9.01–9.07

Mon 9/1
🏆🌳 6–8am: Star Run (monthly running event) // River's Edge North // free ↝
♫ 3–7pm: Illiterates, The Brood, Sultry, Ex Parents, U.S. Gas (hardcore punk) // Blindhouse Beer Co. // $12; all ages ↝

Tue 9/2
💃 1–3pm: Line Dancing with Tracy // Melrose Plaza large fitness room // free ↝
🏳️‍🌈🎲 6–8pm: Sapphic Trivia // Golden Cactus // free ↝
♫ 8:30pm: Christian Q. & Co. (funk, blues, jazz, pop) // Martin's Downtown // free ↝

Wed 9/3
✮ 5–7pm (doors 4:45): Understanding Poverty: An Immersive Experience // St. John's Episcopal Church // free ↝
♫🍔 5–8pm: Jazz Night // Six and Sky // free ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Sideshow Runaways (group show) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
📚 6pm: Script Book Club (group script reading) // Blue Cow Ice Cream // free ↝
♫ 7–11pm: Open Mic Night // The Front Row // free ↝

Thu 9/4
✮ 8:30–10am: NextGen: AI (lecture) // Carillion Pediatric Center // $50 ↝
🍔 11am–2pm: Food Truck Thursday // Walrond Park // free ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Party in Elmwood: Gary Lowder & Smokin' Hot (beach music) // Elmwood Park // $10 ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Music Road Co. Trio (reggae, funk) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🌳 6–7:30pm: Community Night: Composting 101 (workshop, kids' activities, and yoga) // Morningside Urban Farm // free ↝
🌳 6–7pm: Stream Monitoring Class (become a water quality monitor for Roanoke River Project) // Sycamore Station // free ↝
🎨 6–8pm: Magic Moments (create decorative "potion bottles") // Sycamore Station // $10+ ↝
📚 6pm: Rewriting the Future (open mic & mini writing workshop) // Blindhouse Beer Co. // free ↝
💃 7–10pm: Line Dancing with Angela // Tropicana Bar & Grill // free ↝
♫ 5–8pm: Terry Brown & Brian Mesko (jazz, funk, soul) // Olde Salem Brewing Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫ 9:30pm: Latin Night feat. Kike Rodriguez & Miguel Benitez // Martin's Downtown // free ↝

Fri 9/5
♫ noon–2pm: J.Bartee (ambient soundscapes) // Second Cafe // free ↝
💃 1–3pm: Line Dancing with Tracy // Melrose Plaza large fitness room // free ↝
✮ 4–7pm: Sneak Peek Night at the Sunflower Festival (games, prizes, & booth discounts) // Beaver Dam Farm - Buchanan // $15+ ↝
📚 5–9pm: Late Nights: Artemis Journal (poetry, book launch) // The Taubman // free ↝
🏆 5–9pm: D&D and tabletop game night // Atheling Downtown // free ↝
♫ 5–9pm: First Friday with Bananas at Large (novelty, comedy) // downtown - Franklin Rd. SW between Jefferson & Williamson // $7, 21+ ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Harwell Grice Band (bluegrass) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫ 6pm (doors 5): Phat Laces, Harvest Blaque - Hip Hop Tribute Show // The Dog Bowl @ Black Dog Salvage // $24+ ↝
✮ 6–7:30pm: Community Kirtan (call-and-response chanting practice) // Uttara Yoga // free, donations appreciated ↝
✮ 6–7:30pm: Subspace Frequency (fringe theories meetup) // Apex Piano // free ↝
🧸🎨🍔 6–8pm: Family Pizza & Paint Night // Brambleton Rec Center // $28 ↝
♫🍔 6–9pm: FFTnT's with TJ Ellis // Sweet Donkey // free ↝
🍔🍷 6–10pm: Taps & Tracks (VMT fundraiser with hors d’oeuvres, drinks, film screening, raffle, & trivia) // Twisted Track Brewpub // $61+ ↝
♫ 6:30pm: Lucid Evolution (psych rock) // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
♫ 7–10pm: Phlegar Hill (classic rock, cover) // The Hangout // $10 ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7:30): Jonathan Scales Fourchestra (jazz fusion) // The Spot on Kirk // $20 adv. $25 day of ↝
♫ 8–11pm (doors 7): Dueling Pianos - night 1 // Corned Beef & Co. // $25 ↝
♫ 10pm: Feel Free (reggae fusion) // Martin's Downtown // $10 ↝

Sat 9/6
🧸🎨 11am–1pm: Mini Fairy Garden Party (kids crafts & games) // Brambleton Rec Center // $44 ↝
🐾 11am–3pm: Pooches in the Pool // Splash Valley // $10 per time slot/dog ↝
🍔 11am–5pm: Taco Fest (Huddle Up Moms benefit) // Elmwood Park // $10+ ↝
🎨 11am–8pm: Cat Flash Fundraiser for H.E.A.R.T. Rescue (tattoos, vendors, silent auction, food trucks) // Queen Anne's Revenge Tattoo // flash $100 each ↝
🌳 1–3pm: Creek Exploration // Glade Creek Park // $7 ↝
🌳 1–3pm: Intro to Compass Navigation // Explore Park // $20 ↝
♫✮ 1–5pm: Shape Note Singing Class (traditional Appalachian music notation) // Raleigh Court UMC // free ↝
🏆 2pm (registration starts at noon): Buchanan Triathlon // Buchanan Town Park // $90+ ↝
✮🎭 2–3:30pm: Film Screening & Discussion w/ Gregory Crewdson (photographer) // The Taubman // free ↝
🌳🎨📚 2–4pm: Root & Release (pothos planting, pot decorating, & poetry) // Golden Cactus Brewing // $50 ↝
✮🍔 3–4pm: Socialist Social Hour (community and vegan meal) // Lick Run Community Development Center // free ↝
🏆 3:30pm: Buddy Walk (DSAR Benefit) // River's Edge North // donation ↝
♫💃 5–11pm: Porchapalooza (DJs all evening & silent disco) // Fork in the Alley // free ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Rachael Hester & the Tennessee Walkers (country western) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
✮🏆 6pm: Buddy Walk After Party // Starr Hill Brewery // free ↝
📚 6pm: Meads and Myths - first show (interactive old Norse poetry performance) // Atheling Downtown // free ↝
📚 7pm: Meads and Myths - second show (interactive old Norse poetry performance) // Atheling Downtown // free ↝
🎲 6–10pm: Bi-monthly Game Night (board game meetup) // Mishap Games // free ↝
♫ 6:30pm: Five Shades of Gray (cover) // Twin Creeks Brewing // free ↝
♫ 7–10pm: Western Justice (classic country, Americana) // The Hangout // $5 ↝
♫ 7:30: Mad Iguanas (rock) // Living Proof Beer Co. - Rocky Mount // free ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7:30): Improvement Movement, William Wild (indie) // The Spot on Kirk // $15 adv. $20 day of ↝
♫ 8pm: Bananas at Large (novelty, comedy) // The Watering Hole // free ↝
🏆🌳 8–11pm: Harvest Moon Hike // Explore Park // $12 ↝
♫ 8–11pm (doors 7): Dueling Pianos - night 2 // Corned Beef & Co. // $25 ↝
💃♫ 9pm–2am: Love is the Message Dance Party/DJ Showcase (EDM, disco, house) // Blindhouse Beer Co. // $15 ↝
♫ 10pm: Mojo Thunder (rock) // Martin's Downtown // $10 ↝

Sun 9/7
🏆 8am–2pm: Paddle Race (canoe, kayak, or SUP) // Carvin's Cove // $30 to enter ↝
🎨 noon–2pm: Yarn & Yap (fiber artists meetup & coffee) // Second Cafe // free ↝
🎲 1pm (doors 12:30): Sunscreen & Suspects (pool-themed murder mystery event) // Big Lick Brewing // $35 ↝
🧸 1–2:30pm: Royal Eras Princess Party - 2010s Edition (snacks, crafts, games, music, & dancing) // Fishburn Mansion // $48 for one child + 1 adult ↝
🎨 1–3:30pm: Harvest Home Decor Workshop // Hammer & Stain // $45+ ↝
🎭📚 2pm (sign-ups begin at 1:30): Wake Me Up Open Mic (poetry) // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
🌳 2–3pm: Autumn Gardening Workshop // Greenbrier Nurseries // $10 ↝
📚 2–3:30pm: Roanoke Writers Meetup // Blindhouse Beer Co. // free ↝
🏆 2–4pm: Threading the Needle (yoga & acupuncture) // Uttara Yoga // $35 ↝
♫ 3–4pm: From Paris to Romania: the works of George Enescu (classical) // Talmadge Recital Hall - Hollins University // free ↝
🍔 3–7:30pm: Okrafest (tour, recipe demos, variety show, yoga) // Lick Run Farm // $5 ↝
♫ 5–8pm: Mason Creek (bluegrass) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫🍔 6pm (doors 4): Crawford & Power Benefit Concert & Dinner (country) // 5 Points Music Sanctuary // $24+ ↝

Ongoing/Multiple Dates

🧛 all September: Kids Costume Swap // Gainsboro Library // "Bring washed, gently-used kids Halloween costumes to any city branch and 'shop' the swap all month at the Gainsboro Branch Library!" // free ↝

🌻 Sep 5–14: Sunflower Festival // Beaver Dam Farm - Buchanan // Since 2016, the festival offers fresh flowers and beautiful views along with "hay wagon rides, a farm animal petting area, over 120 unique hand made craft and food vendors, photo booths and live music." // $10+ ↝

🎭 Sep 5–14: Sylvia // Exit, Pursued by a Bear // "Sylvia is a comical satire about a middle-aged couple, Greg and Kate, who are figuring out life as empty-nesters when Greg suddenly adopts a dog—or rather, the dog adopts Greg...Both dog-lovers and haters (boo!) will find themselves howling with laughter throughout the show." // $18 ↝

🧱 Sep 6–7: Roanoke Brick Convention // Salem Civic Center // This LEGO event "brings all of the creative hands-on, minds-on fun of LEGO building and experiences together in one activity- and entertainment-packed family event for children of all ages and builders of all skills and interests." // $18 adv. $20 door ↝

🏳️‍🌈💃 Sundays, Sep 7–Nov 9: Tango! The Resistance (queer dance class series) // Dream Dance Studio // "Come meet your local queer tango fam and fall in love with this dance that will continue to resist fascism and hate...We are a queer-centered, 'straight- friendly' space. Basically, if you want to dance with wonderful humans, take care of each other on the dance floor, and enjoy connection and creativity over mastering moves—life is good." // $5–20 per class sliding scale ↝

Looking Ahead

🎧 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 ↝