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AVLtoday’s 2023 Wrapped

We took a page from Spotify’s book and ranked your favorite AVLtoday content from this year.

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Let’s unwrap a year of Asheville content.

Graphic by 6AM City

Table of Contents

We know you’ve been on Instagram getting a glimpse of your friends’ listening habits since Spotify Wrapped dropped this week — but what about the stories and posts that made you click?

Introducing your AVLtoday’s 2023 Wrapped, featuring the content that had you clicking, liking, and sharing this year.

Top stories

Your interests varied from movies to music to food, but your hearts lie with hiking —10,832 of you wanted to know how to hit the trails + plan your next outdoor adventure.

  1. 19 places to hike in the Asheville area
  2. 10 new film projects in the Asheville area
  3. AVLFest, a new multi-day music festival, launches this summer
  4. Where to find lunch for under $10
  5. The future of the Asheville Regional Airport

Top social posts

Y’all love the local bears. Three of our top five Instagram posts were bear videos, with more than a million plays combined.

  1. Itch-scratching bear
  2. Five-bear family
  3. Rush hour driving
  4. First snowfall on the Blue Ridge Parkway
  5. Trampoline bears
More from AVLtoday
Thanks to the lobbying efforts of local leaders, politicians, and business owners, the Blue Ridge Parkway didn’t pass us by.
In partnership with the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy, Buncombe County will acquire Deaverview Mountain, meaning the 343-acre mountaintop tract will be conserved as a public park.
Spirit Halloween will strike South Tunnel Road twice, with stores in neighboring shopping plazas.
At this year’s North Carolina Awards, all recipients have made a valuable impact on WNC. Meet the locals who earned NC’s highest honor.
The City of Asheville has partnered with a UK-based entertainment company to begin initial phases of developing a public-private arts facility.
The shop announced it will reopen this November inside The Wyre in the upper RAD. Did we mention there will be dessert pizza?
Bookmark this guide for a curated list of events taking place each month that we’re most looking forward to.
Whether you love them sliced or only baked in a pie, local apples taste better when they’re picked fresh.
Hit up these bars + restaurants to see the upsets on the big screen.
Corner Kitchen in Biltmore Village and Zadie’s Market in Marshall received $50,000 grants through the trust’s Backing Historical Small Restaurants program.