OUTPOST: Wallflower Makers’ Market
– ALL AGES- STANDING ROOM ONLY- RAIN OR SHINE- 10 AM – 2 PM A locally run, BIPOC owned makers’ market focused on supporting artists, growers, and makers in the WNC area. Featuring vintage clothing, handmade jewelry, house plants, fruits & veggies, and so much more!
CARNIVALE MACABRE: Thunderdome
– AGES 18+- PARTIALLY SEATED SHOW- LIMITED NUMBER OF PREMIUM SEATING TICKETS AVAILABLE Carnivale Macabre: Thunderdome Take an epic journey to the desolate sands of the future where a band of villainous warboys and their pet cannibal put on a dystopian variety show featuring Drag, Comedy, Burlesque, Magic, games and prizes, and specialty freak show acts paired with live music all night by the Carnivale Macabre house band Renounced Heroes! Come dressed in your best dystopian wasteland attire for a chance to win prizes for your costume and immerse yourself in this futuristic hell scape.
Reasonably Priced Babies Birthday Bash!
ALL AGESSEATED SHOWLIMITED NUMBER OF PREMIUM SEATING TICKETS AVAILABLEREASONABLY PRICED BABIES Celebrate 13 years of making it up as we go along! Asheville’s premier improv group – Reasonably Priced Babies (RPB) – are turning 13 this year and these troubled teenagers want to celebrate with YOU! About RPB: Reasonably Priced Babies have been building improvised comedy to Asheville stages for 13 years now, but they are no toddlers to the art of improv. With over 140 years of combined experience the Babies are no strangers to bringing laughter to audiences both in Asheville and around the world! The Babies include Tom Chalmers (formerly Gotham City Improv, Second City, Improv Olympic), Mondy Carter (Dead Ale Wives, LaZoom), Karen Stobbe (Executive Director- In the Moment, Comedy Sportz), Kim Richardson (award-winning Singer/Songwriter), Josh Batenhorst (former CEO Bright Star Touring Theatre) and the musical stylings of Aaron Price (formerly of oCollapsible Records,Wham Bam Bowie Band, etc.). What to Expect: RPB will bring 2 hours of improvised entertainment (with a brief intermission). Combining short form “games,” medium length scenes and musical improv – RPB can’t wait to celebrate their birthday with YOU. Come early and grab some food from the Taqueria and be sure to grab a libation from the fully stocked Grey Eagle bar! Tacos + beer + laughter = Asheville’s Favorite Choking hazard! (Don’t worry, we know the Heimlich). Bring your appetite for food, drink and comedy and be sure to wear your birthday bash best (not just your birthday suit – *pro tip* there just may be prizes!).
ABSFest Brunch: Church of Decadence
ALL AGESFULLY SEATED SHOW (GA)The brunch show is back! Join us for a breakfast buffet of empowered debauchery with burlesque, contortion, and creativity galore. Guaranteed to be uplifting, sexy as heck, and more fun than your usual churchgoing experience. Feel free to wear your Sunday best, party hats, or your pajamas. Raffle benefits Sister Kitten animal rescue.
ABSFest & Charming Disaster’s Journey Through the Underworld
ALL AGESFULLY SEATED SHOWLIMITED NUMBER OF VIP TICKETS AVAILABLE – VIPS enjoy preferential seating, VIP Underworld Survival kits, and a special VIP show with doors at 7pm.Join us for an epic evening of immersive burlesque, variety arts, and live music as goth folk geniuses Charming Disaster weave an otherworldly tale of magic, myth and monsters. General Admission doors open at 7:30pm.
THE MOTH Presents: Asheville StorySLAM – “GUTS”
– PARTIALLY SEATED SHOW- GA SEATING IN FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. THE MOTH resumes their recurring monthly Asheville StorySLAM at The Grey Eagle at 7:30pm! This month’s theme is…. GUTS: Prepare a five-minute story about moments of boldness and courage and the peaks and pratfalls of a daring spirit. Scaling mountains or admitting to mistakes. Being the first in line to try a never before tested remedy or the last diver at the safety stop in shark infested waters. Tell us about your nervy-est (or most nervous) experiences.
THE MOTH Presents: Asheville StorySLAM – “SNOOPING”
– PARTIALLY SEATED SHOW- GA SEATING IN FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. THE MOTH resumes their recurring monthly Asheville StorySLAM at The Grey Eagle at 7:30pm! This month’s theme is…. SNOOPING: Prepare a five-minute story about being nosy. Eavesdropping, meddling and sneaking around. Seemingly harmless questions or internet stalking. Flipping through a sibling’s diary, hiring a private eye, or peeking at someone’s browser history. Intrusive neighbors, overnight stake outs, or facial recognition surveillance. Or, tell us about your own prying and spying. Mind your own business!
THE MOTH Presents: Asheville StorySLAM – “GREEN”
– PARTIALLY SEATED SHOW- GA SEATING IN FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED THE MOTH resumes their recurring monthly Asheville StorySLAM at The Grey Eagle at 7:30pm! This month’s theme is…. GREEN: Prepare a five-minute tale involving verdant fields, blades of grass, tree-huggers or leprechauns. The bubbling envy over the childhood friend whose sneakers always shone brighter than yours. The excitement of passing “GO” and collecting $200. Stories of the unripe and inexperienced. The time when nature nurtured you, or when you were lost in the forest at nightfall with no flashlight. The grass is always, well… you know.
THE MOTH Presents: Asheville StorySLAM – “DAZZLED”
– PARTIALLY SEATED SHOW- GA SEATING IN FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. THE MOTH resumes their recurring monthly Asheville StorySLAM at The Grey Eagle at 7:30pm! This month’s theme is…. DAZZLED: Prepare a five-minute story of a time you sparkled. Drippin’ in diamonds down the red carpet, smooth cruisin’ in a Corvette, or cosplaying as Marilyn Monroe. Share your shiniest, knock out memories that no one believes or the moments that prove that all that glitters is gold.
THE MOTH Presents: Asheville StorySLAM – “FIRST IMPRESSIONS”
– PARTIALLY SEATED SHOW- GA SEATING IN FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. THE MOTH resumes their recurring monthly Asheville StorySLAM at The Grey Eagle at 7:30pm! This month’s theme is…. FIRST IMPRESSIONS: Prepare a five-minute story about initial encounters. Blind dates, fixer-uppers, catfish, and long lost twins. When your gut instincts were proven right, or when you unfairly judged a book by its cover. Day one at a new job, new school, or new city. The stinky cheese that was actually scrumptious. The singer with the gravelly voice that you grow to love. The indelible mark made upon meeting somebody for the first time.
