7.28–8.03

Mon 7/28
🐾🌳 10:30am: American Kestrel Release with SWVA Wildlife Center // Picnic Mountain Overlook // free ↝
🏆 11am–noon: Zumba! // Gainsboro Library // free ↝
🎨 4:30–7pm: Open Art Hours // Appalachian Arts Hub // free ↝
🎭 7pm (doors 6): Star City Secret Cinema Grand Finale (mystery movie screening) // Grandin Theatre // free ↝

Tue 7/29
♫ 5–8pm: Foster Burton (psych rock, blues) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🎭 7–9pm (doors 6): Can't Look Away (documentary screening) // Grandin Theatre // free ↝
♫ 9:30pm: Request Line w/ Jared Stout // Martin's Downtown // free ↝

Wed 7/30`
🏆 1–6pm: Fortnite Tournament // VR Center - Salem // $10 to compete ↝
🎨🧸 3:30–5:30pm: Hand Sewing for Beginners // Dragon Bite Books & Crafts // $5+, ages 6+ ↝
✮ 5–7pm: Lick Run Farmers Market (every final Wednesday) // Lick Run Farm // free ↝
✮ 5–8pm: Mid-Week Market (live music, vendors, food & drink specials) // Golden Cactus // free ↝
♫🍔 5–8pm: Jazz Night // Six and Sky // reservations recommended ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Mercy Creek (folk rock) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫ 7–10pm (doors 5): DCI Summer Music Games (marching drum & bugle corps showcase) // Salem Civic Center // $33+ ↝
♫ 7–11pm: Open Mic Night // The Front Row // free ↝
♫ 9:30pm: Ben Trout Band // Martin's Downtown // free ↝

Thu 7/31
🎨 10:30am-12:30pm: Painting on Vinyl // Hammer & Stain // $22 ↝
📚🧸 11am–noon: Book Adventure: The Art of Fashion (family-friendly storytime & craft) // Taubman Museum // free ↝
🧸 3–4pm: Wizard Birthday Party (Harry Potter themed snacks & movie party) // Belmont Library // free ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Party in Elmwood: The Pizazz Band (beach music) // Elmwood Park // $10 ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Music Road Co. Trio (reggae, funk) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🌳 6–7:30pm: Community Night: The Joy of Drumming (workshop, kids' activities, and yoga) // Morningside Urban Farm // free ↝
🎨 6–8pm: Barn Quilt Experience // Hammer & Stain // $45+ ↝
💃 7–10pm: Line Dancing with Angela // Tropicana Bar & Grill // free ↝
♫ 9:30pm: Balter Choir (instrumental psych rock) // Martin's Downtown // free ↝

Fri 8/1
🏆🌳 6–8am: Star Run (monthly running event) // River's Edge North // free ↝
🎨 3–4pm: Seashell Painting // Raleigh Court Library // free ↝
✮ 4:30–6pm: Business After Hours (networking event) // Taubman Museum // free ↝
🎨 5–8pm: Opening Reception: "Home" // Art on 1st // free ↝
♫🍔 5–8pm: Music @ Melrose feat. Terry Brown Ascension Project (live music & food trucks) // Melrose Plaza // free ↝
♫ 5–9pm: First Friday with Soul Expressions // downtown – Franklin Rd. SW between Jefferson & Williamson // $7 ↝
♫ 5–9pm: Blackwater at Salem After Five (top 40, cover) // Salem Farmer's Market // $5 ↝
🎨 5–9pm: Late Nights: Hairfirmations (DJ, refreshments) // Taubman Museum // free ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Freak Rangers (tribute to Jerry Garcia) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
✮ 5:30–8:30pm: Botetourt County Fair - day 1 // Buchanan Town Park // free ↝
♫ 6pm: 7 Summers (Morgan Wallen tribute) // Dr. Pepper Park // $20+ ↝
🎭 6pm: Talent in the Star (student-produced talent show) // Jefferson Center // free ↝
♫ 6–9pm: Patchwork Band (cover) // Fork in the Alley // free ↝
♫🍔 6–9pm: FFTnT's with Tyler Parrish // Sweet Donkey // free ↝
♫ 6–9pm: Kinnfolk (celtic, folk) // Atheling Downtown // free ↝
🎭 6:30-7:30pm: Mill Mountain Theatre Improv Show // Olde Salem Brewing - Roanoke // free ↝
♫ 6:30–9:30pm: Bunco (blues, rock, funk, soul) // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
♫ 6:30–9:30pm: Empty Bottles (yacht rock, cover) // Twin Creeks Brewing - Vinton // free ↝
✮🍔 7–9pm: Cocktails & Creators (meet & greet with comic creators) // Six and Sky // $30 ↝
♫ 7–10pm: Phat Pocket (funk, dance) // The Hangout // $10 ↝
♫🎭 7:30–9:30pm: Dark Side of the Dome (laser light show to psych/prog rock tracks) // The Eye - SMWV // $20 ↝
💃 7:30pm–9:30pm: Zoukumi Summer Dance Social (fundraiser) // The Hope Center // sliding scale $10–$20 ↝
♫ 7:30–10:30pm: Rachael Hester & the Tennessee Walkers (country western) // Hanging Rock Tavern - Salem // free ↝
🎭 8–10pm: The Ultimate Comedy Jam // Caribbica Soul // $25 ↝
💃 8:30pm–midnight (group lesson 8:30): Fiesta Friday with SalsaNoke (all-level Latin dance party) // Inka Grill // $10 ↝
♫ 9pm–2am: YK Niece (trap, hip hop) // Status Restaurant & Lounge // $30 ↝
🏳️‍🌈💃 10pm (doors 8): Kruwella's 30th Birthday Bash (drag show & dance party) // The Park Dance Club // cover, 18+ ↝
♫ 10pm: Nappy Head Funk Army (funk) // Martin's Downtown // $10 ↝

Sat 8/2
✮ 7am–noon: Joy Market Saturday // CommUNITY ARTSreach // free ↝
✮ 9am–4pm: Botetourt County Fair - day 2 // Buchanan Town Park // free ↝
🐾🧸 10am–3pm: Insect Fest (family-friendly educational activities) // Explore Park // free ↝
🎨✮ noon–6pm: Walk-In Tattoos (benefit for New River Abortion Access Fund) // Electric Eye Custom Tattoos // $100+ ↝
🧸📚 2–3:30pm: Young Writers' Workshop // Williamson Road Library // free ↝
🍔♫ 2–6pm: Karaoke Brunch // Caribbica Soul // free entry; meals as priced ↝
✮ 3–4pm: Socialist Social Hour (community and vegan meal) // Lick Run Community Development Center // free ↝
♫ 3–6pm: Mesko Family Revue (jazz, soul, folk, variety) // Hanging Rock Tavern - Salem // free ↝
♫ 4:30–7:30m: Phlegar Hill (classic rock, cover) // Hanging Rock Tavern - Salem // free ↝
✮ 5–6:30pm: SPOCK August Meeting (discussion on quantum, consciousness & disclosure) // Apex Piano // free ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Rachael Hester & the Tennessee Walkers (country western) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
💃 6–9pm (beginner lesson at 6): Swing Dancing Social // Sweet Donkey // free ↝
♫ 6–9pm: Inches of Infinity (rock) // Twisted Track Brewpub // free ↝
✮🏆 6–10pm: Bi-monthly Game Night (board game meetup) // Mishap Games // free ↝
♫ 6:30–9:30pm: Whispering Dream (rock covers) // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
♫ 6:30–9:30pm: TJ Ellis (country, folk) // Twin Creeks Brewing - Vinton // free ↝
♫ 7pm: Grease Fire (cover) // The Hangout // free ↝
♫ 7:30–10:30pm: Terry Brown Ascension Project (jazz, R&B, soul, blues) // Hanging Rock Tavern - Salem // free ↝
♫✮ 8pm: Jerry Garcia Birthday Celebration w/ The Dead Reckoning (Grateful Dead tribute) // Martin's Downtown // $15 ↝
🎭 8–9:30pm (doors 7:30): Big Lick Conspiracy (improv comedy show) // The Spot on Kirk // $12 adv. $15 day of ↝
♫ 9pm: Inferior Design, To Be An Astronaut, Jund (metal) // Coffee Pot Roadhouse // $5 ↝
✮♫ 9pm–midnight: NYA R&B is for Lovers - Silent Party Edition // 5 Points Music Sanctuary // $25 ↝
♫ 9pm–2am: Party Mortals w/ Stimulator Jones, Star City Soul Club, Melody Mundaca (dance, house) // The Front Row // free ↝

Sun 8/3
✮🏆 noon–4pm: Roanoke Softball League Social (games, cookout, raffles) // Wasena Park // free ↝
♫ 1–4pm: The Star City Céilí Band (Celtic) // Twin Creeks Brewpub // free ↝
🍔🐾 1–4pm: Journey of Hope Picnic & Zoo Visit (free zoo admission, potluck) // Mill Mountain Park // free ↝
🎭📚 2pm (sign-ups begin at 1:30): Open Mic: Speak It Into Existence (poetry) // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
✮ 2pm: Lights, Camera, Murder (interactive murder mystery game) // Crab du Jour // $35 ↝
🎨 2–3pm: Conversation with David Goode (railway art collector) // The Taubman // free ↝
♫ 3pm (doors 2): SML Boomer Band (charity show) // The Harvester - Rocky Mount // 25+ ↝
🎨 4–6pm (doors 3:30): Bob Ross Paint Party // Bubba's 33 // $34 ↝
♫ 5–8pm: Ripejive (funk, soul) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫ 6:30pm (doors 5:30): Blackberry Smoke, Mike Campbell & the Dirty Knobs (country rock) // Berglund Performing Arts Theatre // $49+ ↝

Ongoing/Multiple Dates

💃 Tuesdays July 29–Sep 2: Beginner West Coast Swing Classes // Carilion Wellness - Roanoke // "West Coast Swing is a world-wide, popular, partner dance, danced in a slot, to a variety of types of music (blues, swing, rock, hip hop, ballads, country, pop...). Come join the fun as this dance sweeps the nation and world!" // $15/class or $75 for all ↝

🧅 July 30–Aug 10: Shrek, the Musical // Mill Mountain Theatre // "Bursting from the screen to the stage, the Tony-winning Shrek The Musical blends the beloved feature film story of the titular swamp-dwelling ogre and his wise-cracking donkey sidekick...for a family-friendly adventure you won't soon forget!" // $76+ ↝

🦹 Aug 2–3: Big Lick Comic Con // Berglund Center Coliseum // Dress as your favorite character, meet your favorite artists, browse creator booths, and nerd out with fellow fans at SWVA's biggest and best Comic Con! // $28+ ↝

🚂 Aug 2–3 (ages 10–13) & 4–6 (ages 14–17: Teen Rail Camp // All abooooard! In this hands-on camp, teens and preteens will learn about how trains work, explore careers in rail transportation, tour the 611, and much more! // Details to come ↝

🌽 thru Aug 3: Leaving Iowa // Showtimers Community Theatre // "A funny and heartwarming play that is a love letter to everyone who remembers the family road trip.  Leaving Iowa takes us on two very different road trips:  One that embraces idealism, optimism, and the roadside attraction and one of discovery and reconciliation. " // $18 ↝

🎩 thru Aug 10: Guys and Dolls // Attic Productions - Fincastle // This classic musical  "takes us from the bustle of Times Square, to the dance clubs of Havana, to the sewers of New York City as it demonstrates the great lengths to which a guy will go when he truly falls in love with a 'doll.'" (Stage Agent) // $22 adult, $17 <18 ↝