From the Asheville Community Theatre to professional theater groups to bars and clubs offering Blues, Jazz, Bluegrass, dancing and more, there is no shortage of music and theater to enjoy during your stay in the Asheville, NC area. With performance schedules running throughout the year, there will be plenty of choices in any season. The wide variety of choices will allow visitors to enjoy a relaxed evening of Open Mike performances in a local tavern, dress up for a full-scale musical like Beauty and the Beast, or catch a nationally known artist in concert at a local music hall. Visitors who enjoy these kinds of cultural events may also be interested in exploring Asheville’s various art galleries, studios, and museums.

Rockin in Downtown . . .

Cinjades 22 North Market Street, Asheville 828 254-0835
Bar, Music and Dance

Jack of the Wood 95 Patton Avenue, Asheville 828 252-5445
Smoke free microbrewery, live music. Great Fun and an Asheville tradition.

Stella Blue 31 Patton Avenue, Asheville 828-236-2424
Bar and Dance. Varied bands: Blues, Bluegrass, Jazz and local bands of all descriptions.

The Orange Peel 101 Biltmore Avenue, Asheville 828 225-5851
Bar, Club, Dance, Concert Hall and great bands. Self billed as a “social aid and pleasure club” with the best entertainment in Western North Carolina.

Tressa’s 28 Broadway, Asheville 828 254-7072
Jazz and Blues and dancing. An Asheville original.

Rockin in Other Great Asheville Locations . . .

The Grey Eagle Tavern and Music Hall 185 Clingman Avenue 828 232-5800. Bar, Music of local flavor, open mike

Westville Pub 777 Haywood Road, Asheville 225-9782. Neighborhood smoke free pub, Late night food and live music

Performance Art In Asheville . . .

Asheville Community Theatre 35 East Walnut Street, Asheville 828 254-1320. Community theatre reflects the community. All the passion, color, diversity, social consciousness, compassion, intrigue and good old fashioned humor found in our citizenry is also found in the plays ACT features. From the gripping courtroom drama, A Few Good Men to the soulful sounds of Always…Patsy Cline, there is something for everyone.

An adjunct to Asheville Community Theatre can be found at 35 Below (located downstairs and to the back) of the Asheville Community Theatre it is a smaller and more intimate venue and it’s productions tend toward the more Avante-garde in tone. Sometimes sardonic, sometimes witty and often on target.

The productions honor their Mission Statement: “To provide entertainment, enrichment and education through the practice and celebration of the theatre arts.”

Diana Wortham Theatre at Pack Place 2 South Pack Square, Asheville 828 257-4530. Located on historic Pack Square in downtown Asheville. Offering some of the finest entertainment in Asheville. Dance, Theater and Music represented. A gem!

Flat Rock Playhouse The State Theatre of North Carolina Hendersonville 828 693-0731 and 828 693-0403. Today the Flat Rock Playhouse is a professional theatre company offering 10 productions between April and December of each year.
On Golden Pond, The Big Bang, and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast are representative of their commitment to fine productions.