Live music dives, late-night bars, rooftop sunsets and brewery patios — the recurring happenings that run night after night in Asheville.
Live tonight
10 recurring happenings, checked against each venue's own listings — live music and late-night bars after dark, rooftops and breweries for golden hour.
After Dark
Bars, live music & late-night spots
Sovereign Remedies
Downtown
A warm, eclectic craft cocktail bar and restaurant on North Market Street known for seasonal cocktails built on small-batch spirits and house-made ingredients, with late-night Western North Carolina-inspired food.
Set in a historic Art Deco building on Patton Avenue, this daytime coffee counter flips to handcrafted cocktails by evening, with the room going 21-and-over after 4pm.
Open since 1997, this cozy Celtic pub pours 18 rotating taps of local and international craft beer alongside a serious whiskey list and live music — including a long-running old-time and bluegrass jam most nights of the week.
A record store by day on North Lexington Avenue that converts into a stripped-down, all-ages punk and indie live-music venue by night, running events from 7pm to 1am.
Perched atop the historic Flat Iron Building — once home to Asheville's first radio station — this rooftop bar pairs cool cocktails and a crackling firepit with skyline views and bites from Luminosa.
Burial's original South Slope taproom, in a converted transmission shop, offers indoor and outdoor seating for catching golden-hour light over pours of its funky, barrel-aged releases.
A family- and dog-friendly South Slope tasting room with two bars and 30 taps of house beers like White Zombie, plus outdoor seating that catches the evening light on Banks Avenue.
A community-minded West Asheville taproom built into a once-forgotten building, with an outdoor patio that hosts live bluegrass and jam bands most weekends as the sun goes down.