Asheville celebreates Dining, a Parade and a Race all in one weekend!
Nov. 19th, 2009 To celebrate the return of the Main Course Dining Program the participating restaurants are hosting a Taste of Asheville celebration on November 19 from 7-9 p.m. at The Venue on Market Street in downtown Asheville. The Taste of Asheville will feature small plate entrees from 18 independent restaurants. airasheville.org
Nov. 20th, 2009 Come hear music for the Holiday Season performed by stars of the Asheville Lyric Opera and some of western North Carolina’s finest musicians. ashevillelyric.org
Nov. 21st, 2009 This year’s Parade theme is “Our Appalachian Holidays” with singer/songwriters/storytellers David Holt and Laura Boosinger as co-Grand Marshals. The Express Personnel Clydesdale horses will headlining the Parade this year as well. Previous Parades have had 100 entries and lots to do with the family afterwards. Parade produced by the Asheville Downtown Association and Co-sponsored by The City of Asheville and the Asheville Merchants Corporation. 63rd Asheville Holiday Parade
Nov. 22nd, 2009 The Idiotarod is a legendary event that pits teams of 5 against each other for a 5k shopping cart race that is filled with trickery, challenge and some of the dumbest/coolest/most amazing costumes you have ever seen in your entire life. . . ever! The Idiotarod is a lot like the legendary Alaskan Sled Dog Race called the IdiDarod, which is a dog sled competition that spans over 1150 miles of Alaska’s roughest, most beautiful terrain that Mother Nature has to offer. The Idiotarod is essentially the same thing except we’ll cover 5 kilometers and instead of dogs we use people (idiots) and instead of sleds we use shopping carts (super pods of wonder). Participants usually adopt a theme for their team and decorate themselves and their cart accordingly. Teams will travel together with their cart for the entire 5k, but it’s not that easy. Teams will also have to complete community project based challenges that will help benefit MANNA, a community garden and a community building recycling program. Fun trickery also comes into play as participants compete for one of six awards including: The Hoff Award, The Chuck Norris Award, The Richard Simmons Award, The Picasso Award, The ‘I Piddy Da Fool Award’ and The Zoolander. Some of the awards are being hand made by local galleries in the River Arts District. Live music by Levi Douglas and Zach Blew at the Wedge After Bash!
