6.02–6.08

Ah, summer. The season of swimming, sports camp, and first aid. ⛑️ If you're in need of CPR/AED training this year, head on over to the Compress and Shock Foundation Website—they've got a ton of free trainings in Roanoke coming up this Saturday, June 7th! For the less noble among us, here's your events for the week:

Mon 6/2
🎭 7:30pm (doors 6): Chicago: The Musical // Berglund Performing Arts Theatre // $55+ ↝

Tue 6/3
♫ 5–8pm: Gary John (bluegrass) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
✮ 5:30–6:30pm: Pollinate SE! Plawk // Waverly Baptist Church Parking Lot // free ↝
✮ 6pm: Break Up With Your Rent: Your Key to Home Ownership! (realtor-led educational event) // Twisted Track Brewpub // free ↝`
🏳️‍🌈🎭 6pm: Charades Night with The Belles // Evie's Bistro // free ↝
♫ 6–8pm: TJ Ellis (country, folk) // Wasena City Taproom // free ↝
♫ 9:30pm: Request Line w/ Jared Stout // Martin's Downtown // free ↝

Wed 6/4
🎭 1–2pm: Intro to Acting Workshop // Blue Ridge Library // free; ages 5–12 ↝
✮ 2pm: Artist Talk: Whitney Brock (portrait artist) // Art on 1st // free ↝
♫🍔 5–8pm: Jazz Night: IréSam feat. Sam Lunsford (Afro-Cuban acid Jazz) // Six and Sky // free ↝
🏆 5:30pm: The Big Run (5K fundraiser for Smiles4Tab, family friendly games) // Fallon Park // $45 ↝
✮ 5:30–7pm: Block Party Basics (event planning class) // Melrose Library // free ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Sideshow Runaways (group show) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🏆 5:45pm: Urban Assault Race (mixed course bike race & festival) // Riverdale // $30 adult, $20 child ↝
🌳✮ 6–7pm: Stream Monitoring Class (be a water quality monitor for Roanoke River Project) // Sycamore Station // free ↝
♫ 7–11pm: Open Mic Night // The Front Row // free ↝
♫ 7:30–10:30pm: Will Sarver (country, rock) // Hanging Rock Tavern - Salem // free ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7): The Beach Boys (surf rock) // The Harvester Performance Center - Rocky Mount // $162+ ↝

Thu 6/5
🐾 noon–2pm: Walk on the Wild Side: Plants and Pollinators (educational program) // Mill Mtn Discovery Center parking lot // $20 adult, $18 child ↝
✮ 4–6pm: Summer Open House // Roanoke Higher Education Center // free ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Party in Elmwood: The Embers ft. Craig Woolard (beach music) // Elmwood Park // $10 ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Freak Rangers (tribute to Jerry Garcia) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🌳 6–7:30pm: Community Night: Food as Medicine (workshop, kids' activities, and yoga) // Morningside Urban Farm // free ↝
♫ 6–9pm: Solacoustix (blues, RnB, variety) // Brady's Distillery // free ↝
🐾✮ 6–10pm: Sipping for Strays (fundraising event; food, drinks, & auction) // The Train Station // $100 single, $175 for 2 ↝
♫ 6:30pm: Mercy Creek (folk rock) // Wasena City Taproom // free ↝
♫ 7:30pm: Bunco (blues, rock, funk, soul) // Hanging Rock Tavern - Salem // free ↝
♫ 9:30pm: Latin Night hosted by JStop Latin Soul (Afro-Cuban jazz) // Martin's Downtown // free ↝

Fri 6/6
♫ 5–9pm: First Friday with Nashville Nights (90's country tribute) // downtown – Franklin Rd. SW between Jefferson & Williamson // $7 ↝
✮ 5:30–7:30pm: Organizing 101: No Shortcuts! (grassroots organizing class) // Melrose Towers Community Room // free ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Shorefire (funk, rock, reggae) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
✮ 6pm: Murder on the High Seas (pirate-themed murder mystery event) // Stave & Cork - Salem // $35 ↝
♫🍔 6–9pm: Friday Food Truck n' Tunes // Sweet Donkey // free ↝
✮♫ 6–10pm: Afrobeats on the Avenue (block party) // Century Plaza // $10 ↝
💃 6–10:30pm (bachata lesson at 6:30): Salsa Noke Rooftop Social (dance party) // Six & Sky // $15; 18+ ↝
💃 6:30–8:30pm: Late Nights: The Art of Salsa (refreshments, dance lessons) // The Taubman // free ↝
♫ 6:30–9:30pm: Cinémathèque (exotica, cinematic, variety) // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
♫ 7–10pm: Mourn the Illusion (hard rock, metal covers) // Olde Salem Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫ 7:30–10:30pm: Rachael Hester & the Tennessee Walkers (country western) // Hanging Rock Tavern - Salem // free ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 6:30): The Darkside Experience (Pink Floyd tribute) // 5 Points Music Sanctuary // $24+ ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7:30): Hunter Root (folk, indie rock) // The Spot on Kirk // $15 adv. $20 day of ↝
🏳️‍🌈💃 8pm (show @ 10): Enyazone Friday (drag show & dance party) // The Park Dance Club // cover, 18+ ↝
♫ 10pm: Liv Sloan & the Diehards (blues, jazz, rock fusion)// Martin's Downtown // $10 ↝

Sat 6/7
🏆 7:30–11am: 20K for the Greenway (non-competitive bike ride & party) // Cardinal Bicycle // $35+ ↝
🌳🏆 9:30am–1:30pm: DOPE Hike // Carvin’s Cove Natural Reserve // $12 ↝
🎨 10am–noon: Figure Drawing Class // Appalachian Arts Hub // $15 ↝
🎨 10am–4pm: Paint Fincastle (plein air painting event & reception) // Town of Fincastle // $10 to participate; free to enjoy ↝
🧸🎨 10:30am–12:30pm: Opposites Attract Opening Party (family-friendly interactive art exhibit) // The Taubman // free ↝
🏳️‍🌈📚 11:30am–noon: Pride Inclusive Storytime // Dragon Bite Books & Crafts // $10 ↝
♫ noon–11:30pm: Porchapalooza (DJs all day) // Fork in the Alley // free ↝
♫ noon–LATE: Cheers to 3 Years (anniversary celebration with giveaways & music) // Olde Salem Brewing - Roanoke // free ↝
🌳🏆 1pm: Community 4-Mile Hike // Temple of Sacred Knowledge // free ↝
🎨 1–3pm: Pop-Up Picnic Party (Father's Day gift making) // Hammer & Stain // $40–175 ↝
🏆🐾 2–4pm: Goat Yoga // Fishburn Mansion // $35 ↝
♫ 3–6pm: Virginia Hollow (folk, country) // Hanging Rock Tavern - Salem // free ↝
🧸🍔 3–6pm: School's Out Cookout Bash (family-friendly summer party) // Lucid Dreams // free; donations accepted ↝
✮ 4–10pm: Cruisin' Rocky Mount (cars & outdoor fun) // Downtown Rocky Mount // free ↝
✮♫ 5–10pm: NYA R&B is for Lovers Festival // Elmwood Park // $25+ ↝
✮ 5–8:30pm: Roots & Rhythms: A Celebration of Black Farmers and Food Traditions (potluck, film, discussion) // CommUNITY ARTSreach // free ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Small Town Royals (country, folk, acoustic) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫ 6pm (doors 5): Crawford & Power, Chris Timbers Band (country) // 5 Points Music Sanctuary // $26+ ↝
♫ 6–8pm: GAK! (90s covers) // Twisted Track Brewpub // free ↝
✮🏆 6–10pm: Bi-monthly Game Night (board game meetup) // Mishap Games // free ↝
🧸 6:30–9:30pm: Kids’ Night In, Parents’ Night Off (movie & pizza party for ages 5–12) // Lucid Dreams // $29 ↝
♫ 7–8pm: Roanoque Baroque Orchestra: The Radiance of the Choral Art - day 1 // Oakey's Downtown Chapel // $20 suggested donation ↝
🎭 7:30–11pm (doors 7): Star City Comedy Slugfest (boxing-themed comedy night) // Mill Mtn Theatre // $34 ↝
🎭 8pm: Nate Bargatze (comedian) // Berglund Center Coliseum // $51+ ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7:30): Hooveriii, Rich Ruth, Lost in Clovers (psych rock, ambient, shoegaze, experimental) // The Spot on Kirk // $15 adv. $18 day of ↝
🏳️‍🌈💃 8pm: Colors of Pride Dance Party // The Park Dance Club // cover, 18+ ↝
♫ 10pm: Drew Foust & The Wheelhouse (blues, soul, Americana)// Martin's Downtown // $10 ↝

Sun 6/8
✮ 9:15–10am (doors 9:00): Mindfulness Meditation // 5 Points Music Sanctuary // free ↝`
🏳️‍🌈🍔 10am–1pm: Love is Love Pride Drag Brunch // Well Hung Vineyard // $13 ↝
💃🏳️‍🌈 noon–4pm (beginner lesson at noon): Bachata Brunch PRIDE Edition (Latin dance social) // Roanoke City Market Building // $5 ↝
✮ 1pm: Set Sail for Murder (poker/cruise-themed murder mystery event) // Bubba's 33 // $35 ↝
♫ 1–3pm: Mike Franke (blues, Americana) // Stave & Cork - Salem // free ↝
✮♫ 1–3pm: Harmonium Workshop for All (beginner instrument workshop)// Uttara Yoga // $40 ↝
🎨 1–3pm: Sketch Roanoke Meetup (open drawing session) // Community Arboretum // free ↝
🎨 2–5:30pm: DIY Backyard Games Workshop // Board & Brush // $73–225 ↝
♫ 3–4pm: Roanoque Baroque Orchestra: The Radiance of the Choral Art - day 2 // Oakey's Downtown Chapel // $20 suggested donation ↝
🎨 4–6pm (doors 3:30): It's Beach Time Paint Party // Bubba's 33 // $32 ↝
✮♫ 5–7pm: Guitars Under the Star Guitar Pull (open jam session) // Mill Mtn Star // free ↝
♫ 5–8pm: Murder Wagon (cover, variety) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫ 7pm (doors 6): Rick Springfield, John Waite, Wang Chung, John Cafferty // Elmwood Park // $56 ↝
🏳️‍🌈 8pm (doors 6:30): Pride Decades Show (no cover!) // The Park Dance Club // free, 18+ ↝

Ongoing/Multiple Dates

✂️ June 5–9: Scrapbook Royale Retreat // Holiday Inn Roanoke // "Jackpot! Join us from June 5-8th, 2025 for our first retreat in Virginia! It's a weekend full of giveaways, scrapbooking and fun! We will have a grand prize, welcome gifts, hourly giveaways and more!" // prices vary ↝

⛳️ June 8–9: 3rd Annual Branch Classic // Ballyhack Golf Course // "Join us for a day of golf in support of Habitat for Humanity!" There will be silent auctions, food and drinks, and live music. // prices vary ↝

🍱 thru June 8: Virginia's Blue Ridge Restaurant Week // various locations // "It's time for a culinary metro mountain adventure in the Roanoke Region in Virginia's Blue Ridge!" Featuring menu specials at set price points from participating restaurants in Roanoke, Salem, Vinton, Rocky Mount, Botetourt, Franklin, and Roanoke. // See the restaurants here ↝

🔮 June 6–8: Body Mind Spirit Fest // Unity of Roanoke Valley // "Immerse yourself in a wellness wonderland like no other!" Explore a variety of vendors offering intuitive readings, jewelry, essential oils, crystals, and more. Enjoy live music, drinks, presentations, labyrinth walks, and the Love Offering Metaphysical Book Sale. ↝

Looking Ahead

🏳️‍🌈👗 June 13: Queer Prom with Second Friday // Second Cafe // "We will have snacks, NA drinks for purchase, activities including Prom Court (for best dressed!!) and music provided by @versesroanoke! The theme is Y2K so show up and show out for the crown!! Queer Prom is for everyone in the LGBTQIA2S+ community to bring us all together for Pride Month, so please bring your pals!" $10 ↝

🛝 June 28 & 29: Star City Slide // "Experience the thrill of skimming down the 2nd St Bridge as it transforms into a giant, 800 ft waterslide! Slide into Summer with our two-day, fun-filled event for all ages." // $35 adult, $10 child // ↝