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.
TJ & Dave
– ALL AGES- SEATED SHOW- LIMITED NUMBER OF PREMIUM SEATING TICKETS AVAILABLETJ & DAVE TJ Jagodowski and Dave Pasquesi bring their award winning show to Asheville. A miraculously improvised one-hour play at every performance. Get ready to be entertained by the incredible wit and spontaneity of these two talented performers. It’s the perfect opportunity to experience something like you’ve never seen before. Enjoy some great food and drinks, and have a fantastic time with friends. Don’t miss out on this hilarious and one-of-a-kind experience! ‘One of these guys is the best improviser in the world. And the other one is better.’ – Stephen Colbert ‘The comics TJ Jagodowski and David Pasquesi miraculously improvise a one-hour play at every performance. This is an impressive feat of mental athletics, but the results are also observant, complex and frequently enormously funny.’ – The New York Times “BRILLIANT, HEARTBREAKING, MIND-BLOWING, INSPIRING! The best 50 minutes of improv comedy that we’ve ever seen. But we wouldn’t want to insult their effusive skills by speaking so simplistically. Also, it’s funny. Drink their Kool-Aid.” – Time Out New York “TJ Jagodowski and Dave Pasquesi, two of the world’s finest practitioners of the art of long-form improv, create an hour long one-act play. They’re both great actors and have amazing improv chops, but it’s always hard to notice these kinds of things when you’re peeing your pants laughing.” – Time Out Chicago LEARN MORE ABOUT SPEAKEASY IMPROV HERE!
CARNIVALE MACABRE: Krampüs Night
– AGES 18+- SEATED SHOW- LIMITED NUMBER OF PREMIUM SEATING TICKETS AVAILABLE Carnivale Macabre: Krampüs Night ö unholy night, in the dead of winter, in that wretched week between Xmas and the New Years when all seems a blur, we bring you another completely unhinged installment of Carnivale Macabre! For those of you on the naughty list this year, prepare for a night of sin, curses, and the best anti-holiday entertainment of the season! Join the ancient hell demons Krampus and Goathilde for a sleigh load of burlesque, live music, horror puppetry, performance art, and of course, our signature end of the night bar brawl of destruction that we advertise as “Pro Wrestling” Come all ye unfaithful… to the Carnivale Macabre.
Asheville Vaudeville
– AGES 18+- SEATED SHOWAsheville Vaudeville – Asheville’s LARGEST vaudeville show featuring WNC’s best comedy, juggling, magic, burlesque, acrobatics, aerial arts, short plays, puppetry, sideshow, music, and more! This show will be hosted by Toybox Theatre, America’s favorite Cartoon Witch!
CARNIVALE MACABRE: The Longest Hunch
– AGES 18+- SEATED SHOW- LIMITED NUMBER OF PREMIUM SEATING TICKETS AVAILABLECARNIVALE MACABRE: The Longest HunchBurlesque, Pro Wrestling, Magic, Music and More! Join detective Ima Swinehunt in her search for the missing and alluring “Layla Two Hands” in this chaotic and hilariously comedic noir mystery free-for-all!Proceeds from the show are a benefit for one of the show’s creators, Paul Lentini, who is currently fighting cancer. CARNIVALE MACABRE never fails to have a flair for the absurd, a fun and original script, wild outlandish characters and acts that get the audience literally jumping out of their seats and fighting for tickets. Get yours now!
Carnivale Macabre: Dungeons & Drag
– AGES 21+- FULLY SEATED SHOW- LIMITED NUMBER OF PREMIUM SEATING TICKETS AVAILABLECARNIVALE MACABRE: DUNGEONS AND DRAG Dox Dominus, Lil’ith, and Mosely embark on a raunchy and hilarious quest through Hell defeating as many bosses as possible! Featuring verses battles with Drag Queens and Kings, Burlesque succubi, warlocks, nefarious bards, and tavern brawling wrestlers! Come play with us and cosplay your favorite character or class!
Asheville Vaudeville
– AGES 18+- SEATED SHOWAsheville Vaudeville is WNC’s longest-running variety event! Featuring comedy, juggling, burlesque, clowns, puppetry, and more, with your host, Queen April!
