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Events
Make the most of the season with 20+ fall events in Asheville
Make the most of the season with this list of the best local events and activities happening this fall.
September 16, 2025 03:07 PM
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Grace Powers
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Travel and Outdoors
This Appalachian amphibian is getting its own festival
Spruce Pine’s first NC Hellbender Festival will put snot otters in the spotlight.
August 5, 2025
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Grace Powers
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The Spring Plant Sale and Market returns to The North Carolina Arboretum
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Arts
Go outside the ordinary at the 2025 Asheville Fringe Arts Festival
For 23 years running, Asheville is the canvas for this celebration of experimental art.
March 11, 2025
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Grace Powers
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Food
Farmers markets in Asheville
Pack your reusable shopping bags, because we’ve rounded up eight farmers markets around Asheville.
February 3, 2025
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City
YMI Cultural Center reopens alongside Goombay Festival relaunch
After two years of renovations, the YMI Cultural Center reopens with facility upgrades and Goombay Festival on the horizon this weekend.
September 25, 2024
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Grace Powers
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Culture
Celebrate and liberate at the Blue Ridge Pride Festival
Take in the performances, parties, programs, and processions, all centered on the theme “Rooted in Liberation.”
September 12, 2024
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Molly Wilson
Shots from previous Folk Fall Fests. Artists crafting fine goods. Crowds enjoying the fall weather. Ceramics available for purchase.
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🍂 Soak up the season with 2 days of folk-inspired festivities
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Shots from the 2023 Mountain Fair. Rides and food booths, people enjoying fair food, ribbons on award-winning items.
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🎡 Get ready for an un-fair-gettable NC tradition
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Festivals
Read up on the first Punch Bucket Literary Festival
See what’s in store for the inaugural festival from the literary nonprofit and get acquainted with some of the authors who will share their work.
September 3, 2024
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Grace Powers
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Festivals
Your guide to the inaugural Boomtown Arts & Heritage FestAVL
What you need to know about the unique festival blending history, arts, and culture.
August 30, 2024
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Grace Powers
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Retail

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Development
Salvage Station announces new indoor venue in the RAD
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