12.15–12.21

Mon 12/15
🎭 5:30pm: Holiday Movie Night (National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation & Daddy's Home 2) // Starr Hill Brewery // free; 18+ ↝
🎨 6pm: Painting Clay Leaf Ornaments // Green Designs // $50 ↝
📚 6:30–7:30pm: The Bookish (open-format review/show & tell club) // Belmont Library // free ↝
✮ 7–8pm: Reiki Free Clinic // Maplewood Studios // donations accepted ↝

Tue 12/16
♫ 5–8pm: Seph Custer (Americana, fusion) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🎨 6–8pm: DIY Ceramic Charcuterie Board // Motel Studios // $50 ↝
🎭 6:30pm (sign-ups begin at 6): Poetry Open Mic // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
🎨 6:30pm: Max & the Grinch Paint Night // Crab Du Jour // $30 ↝
🎭 7pm (doors 6): Cirque Musica Holiday Wonderland // Berglund Center // $70–214 ↝
♫ 7pm: Roanoke Symphony Orchestra: Handel's Messiah // Shaftman Performance Hall @ Jefferson Center // $52+ ↝

Wed 12/17
🛍️ 4:30–7:30pm: 7th Annual Last Minute Market (local vendors & food/drink specials) // Roanoke Mountain Adventures // free ↝
🛍️ 5–8pm: Mid-Week Holiday Market (live music, vendors, food & drink specials) // Golden Cactus // free ↝
🎨 5:30–7pm: Ornament Painting // Canvas & Coffee // $15 ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Foster Burton (psych rock, blues) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
✮ 6pm: Roanoke Indivisible Social Hangout // Twisted Track Brewpub // free ↝
✮ 6–8pm: The Next Chapter (ages 40+ social) // The Bibliopub // free ↝
📚 6–8pm: Silent Book Club // Ursula's Cafe // free ↝
♫ 7:30pm (doors 5:30): Morgan Wade (holiday, country) // Shaftman Performance Hall @ Jefferson Center // 31+ ↝
♫🍷 7:30–9:30pm: A Foxy Little Christmas Jazz Show // Hotel Roanoke AKA Speakeasy // $40 ↝

Thu 12/18
✮ noon–1pm: Glass & Electronics Recycling Event // Heights Community Church // free ↝
🛍️🍷 5:30–7:30pm: Holiday Sip & Shop // Sycamore Station // free ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Jared Stout (country) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
✮ 6pm: Honoring the Life and Legacy of Dr. Walter S. Claytor // Harrison Museum // $10 ↝
🍔🎨 6–7:30pm: DIY Elderberry Syrup // Sycamore Station // $25 ↝
🎅🧸 6–8pm: Stories & Cookies w/ Santa // Raleigh Court Library // free ↝
🎨🍷✮ 6–8pm: Gingerbread House Competition // Well Hung Vineyard // $35 incl. wine flight ↝
♫ 7–9pm: Open Mic Night // 3rd St. Coffeehouse // free ↝
🎲 7–9pm: Christmas Movie Trivia // Olde Salem Brewing - Roanoke // free ↝
💃 7–10pm: Line Dancing with Angela // Tropicana Bar & Grill // free ↝
♫ 7:30pm (doors 7): Farmer Family Band: Songs for the Season (benefit for RAM House) // The Spot on Kirk // $12 adv. $15 day of ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Awen Family Band // Martin's Downtown // free ↝

Fri 12/19
✮🎨 5–9pm: Holiday Late Night (extended hours) // Taubman Museum // free ↝
🧸🏆 5–10pm: Candy Cane Carnival (family-friend games, games, photos, & snowball fight) // Firehouse Skate 'N Play // prices vary ↝
✮ 5:30–6:15pm: Candlelight Gallery Tour // Taubman Museum // $15 ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Jordan Harman and The Humble Brags (soul) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
✮ 6–8pm: Breathwork & Cacao for Grief Ceremony // Uttara Yoga // $30 ↝
♫ 6–9pm: Keith Goggin Band (blues, rock, cover) // Twisted Track Brewpub // free ↝
♫ 6–9pm: Ryan Greer (duo) // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
✮🐾 6–10pm: Dickens of a Christmas - night 3 (pet costume contest @ 6:30) // Downtown Roanoke // free ↝
🧸 6–10pm: Parents' Night Out (childcare) // Preston Rec Center // $25 ↝
🏆🐾 6:15pm: Mindfulness & Meowditation (fundraiser for Heart Animal Rescue) // Toebean Cat Cafe // $30 ↝
🍔🎨 7–9pm: Herbal Truffles Workshop // Big Lick Brewing // $60 ↝
🛍️♫ 7–11pm: Grooves + Goods w/ Femme Fatales Vinyl Club (vendors & dance party) // The Spot on Kirk // free ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 6:30): Isaac Hadden Family Christmas Jam (rock, funk, folk, variety) // 5 Points Music Sanctuary // $35 ↝
🏳️‍🌈💃 8pm–2am: Candyland Friday (drag show & dance party) // The Park Dance Club // cover, 18+ ↝
♫ 8:45pm: Candlelight: Christmas Carols on Strings (orchestral) // Taubman Museum // $47+ ↝
♫ 9pm: Ugly Sweater Karaoke // Corned Beef & Co. // free ↝
♫ 10pm: Ugly Sweater Party w/ Mad Iguanas (rock) // Martin's Downtown // $10 ↝

Sat 12/20
🌳🐾 8am–2pm: Birding Tour // Carvins Cove // $17 ↝
🎅🧸🍔 9am–noon: Great Green Breakfast (childcare w/ the Grinch, pancakes, & swimming) // Kirk Family YMCA // $20; <13 ↝
🌳✮ 10am–noon: Survival Basics: Fire Building // Explore Park // $9 ↝
🛍️ 10am–2pm: Christmas Market // RND Vinton // free ↝
🐾 11am–5pm: Mega Adoption Event // Berglund Special Events Center // free ↝
🎨 noon–3pm: Spin Club (wool spinning) // Dragon Bite Books & Crafts // free to attend; $20 for supplies ↝
🎅🧸🐾 1–4pm: Kid & Pet Photos w/ Santa // Brady's Distillery // free ↝
🎭 3–5pm: The Holiday Mix - early show (multimedia show, refreshments, & giveaway) // The Eye - SMWV // $30 ↝
🎨 4–5:30pm: Needle Felted Ornaments // Dragon Bite Books & Crafts // $5 ↝
🎭♫📚 4:30–6:30pm: Soul Serenity (poetry, music, spoken word open mic) // Harrison Museum // $15 adv. $20 day of ↝
🍔♫ 5–8pm: Global Holiday Potluck & open mic // Maplewood Studios // free ↝
💃 5–8pm: Swingin' at Second (swing dancing social) // Second Cafe // free ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: The Kind (psychedelic folk rock) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
✮💃 6–9pm: Yule Masquerade Ball with the Temple of Sacred Knowledge // Fishburn Mansion // $25 ↝
♫ 6–9pm: Copy Cat Syndrome (funk jazz fusion) // Twisted Track Brewpub // free ↝
♫💃 6–10pm: NYA Hustler's Ball (live DJ & dancing) // Hotel Roanoke // $50+ ↝
🎲 6–10pm: Bi-monthly Board Game Night // Mishap Games // free ↝
🎭 6:30–8:30pm: The Holiday Mix - late show (multimedia show, refreshments, & giveaway) // The Eye - SMWV // $30 ↝
♫ 6:30–9:30pm: Goodtime Alibi (alt rock) // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
♫ 7–8pm: Roanoque Baroque Orchestra: A Very Locatelli Christmas - day 1 // First Evangelical Presbyterian // $20 suggested donation ↝
🎭💃 7–10pm: Student Burlesque Showcase // 1422 Peters Creek Rd // $29+ ↝
♫ 7:30–10:30pm: Mourn the Illusion (hard rock/metal benefit for Angels of Assisi) // Olde Salem Brewing - Roanoke // free ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7): Zoso (tribute to Led Zeppelin) // The Harvester - Rocky Mount // $35+ ↝
💃 8–11pm (doors 7:30): Holiday Pajama Dance Party w/ SalsaNoke // The Spot on Kirk // $10 ↝
✮🍺 8pm: SantaCon // Corned Beef & Co. // free ↝
🏳️‍🌈💃 8pm–2:30am: Naughty Santa Divas & Dance Party (with costume contest) // The Park Dance Club // cover ↝
♫ 8:30pm: Bottom of the Barrel // The Watering Hole // free ↝
♫ 8:45pm: Candlelight: Queen vs. ABBA // Taubman Museum // $61 ↝
♫ 9pm: Half Moon Xmas Jam (rock, funk, soul) // Martin's Downtown // $12 ↝
♫ 10pm–1am: Vinyl & Vibes with Star City Soul Club // Sidecar // free ↝

Sun 12/21
🛍️ 11am–3pm: Makers Market (ceramics, vintage items, tarot readings, DJ, & drag) // Motel Studios // free ↝
🛍️✮ 11am–4pm: The Dog Bowl Market // Black Dog Salvage // free ↝
🎨 noon–2pm: Yarn & Yap (fiber artists meetup) // Second Cafe // free ↝
🧸🌳 1–3pm: Winter Solstice Scavenger Hunt // Explore Park // $9 ↝
🎅♫ 1–4pm: Santa Cares Experience (music, Santa, refreshments, photo booth) // 5 Points Music Sanctuary // free; suggested donation $10 ↝
🎨 2–4pm: DIY Yule Log // Wonderous Books & More - Salem // $35 ↝
♫ 3pm (doors 2): Vienna Light Orchestra's Christmas Tour - early show // Berglund Performing Arts Center // 62+ ↝
♫ 3–4pm: Roanoque Baroque Orchestra: A Very Locatelli Christmas - day 2 // First Evangelical Presbyterian // $20 suggested donation ↝
✮♫ 5–8pm: Foster & Friends (benefit for Masterpiece Alliance) // Hanging Rock Tavern - Salem // free ↝
♫ 6:30pm: Candlelight: Christmas Carols on Strings (orchestral) // Taubman Museum // $68+ ↝
🏳️‍🌈💃 8pm (doors 6:30): Director's Cut Callbacks - finale (drag contest) // The Park Dance Club // cover ↝
♫ 7pm (doors 7): Vienna Light Orchestra's Christmas Tour - late show // Berglund Performing Arts Center // 62+ ↝
♫ 8:45pm: Candlelight: Christmas Carols on Strings (orchestral) // Taubman Museum // $35+ ↝

Ongoing/Multiple Dates

🕯️ Dec 19–21: Candlelight Gallery Tours // Taubman Museum // "Enjoy the works on view in a whole new way, illuminated by electric candlelight, as your knowledgeable guide provides interesting details about the artists, their techniques and inspirations, and more." Tours are ~45 mins. // $15 ↝

🩰 Dec 20 & 21: Roanoke Ballet Theatre's The Nutcracker // Shaftman Performance Hall @ Jefferson Center // Roanoke's own version of this ballet classic. "The beautiful colors and costumes, the mesmerizing dancing and holiday music are all sure to make your season bright!" // $39+ ↝

🎭 thru Dec 21: Macbeth // Showtimers Community Theatre //  " Fueled by fear, Macbeth takes to heart the words of the Granny Witches and pressure from his wife, to kill their great leader Duncan, and assume his seat in power. His small Appalachian town watches as their new ruler slowly descends into madness, causing more bloodshed as superstition leads to paranoia." // $18 ↝

🎭 thru Dec 21: A Christmas Story // Mill Mountain Theatre // "Filled with hilarious and memorable moments...this play captures the nostalgic charm and warmth of a classic American Christmas, reminding audiences of the magic and humor of childhood holiday memories." // $35 adult, $25 youth ↝

🎅 thru Dec 23: Santa's Winter Wonderland // Blue Ridge PBS // "Children and adults alike will have a chance to see and enjoy a fantastic light display
and interact with Santa and Mrs. Claus in a one-of-a-kind, drive-thru holiday experience." // free, donations encouraged ↝

💡 thru Jan 4: Illuminights // Explore Park // "Wander a half-mile wooded trail filled with over 650,000 dazzling lights, new themes, and festive fun for the whole family. While you’re here, shop for presents in our artisan market, roast marshmallows around the campfire, and enjoy a visit from Santa on select nights." Bonus: leashed pets are welcome on the trail. // $18 adult, $8 child ↝