Music and Masquerade for your Halloween Weekend in Asheville
Oct. 30th 2009 Legendary jazz group Spyro Gyra will perform at Biltmore’s newest event venue, Diana at Biltmore, for a special Fall evening of music. Wrap up in your coziest blanket to enjoy Spyro Gyra’s spicy brand of jazz mixed with R&B, funk and pop. The intimate and elegant outdoor Diana setting features some of the most dazzling views of Biltmore House. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the concert will start at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $55 each. Spyro Gyra formed in the mid-1970s and has released 25 albums with 10 million copies sold. Although generally considered to be more “jazz” than “smooth,” members of Spyro Gyra have been praised as skilled instrumentalists and for their live performances, which average nearly 100 per year. The group currently is on a world tour in support of “Down the Wire,” their latest album released earlier this year. Deerpark will offer a special pre-concert buffet starting at 5:30 p.m., featuring seasonal selections such as Prime Rib of Beef, Chicken and Dumplings and Herb Crusted Mountain Trout. Concessions and picnic baskets will also be available at the Diana venue. Inn on Biltmore Estate will offer a special concert package that includes two nights, two tickets to the concert, Chef’s Breakfast Buffet in The Dining room, Biltmore Sparkling Wine delivered to guest room, transportation to and from the concert, daytime admission to the Estate for length of stay, Audio Guide to Biltmore house and valet parking at the Inn. For more information, and ticket and package pricing, please call (866) 336-1255, or visit http://www.biltmore.com/visit/calendar/diana.asp.
Oct. 31, 2009 Halloween gets a funny at the Spirits of Asheville Masquerade, at 8 pm - 2am Oct. 31 in the Haywood Park Ballroom on Haywood Street. The Feral Chihuahuas will be there with a 90-minute show, and there’s spooky burlesque and gothic bellydancing. Dress up, because $1000 will be handed in costume contests: sexiest, most evil, most disgusting, most Asheville and best costume of show. Haywood Park Hotel1 Battery Park Avenue Asheville , NC
October 31, 2009 Pretty Lights is the musical vision of the ultra-versatile Colorado based producer Derek Vincent Smith, accompanied in the live setting by drummer, Cory Eberhard. Together these two achieve a raw energy rarely reached in the realm of electronic music. At a time when music lovers from almost all subcultures, and genres are finding common ground in the basic form of bangin’ beats, Pretty Lights is giving the people what they want; electro organic cutting-edge party rocking beats that fill venues with energy and emotion, and send dance floors into frenzies. What makes Pretty Lights truly different tho, is that these beats have serious soul. Derek’s latest album, “Filling Up The City Skies” is a two disc, 26 track journey through past, present, and future. He juxtaposes collages of beautiful vintage samples against backdrops of futuristic synthesis and dirty broken beats, creating a sound that can snap your neck while simultaneously shedding your tears. The album has been downloaded over 30,000 times from the Pretty Lights website in the short 3 months since its release, proving that the PL sound is not only getting around, it’s spreading like a virus Orange Peel
