Events Calendar

Are you looking for an excuse to knit or crochet for a good cause? Help make baby hats and blankets and adult hats, scarves, and slippers to support at-risk newborns and homeless adults.  Your handmade knitwear will keep our neighbors warm.  Volunteers with basic skills in knitting or crocheting are welcome. Please bring your own needles or crochet hooks and a pattern.

Check out Knit-n-Give on WLOS: http://wlos.com/news/only-on-wloscom/close-knit-group-of-women-use-their-talents-to-help-asheville-charities

Asheville Plays is eeeek!cited to announce the 13th annual Haunted Trail; Asheville’s only family friendly haunt! This event is ideal for Halloween lovers of all ages, 3-12 being the suggested age range. The Adventure Center of Asheville is the host of this one of a kind live outdoor theatrical experience where guests are promised an entirely immersive and interactive spooky night out while also ensuring no contact. The show is loved by boils and ghouls from all over WNC and is proudly presented by our title sponsor Mellow Mushroom Asheville. The Treetop Adventure Park Aerial Glow Trail is available for purchase for guests 4 years or older to enjoy at this event! Climb on two aerial trails while they are illuminated with thousands of colorful twinkle and laser lights. If you want to enjoy both of these amazing activities, combo passes are available and WILL sell out, so make sure you reserve your tickets early!

*The Haunted Trail does not sell out, however the entrance closes at 9 pm. Join us in saying BOO! to hunger; Each Ticket purchased to this event raises 4 meals for MANNA foodbank. For younger guests who still aren’t sure about being scared, even for fun, a “Sweet Peek Tour’ is offered nightly at 6:45 pm. The trail is actor free at this time and allows any nervous little monsters to decide if they would like to re enter the line and receive the full show. Don’t miss PIRATES COVE! Featuring a 30 ft Pirate Ship Escape Room, Live Mermaid Encounter with photo opportunity, and free pirate themed activities. In addition to the Haunted & Aerial Glow Trails and Pirates Cove, there will be an entire festival with games, local vendors, food and brews, and new this year: a Cotton Candy Robot! Scare you there! Oct 3-4-10-11-17-18-19-23-24-25-26 6-9 PM

Greenville Gay Men’s Chorus presents BIG GAY BINGO—Halloween Edition, Friday, October 3 at Greenville’s Radio Room. This is the organization’s largest fundraiser of the season—packed with bingo, cabaret music acts, and outrageous fun including a costume party attendees won’t soon forget—all emceed by drag artist Rylee Hunty.

Join us at Presbyterian College in Belk Auditorium for a Celebration Concert featuring Christian Contemporary duo, Caleb + Kelsey.

🎵 About Caleb + Kelsey:

Caleb and Kelsey Grimm are the husband and wife duo, Caleb + Kelsey. Best known for their original arrangements of modern worship songs, Christian hymns, and duets of some of the most popular love songs of all time. With 65 million YouTube views & several #1 selling albums, their music is resonating deeply with their continuously growing fanbase.

Enjoy a night of praise, mission-minded music, and a special talk back with Thornwell President, Rev. Myron Wilkins.

Songs for the evening include:

Praise
How Great Is Our God / Our God / How Great Thou Art
Oceans / You Make Me Brave
In Christ Alone / Cornerstone / Solid Rock
Good Good Father / No Longer Slaves
Goodness of God
Great Are You Lord / Lord I Need You
AND MANY MORE!

33rd Annual Colonial & Revolutionary War Weekend

Saturday & Sunday, October 4 & 5

at Historic Walnut Grove Plantation

Step back in time to experience the colonial and revolutionary spirit. Experience life in 1781 during the Revolutionary War with live demonstrations of cannon fire, cooking, spinning, camp life, 18th century music and more!

Children’s activities happening throughout the day, including candle dipping, quill writing, tin punching, tricorn hats, horn books and sweet bags.

Saturday 10/4 10:00-5:00, Sunday 10/5 10:00-4:00

Tickets are good for the entire weekend’s activities!

Back by popular demand, the third Annual Mountain Monarch Festival will be at Gorges State Park in Sapphire on Saturday, Oct. 4, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

This free event, hosted by the park and sponsored by the Friends of Gorges State Park and other partners, will celebrate the monarch butterfly during its migration and raise awareness about the species’ declining numbers. The park lies along the monarchs’ migratory route. The butterflies can be seen in early October each year flying over the park, heading south to the high-elevation fir forests in central-southern Mexico’s Volcanic Belt, where they overwinter until early spring.

The festival will offer educational programs and exhibits as well as children’s crafts, face painting by Brevard College cheerleaders, a butterfly hike, and a Monarch Migration Passport to guide visitors through the activities. The featured speakers will be Heyward Douglas, an entomologist who is a former naturalist and has served on the Foothills Trail Conservancy’s board of directors since 1989, who will talk about visiting the wintering area for the monarchs in Mexico, and Brian Bockhahn, interpretation and education specialist for North Carolina State Parks, who will discuss “Monarch Life Cycle and Tagging.”

The event, activities and programs are free and open to the public. The event will be held rain or shine and is first-come, first-served. For event details, visit https://www.friendsofgorges.org

33rd Annual Colonial & Revolutionary War Weekend

Saturday & Sunday, October 4 & 5

at Historic Walnut Grove Plantation

Step back in time to experience the colonial and revolutionary spirit. Experience life in 1781 during the Revolutionary War with live demonstrations of cannon fire, cooking, spinning, camp life, 18th century music and more!

Children’s activities happening throughout the day, including candle dipping, quill writing, tin punching, tricorn hats, horn books and sweet bags.

Saturday 10/4 10:00-5:00, Sunday 10/5 10:00-4:00

Tickets are good for the entire weekend’s activities!

The Archaeology Society of South Carolina (ASSC) invites you to join us for our annual Fall Field Day at the Cayce Historical Museum in Cayce, SC. Come down to the museum to see real archaeological excavation on a nineteenth century plantation site. If you have curios or artifacts you want to learn more about, bring them with you! We have expert precontact and historic archaeologists available to answer questions. Small boats from the museum’s collections will on view. We are also going to show demonstrations of Ground Penetrating Radar technology and a new archaeology video game. Tour the museum and learn more about 12,000 years of South Carolina culture. The ASSC is also hosting a fundraiser auction and will be selling BBQ plates until they run out.

The YWCA Racial Justice Workshop is open to our entire YWCA Asheville community – including our staff, volunteers, board, donors, program participants, Fitness Center and community members. This 90-minute workshop will take place on the second Tuesday of each month at 11:30 am and will be facilitated by Gerry Leonard, Racial Justice & Outreach Specialist and Lexus Walker, Tzedek Social Justice Fellow.