8.25–8.31

Mon 8/25
🎨 6–8pm: Vinyl Record Mandala Paint & Sip (fundraiser for NAMI) // Bubba's 33 // $38 ↝

Tue 8/26
🌳 5:30–6:30pm: Wasena Park Community River Cleanup // bridge to Vic Thomas Park // free ↝
📚 6–7:30pm: Coffee, Tea, & Poetry (poem sharing) // Roanoke Higher Ed Center // free ↝
🏆 6–9pm: Crokinole Night (Canadian board game open play) // Golden Cactus // free ↝
🏳️‍🌈💃 6:30–7:30pm: Queer Tango // Roanoke Diversity Center // $5–$20 ↝
♫ 8:30pm: Request Line w/ Jared Stout // Martin's Downtown // free ↝

Wed 8/27
✮ 5–7pm: Lick Run Farmers Market (every final Wednesday) // Lick Run Farm // free ↝
♫🍔 5–8pm: Jazz Night // Six and Sky // free ↝
✮ 5–8pm: Mid-Week Market (live music, vendors, food & drink specials) // Golden Cactus // free ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Mercy Creek (folk rock) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
✮🍔 6pm: History After Dark (subject: Roman Divination w/ app buffet) // 1772 Rooftop on Main - Fincastle // $30, call to reserve ↝
🎨 6–7:30pm: Beginner Crochet Class // Kind Brew Coffee Co. // $30 ↝
🍔🍷 6:30pm: Flight Night - Bread & Wine Pairing // Stock Bistro // $75 ↝
♫ 7pm (doors 6): Halcyon Listening Room (atmospheric, sound healing) // 5 Points Music Sanctuary // $45 ↝
♫ 7pm (doors 6:30): Mountain Grass Unit (bluegrass) // Fork in the Alley // $10 ↝
♫ 7pm (doors 6:30): Slow Go Oftens, Lost In Space Camp, Page Up Page Down (acoustic emo, math rock) // Blindhouse Beer Co. // $10, all ages ↝
🎭 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: Mackenzie Carpenter (country) // Sidewinders // $24; 18+ ↝
♫ 9:30pm: Ben Trout Band // Martin's Downtown // free ↝

Thu 8/28
🍔✮ 12:30pm: Lunch & Learn w/ the Collective: Life Insurance // The Collective. // free ↝
🎨 4–6pm: Introduction to Origami // Dragon Bite Books & Crafts // $4–8 ↝
🎨 4–7pm: Meet the Artist: Joni Pienkowski (artist meet & greet) // Blue Ridge PBS // free ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Party in Elmwood: The Kings (beach music) // Elmwood Park // $10 ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Mad Iguanas (rock) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🍔♫ 6–7:15pm: Café Night with Starfire (live music & free meal) // Raleigh Court Library // free ↝
🎨🍷 6–7:30pm: Sips, Strokes & Stories: Yayoi Kusama (paint event) // Stave & Cork - Salem // $35, 21+ ↝
🌳 6–7:30pm: Community Night: Preserving the Harvest Pt. 1 (workshop, kids' activities, and yoga) // Morningside Urban Farm // free ↝
🎨 6–8pm (doors 5:30): Golf Faux Stained Glass // Brady's Distillery // $50 ↝
🍔🍷 6–8pm: Sip & Sourdough (bread making class) // Bellacino's - Daleville // $61 ↝
🍔🍷 6–8pm: Gourmet Butter Tasting // Well Hung Vineyard // $34 ↝
✮♫🍷 6–9pm: 5 Year Anniversary Party (live music, splatter tent - tickets separate, raffles) // Golden Cactus // free ↝
🏆🍷 6:30–8:30pm: Spelling Bee & Brews // Big Lick Brewing // free, 21+ ↝
✮♫ 6:30–9pm: Guitars Under the Star Guitar Pull (open jam session) // Mill Mtn Star // free ↝
🏆✮ 6:30–9pm: Gish House Game Night (community board game night) // Alexander Gish House // free, all ages, BYO snacks & drinks ↝
✮ 7pm: Revolutionary Roundtable Series (history lecture) // Roanoke History Museum // $5 ↝
✮ 7pm: Commonwealth Film Collective Info Session // Olde Salem Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🏳️‍🌈✮ 7–8pm: True Colors Healthy Love (guided conversation) // Roanoke Diversity Center // free ↝
💃 7–10pm: Line Dancing with Angela // Tropicana Bar & Grill // free ↝
♫ 7:30–10:30pm: The Meskos Electric Revue (pop, rock, soul, improv) // Hanging Rock Tavern - Salem // free ↝
♫ 9:30pm: Heevahava (punk, rock, experimental) // Martin's Downtown // free ↝

Fri 8/29
🌳 10am–noon: Carvins Creek Exploration // Brookside Park // $7 ↝
✮ noon–1pm: Mansion Tour // Fishburn Mansion // $10 ↝
🎨 12:30–2pm: Paper Quilling Workshop // Taubman Museum // $40 ↝
🏆🧸 5–10pm: KPop Demon Hunters Skate Party (roller skating, costume contest, dance party, lip sync battle) // Firehouse Skate 'N Play // prices vary ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Liv Sloan & the Diehards (blues, jazz, rock fusion) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫ 6pm: Rebecca Porter, Emily Woodhull (Americana, country) // Starr Hill Brewery // free ↝
♫ 6–9pm: The Meskos Electric Revue (pop, rock, soul, improv) // Twisted Track Brewpub // free ↝
♫ 6–9pm: Grandin Chillage w/ Phat Anchovies (outdoor festival with vendors & food trucks) // Grandin Village // $5 (<12 free); leashed pets welcome ↝
♫ 6:30–9:30pm: Mercy Creek (folk rock) // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
♫ 7–9pm: Drum Circle with The Beat Goes On // Highland Park // free ↝
♫ 7–10pm: Jenee & Fitz (acoustic cover) // The Hangout // free ↝
♫ 7:30–10:30pm: Jason Hostetter (cover) // Olde Salem Brewing - Roanoke // free ↝
♫ 7:30–10:30pm: Becki & the Boom Booms (blues, jazz, rock) // Hanging Rock Tavern - Salem // free ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 6): Gavin Adcock (country) // Salem Civic Center // $48+ ↝
🎨🍷 8–10pm: TrapxCanvas (trap music paint & sip night) // Holiday Inn Roanoke // $42 ↝
♫ 8pm–12:30am: Supafly Live (funk, rock, variety) // The Watering Hole // free ↝
♫ 10–11:30pm: Cinémathèque, Copy Cat Syndrome (exotica, funk jazz fusion) // Martin's Downtown // $12 ↝

Sat 8/30
✮ 8am–4pm: Mopars in the Valley (car show) // Salem Civic Center // free ↝
🏆♫ 10am: Island Vibes Fitness Party (rhythmic workout w/ live DJ) // Golden Cactus // $20 ↝
🐾 10am–noon: Buzz on Buzzards (educational) // Explore Park // $12 ↝
✮ 10am–3pm: Spider-Man Celebration (family friendly) // Big Lick Comics // free ↝
✮ noon: Labor Day Parade // Campbell Ave. Downtown // free ↝
🎨 noon–1:30pm: Beginner Crochet Class // Kind Brew Coffee Co. // $30 ↝
✮ noon–4pm: Black-Owned Vendor Event // Grace Covenant Church // free ↝
♫✮ noon–10pm: Shenanigan on Shenandoah (block party w/ water slide, games, & DJ) // Twisted Track Brewpub // free ↝
📚 1–2:30pm: Shut Up & Write Meetup // Mill Mtn Coffee - Tanglewood // free ↝
🏆 1–3pm: Archery Basics // Explore Park // $18, 16+ ↝
♫ 1:30–4:30pm: Sasha Landon (of Palmyra) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🎨 2–4pm: Paint Your Pet Class // Taubman Museum // $75 ↝
🎭 2:30–4:30pm: Improv Workshop // Ursula's Cafe // suggested donation $30; ages 12+ ↝
📚 3–5pm: Book Swap // Olde Salem Brewing - Roanoke // free ↝
♫🍷 3–5pm: Tyler Hubbard Pre-Concert Party w/ Brett Sharp // Sidewinders // free ↝
♫✮ 4–9pm: Parrotheads on the Parkway (tropical party) // Twin Creeks Brewpub // $10 adv. $12 day of ↝
💃 5–8pm: Swingin' at Second (swing dancing social) // Second Cafe // free ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Credence Clearwater Recital (tribute to CCR) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🏆 5:45pm (doors 5:15): Roller Derby Double Header // Berglund Center // $18 ↝
♫ 6pm (doors 5): Old Crow Medicine Show (folk, old-time) // The Coves Amphitheater at SML // $62 ↝
♫ 6pm: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (country) // Dr. Pepper Park // $39+ ↝
🎭 6–7pm: Dylan Dent Variety Show // Starr Hill Brewery // free ↝
♫ 6–9pm: Boco Duo (cover, variety) // Atheling Downtown // free ↝
♫ 6:30–9:30pm: Chesterfield Foxtrot (rock, cover) // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
♫ 6:30–9:30pm: Virginia Electric (garage Americana, rock) // Twin Creeks Brewing // free ↝
💃🍷 6–10:30pm (group lesson 6:30): Dance Mixology Social w/ SalsaNoke (all-level salsa party) // Brady's Distillery // free ↝
🏳️‍🌈🎭 7pm: SWVA Pride Movie Night - The Birdcage // 1010 Montrose Ave SE // free ↝
♫ 7–10pm: Mourn the Illusion (hard rock, metal covers) // The Hangout // $10 ↝
♫ 7:15pm (doors 6): Tyler Hubbard (country) // Elmwood Park // $39 adv. $49 day of ↝
♫ 8pm–midnight: Beyond the Crypt Goth Night // The Spot on Kirk // $10 ↝
♫ 9–11pm: Randolph Thomas (singer songwriter) // The Front Row // free ↝
♫ 10pm: John Colby Elswick & the End (indie southern grunge) // Martin's Downtown // $10 ↝
♫ 10pm–1am: Vinyl & Vibes with Star City Soul Club (vinyl listening party) // Sidecar // free ↝

Sun 8/31
✮ noon–4pm: Roanoke Bridal Expo // Hotel Roanoke // $10 ↝
🎨 2–4pm: Beach House Window (paint nite) // Big Lick Brewing // $45 ↝
🌳 3pm: Paw Paw Foraging // Green Hill Park - Salem // free ↝
🏆♫ 3–5pm: Vibes & Video Games w/ Stimulator Jones & Melody Mundaca  // Second Cafe // $3 ↝
♫ 3–6pm: Mercy Creek (folk rock) // Olde Salem Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🎨 4–6pm (doors 3:30): Resin Ocean Tray Workshop // Bubba's 33 // $50 ↝
✮♫🍷 5–10pm: NYA 90s & 2000s Party (DJ, karaoke, dance party, vendors, food trucks) // Elmwood Park Amphitheatre // $23, 21+ ↝
♫ 6pm: Chase Rice, Drake White (country) // Dr. Pepper Park // $45+ ↝
🏳️‍🌈💃 6–9pm: Labor Day Tea Dance Party // Starr Hill Brewery // free ↝
♫ 6:30pm (doors 5:30): Ice Nine Kills, Dayseeker, Kim Dracula (metal, post-hardcore) // Salem Civic Center // $54+ ↝
🏳️‍🌈💃🍔 6:30–11pm: Dinner & Drag // The Park Dance Club // cover ↝

Ongoing/Multiple Dates

🎭 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 ↝

💃 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

🎶 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 ↝

🎧 Sep 8–June 4: Enroll your teen in Music Lab! // Jefferson Center // "This program is exclusively for 6th-12th grade students who wish to attend Open Lab and participate in classes, workshops, and camps that will help them develop their skills and creativity." This program culminates in projects such as "...booking and then preparing for a live performance, writing and recording an album, or recording another group as the tracking engineer." // $300 for full year ↝