This Weekend in Asheville

Asheville Herb Festival 2025

Friday-Sunday, April 25 - 27,  5 - 9 p.m.
North Lexington - Downtown Asheville

Explore the sights, scents, and flavors of the largest herb festival in the U.S. and Canada! Now in its 35th year, this free, three-day event features an incredible variety of herbs, plants, and herbal products, along with educational workshops and opportunities to connect with local growers and makers.

Weaverville Art Safari

Saturday-Sunday, April 26-27, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Weaverville

Discover the vibrant creativity of local artists during the Spring Weaverville Art Safari. This self-guided studio tour offers a rare chance to explore artist studios, meet over 50 makers, and experience the scenic charm of the area.

Asheville Bread Festival

Saturday-Sunday, April 26-27, 10:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Multiple Venues

Join fellow bread lovers, bakers, and food artisans for a weekend celebrating the craft of baking and the spirit of community. With the theme "A Sense of Place," this two-day event features a Bread Fair with local and regional bakers, hands-on workshops, and a professional Master Class.

InterBeing Festival

Saturday, April 26, 10 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Samasati Sanctuary

This immersive festival centers on connection, meaning, and community. With workshops, song circles, rituals, live art, and world music performances, it’s a vibrant space to engage, reflect, and celebrate.

Get in Gear Fest

Saturday, April 26, 12 - 5 p.m.
The Adventure Center of Asheville

Celebrate the outdoors at this free, family-friendly festival showcasing the vibrant outdoor industry of Western North Carolina. Enjoy demos, discounts, giveaways, live music, and local food, plus access to adventure activities like ziplining, mountain biking, and the Treetops Park.

Grove Arcade In Bloom

Saturday, April 26, 12 - 5 p.m.
Biltmore

Step into spring at one of Asheville’s most iconic landmarks. This immersive floral experience features live music from an Asheville Symphony quartet, breathtaking installations by Studio Flora Diva, a botanical market with plants and garden goods, dance performances, and a pop-up Aperol Spritz bar.

2025 Appalachia Day

Saturday, April 26, 12 - 9:30 p.m.
Hickory Nut Gap Farm

Celebrate Appalachian culture with a full day of family fun, live music, and hands-on crafts at the farm. Enjoy hayrides, pony rides, animal visits, basket weaving, plus performances from local musicians throughout the day. Stick around for an evening jam with the Darren Nicholson Band—an unforgettable bluegrass concert supporting 50 years of local conservation.

Live Music, Comedy, Dance and Theatre

Friday, April 25:

• Friday Live Music: Sun Goblin at New Belgium Brewing Company, 5:30 p.m.
• Sketoe’s Ghost at The One Stop, 6 p.m.
• The LADs AVL at Pillar Rooftop Bar, 6 p.m.
• Fabio Frizzi - ZOMBIE The Composer's Cut at Eulogy, 6 p.m.
• Jazz Jam at Leaf Global Arts, 7 p.m.
• Foreign Film Fridays at Flood Gallery, 7 p.m.
• Let it Be Art! at Black Mountain Center for the Arts, 7 p.m.
• The Asheville Choral Society Presents: Sculpting Sound at Black Mountain Presbyterian, 7 p.m.
• Free Throw: Those Days Are Gone 10 Year Anniversary Tour at The Grey Eagle, 7 p.m.
• Christie Lenée with Fox and Bones and special guest Katie Marie at AyurPrana Listening Room, 7 p.m.
• King James at North Carolina Stage Company, 7:30 p.m.
• Into the Woods at Asheville Community Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
• Death Comes To Play (A High-Stakes Comic Gothic) at BeBe Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
• Jeff Austin Birthday Tribute at Pisgah Brewing, 8 p.m.
• Phil Hanley Spellbound Tour at The Orange Peel, 8 p.m.
• The Tannahill Weavers at Wortham Center for the Performing Arts, 8 p.m.
• Dancing with Cats ft. LUMA, Bunsen Burner at Third Room, 8 p.m.
• Comedy: Bailey Pope at LaZoom Room, 8:30 p.m.
• Octave Cat with Domocile at Asheville Music Hall, 9 p.m.
• DJ Lil Meow Meow's Dance Floor Rapture at Eulogy. 11 p.m.

Saturday, April 26:

• Into the Woods at Asheville Community Theatre, 2:30 p.m.
• Trampled by Turtles & Mipso at Asheville Yards, 7 p.m.
• Eric Hutchinson at The Grey Eagle, 7 p.m.
• Ryan Barber at Bear's Back Alley Bar, 7 p.m.
• Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory at Orange Peel, 7 p.m.
• The Asheville Choral Society Presents: Sculpting Sound at Trinity Episcopal Church, 7 p.m.
• King James at North Carolina Stage Company, 7:30 p.m.
• Death Comes To Play (A High-Stakes Comic Gothic) at BeBe Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
• EARTH & SKY – A Great Gathering For All Beings at Wortham Center for the Performing Arts, 7:30 p.m.
• Log's Electric Space Whistle Sound Bath at Vintage Kava, 8 p.m.
• Latin Night! | DJ MTN VIBEZ at Hemingway's Cuba, 8 p.m.
• Consider the Source at Asheville Music Hall, 8 p.m.
• Drag BingOh! at The Radical, 8 p.m.
• Slothrust: Of Course You Did 11th Anniversary Tour at Eulogy, 8 p.m.
• Adrian Bundy & His Honky Tonk Hearts at Eda's Hide-a-Way, 8 p.m.
• Red Clay Revival x Sanctum Sully at Third Room, 9 p.m.
• Don't Tell Comedy at River Arts District, 9 p.m.

Sunday, April 27: 

• EARTH & SKY – A Great Gathering For All Beings at Wortham Center for the Performing Arts, 2 p.m.
• PATIO: Phuncle Sam at The Grey Eagle, 2 p.m.
• King James at North Carolina Stage Company, 2 p.m.
• Bluegrass Concert at First Baptists Church, 2 p.m.
• Into the Woods at Asheville Community Theatre, 2:30 p.m.
• Jazz Sundays at Ginger's Revenge, 2:30 p.m.
• NASCAR Sunday's at Eda's Hide-a-Way, 3 p.m.
• Spinning Toward the Sun Book Release at Ginger's Revenge, 5 p.m.
• The Misfit Improv Comedy Show at North Carolina Stage Company, 6 p.m.
• Saint Motel at The Orange Peel, 7 p.m.
• Drayton Farley at The Grey Eagle, 7 p.m.
• Freshen Up Comedy Open Mic at VOWL Bar, 7 p.m.
• Palmyra “Restless" Tour w/ Clint Roberts at Eulogy, 8 p.m.

Tailgate & Specialty Pop-Up Markets

Summit Coffee Food Truck

Shop local at the Asheville area's numerous farmers, tailgate, and holiday markets. Here's a look at some of the markets you can visit this weekend:

• North Asheville Tailgate Market at 275 Edgewood Rd. Sat. 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. 
• Indie Books & Art Market at Cooperative Coffee Roasters, Sat. 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
• South Slope Sunday Market at The Whale, Sun. 2 - 5 p.m.
• WNC Farmers Market at 570 Brevard Road, open 7 days a week, year-round, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.  

Visit an art studio or art exhibition 

Asheville is home to hundreds of artists, galleries and studios making creative expression a way of life here in the mountains. Here is a look at some of the current art exhibitions in the city:

• Opening: Embodiment: Symbolic Narrative at Re.Imagine Gallery and Studios, Sun. 1-5 p.m.
• Exhibition on Screen Series: Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse at Asheville Art Museum, Sun. 2 - 4 p.m.
• "Sustenance" Gallery Exhibition at Black Mountain Center for the Arts, through Apr. 25
• Artist Reception and Exhibition for Laine Bachman at Bender Gallery, through Apr. 26
• Anti Form: Robert Morris' Earth Projects at Asheville Art Museum, through May 4
• Asheville Strong: Celebrating Art and Community After Hurricane Helene at Asheville Art Museum, through May 4
• Greetings From Asheville Tourism and Transformation in the Postcard Age at Asheville Art Museum, through May 30
• Flora Symbolica: The Art of Flowers at Asheville Art Museum, through Jun. 28
• Tutankhamun: His Tomb and His Treasures at Biltmore, through Jan. 4, 2026

Packages and Deals

Save some money this weekend with these special offers from area attractions and accommodations.

• Stay Sat & Sun, Get Monday night free! at The Inn at Amaris Farm
• Sake Sunday at Gan Shan
• 10% Asheville Downtown Weekend Discount at The Flat Iron Hotel