Town Mountain, Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters to play in concert

The holiday season is a perfect time to hang out with friends and that’s the logic behind two of Western North Carolina’s top bands coming together for a good cause.

Bluegrass darlings Town Mountain and bonafide country stalwarts Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters will play seven “Holiday Hang” shows across four states to enjoy each other’s music and to raise money for local charities in each town.

The show hits Greer’s The Spinning Jenny at 8 p.m. Friday and then has an Asheville show on Dec. 15 at 8 p.m. at The Orange Peel. Partial proceeds of tickets sales will be donated to an area food bank through the Feeding America Network.

“The Honeycutters are some of our best friends here in Asheville and in the music business in general,” said Town Mountain mandolin player and singer Phil Barker. “It’s such a great time being with them and playing music with those guys. It’s such a joy in its own right, but to add in giving back to the towns we’re playing in is a really great thing.”

The two will alternate who plays first each night and then will have a third set of music with the bands sharing the stage.

This is the second year that the two bands have collaborated for this type of show.

“We did four shows last year and they were all really fun,” Platt said. “Its always fun to hang out with the Town Mountain guys. I think we raised some money and that’s cool, so we’re looking forward to doing it again.”

While the combined show is held during the holiday season the groups won’t play many holiday-themed songs, Barker and Platt said. There may be a couple, said Barker, but not a full set worth.

Instead, it’s a chance for these two top-notch acts to showcase their tunes. This year, Platt and the Honeycutters released a well-received self-titled album.

It was the third album that Platt has released in the past three years.

“I feel like every album I put out, I’m waiting for someone to say it’s terrible and the worst album ever made,” she said. “No one has said that to my knowledge, maybe some has and I’m being protected from that. There are a few more people picking up on it than the last one.”

This year was the first time that the band toured and played overseas, too, she said.

Platt said that she felt that there was a hunger for her band’s style of country music in the United Kingdom.

“In a lot of ways we didn’t know what to expect,” she said. “We’ve had a guy doing public relations for us over there for a few years so we’ve had some exposure and knew we weren’t going into it cold. We didn’t realize that we had a following. A few of the shows were sold out. The shows were well attended.

“I had been to London before when I was younger, but this time we got to see a lot of the countryside, and just really got more of a taste for the country.”

Barker can understand why fans have flocked to Platt’s show — overseas and stateside.

“Original music is traditionally country inspired,” he said, “but she’s made it into her own thing. She’s a great songwriter and it’s really inspiring to listen to what she’s doing on a nightly basis.”

Town Mountain toured in support of 2016’s “Southern Crescent” this year and did some big festivals across the country. The band, which consists of Barker, Robert Greer (guitar, vocals), Jesse Langlais (banjo, vocals), fiddler Bobby Britt and bassist Zach Smith, has been a constant on the bluegrass scene since its debut almost a decade ago.

Earlier this year Town Mountain played the Grand Ole Opry for the second time and were announced as the hosts for the annual Midnight Jam at April’s MerleFest.

“It’s been a great year,” Barker said. We’ve been super busy, playing great festivals in parts of the country we don’t always get to see as much. We’re looking forward to keeping it busy the first weeks of December and seeing some great friends."

Want to go?

What: Holiday Hang with Town Mountain and Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters

When: 8 p.m., Friday

Where: The Spinning Jenny, 107 Cannon St., Greer

Tickets: $14 in advance, $17 day of show

Info: 864-469-6416, www.thespinningjennygreer.com