Musical Circus Stage Show with Asheville’s own Secret Agent 23 Skidoo and Firecracker Jazz Band at The Orange Peel! 23 Skidoo and Firecracker Jazz Band will be trading sets, there will be jugglers from Runaway Circus, dancing acrobats, balloon twisting, ice cream from The Hop Ice Cream Cafe, and all kinds of wildness! All ages are welcome! $10/Per Person
😜👉 Come dressed in your Halloween costume and you might win the costume contest!
Update on our annual Trunk or Treat!
Due to impending weather we have decided to move our Halloween event to Friday November 1st! We will still have the bounce houses and the silent auction to raise money for a Major Brantley Hooper!
Also the silent auction will start the morning of Oct 31st and you can find all the items setup at Lakeside Delights so please stop in and help support one of our local families!
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This year for our 4th annual trunk or treat we decided we wanted to give back in a big way.
We are going to be raising money to help support Major Brantley Hooper. A lot of you know the Hoopers and have been following Major’s story.
We will be having a silent auction and all proceeds will go to helping with Major’s medical expenses.
October 31st from 5pm – 8pm.
Looking forward to seeing everyone there!
In this Halloween-themed program, ballad singer Saro Lynch-Thomason shares Appalachian songs and folklore of ghosts, death, magic, and mystery!
Appalachians have long enjoyed tales and songs about the return of the dead, enchanted animals, and magic-wielding women.
Ms. Lynch-Thomason will sing songs on these themes and explore their folkloric origins in European mythology and lore.
Appropriate for ages 10 and up. Some scary stories.
Come explore the Museum on its first official full day open to the public! Regular Museum admission rates and hours apply.
The Museum is always free general admission for Members! Join today.
See if you have what it takes to fight the Monster Apocalypse! Join us for activities, a survival quiz, trivia, giveaways, and more to celebrate this favorite series! Plus, get a coupon for a $1 Rice Krispy Bar (Café stores only).
You may have kicked off Oktoberfest with lots of beer, but did you get your fill of brats? How about that hot tangy German potato salad (our fave)? We hope not, because all weekend long we’re serving up a hot meal of bratwurst, potato salad and sauerkraut for just $9 (double brats +$2). It’ll leave ya thirsty, so wash it down with a $5 flight of our 3 draft meads, or pick up a pint of your favorite. You won’t believe our Honey Hops bochet–grain and gluten-free, but you’d think it was an IPA. A must-try if you haven’t had it yet!
(Closing at 4pm Saturday for a private event, so opt for Oktoberfest Friday noon-9, Saturday noon-4, or Sunday noon-6.)
This event creates a space for all of WNC and surrounding communities to join together in honor of fermentation, food preservation, farming and food resiliency in Madison County, NC. All profits & proceeds from the festival will be donated to the Beacon of Hope Food Bank of Marshall, NC. There will be FREE demos on food preservation & fermentation, music, family friendly activities and of course local and regional fermenters, foodies and crafting vendors ranging from local farms to local potters, fermenters, crafters and much more!
ASHEVILLE’S FIRST EVER TOYLANDIA FESTIVAL!!
A 3 DAY FESTIVAL CELEBRATING TOY ART AND CULTURE!
Schedule:
FRI Opening Party at Toylandia Festival 8pm-11pm $12
SAT Vending and Toy Show 12pm-6pm $5 for adults (kids free)
SAT The Wham, Bam! Puppet Slam at Toylandia Festival! 8pm-11pm $12
SUN Vending and Toy Show 12pm-6pm $5 for adults (kids free)
SUN Geektastic Burlesque at Toylandia Festival 8pm-11pm $12
$30 for all access weekend pass to all shows
Featuring:
-Designer Toy Artists
-OOAK Handmade Art Dolls
-Vintage and Retro Collectible Toys
-Puppets and Puppet Shows
-Wooden Toys
-Crank Operated Automatons
-Circuit Bending
-Bootlegs/Knock Offs
Artists and Presenters:
Edwin Salas
Mr Blank Toys
Assembly Required: Asheville Designer Toy Expo
Valerie Meiss
Poose the Puppet
The Wham, Bam! Puppet Slam
Fritz Grondy
Not So Old Toys and Comics
Jim Julien
Romaldini Lois
Ben Brill
Columbia Marionette Theatre
April LeQueen & Geektastic: A Burlesque Revue
Colston Byrd & Battery Powered Hooker Boots
and MORE!
Hosted By TOYBOX THEATRE
Please join us on October 4, from 5 to 8 pm for the opening party. Performance of “Nona’s Cooking Show” marionette show is at 6:30.
Exhibit open 10 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday, at 207 Coxe Ave, downtown Asheville, through October 25.
“Street Creatures and Dancing Beasts” will celebrate Asheville’s vibrant puppetry scene as an Asheville Area Arts Council exhibit. It will display puppets made by local artists showing diverse styles and forms in a range of sizes and materials. A menagerie of animals, both real and imaginary, will dance around the gallery. Puppetry is often relegated to the world of children’s entertainment, but this art form is ancient, multi faceted and almost limitless in scope. It requires the skills of an artist, tinkerer and performer, writer, musician and dancer.
Curator and artist Jennifer Murphy is one of the founders of Street Creature Puppet Collective, and “den mother” of the Puppet Clubhouse, a bright and lively community art space in North Asheville. Her work brings nature and myth together in ecological pageants. The other artists included use diverse visual styles and approaches.
Represented are long time puppetry master Hobey Ford, winner of puppetry’s highest honor, the UNIMA Citation of Excellence; Luce Romaldini, who’s rough charming cardboard figures tell uncomfortable truths; Edwin Salas, international puppeteer and dancer who conjures strange creatures of the dark side; Jim Julien, graphic designer and co-director of the Asheville Fringe Arts Festival; Chris Eizember, creative tinkerer and bamboo sculptor; Geneva Bierce-Wilson, fiber artist, inventor and maker of small dragons and large worms; and Street Creature Puppet Collective, a community of collaborative parade puppet makers.
In this Halloween-themed program, ballad singer Saro Lynch-Thomason shares Appalachian songs and folklore of ghosts, death, magic, and mystery. Appalachians have long enjoyed tales and songs about the return of the dead, enchanted animals, and magic-wielding women. In this presentation, Ms. Lynch-Thomason will sing songs on these themes and explore their folkloric origins in European mythology and lore. Appropriate for ages 10 and up. Some scary stories.
If weather permits, Saro will perform in the pavilion at Grovemont Park. Please bring a camp chair or blanket. Rain or extreme cold? We will be in the library. Space there is limited, so come early.