Community Calendar

O.C.M.S. Big Iron World Tour: Back to the Roots
Old Crow Medicine Show
Sunday, March 22
Show: 8 pm | Doors: 7 pm
The Orange Peel
Ages 18+
Old Crow Medicine Show will return to rooms where it all began this spring with the O.C.M.S. Big Iron World Tour: Back to the Roots—a series of intimate shows celebrating the band’s earliest recordings and some of the places where those songs first took shape.

On this tour, the band will perform their first two label releases—O.C.M.S. and Big Iron World—in their entirety. The setlists will trace the foundation of Old Crow’s catalog, played in smaller venues where the band first stopped in the early days, many of which they haven’t returned to in years.

The performances will be presented in a more stripped-down configuration, emphasizing the songs themselves—built to carry their weight without spectacle, production tricks, or distance from the audience. It’s a return to closeness: songs played up close, in rooms where every word and harmony matters.

Together, the Back to the Roots tour and the vinyl releases reflect a band that has helped define the modernAmerican roots movement—and continues to lead it. By returning to these songs, these rooms, and this way of playing, Old Crow Medicine Show underscores what they’ve always done best: push tradition forward, expand the reach of string-band and folk music, and remind audiences that songs built with care and conviction can last, travel, and keep finding new life.

English singer-songwriter and ex-Roger McGuinn sideman plays his folky-pop originals along with select covers from the likes of Neil Finn, Lennon & McCartney, Neil Young, The Byrds etc.
Steve will be joined by his golden-voiced daughter, Emma and guitarist Steve Kirkland.

Join us on Sunday, March 22 for our next installment of our experimental music series, Ground Sound. This week our artists are Lyle deVitry and Dustin Furlow. Music starts at 7pm but get there earlier if you want to snag a seat. $10-$15 suggested donation, all of which goes to the artists.

The immersive concert-style theater show chronicles the amazing journey shared by the folk-rock duo, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. It tells the story from their humble beginnings as Tom & Jerry to their incredible success as one of the best-selling music groups of the ‘60’s to their dramatic split in 1970. It culminates with the famous “The Concert in Central Park” reunion in 1981 with more than half a million fans in attendance.

With more than 100 million album sales since 1965, Simon & Garfunkel’s perfect harmonies and songs that poignantly captured the times made them one of the most successful folk-rock duos of all time. Over the years, they received 10 Grammy Awards and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. In 1977, their “Bridge Over Troubled Water” album was nominated at the Brit Awards for Best International Album. In 2003, Simon and Garfunkel were awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and the following year saw their “The Sound of Silence” awarded a Grammy Hall of Fame Award.

Dan Navarro has enjoyed an eclectic 40 year career as a songwriter, recording artists, singer and voice actor, activist, and co-writer of Pat Benatar’s Grammy Nominated classic “We Belong”. Dan’s is on Tour in support of his most recent album, “Horizon Line.”

Following a solo-debut centered on the experience of survival and starting over, Jessica Willis Fisher is releasing BLOOMING produced by Ben Fowler – a wanderlust-fueled soundtrack to adventure and a heartfelt work of art.

Tim Easton is a consummate troubadour His current album “FIREHORSE,” produced by Kevin Nolan, releasing early 2026. It will be Easton’s fourteenth full length LP, and features the full backing band of Lainey Wilson.

A bystander intervention class BY and FOR our queer community!

Conflict resolution is a survival skill. This class will focus on real, actionable, applied learning to help create confidence and control in the midst of chaos. Participants will learn to identify early signs of rising conflict and will be instructed on the safest and most effective ways to step in and prevent further harm. They will learn about the five D's of bystander intervention, which empower us to handle a tense situation with verbal de-escalation. The presentation will also instruct on how to most effectively provide support to those harmed.

Please note that the presentation will emphasis sexual harassment/assault scenarios, so audience members are encouraged to consider their own needs and triggers before attending.

salem thorne [he/they] is a tattoo artist by day, and an activist... well, still mostly by day. Using art to protest, to ignite emotions, and to make people think has always been a core component for him. They are fortunate to be able to support other queer people to feel respected, comfortable, and free to make their bodies their own through tattoo. salem hopes to help the queer community resist fracturing and build sustainability and resilience.

Jessy Swinkford [they/them] is a queer & neurodivergent native Appalachian deeply shaped by the mountains and forests of this region. Robin Wall Kimmerer writes, “To love a place is not enough. We must find ways to heal it,” and that idea has been formative to the way Jessy moves through the world. Jessy provides sexual violence prevention education with Our Voice, bringing tools and conversations back into the places they are living and loving in. Jessy cares deeply about the resilience of queer communities and believes that we thrive when we look out for us.

Content Warning: This event may include discussion of sexual assault, abuse and violence.

A lifelong artist and natural storyteller, Howle has lived a million lives in one, releasing well over a dozen studio albums in a four-decade career that has traversed genres, styles, and cultures, encompassing everything from country-swamp-blues and jazz to folk, southern rock, indie, and Americana – all while endlessly exploring the depths of the human condition. She’s opened for legends like Bob Dylan and Bonnie Raitt. This talented musician is a show you don’t want to miss.

Seeing Impressionism Clearly: Camille Pissarro and The Honest Eye.

Step into the origins of Impressionism through the work of Camille Pissarro—often called the first Impressionist. Born in St. Thomas to French Jewish parents and shaped by experiences across South America and Paris, Pissarro brought a uniquely global and human perspective to modern painting. On this Artful Journey to the Denver Art Museum, we’ll explore how his background informed his luminous landscapes, intimate city scenes, still lifes, and portrayals of everyday life, revealing Impressionism not as a fleeting style, but as a deeply thoughtful way of seeing the world.

Friday, March 27th, 10:30 - 12:00
Black Mountain Center for the Arts
$25 (All Refreshments Included)

Yonder Mountain String Band

Join ACS's select vocal ensemble, Tempus, as we present Voices in Amber Light, featuring uplifting and thrilling music ranging from the late Renaissance through experimental contemporary composers.

"Orchid Kingdom" WNC Orchid Society's annual orchid Festival. Largest orchid show in the Carolinas with lavish orchid displays, six top orchid and supply vendors, programs, and demonstrations. SPECIAL PREVIEW NIGHT: Friday March 27, 4PM - 7:30PM. Saturday & Sunday, March 28-29, 9AM-5PM. More info at WNCOS.org.

This show will be an evening with, Herb Alpert and his brand new Tijuana Brass. Herb along with his 6 great musicians will be playing all of your favorite TJB hit songs just as you remember hearing them while growing up.

2025 was the 60 th anniversary of the iconic album, “Whipped Cream & Other Delights”. Herb and the band will be performing many of those great songs in addition to many other hit songs that we all know ; “The Lonely Bull”, “Spanish Flea”, “Taste of Honey”, “Mexican Shuffle”, “Tijuana Taxi”, “This Guy’s In Love With You”, “What Now My Love”, “Zorba the Greek”, “Ladyfingers”, “Rise” and many other delights.

The show runs 90 minutes and is informal as Herb loves to answer questions from the audience about his career, A&M Records and the many iconic artists like Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66, the Carpenters and Burt Bacharach that he has worked with over the past 64 years. The show features a giant video screen that displays hundreds of classic photos, videos, art and various memorabilia from Herb’s music career. A really exciting show and truly a Once in a Lifetime Concert Event!

Chords for Callum
Highland Brewing
March 29, 2026
1-6pm

Tickets and more:
www.teamcallum.com

Music:
Lindsay Lou
Kyle Tuttle
Jon Stickley
Lyndsay Pruett
Fireside Trio feat. Jesse Iaquinto, Tommy Maher & Carson White

Food Trucks & Online Silent Auction

All Proceeds benefit the STXBP1 Foundation to find a cure for this rare disease affecting Callum Stickley.