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The Workshop Lounge
What you need to know
The Workshop Lounge is a craft cocktail bar and live music room inside The Foundry Hotel on South Market Street in downtown Asheville's Block neighborhood. The space runs a serious rotating cocktail menu alongside scheduled live music Wednesday through Saturday — jazz residencies, acoustic sets, and small-group ensembles that fill the room without overwhelming it. It's a spot that works as a hotel bar and a neighborhood bar at the same time, which isn't easy to pull off.
Local's Tip
Hot Club of Asheville has a standing Friday residency from 7:30–10pm playing gypsy jazz — arrive by 7pm to get a seat at the bar before it fills. Wednesday and Thursday nights are walk-in easy. The Wall Street parking garage is one block north on the corner of Wall and S Market.
What the locals say
"Wednesday nights here are a regular thing for me — the Asheville Jazz Collective plays and it's free, the bartenders are actually good at their jobs, and you can hear the band without shouting across the table. It's the kind of place downtown Asheville needed more of."
What you need to know
The Workshop Lounge is a craft cocktail bar and live music room inside The Foundry Hotel on South Market Street in downtown Asheville's Block neighborhood. The space runs a serious rotating cocktail menu alongside scheduled live music Wednesday through Saturday — jazz residencies, acoustic sets, and small-group ensembles that fill the room without overwhelming it. It's a spot that works as a hotel bar and a neighborhood bar at the same time, which isn't easy to pull off.
What the locals say
"Wednesday nights here are a regular thing for me — the Asheville Jazz Collective plays and it's free, the bartenders are actually good at their jobs, and you can hear the band without shouting across the table. It's the kind of place downtown Asheville needed more of."
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