Community Calendar

ABSFest Brunch: Church of Decadence
Doors: 12:00 PM
Show: 12:30 PM
AGES 18+
SEATED SHOW
LIMITED NUMBER OF VIP TICKETS AVAILABLE
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ABSFEST BRUNCH: CHURCH OF DECADENCE
The brunch show is BACK and hosted by Padre Pavlvs, aka international juggler and comedian Paolo Garbanzo! Join us for a breakfast buffet of empowered debauchery with burlesque, sideshow, and creativity galore. Guaranteed to be uplifting, sexy AF, and more fun than your usual churchgoing experience. Feel free to wear your Sunday best, party hats, or your pajamas.
Raffle benefits Sister Kitten animal rescue.

HOLLAND NEGATIVE & THE BOG W/ SPECIAL GUEST DOUG MCELVY Leaning heavily on Southern-gothic themes and with an all-star of local musicians, Holland Negative draws on his experiences growing up in WNC to shape his songwriting. His debut EP Live! Uninvited! was released in 2025 and his second, Break Even, was released in 2026.

THE DESLONDES
When the Deslondes recorded their new covers album, they didn’t want to simply exalt their heroes and catalog their influences. They wanted to give their friends a boost as well. The poignant and powerful Don’t Let It Die Vol. 1 includes new interpretations of old songs by artists who’ve guided the band for years, including Swamp Dogg, Johnny Cash, and Clifton Chenier, alongside new songs by peers, tourmates, and collaborators, including Nick Woods, Pat Reedy, and the Kernel. “We have so many friends who are songwriters, and we just love their music so much,” says John James Tourville, who plays guitar and occasionally the fiddle. “Riley and Dan are always kicking around awesome, inspiring old songs for us to do, but for this album we really wanted to do some friend songs, too.”

Don’t Let It Die maps out a community of likeminded musicians given to hopping trains, crowding tour vans, and blurring the lines between styles and scenes. “These songs are very much a close part of our lives,” says Riley Downing, who sings and usually plays guitar. “They’re all part of our circle, this big organism that keeps influencing itself. It’s mysterious, though, which musicians get heard and which ones don’t. I think we’re in a good position to tip our cap to the friends we look up to, and hopefully it will benefit our buddies. Hopefully this album will encourage people to go down those rabbit holes.”

COME JAM ON TUESDAYS!
Fireforge's Open Bluegrass Acoustic Jam with hosts Matt Purinton and Sam Kruer is every Tuesday evening from 6:30-8:30 pm! Everyone with an acoustic instrument is welcome to play. Come jam or listen and request tunes! It’s going to be a ton of picking and grinning . See you there!

MEET THE HOSTS
Matt and Sam are both veterans of the Greenville music scene. While both are steeped in bluegrass, they’re versatile in their ability to play many styles. Matt’s fiery mandolin playing and Sam’s rock solid bass grooves enable them to make an exciting bluegrass sound that you’ll want to rock with!

APLR and Love Serve Remember Foundation Present: Ram Dass Local Asheville Satsang

Second Tuesday of Each Month

AyurPrana Listening Room - 312 Haywood Rd, Asheville, NC 28806

Doors 6 PM || Event 6:30 PM

Ram Dass Local Asheville Satsang

You’re warmly invited to the Ram Dass LOCAL Asheville Satsang, held in collaboration with Ayuprana at the Ayuprana Listening Room - an evening devoted to nourishing body, mind, and heart in community.

Gathering on the second Tuesday of each month, we begin with optional movement at 6:30 PM, a gentle arrival into the body, before settling into meditation and shared presence. Through the timeless teachings of Ram Dass, we reflect on love, service, and the practice of “being here now,” followed by chanting and open conversation as we lift our voices and imagine future seva projects together. This satsang is a space of connection—with yourself, with one another, and with the living current of wisdom that reminds us, in Ram Dass’s words, that “we’re all just walking each other home.” Come walk together, reflect, sing, and celebrate as we nurture the spirit of service, joy, and belonging in Asheville. ✨ RSVP & Join Us! ✨

For Immediate Release: Toe River Chamber Ensemble Upcoming Concerts
The Toe River Chamber Ensemble invites you to their two free concerts this season for an evening of live orchestral music.
The Annual Spring Concert will be held Tuesday, June 9, at 7:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church on the Burnsville Square. A second outdoor performance is scheduled for the evening of Tuesday, June 30, 7 pm at Homeplace Beer Company, weather permitting. Both events are open to the public; donations are warmly appreciated and help support the ensemble’s ongoing work.
Director R. Kevin Paul will lead the ensemble in a program of classic and spirited selections. Known for his enthusiasm, humor, and dynamic leadership, Paul keeps the musicians energized with engaging and challenging repertoire.
Founded in 1976, the Toe River Chamber Ensemble is a true community orchestra, bringing together 25–30 volunteer musicians from Yancey, Mitchell, and Madison counties. Members span a wide range of ages and professions, united by their shared love of music and weekly rehearsals.
Originally organized under Toe River Arts, the ensemble became an independent organization in November 2022. The group extends its gratitude to Toe River Arts for decades of support and partnership.
The ensemble is a North Carolina nonprofit, unincorporated organization and relies solely on community donations. The musicians also express deep appreciation to First Baptist Church, which generously provides rehearsal and performance space.
For updates and additional information, visit the ensemble on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/toeriverchamberensemble

WHERE: Third Room
WHEN: Tuesdays
TIME: 8pm
FREE SHOW, 18+

ALL DJS WELCOME. Just bring your USB.

Sign ups start at 8pm, slots are limited so get here early.

Always a FREE community event and flow friendly so bring your flow toys.

See you on the dancefloor!

– LIMITED PATIO SEATING IS FIRST COME FIRST SERVE
ZG SMITH & MADISON HUGHES

ZG Smith is the Los Angeles-born, Nashville-based son of an English professor mother and a shipwreck diver and underwater archaeologist father. For over ten years, he fronted the band Smooth Hound Smith who headlined tours in the US, Europe, and the UK and supported artists like The Chicks, Collective Soul, Trombone Shorty, Jamestown Revival, and many more. Following the release of their third album in 2019 and a month-long European tour in February 2020, the band’s eventual hiatus caused Smith to refocus towards other artistic pursuits. “I started seeking out music again like I did when I was younger. I realized that I had been so focused on Smooth Hound Smith and had been trying to push the band forward, that I stopped listening to music just for enjoyment. Because of the pandemic, I had time, so I dug a massive hole in my backyard, leveled it off, and laid a patio of over 1,200 bricks, all by hand. It took me about a month. I would just be out there all day in the sun listening to North African desert blues, EDM, ‘90s hip hop, or bizarre, outsider folk music. A lot of that stuff really informed the music I ended up creating months later.”
Madison Hughes makes music that lives in the in-between — the space between falling apart and finding your footing. Her sound pulls from the women who defined late ’90s Americana — Sheryl Crow, Norah Jones, Mazzy Star — and roots it in something country-blues and lived-in. Warm, honest, and a little worn around the edges. Like someone you trust quickly, even if you just met.

lots of hands
into a pretty room — lots of hands’ debut on Fire Talk Records — exists in the tear-stained early mornings of adolescence, just as the sun makes its first appearance over the horizon and thoughts of the night before begin to subside. A collage of reworked demos, freewheeling session standouts, and swatches of instrumental electronics, into a pretty room offers a touching rumination of grief and loss, growing up and letting go.

Billy Woodhouse and Elliot Dryden, the core duo behind lots of hands, first connected in a Newcastle school music program at age 16. Following years of cultivating a dedicated fanbase across 3 self-released records, into a pretty room marks the duo’s first truly collaborative effort, with Dryden often trekking the vast northern English countryside to write and record in Woodhouse’s bedroom studio. Between pints of beer and rounds of Fortnite, the two slowly chipped away at into a pretty room.

TORRI WEIDINGER

MTN VIBEZ Presents Latin Night every Wednesday. Dance Lessons 8:30-9 PM-All Skill Levels and All Latin Genres-Salsa, Bachata, Merengue, Cumbia, Reggaeton. Open dance is from 9 pm-midnight.

$10 cover