
Looking for something to do this weekend? Try our weekend guide to the 828, complete with everything from film festivals, block parties and vintage markets to a Buddhist arts festival.

The Montford Park Players continue their 53rd season, “A Season of Lunatics, Lovers, & Poets,” with “Cyrano de Bergerac,” written by Edmond Rostand, translated by Gladys Thomas and Mary F. Guillemard, and directed and adapted by Mandy Bean. “Cyrano” will run at 7:30 p.m., Friday to Saturday, Aug. 8-30, at the Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre, 92 Gay St.

The area is off the Blue Ridge Parkway near Blowing Rock

The Carrier Park rink sustained significant damage during Helene

The work will focus on removing debris, repairing roads and facilities and removing hazard trees

The RAD Sip & Stroll will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 9 all over the River Arts District, with open-air art markets and open studios presenting the work of hundreds of artists to the Asheville community.

Looking for something to do this weekend? Try our weekend guide to the 828, complete with everything from axe throwing tournaments to spoon-making demonstrations.

Hi-Wire Brewing is throwing an all-day summertime celebration at their River Arts District location this weekend. Read what to expect at the Midsummer Bash!

“Wicked” will defy gravity on the big screen at 8:25 p.m. this Friday, Aug. 8 in Pack Square Park. Attendees will receive green or pink sunglasses while supplies last.

Bigfoot, a beloved fixture of Marion, N.C. since the first WNC Bigfoot Festival was held in 2018, is set to receive a special honor at this year’s jamboree, which will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 23.