Do you wish there was a comprehensive list of all the great arts events happening this December? Well, here it is!
Ongoing
- Nov. 20-Jan. 4 | National Gingerbread House Competition at The Omni Grove Park Inn
- Nov 22 – Jan 4 | Winter Lights at the NC Arboretum
- Nov 29- Dec 21 | Show & Tell Holiday Pop-up Shop at Asheville Social Hall
- Nov 29 – January 2 | Winter Wonderland at the Grove Arcade
- Dec 1 – 31 | LaZoom Holiday Comedy Tour
- Dec 1 -31 | Holiday Market at Open Hearts
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Dec 3 – 23 | Festival of Lights at Lake Julian
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Dec 4 – 22 | Handle with Care at NC Stage
- Dec 5 – 20 | Miracle on 34th Street at Asheville Community Theatre
- Dec 5- 21 | Bernstein Family Christmas Spectacular at Magnetic Theatre
Week of December 2nd
- Dec 4 | Holiday Open House at Warehouse Studios
- Dec 5 | All Occasion Card in Watercolor with Lorelle Bacon at 310 Art
- Dec 6 | Downtown Asheville Arts District’s First Friday openings & events
- Dec 6-7 | Carolina Christmas Show
- Dec 6-7 | Dickens in the Village Festival
- Dec 6-7 | ACDT’s The Nutcracker and the Mouse King at Diana Wortham Theatre
- Dec 7-8 | The Big Crafty
- Dec 7 | Black Mountain Christmas Parade
- Dec 7 | Holiday Market with Santa and Children First Charity Drive at Hickory Nut Gap Farm
- Dec 7 | Wedge Studios Holiday
- Dec 7 | Southern Highland Craft Guild’s Holiday Maker’s Sale at the Grove Park Inn
Week of December 9th
- Dec 8 | The Big Crafty
- Dec 8 | Holiday Sing-a-long and more at Black Mountain Center for the Arts
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Dec 8 | Holiday Swing with Queen Bee and the Honey Lovers at Isis Music Hall
- Dec 10 | Southern Highland Craft Guild’s Holiday Maker’s Sale at the Grove Park Inn
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Dec 11 – 15 | Santaland Diaries at Asheville Community Theatre
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Dec 12-14 | An Appalachian Christmas Carol at Vance Birthplace
- Dec 13-15 | Montford Park Player’s A Christmas Carol
- Dec 13-15 | Asheville Ballet’s The Nutcracker at Diana Wortham Theatre
- Dec 13 | Holidaze for Habitat at the Orange Peel
- Dec 13 | Handel’s Messiah at Stuart Auditorium
- Dec 13 | Winter n the Weave Holiday Pop-Up Shop
- Dec 13 | East Asheville Tailgate Market’s Holiday Market & Fundraiser
- Dec 14-15 | Asheville Gay Men’s Chorus Holiday Concert Sound the Trumpet
- Dec 14-15 | Ignite Holiday Trunk Show
- Dec 14 | Four Hand Holiday at Isis Music Hall
- Dec 14 | CURVE Holiday Market
- Dec 14 | Swannanoa Winter Fest at Grovemont Park
- Dec 14 | A Winter’s Tale at the WNC Nature Center
- Dec 14 | NC Glass Center’s Holiday Open House
- Dec 14 | Holiday Seconds Sale and Open House at Odyssey ClayWorks
- Dec 15 | Asheville Community Band’s Holiday Concert at UNC Asheville
Week of December 16th
- Dec 19-21 | Ballet Conservatory of Asheville’s The Nutcracker at Diana Wortham Theatre
- Dec 19 | Klezmer Appalachian Hanukkah Party at the JCC
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Dec 20 | 8th Annual Home for the Holidays Event at the Orange Peel
- Dec 20-23 | Montford Park Player’s A Christmas Carol
- Dec 21 | Mingle & Jingle: Holiday Craft Market at the Grey Eagle
- Dec 21 | Last Minute Holiday Craft Market & Flea at Regeneration Station
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Dec 22 | A Swannanoa Solstice at the Wortham Center for the Arts
- Dec 22 | adé PROJECT and Southside Rising present Rhythm + Resilience: House of Kuumba at the YMI Cultural Center
Week of December 23rd
- Dec 27 | Button Down comedy’s Post Christmas Holiday Comedy Show with Hillary Begley at the Boiler Room
Week of December 30th
- Dec 31 | Asheville Symphony’s Classical Mystery Tour – Beatles NYE Concert at Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
- Dec 31 | Roaring Twenties New Years Eve Party at Grove Arcade
- Dec 31 | BLACK & WHITE: A Party Of The Century at Battery Park Book Exchange & Champagne Bar