals

Asheville Hot Air Balloons 
are just down the road from us!

Places of interest (and distance from us)
Biltmore Estate (10 miles)
Grove Park Inn (11 miles)
North Carolina Arboretum (8 miles)
Bent Creek & Lake Powhatan (9 miles; hiking and bike trails)
Botanical Gardens at Asheville (11 miles)
Blue Ridge Parkway (8 miles)
Asheville Hot Air Balloons (1 mile)
Chimney Rock Park (32 miles)
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (48 miles)
Great Smoky Mountains Railroad (60 miles)
N.C. Mountain State Fair (14 miles)
Navitat Zipline Canopy Adventures (30 miles)
Self-Guided Canoe and Kayak Trips (6 miles)
Cataloochee Ski Area (26 miles)
The Farm (for weddings, etc) (2 miles)

Hiking

Bent Creek Loop, etc - Directions
Appalachian Trail info
Western North Carolina Hiking
Blue Ridge Parkway Hiking Trails
Mountains to Sea Trail
National Forests in North Carolina

Horseback Riding
Hilltop Riding Stables
Biltmore Estate

Travel Information
Asheville Regional Airport (AVL) (14 miles)
www.asheville.com
Mountain Mobility BUS service (1.2 miles)

Yoga Studios
Asheville Yoga Center
Lighten Up Yoga
One Center Yoga
West Asheville Yoga

Restaurants
Asheville Restaurants
West Asheville Restaurants
Candler Restaurants

FREE EVENTS - Asheville!

Ongoing Events

• Nightly, Bluegrass Music Jams, Asheville and the surrounding area

• FRI-SAT-SUN @ 7:30pm, summertime theater, Shakespeare Plays, Montford Amphitheater, 100 Gay St.

• FRI @ 5-9pm, summertime concerts, Downtown After 5, Lexington Ave (downtown)

• FRI @ 7pm, year-round, Drum Circle, Pritchard Park (downtown)

• SAT @ 7pm, summertime bluegrass, Shindig on the Green, Pack Square (downtown)

• MON @ 7pm, summertime, Street Dances, Hendersonville downtown

• TUE @ 5:30-7:30, summertime, Hoola Hoop Jam, Pritchard Park (downtown)
• THUR @ 12-2, summertime, Lunchtime Concerts, Pritchard Park (downtown)
• THUR @ 5:30-7:30, summertime, Music and Dancing, Pritchard Park (downtown)
• SAT @ 10-4, summertime, Umbrella Market (arts), Pritchard Park (downtown)
• TUE-SAT @ 9-5, year-round, Mountain Museum, Train Museum, Davidson Fort, Old Fort, NC
• MON-FRI @ 4pm, year-round, Highland Brewery Tours, 12 Old Charlotte Highway
• SAT @ 2-5, year-round, The Wine Guy Free Tasting, 1200 Hendersonville Rd.
• Daily, Provocative Lectures and Readings, Malaprop's Bookstore, 55 Haywood St.
  

Festivals and Special Events

• Memorial Day Weekend, White Squirrel Music & Arts Festival, Brevard NC
• Independence Day, July 4^th celebration, Pack Square (downtown)

• Early July, Carolina Ribfest, Mt. State Fair Grounds, Fletcher (12 miles)

• Late July, Bele Chere Music Festival, Asheville (downtown)

• Late August weekend, Goombay Festival, S. Market Street (downtown)

• Labor Day Weekend, Lexington Ave Arts and Fun Festival (LAAFF), Lexington Ave. (downtown)

• September, NC Mountain State Fair - Free Days for Students, Seniors, etc, Fletcher (12 miles)
  

• Early October, Oktoberfest, Wall Street (downtown)