As the North Carolina mountains turn a rich shade of green and warm afternoons invite everyone outside, Asheville Parks & Recreation (APR) kicks off a May to remember with opportunities to explore local greenways, celebrate community at neighborhood festivals, and sharpen skills \u2013 whether on a tennis court or at a pottery wheel. With events ranging from toddler play days and teen \u201ckickbacks\u201d to adult sports leagues and family movie nights, there is no shortage of ways to find your spring rhythm. Check out highlights below and get ready to make May memories in your city\u2019s parks and community centers!<\/span><\/p>\n These are just a few of the hundreds of programs, activities, and special events taking place in Asheville parks and community centers every month! Programs fill up fast and many require advance registration, so it\u2019s worth spending some time planning which activities and events to attend. Use these resources to discover additional opportunities:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.ashevillenc.gov \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As the North Carolina mountains turn a rich shade of green and warm afternoons invite everyone outside, Asheville Parks & Recreation (APR) kicks off a May to remember with opportunities to explore local greenways, celebrate community at neighborhood festivals, and sharpen skills \u2013 whether on a tennis court or at a pottery wheel. With events […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2412826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2412825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/May-Magic-Movies-Music-and-More-with-Asheville-Parks.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2412825"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2412827,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412825\/revisions\/2412827"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2412826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2412825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2412825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2412825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}May 2026 Asheville Special Events and Festivals<\/h2>\n
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<\/a>Asheville Walks, Runs, Fishing, and Outdoor Recreation Programs<\/h2>\n<\/a>Recreation Programs for Teens, Kids, and Toddlers<\/h2>\n<\/a>Arts, Sports and Fitness, and Meetups for Adults<\/h2>\nExplore More with Asheville Parks & Recreation<\/h3>\n