Big Richard plays bluegrass for people who think the world's gone sideways. The band recorded their latest album Pet live to tape to bottle the intensity of their shows, and they're not shy about making audiences squirm a little while they laugh.

The name's a deliberate jab at male-dominated bluegrass, and the music backs it up: sharp, provocative songs that land somewhere between circus soundtrack and cultural commentary. Expect a set that doesn't play it safe. Tickets are on sale now, all ages welcome.

Doors at 6:30, show at 7:30 Thursday night at The Mule inside Devil's Foot Beverage on Sweeten Creek Road.

Devil's Foot is the Asheville crew making non-alcoholic ginger beer, craft sodas and sparkling lemonade with real organic ginger, fruit from local farms and no corn syrup. The Mule is their taproom, set right inside the production facility on Sweeten Creek Road just outside Biltmore Village.

Full bar, but the draft sodas are the point. Cocktails and mocktails run on Devil's Foot sodas, backed by a deep wall of North Carolina spirits, plus local beer, NA beer and wine. A food truck or pop-up is parked out front most days.

The calendar stays stacked for a taproom. Live music, Wednesday night jazz, Latin dance socials, burlesque shows, vintage markets and NFL Sundays on the big screen all land here. Leashed dogs are cool inside.

Regulars will tell you the ginger beer is the real deal, and the Fuego crowd is loyal. The room gets love too, open and bright with a lot of reclaimed wood, and the bartenders know their way around a mocktail. Easy call when half the crew is skipping alcohol and the other half isn't.

Devils Foot Beverage & The Mule

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An Evening With: Big Richard

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