Memorial Day, Monday May 30th, is our 6th Anniversary! Come celebrate with us and enjoy 99 Cent Hot Dogs, $1.99 BBQ Pork Sandwiches, $2.99 Brisket Sandwiches, and $1.75 Bud Draft Pints. Double Check-In Day for VIP Club Members too!
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12 Baskets Cafe Informational Feast
Join us for a Feast of Community.
Reducing Waste! Feeding and being Fed by Community!
The 12 Baskets Cafe receives donations of already prepared food from local organizations currently being thrown away. Quality food pulled from nightly hot bars, buffets, displays in grocery stores, etc, is picked up by an API companion and delivered to our Cafe to be re-purposed and shared.
We are very excited to announce the opening of our cafe in West Asheville!
Come enjoy a feast and learn more about 12 Baskets Cafe and ways to get involved!
4th Annual Fletcher Firefly Festival
We are pleased to announce the 4th Annual Fletcher Firefly Festival, always occurring on the first Saturday of Summer!
This day marks the release of 2 Blue Ghost Summer Seasonals: Toasted Coconut Blonde Ale (5.1% ABV, 21 IBUs) and Tangerine Hefeweizen (5.0% ABV, 18 IBUs.)
The festival will run from 1-10 PM; 20+ local artists and vendors will be set up 1-6 PM. Last call for alcohol will be at 9:30PM.
The event admission, kids’ bounce house (operating 1-8 PM), music and most vendor/organization activities are free. Tickets are not required.
Beer & Other Alcohol Purchases:
Blue Ghost Brewing Company Beer (https://www.blueghostbrewing.com/brews.html), Bota Box Wine, and Bold Rock Mills River Hard Cider will be available for purchase. The purchase of these drinks will require getting a $2 wristband at the ID Check Table by the brew house in the back of the building. Proceeds will be split evenly between the Fletcher Park Development Fund and funding the event. One of the goals of this is to speed-up beer line! 10% of sales from 1-6 PM will be donated to Fletcher Parks and Recreation.
Non-alcoholic drinks will also be available for purchase. These include bottled water, house-made root beer, sprite, coke, diet coke and juice boxes.
Music:
Remember to bring along your own lawn chairs and/or blankets!
The Paper Crowns 1PM
Christina Chandler 3PM
Soldado 4PM
Brian Hill 6PM
Bayou Diesel 7:30 pm
Food Vendors:
The Hungry Ghost – BBQ sandwiches, BBQ tacos, fried brussels, chicken salad sandwiches fries & more!
The Hungry Ghost Grille – charcoal grilled 1/3 lb. hamburgers & 1/4 lb. Nathan’s hot dogs & chips.
Amazing Pizza Co.. – wood-fired artisan pizza with a variety of toppings
The Hop Ice Cream Cafe – imaginative yet classy array of homemade 16% butterfat dairy ice cream, completely from-scratch vegan ice cream and sorbet
Mackyboy’s Italian Ice
Father’s Day at Blue Ghost
Celebrate the dad(s) in your life over craft beer, lobster, and live tunes! On Father’s Day we will be open 1-7:30 PM with all of your favorite BGBC brews on tap, seasonal releases, cider, wine, hard seltzer, ginger beer, and a variety of non-alcoholic beverages (including NA beer) available. Lobster Dogs food truck will be on site from 1:30 – 6:30 PM and Myron Hyman will take to the stage for a set of rockin’ tunes from 4:30 – 6:30 PM.
NC Gold Festival
It’s Official! We’re Bringing It Home to the NC Foundation Grounds and The Lucky Strike Gold and Gem Mine. Come and visit the location where miners have found gold for more than a century.
This is a festival to celebrate our North Carolina “Golden” Heritage. Come out and learn the latest techniques. Step back in time and learn the fine art of gold panning in the river. Visit the many vendors that will be on hand with the latest in gold mining equipment. We will have a lapidarist on hand to demonstrate the fine art of gem faceting. Watch as we stamp a Vein Mountain Gold piece similar to the way the Becthler coin was stamped. We will also have a live band, smoked BBQ, nugget races, horse shoes, and much, much more. There will be free admission. All ages welcome!
For More Details Contact The Lucky Strike Campground
1-828-738-4893
Asheville e-Sports Minecraft Saturday (8-14yrs)
Wow! Who DOESN’T know a kid who loves Minecraft and a parent worried that he’s missing out on interaction in person with others?
It’s the launch of Asheville e-Sports, brought to you by Tek-Kids. Never heard of e-Sports before? It’s a structured way for young people to use their gaming skills in competition with other people their age. But there’s also plenty of silly, good-natured fun along the way.
We are beginning with a Minecraft event. This event is intended for young people between ages 8 and 14. Children under 8 can participate, but we request that they have an adult on site. We will be playing Minecraft competitively on a closed server (not open to the public). In addition to the competitive games, we will also have some servers dedicated to more relaxed styles of play (creative/survival).
The server will be open the entire time to allow for ad hoc gaming throughout our time there. Periodically we will run more structured competitions. These events will get projected onto the big screen, so even if you’re not playing, you can still get into the action.
PC/Mac or Pocket Edition.
‘Operation Arctic’ Vacation Bible School
VBS Kickoff-Wednesday, June 21st 6pm
VBS-June 25th-29th 6:30-8:30pm
Grab your parkas and snow boots and get ready to explore the breathtaking beautiful Arctic region with us at Vacation Bible School! On our thrilling expedition, we’ll uncover the coolest book on the planet-the BIBLE! Join us as we plunge into God’s wonderful Word! We’re sure to have a flurry of fun and excitement at Operation Arctic!
STAGE PRODUCTION: ‘Fools’ a comedy by Neil Simon
May 27th & 28th @ 7:30pm
Leon Tolchinsky is ecstatic. He’s landed a terrific teaching job in an idyllic Russian hamlet. When he arrives he finds people sweeping dust from the stoops back into their houses and people milking cows upside down to get more cream. The town has been cursed with Chronic Stupidity for 200 years and Leon’s job is to break the curse. No one tells him that if he stays over
24 hours and fails to break the curse, he too becomes Stupid. But, he has fallen in love with a girl so Stupid that she has only recently learned how to sit down.
Monthly Teen Bandstand Series
May 29th: Featuring Asheville Music School Rock Band plus Jesse Barry and the Jam (teens)
June 26th: Ian Ridenhour is the host, followed by local alt metal band Cosmonautilus!
July 31st: Jesse Barry & Kelly Jones + Neesh ft Elise Harvey
Aug 28th: Ian Ridenhour + Select teen band
Sept 25th: Jesse Barry + Select teen band
Oct 30th: Battle of the Teen Bands with special prizes!
Nov 27th: Ian Ridenhour + Select teen band
Safari Saturdays Summer Craft Series (6yrs+)
Dig into creative fun this summer with Michael’s Arts & Crafts Stores’ in-store kids crafting events on Saturdays in July.
- FREE with all supplies included
- Beginner friendly
- Ages 6+
THE LINEUP:
July 5th 10:00am-12:00pm – Clay Animal Terra Cotta Pot- July 12th 10:00am-12:00pm – Textured Canvas Art
- July 19th 10:00am-12:00pm – Animal Masks
- July 26th 10:00am-12:00pm – Leopard Piñata
This is a nationwide event, and two of our local stores are participating:
River Hills Shopping Center @ 111 – A River Hills Road, Asheville, NC- South Ridge Shopping Center @ 5 McKenna Rd, Arden, NC
There’s also a Michael’s at 305 Town Center Loop in Waynesville, but they don’t have these events on their calendar. We would recommend reaching out to them if you’d like for them to participate, also!