10.20–10.27

Mon 10/20
🎃 6pm: Horror Movie Night (The Blair Witch Project & Trick 'r Treat) // Starr Hill Brewery // free; 18+ ↝
🎨 6pm: DIY Floral Pumpkin Centerpiece // Green Designs // $50 ↝
📚 6:30–7:30pm: The Bookish (open-format review/show & tell club) // Belmont Library // free ↝

Tue 10/21
💃 1–3pm: Line Dancing with Tracy // Melrose Plaza large fitness room // free ↝
🎃🎭 5:30–7:30pm: Advertising Horror Stories (storytelling event) // Big Lick Brewing // $20 ↝
♫ 6:30pm: Tarantula, Lost in Space Camp, Ethereal Element (emo, math, alt rock) // Blindhouse Beer Co. // $15, all ages ↝

Wed 10/22
✮ 5–7pm: Local College Fair // Williamson Rd Library // free ↝
🛍️✮ 5–8pm: Mid-Week Market (live music, vendors, food & drink specials) // Golden Cactus // free ↝
♫🍔 5–8pm: Jazz Night // Six and Sky // free ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: John McBroom (rock, acoustic) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🍔🍷 6–8pm: Sip & Sourdough (bread making class) // Awful Arthur's - Salem // $61 ↝
♫ 6:30pm: Compactor, Desolation Colony, Naked Movie Star (experimental, noise) // Blindhouse Beer Co. // $10, all ages ↝
♫ 7–11pm: Open Mic Night // The Front Row // free ↝
♫ 7:30pm (doors 7): Whitney K, The Young Sinclairs, Rikki Rakki, Sourlips (indie rock, alternative) // The Spot on Kirk // $15 adv. $18 day of ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7): The War and Treaty, Thunderstorm Artis (country, folk, soul) // The Harvester Performance Center - Rocky Mount // $50+ ↝
♫ 9:30pm: Redd and the Paper Flowers (folk) // Martin's Downtown // free ↝

Thu 10/23
✮ 8:30–10am: Mastering the Art of Persuasion (class) // Branch // $50 ↝
🍔✮ 12:30pm: Lunch & Learn w/ the Collective: Fire Under My Feet // The Collective. // free ↝
🎨 5:30–6:30pm: Festival of Light Workshop: Bluebird of Happiness, pt. 2 (collaborative paper maché sculpture) // Morningside Urban Farm // free ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Mad Iguanas (rock) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫ 7pm: The Floorboards (Americana, country, rock) // Fork in the Alley // free ↝
💃 7–10pm: Line Dancing with Angela // Tropicana Bar & Grill // free ↝
♫ 8–11pm: Five Dollar Shake (rock, blues) // Corned Beef & Co. // free ↝
♫ 9:30pm: Mutlu (R&B, reggae, fusion) // Martin's Downtown // free ↝
🎭 midnight: The Rocky Horror Picture Show - Y2K theme// Grandin Theatre // $17 ↝

Fri 10/24
✮ noon–2pm: Dr. Pepper Day 2025 (free soda & merch) // Market Square // free ↝
🎃🏆 5–10pm: Monster Mash (roller skating costume contest) // Firehouse Skate 'N Play // $15 ↝
🎃 5:30–8:30pm: Pumpkinfest (inflatables, games, pumpkin carving and costume contests) // Salem Farmer's Market // $5 ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: The Non-Profits // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🎃🧸 6pm: Movie in the Market - Ghostbusters (and children's activities; movie begins at dusk) // Market Square // free ↝
♫ 6pm: BAM! (the Meskos) // Twisted Track Brewpub // free ↝
🏆✮ 6–8pm: Hypnotic Yoga Experience // Uttara Yoga // $25 ↝
🎲🧸 6–8pm: Family Fun Bingo // Brambleton Rec Center // $11 ↝
🎃💃 6–10pm (doors 5:30): Monster Ball // Blindhouse Beer Co. // $5 ↝
♫ 6:30–9:30pm: Mercy Creek (folk rock) // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
♫ 7pm (doors 6): Turnpike Troubadours (country) // Salem Civic Center // $50+ ↝
🏆 7–9pm: Glow Night at the Pool // Green Ridge Rec Center Pool // $5 ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7:30): Woody Woodworth & the Piners, Lillian Hackett (country, Americana, folk) // The Spot on Kirk // $12 adv. $15 day of ↝
🎃🏳️‍🌈 8pm–2am: Mr. & Miss Trick-or-Treat (drag competition fundraiser night) // The Park Dance Club // cover ↝
♫ 10pm: Chad Nickell & the Loose Change (folk, rock, Americana) // Martin's Downtown // $10 ↝

Sat 10/25
🛍️✮ 8am–3pm: FREE Firewood Giveaway // Fallon Park // free ↝
🎃🏆🐾 9am: Spooky Sprint 5K (feat. costume contest for people & pets!) // Wasena Park // $45 ↝
🎃🛍️ 9am–2pm: Fall for Local: Maker's Market // Greenbrier Nurseries // free ↝
🏆 9:30am: Roanoke Heart Walk // Rivers Edge Park // donations accepted ↝
🎃🧸 10am–noon: Salem Small Business Trick-or-Treating // Main St. Salem // free ↝
🎃🧸 10am–2pm: Downtown Candy Crawl // Downtown Roanoke // free ↝
🎃🧸🐾 10am–4pm: Zoo Boo (Halloween children's activities) // Mill Mountain Zoo // incl. w/ zoo admission ↝
♫ 11am: RSO's Piano & Violin Spectacular (classical) // Parkway Church on the Mountain // $34+ ↝
🎨 noon: Geode Tie-Dye Class // Motel Studios // $40 ↝
🎨🛍️ noon–5pm: Art Supply Exchange & Sale // Art on 1st // free ↝
🎃🧸 noon–5pm: Spooktacular Saturday (mini golf, pumpkin carving, costume parade, crafts, & zipline) // Explore Park // free ↝
🎃🎨 1pm: Witch Ball Workshop - session 1 // Roanoke History Museum // $30 ↝
🎃🎨 1–3pm: Painted Wooden Pumpkins // Dragon Bite Books & Crafts // $35 ↝
🎃🧸 1–4pm: Melrose Trunk or Treat // Melrose Plaza // free ↝
💃🎭 2pm (doors 1:30): Roanoke Ballet Theatre Presents: Dracula - early show // Shaftman Performance Hall @ Jefferson Center // $38+ ↝
🎃🎨 2pm: Witch Ball Workshop - session 2 // Roanoke History Museum // $30 ↝
🎃🎨 2pm: Witch Ball Workshop - session 3 // Roanoke History Museum // $30 ↝
🎃🎨🍔 2–3:30pm: Spooky Cookie Decorating // Grandin CoLab // $61 ↝
🎃🧸🎨 2–4pm: Monster Mash Paint Party // Lucid Dreams // $18 ↝
✮🍷 2–10pm: Lucky's 15th Anniversary Party (music, games) // Lucky Restaurant // $13 ↝
♫✮ 4–10pm: Chillagefest w/ Father Sun & Solacoustix // Grandin & Westover // $5 (<12 free) ↝
🎃🧸 5–7pm: Southeast Trunk or Treat // Belmont Field Parking // free ↝
🎃🎭 5–8pm: The Eye presents: Terror in Woods Creek (film screening and Q&A) // The Eye - SMWV // $24; ages 16+ ↝
🎃 5–9pm: Halloween Lantern Parade & Festival // Historic Gish House Lawngout // free ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: The 419 (funk, disco) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🎨 6–8pm: Paint & Sip // Motel Studios // $25 ↝
✮ 6pm–2am: Back to the Beef Reunion Party (DJ, photo booth, giveaways) // Corned Beef & Co. // free ↝
♫ 6:30–7:30pm: Candlelight: Queen vs. ABBA // Grandin Theatre // $30+ ↝
💃🎭 7pm (doors 6:30): Roanoke Ballet Theatre Presents: Dracula - late show // Shaftman Performance Hall @ Jefferson Center // $38+ ↝
🎃♫ 7–10pm: Halloween Party w/ American Honey (variety, cover) // The Hangout // $10 ↝
🎃♫ 7pm–1am: Halloween Street Party feat. Four Doors Down, Billingsley, Soul Patch, & Star City Soul Club // Martin's Downtown // $15 adv. $20 day of ↝
🎃🏳️‍🌈 7pm–2am: Halloween Bash 47 // The Park Dance Club // $23+ ↝
♫ 7:30pm (doors 6:30): Randy Travis (country) // Berglund Performing Arts Theatre // $74+ ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7): Josh Blue (comedy) // The Harvester Performance Center - Rocky Mount // $45+ ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7): Killick, FERALCATSCAN, Olchar E. Lindsann (Appalachian trance metal, experimental) // Art Rat Studios // free, BYOB ↝
♫ 8:30pm: Bottom of the Barrel // The Watering Hole // free ↝
🎃♫ 8:30–9:30pm: Candlelight: A Haunted Evening (Halloween classics)// Grandin Theatre // $24+ ↝

Sun 10/26
🛍️✮ 10am–5pm: Roanoke Valley Holisticon (new age festival) // Salem Civic Center // free ↝
🎃🏳️‍🌈🎲 11am: Halloween Drag Bingo // Starr Hill Brewery // $10 ↝
🎃🏳️‍🌈🍔 noon–2pm (doors 11): Wigged Out Halloween Drag Brunch // Evie's Bistro // $18 ↝
🍔 noon–4pm: Chili Cook-Off // Market Square // $10 ↝
🏆 12:30–4pm: Disc Golf Tournament (open to all) // Highland Park // $30 ↝
🎨 2–3:30pm: Fall Zentangle (meditative drawing) // Dragon Bite Books & Crafts // $22 ↝
✮♫ 2–4pm: Guitars Under the Star Guitar Pull (open jam session) // Mill Mtn Discovery Center // free ↝
🏆 2:30pm: Pilates & Lattes // Sweet Donkey // $35 includes a drink ↝
♫ 3–6pm: Geoff the Fiddler (Celtic, classical) // Olde Salem Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🎃🎨 4–6pm: Decoupage Pumpkins // Bubba's 33 // $23 ↝
♫ 5pm: Organ Spooktacular (Halloween "scarols") // Raleigh Court Presbyterian Church // free ↝
♫ 5pm: Jacob Ritter (solo) // Fork in the Alley // free ↝
🎲 5–8pm: 1E D&D // Atheling Downtown // free ↝
♫ 5–8pm: Noah Spencer (Americana, country, singer songwriter) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝

Ongoing/Multiple Dates

👻 Oct 24 & 25: Haunted History Walking Tour // Luster Building - Fincastle // "This popular fall event explores the town’s rich and eerie past, offering both residents and visitors a unique opportunity to experience the darker side of Fincastle’s history." Tours start at 6pm and depart every 30 mins. The last tour begins at 8pm. // $15 adult, $10 child ↝

🎭 thru Oct 26: The Play That Goes Wrong // Attic Productions - Fincastle // "A drama about murder and mystery turns into total mayhem. From collapsing sets to misplaced lines (and plenty of surprises in between), you’ll be laughing from curtain to curtain." // $20 adult, $15 child ↝

🌽 thru Oct 26: Jeter Farm Fall Festival // Jeter Farm // "If you are young or just young at heart you will enjoy getting lost in the corn maze, visiting the farm animals, or playing in the barnyard. Visit our Country Store that is stocked with all locally made, VA Grown, and VA finest products and crafts. Enjoy ice cream, local apple cider, fresh kettle corn, and on Saturday and Sunday grilled hamburgers, hot dogs, and, roasted corn!" // $15 ↝

🧟‍♀️ thru Nov 1: It's officially haunted house season! // Terror Manor // "...Roanoke, Virginia’s largest and most terrifying haunted house! Nestled in the heart of the city, our spine-chilling attraction boasts over 40 meticulously designed rooms that promise an extended experience of sheer terror." Fridays & Saturdays only. // $30+ ↝

🎃 thru Nov 2: Sinkland Farms Pumpkin Festival // Christiansburg // "Attracting folks from miles around, we bring out the best of the farm during our traditional pumpkin harvest. While our pumpkin patch is the star of the show, we offer six weekends jam-packed with activities, music, food, and fun you won’t want to miss." // $13 adv. $15 door; free for children <3 ↝

Looking Ahead

🧧 Nov 11: Printmaking on Gift Tags - sign up by Oct 26 // Crystal Spring Grocery // $45; $33 if you BYO carving tool ↝

🎁 Nov 22: Printmaking on Furoshiki - sign up by Nov 6 // Second Cafe // $45; $33 if you BYO carving tool ↝