Name: Asheville's One-Stop Hippie Shop at Instant Karma Asheville
Start: 2026-10-22T09:00:00.000-04:00
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Location: Instant Karma Asheville

Asheville's One-Stop Hippie Shop at Instant Karma Asheville

Female-Owned 
The #onestophippieshop w/ tapestries, crystals, clothes, CBD, and much more! 
Open at 9am in West Asheville & Downtown Asheville
SHOP Online Now- https://www.instantkarmaasheville.com/shop/

Instant Karma is a hippie gift shop with two Asheville locations, at 36 North Lexington Avenue downtown and 725 Haywood Road in West Asheville. The downtown shop has been on Lexington for more than 30 years, and the West Asheville shop opened in June 2016 between Biscuit Head and The Hop West, under a front mural by Flournoy Holmes.

The shelves are packed with tie-dye, harem pants and boho dresses, Grateful Dead patches, tapestries and songbooks, tarot decks, crystals, incense and moon calendars, plus Astria Farm hemp gummies for adults. Downtown is open daily from 9 AM to 8 PM. West Asheville opens at 9 AM Friday through Sunday and 11 AM Monday through Thursday.

Locals and Deadheads have been shopping here for decades, and the West Asheville regulars just call the neighborhood Best Asheville.

Instant Karma Asheville

Looking for shopping in Asheville? These local stores, galleries and boutiques are worth the trip, downtown and across town. Instant Karma sells hippie gifts at two shops, one on Lexington Avenue downtown and one on Haywood Road in West Asheville. Downtown, Static Age Records sells records and hosts shows on Lexington, Blue Spiral 1 fills three floors with contemporary art on Biltmore Avenue, and VaVaVooom is a woman-owned lingerie boutique on Broadway. In Biltmore Village, New Morning Gallery shows more than 500 American craft artists. North Asheville's Merrimon Avenue has Jus' Running, Asheville Raven & Crone and Asheville Pet Supply. Orbit DVD is an independent movie and game store in West Asheville. Out east, the Antique Tobacco Barn packs more than 75 vendors into 77,000 square feet, and the Southern Highland Craft Guild sells Appalachian handcraft at its Blue Ridge Parkway shop. South of town, Boutique Royale carries lingerie and gifts on Sweeten Creek Road, and Signs for Hope Marketplace in Fairview gives every dollar to a local nonprofit. Black Mountain's Old Town District is a walkable afternoon of shops and galleries. Every shop below has hours, photos and directions.

Shopping in Asheville, NC: Local Shops, Boutiques and Gifts

Asheville has a long list of women-owned businesses, and this guide rounds them up. Downtown, one stretch of Broadway has Old Europe Pastries for Hungarian cakes, the honey tasting bar at Asheville Bee Charmer and VaVaVooom's lingerie boutique. On Patton Avenue, Hazel Twenty and its menswear sister Lex Twenty carry Free People, Filson and Barbour. Instant Karma sells crystals on Lexington Avenue and Haywood Road, and Good Hot Fish fries Carolina seafood on Buxton Avenue. In the River Arts District, ButterPunk bakes biscuits on Depot Street. West Asheville has The Odd on Haywood Road for drag and punk nights, plus the fried chicken sandwich at Sand Hill Kitchen on Sardis Road. Asheville Raven & Crone stocks tarot decks and candles on Merrimon Avenue, and Hemp 4 Victory is in Woodfin. Head south for Retro Coffee on Sweeten Creek Road, the Pie Flight at Baked Pie Company in Arden and the antique dealers at Altamont Vintage near Biltmore Village. Asheville Charcuterie Co. builds boards and grazing tables, and SweetPeas Photo Camper brings a photo booth to parties. For branding and illustration, there's Flori Pate Designs. Every business below has hours, photos and directions.

Asheville's One-Stop Hippie Shop at Instant Karma Asheville

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