Plan your weekend with our #Weekender event guide here.
Friday, May 4
Featured Event: Serve Asheville | 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. | Asheville | Register here | Volunteering opportunity to help serve the Asheville’s community.
Show: Brooks Hubbard Band w/ Christy Lynn Band | 8 p.m. – 11 p.m. | Ambrose West | 312 Haywood Rd. | $10 + Tickets here
Show: Biocratic with Koresma, Futexture + Lavier | 9 p.m. | Ellington Underground | $10 | Electronic grooves from Brooklyn + AVL
Workshop: Finding the Fit with Myers-Briggs Type Inventory | 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. | NCWorks Career Center Asheville | 48 Grove St | Free | Learn effective ways to find a job or change careers by exploring personality preferences that help identify career compatibility.
Drink: Carolina del Norte: Mexican Lager Release | 2 p.m. – 10 p.m. | Catawba Brewing Co | 32 Banks Avenue #105 | Catawba Brewing Co. introduces their new Mexican lager cerveza
Watercooler: 2018 Joe Frick Memorial Golf Tournament | 12 p.m. – 6 p.m. | The Omni Grove Park Inn | 290 Macon Ave | $30 + tickets here | Sigma Pi fraternity of UNC Asheville hosts their 2nd annual Joe Frick Memorial Golf Tournament. UNC Asheville Alumni + area golfers are welcomed to participate.
Saturday, May 5
MustDo: Cinco de Mayo at Bartaco | 11 a.m – midnight | Bartaco (Biltmore) | 121 Biltmore Avenue | Free Admission | Join Bartaco in celebrating Cinco de Mayo with live music, contests + giveaways.
MustDo: Asheville Bread Festival | 10 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. | New Belgium Brewery | Kick off the day with a Bread Fair at 10 a.m., then attend workshops ($25) and enjoy a catered dinner with bakers ($25). Festival continues Sunday. Tickets here.
Cause: Hats Horses & Hope Derby Party | 4: 30 p.m. | Capella on 9 at AC Hotel | 10 Broadway St. | $35 | Dressed your best for Derby Days and sip mint juleps during this benefit for OUR Voice. Tickets here.
Show: Tune-Yards | 9 p.m. | The Orange Peel | $23 | w/ My Brightest Diamond
Show: Natural Born Leaders EP release | 10 p.m. | Asheville Music Hall | 31 Patton Ave. | $10 | w/ Spaceman Jones + the Motherships and The Secret B-Sides
Show: Brie Capone EP Release | 9 p.m. | Isis Music Hall | 743 Haywood Rd | $10 | w/ Pink Mercury feat. Stephanie Morgan
Show: Jane Kramer with Free Planet Radio | 8 p.m. | Diana Wortham Theatre | $30 | The show from this soulful songstress benefits the Y.E.S. (Youth Education Scholarship) fund for youth who want to be professional musicians. Y.E.S. recipients will also perform onstage with the band.
Drinks: Cinco de Drinko | 9 p.m. – 2 a.m. | Banks Ave | 32 Banks Ave | Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with drinks, tacos + dancing at Banks Ave.
Show: Urban Soil Cinco De Mayo Party | 9 p.m. – 1 a.m. | Salvage Station | 468 Riverside Dr. | $5 Tickets here
Community: Saturday Fun Night | 6 p.m. – 11 p.m. | Asheville Community Movement | 812 Riverside Dr. | Drop the kids off at this kid only event full of gym supervised activities. Pre-registration is not required!
Theater: Who’s Dying to be a Millionaire | 7 p.m. | Sunday at 2:30 p.m. | Asheville High School Theatre | 419 McDowell St. | $3 – $6 Tickets | Asheville High School Arts Theatre presents a quirky murder mystery production.
Sunday, May 6
Film: Silent Sundays: Comedy Shorts | 7 – 10 p.m. | Grail Moviehouse | 45 S. French Broad Ave. | $12 | Live piano accompaniment from Andrew Fletcher and an introduction from silent film expert Frank Thompson
Show: Rival Sons & J. Roddy Walston and The Business | 8 p.m. | The Orange Peel | $22 Tickets here
Show: Cowboy Judy at MG Road | 8 p.m. – 11 p.m. | MG Road | $12 Tickets here
Show: An Early Mother’s Day Celebration: Kat Williams | 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. | Isis Music Hall | 743 Haywood Rd. | $20 Tickets here
Dish: 2nd Annual Women’s Dinner - Why We Cook | 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. | Table Asheville | 48 College St. | $75 Tickets
