Join us in the WELLS FARGO parking lot for hands-on family fun for kids of all ages! Fire trucks, police cars, dump trucks, and much more!
Also featuring, Pelican’s SnoBalls… come get your FREE sweet treat!
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Duck Duck Jeep
Free duck with purchase for Jeeps! Drive thru only from 5pm-7pm while supplies last. **one duck per Jeep, only at Chick-fil-A South Asheville**
Parents Night Out (6-12yrs)
Aug 18th: Nerf Wars. Bring your favorite Nerf gun and report to battle stations. Pizza, darts, and safety glasses provided.
TOYBOX THEATRE presents The Miraculously Inventive Machine of Charlie Mean
TOYBOX THEATRE presents The Miraculously Inventive Machine of Charlie Mean at The Magnetic Theatre in Asheville. An award-winning fan favorite all-ages puppet play!
Poor Charlie! He is met by bullying and opposition everywhere he goes. At school, at home, on the streets, EVERYWHERE! It is time for him to plot his REVENGE! Charlie will invent a NEW MACHINE! The show is about bullies and how one small child deals with them. This interactive piece is intended to be creative and inspirational for ALL ages. Fun, funny, full of whimsy, and bursting with quirk.
If you missed this at Asheville Fringe Arts Festival a couple years ago, here’s your chance to finally catch this whimsical, interactive show!
Worldwide Play Music on the Porch Day
What if for one day everything stopped? And we all just listened to the music. Every year musicians in 70+ Countries and 1000+ cities worldwide participate. To join in just go outside and play music! You can invite friends or play alone. Make the day as big or as small as you want!
Annual Community Health Fair
Appalachian Mountain Health and our Campus Clinic are hosting their second annual Community Health Fair. This event is free. Please come out for free health screenings, free sport physicals, school supplies, gently used clothing items, music, bike giveaways, and FUN!
Good News Spectacular FREE Family Fun Day
Inflatables, popcorn, snow cones, hamburgers, hot dogs, & drinks. FREE backpacks filled with school supplies to the first 100 elementary aged kids.
Back to School Ice Cream Social
Back to School Ice Cream Social with Henderson County Parks & Recreation in Tuxedo Park. You scream, I scream, we all scream for ice cream! FREE!
Ice Cream
Games
Inflatable
FUN
1,000 Books Before Kindergarten Launch Party
1,000 Books Before Kindergarten Launch Party at East Asheville Public Library. Children’s music band Big, Bang, Boom! will headline. Enjoy games, crafts, puppets and so much more! Refreshments will be served.
1,000 Books Before Kindergarten is a nationwide initiative that encourages grown-ups to read 1,000 books with their young child (ages birth-five) before they enter kindergarten. Studies show, a child’s brain develops rapidly in the first three years of their life. Reading with a child early on can help them develop pre-reading skills that will make it easier for them to read independently in school. Families who read to their children from a young age can help their child build early literacy skills such as letter recognition and building vocabulary. Beginning Aug. 12, families with a child between the ages of birth to five can pick up a 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten booklet at any Library location. Caregivers record the titles of the books read to their child in the booklet. Early literacy tips are found at the top of each page for caregivers to model to their child. When you reach the “500 books read” milestone, return to any BCPL location with your booklet to receive a free canvas tote bag and continue your reading journey. When you reach the “1,000 books read” milestone, you’ve completed the program. Return to the Library for your completion certificate. Children have until they enter kindergarten to complete the program.
Back to School Family Show with The Billy Jonas Band
Doors: 3:00 PM
Show: 4:00 PM
– ALL AGES
– SEATED SHOW
– EARLY SHOW
Fun for All Ages!
The Billy Jonas Band loves to engage and delight both young and adult audiences. Whether performing for adults, families, school groups, faith communities, or a mix, they strive for a musical excellence that inspires, entertains, and moves people literally and figuratively. With “wild winded word magic” (Dirty Linen Magazine), homemade “industrial re-percussion” instruments, exquisite 3 and 4 part vocal harmonies, plus guitar and bass, they love to create community through song and story. Their specialty: finding and pushing your “wonder” button.
In 2010, the Billy Jonas Band was honored with a performance at the White House!