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Print Asheville Music Scene
A party for your ears and soul
Asheville's music scene is a vital piece of the city's culture. The rhythm of the city began centuries ago with the arrival of Scotch-Irish settlers who filled the hills with the sounds of their reels, ballads and folk songs.
Strong Music Traditions
Today, Asheville's music scene is all encompassing. Traditional mountain music still rings out from national artists such as David Holt, Doc Watson and Laura Boosinger who live in the area. Classical music from the Asheville Symphony Orchestra fills the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium throughout the year.
A Thriving Music Scene
The sounds of the modern era also thrive in Asheville. Bob Moog, the inventor of the Moog synthesizer and pioneer of electronic music, spent his final years in Asheville and set up a company here that continues his musical vision.
Alternative rockers The Smashing Pumpkins made Asheville their temporary home with a nine-show residency in 2007 at the Orange Peel. And well-known artists such as Gladys Knight, Warren Haynes and David Wilcox have made Asheville their newfound home and drawn inspiration from the area.
Daily Life in a Music Town
But it's just not nationally renowned artists that find musical inspiration in Asheville. You can find street musicians entertaining crowds on Friday evenings, drummers pounding out a rhythmic beat in Pritchard Park and nightly jam sessions in local pubs. Asheville's stunning natural beauty and artistic atmosphere fosters a creative, collaborative atmosphere ripe for great music.
Check out LiveWire, Asheville's one-stop shop for live performances, complete with an event calendar.
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- May 25, 2012 - May 27, 2012
- Location: Carrier Park
- Address: Amboy Road and Michigan Avenue, Asheville, NC 28806
Experience Springtime in Asheville, NC at the 2012 Mountain Sports Festival. Bring your family and friends and join us at Carrier Park for the outdoor music & sports event of the year!
- May 26, 2012 - May 27, 2012
- Location: Downtown Brevard
- Address: Downtown Brevard, Brevard, NC
Go Nuts at the 9th Annual White Squirrel Festival! Voted "Best Spring Music Festival in Western North Carolina" by Asheville Citizen Times News Poll 2008. Thousands of fan go nuts in Downtown Brevard on Memorial Day weekend, in Brevard, North Carolina! You don't want to miss our 14 free, live concerts. Headliners this year: Firecracker Jazz Band and Jeff Sipe Group. We will kick off the 9th Annual White Squirrel Festival with our 5th Annual Memorial Day Parade, which is organize...
- May 21, 2012 - May 22, 2012
- Location: Good Stuff
- Address: 68 North Main Street, Marshall, NC
Award-winning Australian singer songwriter Chris Pickering takes the stage at Good Stuff two consecutive days this month performing songs from his critically acclaimed album, Work of Fiction. Pickering will debut songs from his upcoming album releasing later this year. Now a Tennessee resident, Pickering has toured heavily throughout Australia, earning multiple music awards and nominations and releasing two full albums before turning his sights to the States. He has since immersed himse...
The Sound Of Sunshine - the inspired and inspiring new album by Michael Franti & Spearhead - is a kind of musical sun shower, a bright, beautiful and often buoyant song cycle created to bring all kinds of listeners a sense of hope during rough and rainy times for so many in our world. "Music is sunshine," says Michael Franti, one of the most positive and conscious artists in music today. "Like sunshine, music is a powerful force that can instantly and almost chemically change...
Marvel at the sound of three world class musicians when The Teetotallers Featuring John Doyle, Martin Hayes and Kevin Crawford delight Asheville with a rare triple threat evening of their combined talents.
