Two major Asheville brands, Wicked Weed Brewing and Worthwhile Sounds, are collaborating on their biggest project yet: a citywide music festival. The inaugural AVLFest will launch in 20+ venues throughout the city from Thursday, Aug. 3 to Sunday, Aug. 6. Here's all we know so far.

The festival will take on a "showcase style" format (think: South by Southwest) with several standalone headliners performing at the larger venues. Smaller acts will fill area concert halls, clubs, and outdoor venues, for a total of 100+ performances throughout the weekend.

How about the lineup?

Sadly, that cat's not out of the bag yet. The lineup won't be released until Wednesday, March 8 at the earliest. But our best guess is that it's gonna be good, considering festival co-founder Jeff Whitworth, the talent buyer for The Grey Eagle and festivals like Downtown After 5 and Cold Mountain Festival, will be helping secure the contracts.

How to get tickets

Early bird tickets, available at a discounted price of $50, are now on sale exclusively for residents within a 75-mile radius of Asheville through Tuesday, Feb. 21. After this local presale, a national presale will run through Wednesday, March 8. Prices will increase after that, right around the same time that the lineup is announced.

AVLFest venues (so far)

Salvage Station
Highland Brewing Company
The Outpost
The Orange Peel
The Grey Eagle
Burial Beer’s Forestry Camp
Wortham Center for the Performing Arts
Asheville Music Hall
Wicked Weed Brewing’s Funkatorium
One World Brewing - West
New Belgium
Jack of the Wood
27 Club
The Odd
Fleetwood’s
Cork and Keg
Alley Cat Social Club
French Broad River Brewery
Great Wild Nowhere