6.09–6.15
Mon 6/9
🍔✮ 11am–noon: Cupcakes with Mayor Joe Cobb (meet & greet) // Main Library // free ↝
🎨 7–9pm: Knots & Nibbles (DIY macrame keychain) // The Front Row // $15 ↝
♫ 7:30pm (doors 7): Holy Wire, Ghostcop, Torturetwinn, DJ Night Terror (new wave, synth pop, post punk) // The Spot on Kirk // $12 adv. $15 day of ↝
Tue 6/10
🧸🎨 10:30am–noon: Kids' Magical Mushroom Workshop (figurine painting) // Hammer & Stain // $15 ↝
🏳️🌈🍔 5–8pm: Pride & Diversity Potluck // AFOG Roanoke // free ↝
♫ 5–8pm: Leonard Blush and The Camelcals (rock) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫ 6–8pm: Bunco (blues, rock, funk, soul) // Wasena City Taproom // free ↝
📚 6–8pm: Silent Book Club // Twin Creeks Brewpub // free ↝
🏆 6–9pm: Crokinole Night (Canadian board game club) // Golden Cactus // free ↝
✮ 7–8:30pm: Tarot Share (all-level tarot card class) // Lifestream Center // $15 ↝
♫ 8:30pm: Christian Q. & Co. (funk, blues, jazz, pop) // Martin's Downtown // free ↝
Wed 6/11
🎨🧸 3:30–5pm: Hand Sewing for Beginners // Dragon Bite Books & Crafts // $5, 6+ ↝
♫🍔 5–8pm: Jazz Night // Six and Sky // reservations recommended ↝
✮ 5–8pm: Mid-Week Market (live music, vendors, food & drink specials) // Golden Cactus // free ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Minor Strings (folk, acoustic) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🎭 6:30–8pm (sign-ups begin at 6): Open Mic Night // Ursula's Cafe // free; donations welcome ↝
♫ 7–9pm: Full Moon Drum Circle // Green Hill Park // free ↝
🎭 7–9pm (sign-ups begin at 6:30): Open Mic Comedy Night with the Comedy Lab // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
♫ 7–11pm: Open Mic Night // The Front Row // free ↝
♫ 7:30pm (doors 7): Mackenzie Roark and the Hotpants, Jared Stout (Americana, alt country) // The Spot on Kirk // $15 adv. $20 day of ↝
♫ 7:30–10:30pm: Foster Burton (psych rock, blues) // Hanging Rock Tavern - Salem // free ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 6:30): Kash'd Out, SensaMotion (reggae, rock) // 5 Points Music Sanctuary // $19+ ↝
♫ 9:30pm: Reggae Night by The Ambassador (reggae) // Martin's Downtown // free ↝
Thu 6/12
🎨 2–3pm: Paper Making Basics (workshop) // Melrose Library // free ↝
🎨🧸 2–4pm: Stitch Paint Party // Lucid Dreams // $18 ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Party in Elmwood: The Entertainers (beach music) // Elmwood Park // $10 ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: GOTE (rock) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
✮🍔 6pm: The Manor & The Market (informational cryptocurrency event with food & cocktails) // Bent Oaks Manor // free ↝
🎨 6–7:30pm (doors 5:30): Wine Bottle Herb Garden (workshop) // Stave & Cork - Salem // $32 ↝
🌳 6–7:30pm: Community Night: Companion Planting (workshop, kids' activities, and Tai Chi) // Morningside Urban Farm // free ↝
🎨 6–8pm: Misty Mountains Watercolor Class // Sycamore Station // $15 ↝
🏆 6:30pm (registration starts at 6): Prickly Flippers (pinball tournament) // Golden Cactus // $10 entry ↝
🌳✮ 6:30–8pm: Planting Trees for Environmental Equity (lecture) // Christ Lutheran Church // free ↝
🏆 6:30–9:30pm: Bingo Night // Fork in the Alley // free ↝
🎭 7pm: Let Me Tell Ya! Live Storytelling Event // Salem Museum // free ↝
🎭 7pm: UNMUTED: A Night of True Stories by Teens // Grandin Theatre // $26+ ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7): Sister Hazel (alt rock) // The Harvester Performance Center - Rocky Mount // $45+ ↝
♫ 9:30pm: The Band Paul (rock) // Martin's Downtown // free ↝
Fri 6/13
🏆 9:30–10:30pm: FIT4MOM Stroller Stride Workout (stroller running workout for moms) // Rivers Edge Playground // $25 ↝
✮🎨 11am–9pm: Friday the 13th Tattoos // Asylum Studios // $50–100 ↝
🎨 2–4pm: Paint Your Pet (paint nite) // Big Lick Brewing // $45 ↝
🎨🧸 4–5:30pm: Eraser Stamps Workshop // Dragon Bite Books & Crafts // $10–15; 12+ ↝
✮ 5–7pm: Sign Making Party (for NO KINGS Rally) // McCadden Park // free ↝
♫ 5–9pm: The Kings (variety, cover) at Salem After Five // Salem Farmer's market // $5 ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: The Kind (psychedelic folk rock) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫ 6pm: Eaglemania (tribute to The Eagles) // Dr. Pepper Park // $26+ ↝
🎨 6–8pm (doors 5:30): Father's Day Paint & Sip // Well Hung Vineyard // $32 ↝
♫ 6–8:30pm (doors 5:30): Father Sun at the Tavern Stage Summer Music Series (reggae) // Explore Park // free ↝
♫🍔 6–9pm: Friday Food Truck n' Tunes with Doc McClintock & Queen's Vegan Cafe // Sweet Donkey // free ↝
✮ 6:30pm: Full Moon Fair (yoga, vendors, pot luck) // Lick Run Farm // free ↝
🎨 7–10pm: Boots on the Ground Paint Party // Lucid Dreams // $45, 21+ ↝
♫ 7–10pm: Mason Creek (bluegrass) // The Hangout // free ↝
♫ 7:30–9pm: RSO presents: The Queens of Soul // Salem Civic Center // $31–62 ↝
♫ 7:30–10:30pm: The Jive Exchange (funk, soul, cover) // Hanging Rock Tavern - Salem // free ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7): Emily Ann Roberts (country) // The Harvester Performance Center - Rocky Mount // $35+ ↝
♫ 8–11pm (doors 7): Dueling Pianos with Piano Show 2 Go - day 1 // Corned Beef & Co. // $25 ↝
♫ 8:30pm–12:30am: Beyond the Crypt Goth Night // Flying Panther Skate Shop // $5–10 suggested donation ↝
♫ 10pm: Noke Fest After Party w/ JD Pinkus Triptych - day 1 // Martin's Downtown // $10 ↝
Sat 6/14
🏳️🌈🏆 8am–noon: Rainbow Run 5K/10K // Roanoke River Greenway // $35–50 ↝
🏳️🌈✮ 10am: Rainbow Run Afterparty // Starr Hill Brewery // free ↝
🍔🐾 10am–noon: Snacking with the Snakes // Mill Mtn Zoo // $30 adult, $25 child ↝
✮ 10am–1pm: Electronics Recycling Event // 1801 Courtland Rd NE // free ↝
✮ noon–1:30pm: NO KINGS Protest // McCadden Park // free ↝
🏳️🌈🍔 noon–3pm: Second Saturday (LGBTQ+ potluck & social for adults 35+) // Roanoke Diversity Center // free ↝
✮ noon–5pm: Juneteenth Family Reunion (live entertainment, food, & games) // McCadden Park // free ↝
📚 1–3pm: Found Poetry Workshop - early session // Dragon Bite Books & Crafts // $5–10 ↝
🌳✮ 1–7pm: BOCO WILD (outdoor recreation festival) // Buchanan Town Park - Botetourt // free ↝
🎭💃 2pm (doors 1:30): Snow White (ballet) - day 1 // Shaftman Performance Hall @ Jefferson Center // $38+ ↝
🍔♫ 3–9pm: BOCO Food Truck Rodeo feat. Jeremy Wimmer Trio & Five Dollar Shake // Daleville Town Center // $10 ↝
📚 3:30–6:30pm: Found Poetry Workshop - late session // Dragon Bite Books & Crafts // $5–10 ↝
♫ 4:30–7:30pm: Thrillbillyz Duo (psych rock) // Hanging Rock Tavern - Salem // free ↝
💃 5–8pm (beginner lesson at 5): Swingin' at Second (swing dance social) // Second Cafe // free ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: The Ambassador and the Chosen Few (reggae) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫ 6–9pm: Cinémathèque (exotica, cinematic, variety) // Golden Cactus // free ↝
🏆 6–9pm: Father's Day Poker Tournament // One Love Coffee House // $23 ↝
♫ 6–10pm: Jackson Dean (country) // Dr. Pepper Park // $75+ ↝
♫ 7pm (doors 7): Festival Virtuosi String Orchestra presents Vivaldi's Four Seasons (classical) // The Covess Amphitheater at SML // $30 ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 6:30): Bikini Trill, DJ Ruby Star (surf pop, reggae, dubstep) // 5 Points Music Sanctuary // $18+ ↝
♫ 8–11pm (doors 7): Dueling Pianos with Piano Show 2 Go - day 2 // Corned Beef & Co. // $25 ↝
🏆 8–11pm: Get Tilted! (after hours pinball party) // Roanoke Pinball Museum // $10, 21+ ↝
💃 8–11pm (group lesson at 8): Salsa Noke: Latin Dance! // Spot on Kirk // $8 adv. $12 day of ↝
♫ 8–11:30pm: Love is the Message feat. Tomas C, Stimulator Jones, Boomerang (EDM, house) // Blindhouse Beer Co. // $12.50, 21+ ↝
✮💃 8pm–midnight: Freedom Steppin' (Juneteenth celebration, line dancing) // CommUNITY ARTSreach // $10 ↝
♫✮ noon–10pm: Brew Pub Rock Fest (food & drink specials, vendors, live music) // Twisted Track Brewpub // free ↝
♫ 10pm: Noke Fest After Party - day 2 // Martin's Downtown // $10
Sun 6/15
✮ 11am–4pm: Dog Bowl Market (live music, food, vendors) // Black Dog Salvage // free ↝
noon–7pm: Father's Day Skate Celebration (free admission for dads & kids OR 1/2 off unlimited wristbands) // Firehouse Skate 'N Play // free ↝
🎭💃 2pm (doors 1:30): Snow White (ballet) - day 2 // Shaftman Performance Hall @ Jefferson Center // $38+ ↝
📚 2–3:30pm: Roanoke Writers Meetup // Blindhouse Beer Co. // free ↝
🎨 2–4pm: Father's Day Paint Nite // Big Lick Brewing // $45 ↝
✮ 3pm: Free Acupuncture Clinic // CHIP of Roanoke Valley // free ↝
🌳 3–4pm: Foraging Plants and Mushrooms (lesson & exploration) // Green Hill Park // free ↝
🏆 4–5pm: "You Are Love" Free Community Yoga // Second Cafe // free ↝
🎨 4–6pm (doors 3:30): Bigfoot Resin Pour or Painting // Bubba's 33 // $32–45 ↝
♫ 5–8pm: Blues Co. // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
✮ 6–8pm: Summer Solstice Gathering with Church of the Wild // Happy Hollow Gardens - Roanoke // free ↝
♫ 7:30pm: Winter Lantern, Disenthralled, Pentecost (black metal) // The Spot on Kirk // $10 ↝
Ongoing/Multiple Dates
♫🧸 June 9 & 12: Music Lab Summer Sessions // The Harry and Lavon Webb Education Center // "We're excited to offer a FREE 2hr recording session for students 18 and under. Whether you're in a band, a solo act, rap, country, pop, rock, EVERYONE is welcome to come use our space for 2 hours for FREE." // free// sign up here ↝
🏳️🌈👗 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 13–15: The Importance of Being Earnest // Exit, Pursued by a Bear // "Billed as 'A Trivial Comedy for Serious People,' the late 19th century classic pokes fun at Victorian era social norms and yes, trivial pursuits, following the romantic entanglements of two men who lead double lives. Not to mention an obsession with muffins. Wilde’s sparkling wordplay throughout Earnest is why the play is widely considered his greatest achievement." // $18 ↝
🏕️ June 13–15: Noke Fest // Garrett Farms // "Born from a love for the region, NokeFest’s mission is to create a space where people can connect with music, art, and the great outdoors." // ticket prices vary ↝
🛝 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 // ↝