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Oh cool, it’s that time of the year AND they are back again this year. Downtown after Five is possibly the coolest neatest thing I’ve ever heard of in any city. It’s free! You get to hear some really great bands and music concerts and it’s free! Just bring some money for food, drinks, shopping, etc. Where you find it is at Lexington Avenue at the Interstate 240 overpass. There’s a city lot to park in right at the corner of Woodfin and Lexington. It’s the third Friday of each month from 5-9, still early enough so you can just go bar hopping and dancing when the music is done.
When you go from your Asheville Vacation Cabin Rental, go to 240 from Patton Ave and get off at Merrimon Ave. At the end of the ramp, turn left. Turn right at the first light onto Woodfin. You will see the parking lot to your right. (The music is happening right there under the ramp. If there are no spaces there, go through the light which goes into a sharp bend. At the end of the bend before you go into the civic center area, turn left and go into the parking lots along there.
One of the fun places to Contra Dance is at Warren Wilson College. There’s a weekly dance at Bryson Gym and anyone can go. One hundred or more people come together each Thursday for some old-time mountain music and the passes and twirls of the contra dance. You don’t even need a partner to go because the style of dance encourages you to dance with others. It’s a mere 30 minutes from your Asheville vacation cabin.
The gathering at the college started in the 1930′s as the Farmer’s Ball with square dancing. The dance hall closed in the 1950′s. The tradition started up again in 1982 and has been going strong ever since.