Festivals

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Culture
Celebrate Lunar New Year with dim sum brunch
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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
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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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Gamers’ Haunt to move to larger downtown location
Experience the magic of the new space early — and help support the move — at the store’s fundraising gala this Saturday, Feb. 7.
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Winter Storm Warning issued ahead of snowfall
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Travel and Outdoors
The lore of the American chestnut tree in WNC
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Food
Cúrate’s Chef Katie Button to star in new CBS culinary competition show
The Asheville chef and restaurateur will face off against 15 decorated chefs in the new show hosted by Padma Lakshmi.
January 29, 2026
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City
UNC Asheville announces committee to guide Millennial Campus planning
Urban development consulting firm HR&A Advisors will use the committee’s recommendations to create the Millennial Campus Action Plan, which will be delivered to the University for review.
January 28, 2026
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City
Asheville City Council approves $15.5 million in CDBG-DR funding for small businesses
Four local organizations will administer grant programs through the city’s Small Business Support Program.
January 27, 2026
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