Secret Agent 23 Skidoo and friends, Adam Strange and Debrissa McKinney, had big and little kids up and moving Sunday at The Hop Ice Cream Cafe on Merrimon Avenue. The party was a thank you to fans for recently voting Skidoo the number 1 hip hop band in Asheville and also a fundraiser for the [...]
Ami Worthen and Krekel, AKA The Mad Tea Party played an enjoyable set of music in a West Asheville favorite intimate setting, the Hop West. Helped by Ami’s sister, Jennifer, on a couple of songs, the duo ran down original songs, covers and old timey string songs to the enjoyment of all present.
In a continuing series of benefit events supporting local non-profit organizations, The Hop Ice Cream Cafe on Merrimon Avenue played host to The Bob Moog Memorial Foundation . The Foundation was launched in 2006 to honor the legacy of Bob Moog and, among other programs, regularly works with children to teach them science through music. [...]
Our own Zen Sutherland playing a sing-a-long of Beatles songs at the Hop West. Fun for all ages. And ice cream, too!
Is it raining candy? Are you sipping on sunshine? Then you must be listening to “Rabbit!”.Taking a musical cue from the bubblegum scene of the late 1960′s and marrying it with a quirky combination of acoustic and electronic instruments, Rabbit! creates indie pop for the new millennium. Rabbit is a quartet out of Florida on [...]
The Hop West unveiled the latest in a series of paintings by Jarrett Rutland for the walls of the popular Haywood Road ice cream shop. Entitled, And Watch the Flutters of Fall Go By, the piece joins a larger work called Land of Endless Treats. Two more are planned, which represent each season. The next [...]
The Hop sponsored a Doggie Social to benefit the Animal Compassion Network on Thursday, July 8, 2011. Hop owners Greg and Ashley, donated 50% of sales to ACN. The benefit also featured a performance by Sophie The Wonder Dog.
On June 1st 2011 Judith Hallock was diagnosed with Grade 4 Brainstem Glioma, which is a form of cancer that is inoperable and deadly. Judith has been a peace activist for her entire life, and has started / supported countless initiatives to support world peace including co-founding a non-profit OREPA, Good Samaritan clinic in Sylva [...]
At the Merrimon Avenue Hop Forty Fingers and A Missing Tooth played a return engagement at The Hop ice cream shop on Merrimon Avenue. If you don’t know them, you are missing a real juggling good time. In the past they have played all over Asheville, from Roller Derby, to LEAF, to LAFF, and beyond. [...]
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