8.18–8.24

Mon 8/18
📚 6:30–7:30pm: The Bookish (open-format review/show & tell club) // Belmont Library // free ↝
🎭 7–9:30pm (doors 6): The Encampments  (documentary screening) // Grandin Theatre // free ↝

Tue 8/19
🎨 5:30–6:30pm: DIY Essential Oil Bracelets // Stewartsville Library // free ↝
🌳✮ 5:30–6:30pm: Plawking // Bennington St. Greenway Trailhead // free ↝
🎭 6:30–7:30pm (sign-ups begin at 6): Star City Poet's Society Open Mic Night // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
🏳️‍🌈💃 6:30–7:30pm: Queer Tango // Roanoke Diversity Center // $5–$10 ↝
💃 7–10pm: Line Dancing with Angela // Tropicana Bar & Grill // free ↝
♫ 8pm: Alice Cooper (rock) // Salem Civic Center // $49+ ↝
♫ 8:30pm: Christian Q. & Co. (funk, blues, jazz, pop) // Martin's Downtown // free ↝

Wed 8/20
✮ 4:30–6:30pm: Beer & Biotech: Common Wealth Angels (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 ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Leonard Blush and The Camelcals (rock) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Party in Elmwood: The Catalinas (beach music) // Elmwood Park // $10 ↝
✮ 6:30pm: Creative Conversations: Cultivating Leadership Skill (speaker-led conversation) // The Collective // free ↝
♫ 7–11pm: Open Mic Night // The Front Row // free ↝
♫ 7:30–10:30pm: Murder Wagon (cover, variety) // Hanging Rock Tavern - Salem // free ↝
♫ 9:30pm: Waiting on Mongo (funk, jam) // Martin's Downtown // free ↝

Thu 8/21
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Father Sun (reggae) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🌳 6–7:30pm: Community Night: Do You Know How to DASH? (workshop, kids' activities, and yoga) // Morningside Urban Farm // free ↝
🎨 6–8pm (doors 5:30): Sunset Dock Paint & Sip // Well Hung Vineyard // $32 ↝
🏆🌳 6–8pm: Sunset SUP // Carvin's Cove // $35 ↝
🍔♫ 6–9pm: Dinner & Jazz w/ Kemistry Band // Hamlar Center // $11+ ↝
🎨 6:30pm: Autumn Aurora Paint Night // AmVets Post 40 // $30 gen. $25 vets ↝
📚✮ 6:30–8:30pm: Author Event: Women of the Fairy Tale Resistance by Jane Harrington (meet & greet) // Evie's Bistro // free ↝
💃 7–10pm: Line Dancing with Angela // Tropicana Bar & Grill // free ↝
♫ 7–11pm: Open Mic Night // 3rd St. Coffeehouse // free ↝
♫ 7:30pm (doors 7):  Florencia & the Feeling, Duck, Copy Cat Syndrome (funk, jazz, fusion) // The Spot on Kirk // $15 adv. $20 day of ↝
♫ 7:30–8:30pm: Maygen & The Birdwatcher (folk) // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
♫ 7:30–10:30pm: The Night Shift (cover) // Hanging Rock Tavern - Salem // free ↝
♫ 8pm: Pink Floyd Laser Spectacular // Berglund Center // $42+ ↝
♫ 9:30pm: The Band Paul (rock, funk, jam) // Martin's Downtown // free ↝

Fri 8/22
✮ 8am–2pm: Yard Sale for Alzheimers // Our Lady of the Valley // free ↝
🌳 10am–noon: Wolf Creek Exploration // Stonebridge Park // $7 ↝
♫ 5–9pm: Blackwater Band (Top 40, cover) at Salem After Five // Salem Farmer's market // $5 ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Solacoustix (blues, RnB, variety) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫ 6pm: Kenny Chesney & Luke Bryan tribute // Dr. Pepper Park // $26+ ↝
🎨 6–8pm: Help Rebuild United Way Mascot // MAKE Roanoke // free ↝
♫🍔 6–9pm: FFTnT's with Star City Soul Club // Sweet Donkey // free ↝
♫ 6:30–9:30pm: The Shoobies (tropical, cover) // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
♫ 6:30–9:30pm: GAK! (90s covers) // Twin Creeks Brewing // free ↝
🎭 7pm: The Family Reunion - day 1 // Fostek Performance Hall @ Jefferson Center // $51 ↝
🎭 7pm: Soft Opening - McAlasters Saloon & Comedy Club // 3031 Frontier Rd NW // $12.50 ↝
♫ 7–10pm: Wound Tight (bluegrass) // Living Proof Beer Co. - Rocky Mount // free ↝
♫ 7–10pm: Pleading the 5th (country, rockabilly) // The Hangout // $10 ↝
♫ 7:30–10:30pm: Brian K & the Parkway (rock) // Hanging Rock Tavern - Salem // free ↝
♫ 8–11pm (doors 7): The Z-Man Experience, Holy Handle, banshee (experimental folk, noise) // Art Rat Studios // free, BYOB ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7:30):  David LaMotte, Phil Norman (folk) // The Spot on Kirk // $20 ↝
🏳️‍🌈💃 8pm: Mr. & Miss Trailer Park (drag contest & fundraiser) // The Park Dance Club // cover, 18+ ↝
♫ 10pm: The Late Night Stumblers (Americana) // Martin's Downtown // $10 ↝

Sat 8/23
🏆🌳 9am–1pm: DOPE Hike // Explore Park // $12 ↝
🏆🌳 9am–2pm: Spring Hollow Guided 5mi. Hike // Camp Roanoke // $30 ↝
🐾🌳 9am–3pm: SWVA Bee Festival // Elmwood Park // free ↝
✮ 9am–5:30pm: Day Trip: Luray Caverns (via shuttle bus) // Public Works 1802 // $59 ↝
🎨 10–11:30am: Kokedama Workshop // Hammer & Stain // $40+ ↝
🐾🍔 10am–1pm: AoA Bow Wow Brunch (dog-friendly fundraiser) // Big Lick Brewing // $45+ ↝
🧸🏆 10am–1pm: Biking Basics // Whispering Pines Park // free ↝
✮🧸 10am–2pm: Safe Community Fair (car show & family activities) // Berglund Center // $15 adv. $20 day of ↝
🧸✮ 10am–3pm: Grandparents Appreciation Day (kids activities) // Virginia Museum of Transportation // grandparents free w/ kid admission ↝
✮ 10am–4pm: VA Comics & Collectibles Show // Salem Civic Center // $5 ↝
✮ 10am–5pm: Downtown Roanoke Sidewalk Sale (deals from tons of retailers!) // multiple locations // free ↝
📚 11am–noon: Silent Book Club // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
✮ noon–4pm: Celebration of African Cultures // Countryside Park // free ↝
🧸🏆 1–3pm: Archery Basics // Explore Park // $18 ↝
🎨 2–3:30pm: Introduction to Zentangle (meditative drawing) // Dragon Bite Books & Crafts // $22 ↝
🎨 4–6pm: Hope Paint Nite // Melrose Plaza // free ↝
♫ 4:30–7:30pm: Steele Cookin Band (jam) // Hanging Rock Tavern - Salem // free ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: The Kind (psychedelic folk rock) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫ 6:30–9:30pm: Jonathan Paige Brown Jr. (cover, country) // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
🎭 7pm: The Family Reunion - day 2 // Fostek Performance Hall @ Jefferson Center // $51 ↝
♫ 7–10pm: Ryan Greer (rock, singer songwriter) // Living Proof Beer Co. - Rocky Mount // free ↝
♫ 7–10pm: 4ever Classic (70s & 80s rock) // The Hangout // $5 ↝
♫ 7:30–10:30pm: Omegawolfe (country, rock) // Hanging Rock Tavern - Salem // free ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7): Mavis Staples, Tyler Ramsey (R&B, soul, folk) // The Harvester - Rocky Mount // $118+ ↝
💃 9pm–12:30am (beginner lesson at 9): Latin Dance Block Party // 202 Social House // free ↝
♫ 10pm: The Snozzberries (psych rock) // Martin's Downtown // $10 ↝

Sun 8/24
🏆 7:30am (add. start times at 8:30 & 9:30): VBR Gran Fondo (cycling event) // Courthouse Square - Fincastle // $70+ ↝
🐾 10am–noon: Leash Workshop (fundraiser) // Reserve Ave Fields // pay what you can ↝
🏳️‍🌈🏆 11am: Drag Bingo & Back to School Drive // Starr Hill Brewery // $10 ↝
🎭💃 11am: Student Burlesque Showcase // The Galleria on Williamson // $30 adv. $35 door ↝
✮🍔 1–3pm: Star Flight Training Open House & Cookout // Star Flight Training // free ↝
🎨 2–3pm: Creative Hour (monthly meetup) // Olin Hall Gallery // free ↝
📚 2–3:30pm: Roanoke Writers Meetup // Blindhouse Beer Co. // free ↝
🎨 3–6pm: Indigo & Shibori Workshop (dye methods) // Motel Studios // $60 ↝
🎨 4–6pm (doors 3:30): Shark Week Blacklight Paint Party // Bubba's 33 // $29 ↝
✮ 4–6pm: Embodied Vibrations (breathwork & mindfulness) // Maplewood Studios // sliding scale ↝
✮♫ 5–7pm: Guitars Under the Star Guitar Pull (open jam session) // Mill Mtn Star // free ↝
♫ 5–8pm: Blues Co. (blues) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫ 6pm: Sammy Kershaw (country) // Dr. Pepper Park // $33+ ↝
♫ 7:30pm: Train, Edwin McCain (pop, indie rock) // Elmwood Park // $67 ↝

Ongoing/Multiple Dates

💃 Tuesdays thru Sep 2: Beginner West Coast Swing Classes // Carilion Wellness - Roanoke // "West Coast Swing is a world-wide, popular, partner dance, danced in a slot, to a variety of types of music (blues, swing, rock, hip hop, ballads, country, pop...). Come join the fun as this dance sweeps the nation and world!" // $15/class or $75 for all ↝

Looking Ahead

🎭 Aug 29–31: Circle Mirror Transformation // Showtimers Community Theatre //  "Over the course of a six-week adult acting class, a teacher and her four students experience the tremendous transformative power of the theatre - games that seem silly, but end up bringing down guards, healing old wounds, and opening some new ones." // $11.50 ↝

🎶 Sep 6: Shape Note Singing Class // Raleigh Court UMC // "Join us for an afternoon of loud singing and community in this introduction to the centuries-old American practice of shape note singing...No prior experience is needed to participate in either the class or the half-day singing, and loaner tunebooks will be available to borrow for the day." // free ↝