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ACW 10k Purrrty!

Come Celebrate 3 years & 10k weirdos!

Join us on Saturday August 24th, 2-6 family friendly, booths, entertainers, performances, BOUNCY HOUSE, 2 food trucks, and face painting! Then we’ll take a break for set up, & come back at 8 for even more fun, belly dancing, aerial arts, fire show, & sideshow performers! Suggested donation of $5 for all day!!!

Plus! come in costume & win! At 4pm, all human kittens in costume are invited to the kitty costume parade, we’ll walk through the space & outside! All junior weirdos encouraged to participate, and there’s a prize for entering too! Then at 9pm, the adult cat costume contest with prizes!

10% of tba drink special from Tito’s vodka goes to the Emergency Fund! And Tito’s vodka is matching up to $1,000!!!
If you or your business are interested in sponsorship opportunities, contact us today! emili@ashevillecatweirdos.org

Game Night

Join us as we bring back game night, in a bigger and more BOLD way! Dreaming of the arcade games that defined your childhood? Well we have joined forces with The Popup Arcade to help satiate your nostalgia. Come enjoy a day of classic arcade games, board games, and other fun activities.

Leave your quarters in your pocket, because this is a FREE event! With a cider in hand, it sure sounds like a great way to enjoy a Thursday!

Kid friendly!

New Leicester Highway Sidewalk Open House

The City of Asheville will be building a sidewalk from New Leicester Highway at Patton Avenue out to the City limit around 396 New Leicester Highway as part of the bond project.
Come view a map and find out more about this project during an open house set for 5 to 7 p.m. Aug. 6, Land of Sky Regional Council, 339 New Leicester Highway.
Find more information at this link: https://bit.ly/2Lx80bW

Vendor Fair & Car Show

Car show from 10am-1pm

28 plus vendors, raffles, games, and food trucks

Accepting donations for school supplies and funds for local elementary school students in need

Get Off the Grid Fest Sustainability Fair & Solar Expo

GET OFF THE GRID FEST is a 3-Day, 3-Stage, music & sustainability festival which will feature an alternative energy expo & will power the entire fest with solar power!

An incredible weekend featuring 3 music stages with 38 national & local bands.

Enjoy Workshops & Activities Presentations & Panels  from over 50 speakers in the field on energy & environment, food & agriculture, health & wellness, arts & community, as well as panel discussions on Renewable Energy Policy and Infrastructure, Climate Change and Justice in NC and Green Jobs.

Tickets:  Fri, Sat and Sun -$45; Sat-Sun – $30, Sun – $15; kids under 16 free

 

Event Times:

Friday August 9th ~ 4pm-12am

Saturday, August 10th ~  9am-12am

Sunday, August 11th ~ 10am-6pm

Family Paint Party

Bring the whole gang & join Hues of Hendo in the Mezzanine at Triskelion as we raise some cash for Mountain Community School. Forty percent of the profits from this event will go to them. This event is open to the public & you do not have to be associated with the school to attend.

$25 per painter
16×20 canvas
Includes all materials and artist instruction.

Email huesofhendo@gmail.com with the number of painters in your group & which painting each attendee would like (click cover photo to see the 5 options).

-unicorn
-dinosaur
-family tree
-space ship
-shark

Hues of Hendo pre-draws each scene on the canvas (with the exception of the family tree) and traces the lines after you’re finished painting with black paint to make the images POP!

We’ll enjoy a private party in the Mezzanine with our own, personal bartender. Guests are welcome to bring in their own snacks or takeout to enjoy during the event.

Pollen Launch Party & Ice Cream Social

We love an excuse to have a party, especially if it involves ice cream. Be the first to get your hands on our new canary-hued Pollen glaze and join us for an ice cream social with scoops and swirls from the best in the biz at Cookies & Creamery.

Snag your ticket in the link above!

Take The Plunge for Health!

Bring your swimsuits and picnic blankets and join us for a fun afternoon at Kanuga Lakeside Pavilion, as Henderson County Superintendent BO CALDWELL, Henderson County Sheriff’s Office’s FRANK STOUT, Vision Henderson County’s RUTH BIRGE, The Free Clinics’s own JUDY LONG, and other local celebrities take The Plunge for health!

Bid on your favorite celebs in a wacky live auction (hosted by auction-tainers Duke & Bird of Duke Says Sold) to see them make a big splash in the lake! Funds raised will support our unique healthy living program, HealthWays, making good health contagious!

Our inaugural lakeside summer-end celebration features live music from TNT Band, pizza from Flat Rock Village Bakery & burgers and hot dogs from Kanuga, swimming, canoeing & kayaking, facepainting, and more!

Adults: $20
Kids 5-12: $5
Under 5: FREE
Families: $45 (2 adults + children)

Admission includes one food item and one beverage per person. Additional food and drinks are available for purchase.

For tickets visit thefreeclinics.org/plunge/ or call 828-697-8422 X 131.

Henderson County World Breastfeeding Week Celebration!

Join us for some family-friendly fun in honor of World Breastfeeding Week! There will be live music, refreshments, activities, games, giveaways and more!

Hosted by the Henderson County Breastfeeding Coalition, a group of individuals and organizations dedicated to raising awareness of, and support for, breastfeeding.

Work with or support families in our community? Get in touch with us to see how you can get involved! Email: emilyb@childrenandfamily.org

Third Thursdays Marshall

A monthly event where our sweet little downtown along the French Broad River will be bopping with art openings, open studios, live music, and happenings with eats & drinks along the way.

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