10.27–11.02
Mon 10/27
🎃🎨 6pm: Haunted Terrarium Workshop // Green Designs // $50 ↝
🎃 6pm: Horror Movie Night - Halloween (1978) & Halloween (2007) // Starr Hill Brewery // free; 18+ ↝
Tue 10/28
💃 1–3pm: Line Dancing with Tracy // Melrose Plaza large fitness room // free ↝
🐾🍺 5:30pm–7pm: Tails & Ales: Dog Edition (drink with adoptable dogs) // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
🎨 6pm: Paint & Sip // Motel Studios // $25 ↝
📚 6–7:30pm: Coffee, Tea, & Poetry (poem sharing) // Roanoke Higher Ed Center // free; 18+ ↝
♫ 6–9pm: Katie & Co. (singer songwriter) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫ 7pm: Static Static, Dover & The Elevators, Sultry, New Species (punk rock, indie) // Blindhouse Beer Co. // $5 ↝
♫ 8:30pm: Christian Q. & Co. (funk, blues, jazz, pop) // Martin's Downtown // free ↝
Wed 10/29
🐾 4–5pm: Cat Walk (walking social to see neighborhood cats) // Toebean Cat Cafe // free ↝
✮ 4–8pm: 611 Homecoming Celebration (lawn games, food truck, meet the crew, tour the cab) // VA Museum of Transportation // adults $15 ↝
🛍️ 5–7pm: Lick Run Farmers Market // Lick Run Farm // free ↝
♫🍔 5–8pm: Jazz Night // Six and Sky // free ↝
🎃🛍️ 5–8pm: Halloween Mid-Week Market (live music, vendors, food & drink specials) // Golden Cactus // free ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Mercy Creek (folk rock) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
📚 6–8pm: Silent Book Club // Ursula's Cafe // free ↝
✮ 6:30pm: Creative Conversations: Reimagining Social Infrastructure (speaker-led conversation) // The Collective // free ↝
🎭 6:30–9pm: Open Mic Comedy Night // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
♫ 7–11pm: Open Mic Night & Costume Contest // The Front Row // free ↝
♫ 9:30pm: Ben Trout Band // Martin's Downtown // free ↝
Thu 10/30
🎃🏆 10am–10pm: Costume Climb // River Rock Climbing Gym // $17 ↝
🎲 5:45pm: Ladies Only Pinball Tournament // Big Lick Brewing // $10 ↝
🎨 6–8pm: Framed Watercolor Class // Sycamore Station // $25 ↝
♫ 6–9pm: Kendall Street Company (rock, jam) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // $20 adv. $25 day of ↝
💃✮ 6–11pm: Line Dancing & Costume Contest // Tropicana Bar & Grill // free ↝
🎭 6:30–8:30pm: Sight + Sound presents: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (multimedia) // The Eye - SMWV // $10 ↝
♫ 7pm: Boo Bash w/ The Ambassador and the Chosen Few // Grandin Theatre // $15 adv. $20 day of ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7): Creed Fisher (outlaw country) // The Harvester Performance Center - Rocky Mount // $35+ ↝
♫ 9:30pm: The Band Paul (rock, funk, jam) // Martin's Downtown // free ↝
🎃 Fri 10/31 🎃 HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
🧸 all day: Haunting Garden Trick-or-Treat Festival (inflatables, games, garden tour) // 6th St NW // free ↝
✮ noon–1pm: Fishburn Mansion Tour // Fishburn Mansion // $10 ↝
✮ 2–9pm: AFOG Spooky Halloween Party // AFOG - Roanoke // free ↝
♫ 2–10pm: Katy Guillen & the Drive (roots rock) // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
🧸 3–5pm: Kids Halloween Bash // Gainsboro Library // free ↝
✮♫ 5–9pm: Halloween Party & 1 Year Anniversary w/ Jason Hostetter // AFOG - Buchanan // free ↝
🧸 5:30–6:30pm: Courtyard Boo Bash // Meadowbrook Library // free ↝
♫ 5:30–9:30pm: The Kind (psychedelic folk rock) // Parkway Brewing // free ↝
💃✮ 6pm: K92 Boo Bash // Sidewinders // $24; 21+ ↝
💃 6pm: Line Dancing // Twisted Track Brewpub // free ↝
♫🍔 6–9pm: FFTnT's Halloween Party w/ Sky Dolphin // Sweet Donkey // free ↝
♫ 6–9pm: Celtic Masquerade w/ Kinnfolk // Atheling Downtown // free ↝
♫ 6:30pm: Clover Lynn (gothic folk) // Happy Hollow Gardens Park // free ↝
♫ 8pm: The Dead Reckoning (tribute) // 5 Points Music Sanctuary // $32 ↝
♫ 7pm: Halloween Party w/ Jared Stout Band // Fork in the Alley // free ↝
✮ 7pm: Costume Contest w/ prizes // Macado's // free ↝
♫ 7–10pm: Patchwork Band (rock, cover) // The Hangout // $10 ↝
💃🏳️🌈 7pm–3am: Seven Deadly Sins Party // Park Dance Club // $23+ ↝
♫ 7:30pm: DJ Harvest Blaque // Olde Salem Brewing - Roanoke // free ↝
♫ 7:30pm: Halloween Spooktacular w/ The Dan and Adonna Show & stEVILjuice // 3rd Street Coffeehouse // free ↝
♫ 7:30–10:30pm: Andy Burnette Trio // Living Proof Beer Co. // free ↝
✮ 8pm: Wicked Halloween Weekend // Corned Beef & Co. // free ↝
🎨 8–11pm: Halloween Paint Party // Lucid Dreams // $45 ↝
♫ 8–11pm: Melissa & the Growlers (funk, soul) // Six and Sky // free ↝
♫ 9pm: That 80's Show (cover) // The Watering Hole // cover ↝
💃 9pm–1am: SalsaWeen & BooChata // Inka Grill // $10+; 18+ ↝
💃♫ 9pm–1am: NYA's Nightmare on 2nd // One City Plaza // $18+ ↝
💃♫ 9pm–1am: Haunted Hothouse w/ Star City Soul Club & Melody Mundaca (dance, house) // Golden Cactus // free ↝
♫ 10pm: GAK! Halloween Party // Martin's Downtown // $15 ↝
♫ 10pm–late: Plague Mass feat. Joshua Strachan, Dog Scream, Noctuary (synth, industrial, post punk) // Appalachian Arts Hub // $10 suggested donation ↝
Sat 11/1
🏆🌳 6–8am: Star Run (monthly running event) // River's Edge North // free ↝
🛍️ 7am–3pm: Monster Flea Market // Berglund Special Events Center // free ↝
🛍️🎨 8am–2pm: Brambleton Craft Show // Brambleton Center // free ↝
🏆 9am: Run for Donuts 5K & Fun Run // Sherwood Memorial Park // $20+ ↝
🛍️✮ 9am–5pm: Holiday Open House (refreshments, giveaways, live artists, book signings, & more) // Black Dog Salvage // free ↝
🏆🌳 10am: DOPE Halloween Walk // Murray Run Greenway // $5 ↝
✮ 10am–4pm: Longshot Comic & Toy Show // Salem Civic Center // free ↝
✮ 11am–3pm: 4th Annual Gingko Festival // Century Plaza // free ↝
🍺✮ noon–4pm: Homebrew Demo Day (get answers about your own home brewing adventure) // Twisted Track Brewpub // free ↝
🎨✮ 1–3pm: Knife Sharpening Class // MAKE Roanoke // $20 ↝
🍔 2–5pm: Chili Cook-Off // Twin Creeks Brewing // $10 to enter; tasting tickets available at the bar ↝
✮ 4–6:30pm: Festival of Light (creative activities, performances, & ceremony) // Morningside Urban Farm // free ↝
🏆🧸 5–6pm: Hatha-ween (all-ages yoga w/ glow sticks & costumes) // Uttara Yoga // $8 ↝
♫ 5–8pm: Chad Cox (cover) // The Hangout // free ↝
♫✮ 5–10pm: Flannel Fest Fundraiser w/ Shorefire (funk, rock, reggae) // Village Grill // $10 or donation of new child's coat ↝
🍔💃 5–11pm: Festival of the Green Demon // bloom (outdoors) // $13 ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Rachael Hester & the Tennessee Walkers (country western) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫ 6–9pm: The Oddfellows (rock) // Twisted Track Brewpub // free ↝
6–9pm: Halloween Party w/ Radio Rehab // Twin Creeks Brewing // free ↝
🎲 6–10pm: Bi-monthly Board Game Night // Mishap Games // free ↝
💃♫ 7pm: Halloween Hoedown // Sidewinders // cover; 21+ ↝
♫ 7:30pm (doors 6:30): John Fogerty (rock) // Salem Civic Center // $64+ ↝
💃🏳️🌈 8pm: Howl-O-Ween Fall Back Dance Party // Park Dance Club // $18+ ↝
♫ 9pm: Halloween Baddies Edition // Status Restaurant & Lounge // $23 ↝
💃♫ 9pm–2am: Party Mortals Halloween Dance Party // The Front Row // free ↝
♫ 10pm: Deep 6 (Pearl Jam tribute) // Martin's Downtown // $12 ↝
Sun 11/2
🌳🏆 8am–2pm: Guided Hike // Carvin's Cove // $17 ↝
🎨 noon–2pm: Yarn & Yap (fiber artists meetup & coffee) // Second Cafe // free ↝
🎨 1–2pm: DIY Wooden Decor Trios // Board & Brush // $25 ↝
✮ 1–4pm: Día de los Muertos Festival (art, dance, traditional baked goods, face painting, & more!) // Taubman Museum // free ↝
♫ 1–4pm: The Star City Céilí Band (Celtic) // Twin Creeks Brewpub // free ↝
🎭 2pm (sign-ups begin 1:30): Star City Poet's Society Open Mic Night // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
📚 2–3:30pm: Roanoke Writers Meetup // Blindhouse Beer Co. // free ↝
🌳 3–4pm: Chestnut & Persimmon Foraging // Fishburn Park // free ↝
🎨 3–4pm: DIY Wooden Decor Trios // Board & Brush // $25 ↝
🌳🍔✮ 6–8pm: Samhain Celebration (potluck, song & dance, rituals, & more) // Garst Mill Park // free; donations encouraged ↝
🎨 4–6pm: Turkish Lamp Workshop // Bubba's 33 // $87+ ↝
♫ 5–8pm: Kerosene Willy (rock, jam) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫ 7pm (doors 6): The Glenn Miller Orchestra (big band, swing) // The Harvester Performance Center - Rocky Mount // $45+ ↝
Ongoing/Multiple Dates
👻 Oct 29–31: AAF Roanoke Ghost Tours // begins at Olde Salem Brewing - Roanoke // "Hear from local historians about the curious stories and strange phenomena that have haunted Roanoke citizens and visitors for generations. And if you’re lucky, you might even meet a ghost or two yourself! Get tickets to an unforgettable evening of historical and spooky fun." // $20 ↝
🧟♀️ 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 7–10: Paranormal Cirque // Salem Civic Center // "A new show with breathtaking implications always poised between fun and the most uninhibited fear that will transport you to a dark world inhabited by creatures with incredible circus art abilities." Ages 13+; under 17 with adult supervision. // $20–65 ↝
🏺 Nov 8–9: Blue Ridge Potters Guild Annual Show & Sale // Patrick Henry High School // "Highlights of the event include multiple exhibits and the sale of diverse ceramic art including contemporary sculpture, wall art, and functional ware. Throughout the weekend, customers have the opportunity to observe potters demonstrate various clay techniques and decorating skills." // free ↝
🎄 Nov 11–13: Stocked Market // Berglund Center // As the local Junior League's biggest fundraiser of the year, your ticket purchase helps fund grants for local nonprofits and projects in the Roanoke area. Browse aisles and aisles of holiday gifts and decor from area and nationwide vendors! // $10 adv. $12 day of ↝
🎁 Nov 22: Printmaking on Furoshiki - sign up by Nov 6 // Second Cafe // $45; $33 if you BYO carving tool ↝