![\"play\"](\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\"){kind=icon}
<\/div>\n<\/div>\nOrange Peel expanding to former Cursus K\u0115m\u0113 brewery site<\/p>\n
The Orange Peel\u2019s new owners plan to revive 155 Thompson St., the former Cursus K\u0115m\u0113 brewery site, with a sustainable, flood-conscious music venue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/media-video><\/div>\n
<\/story-highlights> ASHEVILLE – Soon, there will be double the festivals, double the fun, as one of the partners of AVLfest goes his own way to introduce a new rocking event.<\/p>\n AVLfest was announced via a Feb. 13 news release to return later this year, though with a new name and slightly different team backing it. A new grassroots music festival showcasing buskers would result from this partnership transition.<\/p>\n In 2023, AVLfest was introduced<\/a> by the locally-founded Wicked Weed Brewing and Worthwhile Sounds as a citywide music festival featuring local, regional and national acts across more than 20 stages and various venues. More than 230 multi-genre shows were booked for the four-day event.<\/p>\n The next year, in August, AVLfest returned with added energy, having proven itself in its debut year as an event where music fans could stumble upon unknown artists and familiar favorites, free to flow from venue to venue with an all-access wristband.<\/p>\n Then, the devastating Tropical Storm Helene arrived in late September 2024, resulting in a prolonged recovery for the city and Western North Carolina and prompting a one-year hiatus for AVLfest<\/a>. Still, the organizers collaborated with several local partners to host another music event, \u201cThe Asheville Sessions: Celebrating 100 Years of Americana & Appalachia,” in November 2025.<\/p>\n For 2026, the festival formerly known as AVLfest will undergo another significant change, beginning with its new name, AVL Sounds Fest.<\/p>\n\n