
Explore Asheville with an adventurous experienced, and passionate guide!
The Asheville Music Venue Tour and The Hidden Jems Tour help you see the coolest, hard to find places in Asheville!

The Asheville Music Venue Tour and The Hidden Jems Tour help you see the coolest, hard to find places in Asheville!
Are you looking for a fun walking tour that shows Asheville's quirky, musical, and artistic side? Do you want a little exercise while visiting the music venues where the best performances will be? Let our local guide take you and your small group for a downtown excursion!
Our mission is to:
1. Help visitors access and learn about unique and creative local businesses
2. Support the music venues and musicians
3. Support a sustainable recovery from Hurricane Helene
At Asheville Custom Tours, we offer unique and memorable sightseeing tours that take you to the best music venues and hidden gems of our city. Our experienced guides provide fascinating insights into the culture, history, and people of the places we visit. Whether it's your first time here or a local wanting to learn more about the town, you'll discover something new and exciting on our tours. Book your tour today and get ready for an unforgettable journey!

This locally owned business was created by Nicholas Faherty, who is a local outdoor adventure guide. After Hurricane Helene closed his hiking tour work and much of the access to the national forest, he decided to focus on his other passion: live music, and create a way to support the music scene in his hometown.

Music exploration and mountain adventure are such an important part to the local community of Asheville and to crucial tourism industry. Nicholas lost his job as a outdoor adventure guide in the mountains due to the hurricane and decided to create this business to support the Asheville music scene in coming back from difficult times after Helene. He also works as a canyoneering guide, zipline guide, Jeep tour guide, hiking guide, edible plant guide, and waterfall guide.

Nicholas is fortunate to grow up in this beautiful area, he's traveled many places in the world but always comes back to Asheville. It is both gentle and healing, while being creative and exciting.
He worked many local jobs such as helping the migrant farm worker and immigrant community. He also worked with two community colleges helping high school students enroll in free courses. He loved those jobs but resigned in order to be an outdoor guide and then to help the artists in Asheville after the Helene disaster.
Let's walk together to check out the downtown music venues and see what kind of music is coming up! There's all different kinds of venues in Asheville's nice little downtown, a perfect place to explore different genres of music and see a combination of local and touring musicians!
828-367-2663
Send a text to schedule a tour!
Come walk around town with a local guide to his favorite places, to find cool little nooks and crannies downtown, peruse funky little stores, and hear stories about growing up in this fast-changing creative beautiful city!
Contact to set up a tour
828-367-2663
Please text first

The tour normally consists of walking the sidewalks and crossing the streets of a city with hills and traffic. For guests that cannot walk without assistance, please choose the private tour or contact us to plan a way for us to help you with assistance. We are happy to modify the tour to be accessible to all people.
El guia habla espanol de su experiencia viajando y trabajando en latinoamerica. The tour guide speaks Spanish from living and working in Latin America.
The closure of all music venues for months due to storm destruction was disastrous to the local artists and businesses. This tour supports the venues and musicians, and the broader community, by emphasizing the strength, creativity, and uniqueness of our music scene.
Regenerative tourism describes the way that visitors can help communities return from disaster. Asheville depends on people supporting the art, music and food scene. Please choose us for your next vacation!
Please send us an email or text with your desired tour days and times. We will respond quickly. We do not have an online reservation system yet, but will be happy to schedule a tour for you or your group!
Offering:
The Asheville Music Venue Tour
&
The Asheville Hidden Gems Tour
Asheville, NC, USA
ashevillecustomtours@gmail.com +1-828-367-2663 Please send a text first
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