6.16–6.22

Mon 6/16
✮ 6–7:15pm: Becoming a Friend of the World (meditation) // Dharmapala Kadampa Buddhist Center // $10 ↝
📚 6:30–7:30pm: The Bookish (open-format review/show & tell club) // Belmont Library // free ↝
🎨 7–9pm: Knots & Nibbles (DIY macrame keychain) // The Front Row // $15 ↝

Tue 6/17
♫ 5–8pm: Jeremy Davall (rock, country, cover) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
✮ 5:30–6:30pm: Plawking in Southeast // Belmont Christian Church // free ↝
🏆 6–8pm: Learn to SUP (materials provided) // TBD // $35 ↝
🏳️‍🌈🍔 6–9pm: Fifth Annual Queer Community Picnic // Wasena Park // free ↝
🎭📚 6:30pm (sign-ups begin at 6): "Proud to Be..." Open Mic with Star City Poet's Society // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
♫ 8:30pm: Request Line w/ Jared Stout // Martin's Downtown // free ↝

Wed 6/18
🎨🧸 4–5:30pm: Eraser Stamps Workshop // Dragon Bite Books & Crafts // $10–15; 12+ ↝
✮ 4:30–6:30pm: Beer & Biotech: P1 Technologies (lecture, Q&A) // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
✮ 5–8pm: Mid-Week Market (live music, vendors, food & drink specials) // Golden Cactus // free ↝
♫🍔 5–8pm: Jazz Night // Six and Sky // reservations recommended ↝
♫ 5:30pm: Rock Bottom String Band (folk punk, bluegrass, fusion) // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
♫ 5:30–8pm: Open Bluegrass Jam // Hanging Rock Tavern - Salem // free ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Christian Q. (funk, blues, jazz, pop) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
✮ 6–7pm: BUZZ Watch Party (local TV show) // Grandin Theatre // free ↝
🏆 6–8pm: Customer Appreciation Day (free gameplay, giveaways, discounts) // The VR Center - Salem // free ↝
📚 6–8pm: Silent Book Club // TXTUR Showroom // free ↝
🎭 6:30–8pm: Open Mic Night // Ursula's Cafe // free; donations welcome ↝
♫ 7–9pm: William Seymour (Americana, country) // Village Grill // free ↝
♫ 7–11pm: Open Mic Night // The Front Row // free ↝
♫ 9:30pm: Goodtime Alibi (alt rock) // Martin's Downtown // free ↝

Thu 6/19 - Juneteenth ⛓️‍💥✊🏿
✮ 1:30pm: Lunch & Learn with Humble Hustle: Ground Up Leadership // The Collective // free ↝
✮ 3–4pm: Vehicle Maintenance Workshop (class, Q&A) // EnVision Center // free ↝
✊🏿 5:30–7pm: Juneteenth Celebration (music, film screening, giveaways) // Melrose Plaza // free ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Party in Elmwood: The Catalinas (beach music) // Elmwood Park // $10 ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Music Road Co. (reggae, funk) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🌳 6–7:30pm: Community Night: Summer Solstice Fairy Homes (workshop, kids' activities, and yoga) // Morningside Urban Farm // free ↝
🍔🎨 6–8pm: Patriotic Cookie Decorating Workshop // Hammer & Stain // $52 ↝
🏆 6:30pm: Spelling Bee & Brews // Big Lick Brewing // free, 21+ ↝
🏆 6:30–9:30pm: Bingo Night // Fork in the Alley // free ↝
♫ 7–9pm: Jeremy Davall (rock, country, cover) // Village Grill // free ↝
♫ 7–9pm (dinner/drinks 6): Groove Kontrol (jazz) // Hamlar Center // $11+ ↝
✊🏿🎨 7–10pm: Juneteenth Paint Night // Lucid Dreams // $45, 21+ ↝
♫ 7:30pm (doors 7): Mike Mitchell Band, Will Farmer (bluegrass) // The Spot on Kirk // $15 adv. $20 day of ↝
♫ 7:30–10:30pm: Oddfellows (rock) // Hanging Rock Tavern - Salem // free ↝
♫ 9:30pm: Ripejive (funk, soul) // Martin's Downtown // free ↝

Fri 6/20
🧸✮ 2–3:30pm: Girl Scout STEM Van Visit // Williamson Road Library // free ↝
♫ 4–5:30pm: Solstice Drum Circle // 2nd Helpings // free ↝
♫ 5:30pm: Tyler Jones (country) // Sidewinders // cover, 21+ ↝
🎨 5:30–7:30pm: Plein Aire Painting Workshop // Walrond Pond // $15 ↝
♫✮ 5:30–8:30pm: Benefit Show for the Quesenberry Family // Parkway Brewing - Salem // donate what you can ↝
✮ 6pm (doors 5:30): Murder in Moonshine Country (comedic murder mystery event) // Stoney Brook Vineyards - Troutville // $35 ↝
🏆🌳 6–8pm: Sunset Kayaking // Carvin's Cove // $35 ↝
♫🍔 6–9pm: Friday Food Truck n' Tunes with William Seymour & Empanada Nirvana // Sweet Donkey // free ↝
✮ 6–10pm: Hello Summer Festival (live music, food & drinks, activities, & drone show) // Green Hill Park // free ↝
♫ 6–10pm: Chayce Beckham (country) // Dr. Pepper Park // $33+ ↝
🏆 6:30–8:30pm: Queens' Flow (West African-inspired movement & live drumming) // Uttara Yoga // $40 ↝
♫ 6:30–9:30pm: Mercy Creek (folk rock) // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
♫ 6:30–9:30pm: Bunco (blues, rock, funk, soul) // Twin Creeks Brewing // free ↝
♫ 7pm (doors 6): No Model, Pilau, Ex Parents, U.S. Gas (hardcore, punk) // Appalachian Arts Hub // $12 ↝
♫ 7pm (doors 6): Dwight Yoakam, The Mavericks, 49 Winchester (country) // Salem Civic Center // $52+ ↝
♫ 7–10pm: Jeremy Wimmer Trio (acoustic) // The Hangout // free ↝
♫ 7–10pm: Becki & the Boom Booms (blues, jazz, rock) // Village Grill // free ↝
🎭 7:30–9:30pm: Sight + Sound presents: Living Color (short-form multimedia) // The Eye - SMWV // $22, 18+ ↝
♫ 7:30–10:30pm: Seedpicker (soul, funk, blues) // Hanging Rock Tavern - Salem // free ↝
♫ 7:30–10:30pm: Doc McClintock (folk) // Olde Salem Brewing - Roanoke // free ↝
🐾 7:30–10:30pm: Bug & Bat Night (s'mores, class, & upclose encouters) // Mill Mtn Discovery Center // free ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 6:30): Star City Swag (jazz fundraiser for ACCRV) // 5 Points Music Sanctuary // $51+ ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7:30): The Wildwoods (folk, Americana) // The Spot on Kirk // $20 adv. $25 day of ↝
🏳️‍🌈💃 8pm: Pride Show & Dance Party // The Park Dance Club // cover, 18+ ↝
🎭 9pm (doors 8): Brews & Burlesque: Midsummer Night's Fantasies // Golden Cactus // $20+, 21+; space limited ↝
♫ 10pm: Music Road Co. (reggae, funk) // Martin's Downtown // $12 ↝

Sat 6/21
✮ 7am–3pm: Monster Flea Market // Berglund Special Events Center // free ↝
🏆 8–10am: Spring into Action 5K Run/Walk for Refugees // Rivers Edge North // $30 ↝
🏆 9–10am: Summer Solstice Yoga // Alexander-Gish House // free;donations encouraged ↝
✊🏿🏆 9–11am: DOPE Juneteenth Walk (4-mile tour of murals & monuments by African Americans) // Downtown Roanoke // $9 ↝
🏆 9am–2pm: Valley to Peak Challenge Road Rally (checkpoint-based/scenic driving event) // Holiday Inn Tanglewood // $35 per car ↝
✮ 9am–2pm: Summer Lovin' Local Market (vendors, food, music) // Greenbrier Nurseries // free ↝
🎨 10am–noon: Figure Drawing Class // Appalachian Arts Hub // $15 ↝
✮ 10am–3pm: Rethink, Reuse, Repair Fair (item swap & vendor showcase) // Wasena Park // free ↝
🧸🐾 10am–4pm: Dr. Zoolittle Day (meet & greet vets) // Mill Mtn Zoo // $12 adult, $10 child ↝
🏳️‍🌈🍔 11am: SWVA Pride Cookout // Vega Community Center // free ↝
🏆🍔 11am–3pm: Wickets & Wine - NEW DATE (benefit social with lunch and croquet) // Fishburn Mansion // $50 ↝
🐾🍔 noon–2pm: Petting Zoo, Pizza, & Popsicles // Main Library // free ↝
♫ noon–9pm (doors 11:30): School's Out Summer Fest (rock, metal) // The Montvale School // $23 ↝
🍔🎨 2–3:30pm: Sugar Cookie Decorating Class // Grandin CoLab // $55 ↝
🧸 2–4pm: Mini Manicures // Lucid Dreams // $12.50; ages 3–10 ↝
🎨 2–4pm: Soft Cover Journal Workshop // O. Winston Link Museum // $30 ↝
🎨 2–4pm: Summer Solstice Paint & Sip // Golden Cactus // $25 ↝
✮ 3–4pm: Meditation & Sound Bath // St. Elizabeth's Episcopal Church // free ↝
✮ 3–9pm: Tropic Like It's Hot Brew'au (block party) // Starr Hill Brewery // free ↝
🏳️‍🌈 4pm: Roanoke Pride March // Elmwood Park // free ↝
🏆 4:30pm: Ride All of Mill (mountain biking) // Good Times Cycle and Adventure // free, donations accepted ↝
♫ 4:30–7:30pm: Dirt Road Breakdown (rock, blues) // Hanging Rock Tavern - Salem // free ↝
♫ 5:30pm: McFadden and Friends (jazz, blues, R&B) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫ 6–8pm: Geoff White (violinist) // Stave & Cork - Salem // free ↝
🏆🧸 6–8pm: Family Game Night // Lucid Dreams // free ↝
✮🏆 6–10pm: Bi-monthly Game Night (board game meetup) // Mishap Games // free ↝
💃 6–10:30pm (group lesson at 6:30): Summer Latin Dance Mixology // Brady's Distillery // free ↝
♫ 6:30–9:30pm: Last Call Party Band (cover) // Twin Creeks Brewing // free ↝
🏆 7pm (doors 6): Twin Valleys vs Virginia Vipers (roller derby) // Berglund Center Coliseum // $17 ↝
🏳️‍🌈 7–11pm: Glitz and Gloom: Pride Blowout // Blindhouse Beer Co. // $12.50 ↝
♫ 7:30–10:30pm: Vicker Switch (classic rock) // Hanging Rock Tavern - Salem // free ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7:30): Erin Lunsford, Caitlin Krisko (single release show - acoustic) // The Spot on Kirk // $15 adv. $20 day of ↝
🎭 8–10pm (doors 7): The R.E.A.L. Funny (comedy) // The Coffeepot // $10 adv. $15 day of ↝
♫ 10pm–1am: Deep 6 (Pearl Jam tribute) // Martin's Downtown // $12 ↝

Sun 6/22
✮ 9:15–10am (doors 9:00): Mindfulness Meditation // 5 Points Music Sanctuary // free ↝`
🌳✮ 9:30am: Jack Brown's Cleanup Crew (litter pickup event) // Tinker Creek Greenway Parking Lot // free ↝
🏳️‍🌈🍔 11am (doors 10:45): Legends & Icons Drag Brunch // Starr Hill Brewery // $10 ↝
🏳️‍🌈🍔 noon–2pm (doors 11): Downtown Divas Drag Brunch (fundraiser for RDC) // Evie's Bistro // $18 ↝
🎨🧸 noon–6pm (drop in anytime): T-Shirt Bag Workshop // Dragon Bite Books & Crafts // free; BYOT(tshirt) ↝
♫ 1–3pm: Josh & Maria (folk, acoustic) // Stave & Cork - Salem // free ↝
🎨 2–4pm: DIY Doormat Workshop // Board & Brush // $43 ↝
🎨 3–6pm: Film Photography Workshop: Shoot & Process Film // Art on 1st // $45 ↝
🎨 4–6pm (doors 3:30): American Flag Resin Pour or Painting // Bubba's 33 // $45 ↝
🐾 4:30pm: Tales & Ales: Cat Edition (drink with adoptable cats) // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
♫ 5–7pm: Foster Burton (psych rock, blues) // Village Grill // free ↝
♫ 5–8pm: Mason Creek (bluegrass) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫ 6:30pm: Kinnfolk (celtic, folk) // Atheling Meadworks // free ↝

Ongoing/Multiple Dates

🎬🧸 June 16–18: Content Creators Studio // Belmont Library // "This is a week long program is for upper elementary age students looking to increase their skills with making short films, creating a storyboard, script writing, directing, and editing. Lunch Provided!" Classes (Sandwiches & Storyboards, Tacos & TicToks, and Pizza & Podcasting) run noon–3:30pm each day. // free ↝

♫ June 19–21: 2025 SML Songwriters Festival // Smith Mountain Lake // "Get ready for an unforgettable musical experience at picturesque Smith Mountain Lake, VA. This year's 3-day music festival showcases an incredible lineup of 19 talented singer-songwriters sharing songs and stories at various local venues.
The Grand Finale Concert will be held on June 22nd, featuring Grammy Nominated and Dove Award Winner, Ty Herndon." // free ↝

🎭 June 20–22: 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 21 & 22: Auditions for "Circle Mirror Transformation" // Showtimers Community // "Casting five performers (2 M, 3 W). Men: 30s–60s.
Women: One teenager, one 20s–30s, one 50s–60s. Performance dates: Aug. 29–31" // free ↝

Looking Ahead

🛝 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 // ↝

🧑‍🌾 July 21–25: Lick Run Farm Camp // "Open to rising 4th, 5th and 6th graders, 2025 Lick Run Farm camp will be July 21 - July 25. Join the farm crew for the week as we dig carrots, pick tomatoes, and make arts and crafts!" // sliding scale $50–150 // now accepting applications ↝