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Concerts, festivals, markets, and community gatherings. Here's what's coming up in the Land of the Sky.
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Home for the Holidays at Asheville Community Theatre
A holiday show with the Tanglewood Troupes and guests from ACT productions past, present and future, Dec 16, 2026 at 7:30 PM on the ACT Mainstage.
ACT Mainstage at Asheville Community Theatre
7:30 PM
The Nutcracker (Ballet Conservatory of Asheville)
The Ballet Conservatory of Asheville presents a full-length Nutcracker at the Diana Wortham Theatre, Dec 17 to 19, 2026, with guest dancers the Wortham lists from Dance Theatre of Harlem.
Diana Wortham Theatre at the Wortham Center for the Performing Arts
4:30 PM$32 to $37 regular, $25 to $32 student, $20 to $25 children 12 and under (before taxes and fees)
Asheville Symphony: Handel's Messiah
The Asheville Symphony, conducted by Darko Butorac, performs Handel's Messiah with the Asheville Symphony Chorus and four soloists on Saturday, December 19, 2026, at 2 pm and 8 pm.
First Baptist Church of Asheville
2:00 PMSee the Asheville Symphony for ticket pricing
Titanic: The Human Story
Biltmore opens a Titanic exhibition on Dec 26 with what Biltmore describes as nearly 200 original artifacts and 3D recreations of ship interiors, through Jan 29. Biltmore says admission includes Biltmore House.
Amherst at Deerpark, Biltmore Estate
The Stranger (Autumn Players at Asheville Community Theatre)
ACT's Autumn Players give Agatha Christie's The Stranger a script-in-hand reading, January 29-31, 2027, at 2:30 PM, in 35below and at UNCA's Reuter Center. ACT lists tickets at $11 total.
35below at Asheville Community Theatre (Sunday at UNCA Reuter Center)
2:30 PM$11 total ($8 plus $3 taxes and fees), per ACT
Jeeves at Sea
North Carolina Stage Company's Jeeves at Sea sets P.G. Wodehouse's Bertie Wooster loose on a yacht full of mistaken identities, February 3-28, 2027, in downtown Asheville.
North Carolina Stage Company
7:30 PMAdults $30.50 to $57.50, students $18.50 (fees included, tax extra), per NC Stage
Come From Away at Asheville Community Theatre
Asheville Community Theatre stages Come From Away, the musical about Gander, Newfoundland, taking in thousands of stranded air travelers after 9/11, February 5-21, 2027, on the ACT Mainstage.
ACT Mainstage at Asheville Community Theatre
7:30 PMAdults (18+) $43.56, youth (3-17) $23.76, fees and tax included, per ACT
Primary Trust
NC Stage presents Eboni Booth's Primary Trust (a 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Drama winner, per NC Stage), about a bookstore worker whose routine unravels after a layoff, March 24 to April 11, 2027.
North Carolina Stage Company
7:30 PMAdults $30.50 to $57.50, students $18.50 (fees included, tax extra), per NC Stage
R. Buckminster Fuller: The History (and Mystery) of the Universe
NC Stage closes its season with a one-man play about inventor and futurist R. Buckminster Fuller, May 5-23, 2027. Adult tickets are $30.50 to $57.50, per the theatre.
North Carolina Stage Company
Adults $30.50 to $57.50, students $18.50 (fees included, tax extra), per NC Stage
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