Name: MAKE // Irata Live // Fleeting Forms
Start: 2026-10-23T20:00:00.000-04:00
End: 2026-10-23T20:00:00.000-04:00
Location: The Odd - Eclectic Dive Bar, Music Venue & Oddities Museum

MAKE // Irata Live // Fleeting Forms plays The Odd on Friday, October 23 at 8:00 PM. Grab a friend and make a night of it.

The Odd is a West Asheville dive bar and live music venue on Haywood Road, known around town as much for its oddities-museum decor as for its calendar. The all-ages room books drag, burlesque, punk, metal, comedy, magic nights, and game nights across the week, and it stays open late every day. Full bar with house cocktails, local craft beer, and Jell-O shots.

Locals call The Odd a home for the creatively weird, the kind of place where you can catch a drag revue one night and a metal show the next without changing bartenders. Regulars flag the affordable drinks, the bartenders who remember your face, and the art-filled interior as what keeps them coming back week after week.

The Odd - Eclectic Dive Bar, Music Venue & Oddities Museum

Looking for live music in Asheville tonight? Find venues and show schedules downtown, on the South Slope, in West Asheville and the River Arts District. Almost all post shows as Scoops on Dig Local, so check a profile before you go. Downtown, The Orange Peel on Biltmore Avenue and Asheville Music Hall on Patton Avenue book touring bands, Jack of the Wood has hosted Celtic and bluegrass nights since 1997, and Hotel Eve does live jazz on Lexington Avenue. The South Slope has Eulogy on Buxton Avenue, Revival on Asheland Avenue and outdoor concerts at Asheville Yards on Coxe Avenue. Along Haywood Road in West Asheville, catch a set at The Odd, Fleetwood's or The Double Crown, or a quieter show at AyurPrana Listening Room and Story Parlor. The River Arts District has The Grey Eagle on Clingman Avenue and full album sides on vinyl at Joyful Noise. Hellbender by The Orange Peel puts outdoor shows on the Swannanoa River. Head east to Black Mountain for White Horse, Town Pump Tavern and Pisgah Brewing's outdoor stage, or north to JuneBug Retro Resort in Weaverville. For theater and orchestra, see the Wortham Center, the Asheville Symphony and free Shakespeare from Montford Park Players. For weekly jams, venue sizes and answers to common questions, see our Dig Deeper guides to Asheville live music venues and weekly bluegrass jams.

Live Music in Asheville, NC: Venues, Shows and Events

Looking for the best bars in Asheville? Find cocktail lounges, dive bars, rooftops and live music spots downtown, on the South Slope and in West Asheville. Downtown, Little Jumbo pours cocktails in an old grocery on Broadway, The Crow and Quill stocks more than 800 whiskeys behind an easy-to-miss door on Lexington Avenue, and The Workshop Lounge has jazz inside The Foundry Hotel. Capella on 9 serves drinks with mountain views atop the AC Hotel, District 42 sits on Pack Square, and Cork & Keg pours wine inside The Weinhaus on Patton Avenue. 5 Walnut Wine Bar has live jazz and acoustic sets most nights, and Fitz and the Wolfe runs three rooms on Battery Park Avenue. On the South Slope, Banks Ave. hosts drag shows and DJ nights, and Sovereign Kava pours kava on Biltmore Avenue. Haywood Road in West Asheville has The Low Down under The Hop, wine and vinyl at Potential New Boyfriend, and late shows at The Odd and Fleetwood's. Out east, The Social is a neighborhood pub on Tunnel Road, and Town Pump Tavern and White Horse anchor downtown Black Mountain. When the night's over, call AVL Ride for the trip home.

Bars in Asheville, NC: Nightlife, Lounges and Music Halls

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.

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