Asheville's Bounce-Back Spirit Shines at FestAVL

Good morning, this is your Asheville Local Frequency for Sunday, August 31, 2025.

If you are out and about today in Asheville, you are in for a treat. The final day of the Boomtown Arts and Heritage FestAVL is in full swing at Pack Square Park in downtown. This free, family-friendly festival celebrates Asheville’s legendary bounce-back spirit and resilience, especially in the wake of Hurricane Helene. Expect live music from homegrown favorites like Papadosio, Toubab Krewe, and Caitlin Krisko and The Broadcast. There are heritage trail tours highlighting Asheville’s historic boomtown beginnings, hands-on workshops, wellness activities like free yoga, and even a dedicated children’s zone with storytelling and crafts. Tonight, the Asheville Symphony caps the festival with a Symphony in the Park performance starting at 7, so bring a blanket and settle in for orchestral magic under the stars.

If late-night fun is on your agenda, there are several options to keep you dancing. The Bop to the Top Summer Tour, spinning all your favorite Disney Channel and High School Musical hits, comes to Asheville tonight with doors opening at 8. Or you can catch Hemingway’s Sunset Sundays with Para Gozar, bringing vibrant Latin beats and a spectacular sunset view from 15 Page Avenue, running from 6 to 8 PM.

For lovers of traditional mountain music, Jack of the Wood hosts live bluegrass from The Sons of Ralph starting at 7, and MaMuse brings their soulful folk harmonies to The Grey Eagle this evening. If you want even more, just outside town, the Happy Valley Jamboree continues by the Yadkin River, promising storytelling, joke contests, and fiddling galore.

Outdoorsy folks—after a long closure for landslide repairs, the Devil’s Courthouse overlook and trails on the Blue Ridge Parkway have reopened, offering uninterrupted scenic drives from Asheville all the way to Cherokee. Parkway officials remind visitors to use caution near repair areas, but this is a great reason to hit the trails or enjoy the end-of-summer wildflower blooms.

On a different note, it’s been a difficult week for some local residents facing FEMA housing assistance cutoffs. Survivor advocates downtown are calling for more local and state help after many received unexpected eviction notices, despite ongoing leases after the fallout from Hurricane Helene. Community action and press conferences are urging officials to step in quickly, highlighting the real impact that policy shifts have on Asheville families.

In city news, local arts and entertainment circles are buzzing as Asheville has announced plans to move forward with a brand new 2500-seat downtown performing arts center. This long-awaited project would welcome Broadway touring productions and breathe new life into the performing arts scene, finally overcoming decades of debate about replacing the aging Thomas Wolfe Auditorium.

And let’s end on a high note for one Asheville resident. Bobby White has won the lottery—again. He scratched off a million-dollar ticket this week, after already winning two million just a few years back. He took the lump sum payout and walked away with over four hundred thirty thousand dollars, proving that lightning can strike twice—at least in Asheville.

That wraps up your morning news and happenings for today. Take in a festival, catch a sunset show, explore the Parkway, and support your neighbors—it is what Asheville does best. This has been Asheville Local Frequency. We’ll see you tomorrow with more local updates.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning. This is your Ashville local frequency for Sunday,
August thirty first, twenty twenty five. If you are out
and about today in Ashville, you are in for a treat.
The final day of the Boomtown Arts and Heritage Fest
AVL is in full swing at Pack Square Park in downtown.
This free, family friendly festival celebrates Ashville's legendary bounce back

(00:23):
spirit and resilience, especially in the wake of Hurricane Helene.
Expect live music from homegrown favorites like Propotaco, Tuba, Bad
Crue and Caitlin Crisco and the broadcast. There are heritage
trail tours highlighting Ashville's historic Boomtown beginnings, hands on workshops,
wellness activities like free yoga, and even a dedicated children

(00:46):
zone with storytelling and crafts. Tonight, the Ashville SYMFENNI caps
the festival with a Symphony in the Park performance starting
at seven, So bring a blanket and settle in for
orchestral magic under the stars. If late night fun is
on your agenda, there are several options to keep you dancing.
The Bop to the top Summer tour spinning all your

(01:09):
favorite Disney Channel and high school musical Hits comes to
Ashville tonight with doors opening at eight, or you can
catch Hennyway Sunset Sundays with Paraguazaar, bringing vibrant Latin beats
and a spectacular sunset view from fifteen Page Avenue, running
from six to eight pm. For lovers of traditional mountain music,

(01:31):
Jack of the Wood hosts live bluegrass from the Sons
of Ralph starting at seven, and mom Use brings their soulful,
full harmonies to the Gray Eagle this evening. If you
want even more, just outside town, the Happy Valley Jamboree
continues by the Yadkin River, promising storytelling, joke contests, and
fiddling galore outdoorsy folks. After a long closure for landslide repairs,

(01:57):
the Devil's Couthouse overlooking trails on the Blue Ridge Park
have reopened, offering uninterrupted scenic drives from Ashville all the
way to Cherokee. Parkway officials remind visitors to use caution
near repair areas, but this is a great reason to
hit the trails or enjoy the end of summer wildflower blooms.
On a different mote, It's been a difficult week for

(02:18):
some local residents facing FEMA housing assistants, cutoffs, survivor advocates
downtown are calling for more local and state help after
many received unexpected eviction notices despite ongoing leases after the
fallout from Hurricane Hillie. Community action and press conferences are
urgent officials to step in quickly, highlighting the real impact

(02:38):
that policy shifts have on Ashville families. In city news,
local arts and entertainment circles are buzzing as Ashville has
announced plans to move forward with a brand new twenty
fifty thousand seat downtown performing Arts center. This long awaited
project would welcome Broadway touring productions and breathe new life
into the performing arts scene. Finally, overc coming decades of

(03:00):
debate about replacing the aging Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, and let's
end on a high note. For one. Asheville resident, Bobby
White has won the lottery again. He scratched off a
million dollar ticket this week, after already winning two million
just a few years back. He took the lump sum
payout and walked away with over four hundred thirty thousand dollars,

(03:21):
proving that lightning can strike twice at least in Asheville.
That wraps up your morning news and happenings for today.
Take in a festival, catch a sunset show, explore the parkway,
and support your neighbors. It is what Ashville does best.
This has been Asheville Local frequency. We'll see you tomorrow
with more local updates.