Do you love to play music or want to learn to play? It's more fun to play with other musicians not always easy to find them. Local jam sessions and open mics can be intimidating and many of us amateurs will just go to listen. This group is meant to connect people who enjoy music and just want to play. We meet about once a month at the Skinny Beats Drumshop for group open-mic/social, but ANYONE can suggest and host a meetup. If you have an idea for a meetup or want to announce another musical e …

West Coast Swing Lessons and open dance, Mondays at the Hangar (inside the Clarion Inn), 550 Airport Rd, Asheville. 7:30pm intermediate lesson, 8pm beginner lesson, and social dancing from 8:30pm until 10-10:30pm. All FREE! Primary instructors and DJs for the event are Aran Pelly, Lacey Pelly, Rachel Harris and Sheree Harper with special guest instructors from time to time to   offer different tips and styling. Come on out for a good time, we keep it fun! :)

The Hangar is inside the Clarion Hotel at 26 and Airport Rd in Fletcher NC. Carolina Shag Lessons with The Mountain Shag Club starting around 6:30. Various DJ's start playing at 7:30. Some of the best Shag music in the Carolinas. Come on out. It's going to be FUN!!! $5 cover charge to pay for the DJ.

Become part of Asheville's most active community! Have you been ignoring a very important part of your life-  Being a part of a diverse community filled with people of varied backgrounds & interests who laugh a lot, make plans to explore, dance, travel, and enjoy life together? Stop working so hard, staying home so much.  Remember that having fun makes even the following day more exciting! We are a community, not just a group of people looking for an excuse to visit one more restaurant.  Our mem …

Asheville Salsa and Bachata is a group dedicated to promoting social events featuring Latin rhythms  like Salsa, Bachata, Samba & more. Our Latin Social events provide a great way to make friends, have fun, re-energize after a stressful week and relax. We typically start our Latin Socials with a FREE Salsa and Bachata Class. Most Latin dances are partner dances and are a great way to develop and maintain great social skills. Latin dancing helps develop confidence and trust internally and posture …

Our Mission Statement: To promote the creation of original music by our members, and share our music within the local community and beyond. Our Purpose: Bring together lyricists, songwriters, and composers to connect, collaborate, provide feedback and critiques, learn from each other, and provide a support network of like minded musically creative folks. What this group is not: A place for men to meet women and "make beautiful music together." This comment has been added because there seems to b …

You are invited to join us in an ongoing investigation over the next year as we look at different performing crafts, from magic to masks, exploring the Socratic command, "Know thyself". Each evening will look at craft from the perspective of a skill and also as an avenue toward personal investigation. The evenings will be presented by Lavinia Plonka and T.J. Shimeld. Lavinia has spent over 25 years in the theater studying many crafts from mime to stage combat. She has taught and performed around …

Each Sunday, you are invited to "Join our conscious, thriving community, Where Enlightenment Lives!" Reverend Charlotte McGinnis, along with guests with messages to Inspire Enlightened Living, share a Soulful Celebration with music, fellowship and an inspirational message. All are welcome.... If you are seeking an expansive view of spirituality and metaphysics....come check us out!!! Namaste!

Sacred heartsongs, opening to connection and spirit. collective and improvisational, Singing together in circles we vibrate together as one heart, one family, as a tribe and a community. Tuning our hearts and minds and raising our vibration to FEEL THE LOVE. The world needs our Heartsong. Come to celebrate and give thanks with the elevating power of sacred song and chant! please offer your song and share in devotion & thankfulness please receive and feel the songs others bring. Prepare to be upl …

To all you Asheville musicians, and those traveling through, we have created a great venue to open up and share with you. Stellar PA system and a beautiful crowd of listeners, so come on in from the cold and try out your new or favorite songs. We have an amazing array of performers coming in and hope you can join us soon. Wednesday, December 28th, at the SLy Grog Pub, 46. S. French Broad Street, in the Downtown Market/ Amazing Savings building. 7:30 - Midnight. Next meetup will be posted. They a …

Do you find yourself going on too many outings alone or trying to find other men and women in your age group to enjoy activities with? Let's find each other and live it up a little. We'll begin by meeting once a month for theater, game night, museum and art gallery strolls, cooking dinners, road trips or whatever else strikes our fancy.

Welcome to the meet up Latin Percussion Drumming Group. This group is for people interesting in learn how to dance basic salsa steps in 2 with Conga drum as well, hand learning and therapeutic experiences utilizing percussion and creative experiences of different combination of rhythms Salsa, Bomba, Plena, Cuban and Brazilian. The Latin Percussion Drumming Group is founded on principles of holistic experiences to rich individuals and communities while teaching listening skills, concentration, se …

Come find your Voice with a capital "V" and express yourself with confidence.This group is for people curious about or already enthralled with working consciously with words, sound, voice, mind, body, and spirit. We engage with various traditions, some old, some new. We explore True Voice and its potentials to create inner harmony. We practice with sacred sound, silence, and other tools such as meditation to dismantle our density and increase our frequency. We experiment with sound, breath, and …

This not-for-profit social oriented Ballroom Dance Club meets on Friday evenings from 7:30-10pm in the lower room of the Elks Lodge located at 546 N. Justice St. In Hendersonville, NC. For the months of February through end of April 2013, the club is dancing on a 1st and 3rd Friday of the Month Winter Schedule. Beginning In May the club will return to an every Friday schedule. Annual membership is only $15 with Dance fees of $5 for members and $7 for non-members. All are welcome. Come and enjoy …

Locavoire Asheville Organica is an Affordable Monthly Organic Vegan Farm to Table Music Experience beyond anything you've ever seen, Guaranteed. Sourcing our produce from Sustainably Grown Local Farms, Non Alcohol Gatherings, Kid Friendly, and extraordinary Music Concert all held in spectacular venues in Asheville NC.

This is a group designed to bring people together for the appreciation and love of electronic/music from in and around the Asheville area. As a community we will come together to celebrate the forefront of modern digital/electronic music at multiple venues throughout the Western North Carolina.