What if for one day everything stopped? And we all just listened to the music. Every year musicians in 70+ Countries and 1000+ cities worldwide participate. To join in just go outside and play music! You can invite friends or play alone. Make the day as big or as small as you want!
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Annual Community Health Fair
Join us for Appalachian Mountain Health’s 3rd Annual Health Fair — a free community event packed with health services, family fun, and exciting giveaways! Free Activities, Food & Giveaways for the Entire Family! No registration needed – just show up and enjoy a day of community connection and family fun!
Here’s what you can look forward to:
- Bike & Scooter Giveaway
- Backpacks with School Supplies
- Back-to-School Physicals
- Popcorn & Cotton Candy
- Free Lunch
- Bounce House & Kids Activities
- Lightly Used Children’s Clothing Table
- Giveaways Every 15 Minutes – Including Kids’ Bikes & Scooters!
(Must be present to win)
Good News Spectacular FREE Family Fun Day
Inflatables, popcorn, snow cones, hamburgers, hot dogs, & drinks. FREE backpacks filled with school supplies to the first 100 elementary aged kids.
Back to School Ice Cream Social
Back to School Ice Cream Social with Henderson County Parks & Recreation in Tuxedo Park. You scream, I scream, we all scream for ice cream! FREE!
Ice Cream
Games
Inflatable
FUN
1,000 Books Before Kindergarten Launch Party
1,000 Books Before Kindergarten Launch Party at East Asheville Public Library. Children’s music band Big, Bang, Boom! will headline. Enjoy games, crafts, puppets and so much more! Refreshments will be served.
1,000 Books Before Kindergarten is a nationwide initiative that encourages grown-ups to read 1,000 books with their young child (ages birth-five) before they enter kindergarten. Studies show, a child’s brain develops rapidly in the first three years of their life. Reading with a child early on can help them develop pre-reading skills that will make it easier for them to read independently in school. Families who read to their children from a young age can help their child build early literacy skills such as letter recognition and building vocabulary. Beginning Aug. 12, families with a child between the ages of birth to five can pick up a 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten booklet at any Library location. Caregivers record the titles of the books read to their child in the booklet. Early literacy tips are found at the top of each page for caregivers to model to their child. When you reach the “500 books read” milestone, return to any BCPL location with your booklet to receive a free canvas tote bag and continue your reading journey. When you reach the “1,000 books read” milestone, you’ve completed the program. Return to the Library for your completion certificate. Children have until they enter kindergarten to complete the program.
Back to School Family Show with The Billy Jonas Band
Doors: 3:00 PM
Show: 4:00 PM
– ALL AGES
– SEATED SHOW
– EARLY SHOW
Fun for All Ages!
The Billy Jonas Band loves to engage and delight both young and adult audiences. Whether performing for adults, families, school groups, faith communities, or a mix, they strive for a musical excellence that inspires, entertains, and moves people literally and figuratively. With “wild winded word magic” (Dirty Linen Magazine), homemade “industrial re-percussion” instruments, exquisite 3 and 4 part vocal harmonies, plus guitar and bass, they love to create community through song and story. Their specialty: finding and pushing your “wonder” button.
In 2010, the Billy Jonas Band was honored with a performance at the White House!
Back to School Giveaway
Grant Southside Center Ribbon Cutting
After years of neighborhood input, planning, and construction, Asheville’s Southside neighborhood has a brand new gymnasium, outdoor swimming pool, more community rooms for meetings and classes, outdoor basketball court, and spacious open areas to study and socialize at Dr. Wesley Grant Sr. Southside Community Center, located on 285 Livingston Street.
Southside families and community members are invited to celebrate this $8.3 million neighborhood investment at a block party and ribbon cutting hosted by Asheville Parks & Recreation (APR) on Friday, August 4, from 5:30-8 p.m. The schedule features music, food, tours, games, remarks from community leaders, and more.
Grant Southside Center’s expansive enhancements are a major piece of APR’s investments in Southside’s legacy of community recreation. Herb Watts Park’s playground has been completely rebuilt and additional picnic tables and seating areas added. Historic Walton Street Park is also in the midst of a significant revitalization with neighborhood requests including a new playground, basketball courts, lighted and paved walking loop, and multipurpose recreation field. Walton Street Park’s playground is APR’s eighth complete playground replacement since 2019.
Expanding on this work, Asheville City Council designated Walton Street Park and Pool as a local historic landmark in 2022. Multiple City of Asheville departments and commissions continue to work closely with longtime Southside residents on ways to honor the legacy of the pool and preserve the space through adaptive reuse. Nasty Branch Greenway aims to be a museum without walls, relating the heritage of Southside prior to urban renewal projects through first-hand history along the banks of the creek that borders Grant Southside Center and flows through Choctaw Street Park to Southside Avenue.
Burial Beer & LEAF’s Family Jam
Get ready for an afternoon filled with talent, creativity, and non-stop fun at Burial Beer & LEAF’s Family Jam on Sunday, August 13th, from 1-7pm! It’s a fun-filled summer culmination event dedicated to uplifting youths and showcasing the talent inspired by our LEAF Schools and Streets summer camps that took place at LEAF Global in Downtown Asheville. Witness the sparkling dancers of the Carolina Diva Diamondz, be captivated by the raw talent of the LEAF Talent Showcase led by the incomparable Melissa Mckinney, get hyped with the B-boys and B-girls of Atlanta’s Rockwell Dance Academy, and feel the rhythm with Asheville’s very own Fuego AVL Dance Crew. But that’s not all! The kids will have a blast exploring their artistic sides with arts and craft lessons, including an exciting Graffiti class where they’ll get the chance to spray paint on wooden panels. This event is not just a treat for your senses, but also a fantastic opportunity to make incredible family memories. Come, let’s jam, laugh, and create together at this unforgettable family-friendly extravaganza! And did I mention that it’s FREE for all? But you can make a heartfelt donation to the wonderful LEAF organization for making events like this possible! See you there!
Third Youth Talent Celebration
Join us for this FREE event featuring performers ranging in age from 5-18 sharing a new generation of traditional Blue Ridge music and dance! Featuring Junior Appalachian Musicians from Henderson and Transylvania counties, Academy for the Arts at FBCAsheville, Durham’s Little River cloggers, and Mountain Tradition Minis!