North Carolina Mountains Vacation Rentals Put Music Fans Close to Great Venues
Friday, March 12th, 2010For music fans planning a getaway, North Carolina mountains vacation rentals near Asheville provide excellent lodging for anyone who wants to hear live music in world-class venues.
The Grey Eagle (828-232-5800), a smoke-free venue open to all ages, is considered one of the best listening rooms in the country and features a wide range of nationally and regionally touring artists in many genres. Located at 185 Clingman Avenue in Asheville’s River Arts District downtown, The Grey Eagle also features Twin Cousins Kitchen, featuring Southern Louisiana cuisine by native New Orleans chef Arthur Douglas. Noted artists who have performed at The Grey Eagle include Leon Redbone, The Bottle Rockets, The Wood Brothers, Iris Dement and Lori McKenna.
While North Carolina mountains vacation rentals are located in prime areas known to draw thousands of visitors each year, The Orange Peel Social Aid & Pleasure Club (828-225-5851) is a mountain destination in and of itself. In the heart of downtown Asheville at 101 Biltmore Avenue, the venue has been voted one of the top five rock clubs in the country by Rolling Stone magazine. Some of the artists who have appeared there include Bob Dylan, The Flaming Lips, Ben Harper, Blondie, Spoon, Sonic Youth, My Morning Jacket, Dinosaur Jr., Smashing Pumpkins, and many others.
Also downtown, The Diana Wortham Theatre (828-257-4530) at Pack Place provides a remarkable and diverse lineup of music artists each year. Located at 2 South Pack Square, the theatre has hosted performances by such stars as George Winston, Natalie McMaster and Donnell Leahy, and Arlo Guthrie.
In addition to the music venues above, the Asheville area offers many other venues for music-loving visitors in North Carolina mountains vacation lodging. With an unusually vibrant local music scene, music fans have plenty to choose from on just about any given night across the region.
In Black Mountain, music industry veteran Bob Hinkle and Kim Hughes, who had a successful opera career in New York for 15 years, founded and operate the White Horse Black Mountain (828-669-0816). They renovated and converted the old Chevrolet dealership at 105-C Montreat Road into a state-of-the-art musical hall that holds an audience of up to 300 people and features nationally and regionally touring artists, as well as local performers.
Additional music venues in the area to check out include The Garage At Biltmore in Asheville, the Town Pump in Black Mountain, The Back Room in Flat Rock, Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues in Asheville, and Mo Daddy’s in Ashevillealong with scores of restaurants, pubs, coffeehouses and galleries that feature live music.