Entertainment near The Cove at Fairview

Art Galleries and Museums

Visit the Asheville Art Museum, located at Pack Square.  Blue Spiral is a gallery downtown.  The Folk Art Center, located on the Blue Ridge Parkway, has a historic craft museum and a store featuring the works of North Carolina artisans.

• Asheville Art Museum  www.ashevilleart.org
• Blue Spiral   www.bluespiral1.com
• Folk Art Center   www.southernhighlandguild.org
• Asheville Museum of History – New museum that features “permanent and special exhibits covering thousands of years of Western North Carolina history.” www.ashevillehistory.org

Festivals and Festivities

LEAF is an outstanding music and Arts festival with two locations (downtown Asheville and nearby Black Mountain). LEAF has a fee.  The Drum Circle happens Friday Nights at Pritchard Park during warmer weather.  Bring a drum, dance, or just enjoy watching the festivities.   Shindig on the Green features free folk and bluegrass music, as well as clogging.  Downtown after 5 is a free music festival that happens monthly from June to September.

• Drummer’s Circle: Free. Every Friday night from 6:00-10:00 downtown at Pritchard Park.
• Shindig on the Green: Free. Some Saturday nights from 7:00-10:00 downtown at Pack Square Park. folkheritage.org/shindigonthegreen.htm
• Friday after 5. Free. The third Friday of every month from 5:00-9:00 downtown on North Lexington Ave. July thru September. Enjoy the music! ashevilledowntown.org/2014-downtown-after-5
• Leaf Downtown:  Free. Music and cultural festival downtown. www.theleaf.org/downtown/

There are many more festivals and local festivities!

Movie Theaters

• Carolina Theater:  Check out the sofa lounge room! www.carolinacinemas.com/asheville
• Fine Arts Theater: Features independent film and arts film. fineartstheatre.com
• Carmike 10 Theater: Nearby. fandango.com/carmike10_aalsc/theaterpage

Music Venues

• Asheville Music Hall ashevillemusichall.com
• Diana Wortham Theatre www.dwtheatre.com
• The Grey Eagle thegreyeagle.com
• The Orange Peel theorangepeel.net
• Harrah’s Cherokee Center Asheville harrahscherokeecenterasheville.com

Looking for what is happening this week?   The Mountain Xpress is a free local weekly paper that lists all music acts. It comes out on Wednesday and is at most gas stations. Also, it is on-line: mountainx.com

Theater

• Flat Rock Playhouse: The state theater of North Carolina. flatrockplayhouse.org
• Dianna Wortham Theater: Located at Pack Square. dwtheatre.com
• NC Stage Company: Voted Best Theater by Mountain Xpress several times. ncstage.org