Local Kid-Friendly guitar/ukulele duo, Dylan (one of our employees!) and Luke, AKA King Arthur Sunshine, will be debuting their new Iliad, The Robotic Wings of Icarus! Story time and music combined!!!
Below is a promo video (yes, that's me beatboxing) of what we have planned for you, plus a list of door prizes that we'll be giving away!
Click The Above Image For The Promo Video :)
$5 gets you in and enters you into a drawing for the awesome door prizes below! All proceeds go toward Secret Agent 23 Skidoo's Kickstarter Campaign for his new album, "Make Believers" (he's nearly 50% there)!!!
Door Prize List:
*23 Skidoo CD 3 pack
*23 Skidoo DVD and Hoodie Combo
*Out of print 23 Skidoo Kids Book, "What it's Like in the Stars"
*23 Skidoo 3 CD, 1 DVD, 1 Hoodie, 1 T Shirt Super Prize Pack!
*$25 Gift Certificate
*$50 Gift Certificate
*1 8" Ice Cream Cake
*Free Birthday Party (includes Facepainting and Sundae Bar)!
It's no secret that Ashley and I have a million of things for which to be thankful. Of those things, YOU are the most awesome and inspiring and important! Let's face it, without YOU our lives wouldn't know the same level of happiness and this business wouldn't even exist...
This is why we would like to invite you to help us celebrate the 1 Year Anniversary of The Hop West. In return, we'll gladly scoop you some well-deserved, and free, Ice Cream!!!
Awesome Asheville band, Grammer School, will be bringing their super fun energetic Fragglerock Indie Pop to The Hop! As always the show is appropriate for all ages AND kids eat Free at Urban Burrito! Hope to see you there... :)
If you and the family cannot make the Tuesday Grammer School Show...
One of Asheville's premier Youth Rock Bands, Double Take, will be making another appearance for your listening pleasure. These middleschoolers absolutely rock out!!!
To prove it, here's a video from one of their previous shows at The Hop...
The amazing, delightful, brilliant, mad, hysterical, mesmerizing, British, talented, energetic and magical Professor WhizzPop! will be pulling out his trunk of tricks for the enjoyment of Ice Cream eaters in Asheville and beyond!
If interested in a preview of what this is going to be like, check out this video...
Can't make it to West Asheville, but still looking for a Free family-friendly show?
Appalachian State University Flute Ensemble will be making a trip to Asheville on a tour and have always stopped at The Hop for Ice Cream. This time we've invited them back not only to enjoy a scoop or two, but to play a show for you!!!
A few words from the Ensemble's director :)
"The ASU Flute Ensemble, directed by ASU flute professor Nancy Schneeloch-Bingham, features music majors and minors in the Hayes School of Music at Appalachian State University. Ensemble members play all of the standard members of the flute family, including the high pitched tiny piccolo, standard concert flute and the "color flutes" -- the mellow alto and bass flutes. The performance at the Hop will be a fun, eclectic mix of pieces. *The Hop is the official Ice Cream Shop of the ASU Flute Ensemble!!!*"
The very first Art Show The Hop Ice Cream hosted was over a year ago. We had all this blank wall space and we were looking for something great to fill it. When Open Hearts Art Center approached us about a show, it created a whole new dynamic for us. Instead of just hosting a fundraiser, this was a chance to invite Asheville non-profits in to display their craft as well as generate some extra buzz/moneys for the organization. A total win-win for everyone!
To see the recap of that first Open Hearts Art Center show, click here.
Tuesday, October 4th, from 5-8pm, we again have the opportunity to hang OHAC paintings on our walls. The original paintings will be for sale not only during the event but also for the following month or two. Each painting sold benefits both the artist and Open Hearts Art Center equally!
In addition, we will be donating 50% of sales to OHAC during the event. In addition to that addition, the Open Hearts students will be performing a special choreographed dance to Thriller!!!
Hope you can make it out to support these amazing artists and people!
