9.15–9.21

Mon 9/15
📚 6:30–7:30pm: The Bookish (open-format review/show & tell club) // Belmont Library // free ↝
🏆🌳 7:30–9:30pm: Quarter Moon Kayaking // Carvin's Cove // $45 ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7): Ryan Adams (rock, folk) // Berglund Performing Arts Theatre // $47+ ↝

Tue 9/16
🎨 4:30–7:30pm: Paint a Beer Stein // Golden Cactus // $35 ↝
♫ 5–8pm: Katie & Co. (singer songwriter) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫ 6–8:30pm (doors 5): Dillon Carmichael, Meghan Patrick (country) // Salem Farmer's Market // $10 adv. $12 day of ↝
🎭 7–9pm (doors 6): Join or Die (documentary screening) // Grandin Theatre // free ↝
♫ 8:30pm: Christian Q. & Co. (funk, blues, jazz, pop) // Martin's Downtown // free ↝

Wed 9/17
♫🍔 5–8pm: Jazz Night // Six and Sky // free ↝
✮ 5:30–6:30pm: Try Transit SE! (learn about the bus system on a group outing) // 1860 9th St SE parking lot // free ↝
✮ 5:30–7:30pm: Get2KnowNoke Social (networking for working age professionals) // Valleydale Apartments - Salem // free ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Foster Burton (psych rock, blues) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🏆 6–7:30pm: Ride With Billy! (beginner bike ride & social) // Cardinal Café // free ↝
🎨 6–7:30pm: Beginner Crochet Class - mug koozies // Kind Brew Coffee Co. // $30 ↝
♫ 7–11pm: Open Mic Night // The Front Row // free ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7): Paint Fumes, U.S. Gas, The Downclines (punk, rock, hardcore) // The Spot on Kirk // $10 ↝
♫ 9:30pm: Tasty Vibrations (jam, reggae) // Martin's Downtown // free ↝

Thu 9/18
🍔✮ 12:30pm: Lunch & Learn w/ the Collective: Marketing & Branding Road Map // The Collective. // free ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Father Sun (reggae) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
✮🍔🍷 5:30–10pm: History is Served (HSWV benefit with guest speaker, meal, bar and live/silent auctions) // Hotel Roanoke // $125+ ↝
🌳✮ 6–7pm: Seed Collection & Fall Garden Care // Salem Public Library // free ↝
🎨 6–7:30pm: Sea Glass Succulent Workshop // Hammer & Stain // $30+ ↝
🌳✮ 6–7:30pm: Community Night: The Nature of Clay (workshop, kids' activities, and yoga) // Morningside Urban Farm // free ↝
🎨🍷 6–8pm: Paint & Sip (BYOB) // Motel Studios // $25 ↝
♫🍔🍷 6–9pm: Dinner & Jazz // Hamlar Center // $11+ ↝
♫ 7–9pm: Open Mic Night // 3rd St. Coffeehouse // free ↝
💃 7–10pm: Line Dancing with Angela // Tropicana Bar & Grill // free ↝
♫ 7:30pm (doors 6:30): KALEO (Icelandic rock) // Berglund Performing Arts Theatre // $49+ ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7): The Machine (Pink Floyd tribute) // The Harvester Performance Center - Rocky Mount // $45+ ↝
🎭 8–10pm: The R.E.A.L. Funny Comedy Festival // CommUNITY ARTSreach // $10+ ↝
♫ 9:30pm: The Norms (jazz, funk, fusion) // Martin's Downtown // free ↝

Fri 9/19
🛍️🌳 3–6pm: Pansy & Perennial Sale // VWCC Community Arboretum // free ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Solacoustix (blues, RnB, variety) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫ 6pm: Jack Marion (country) // Twisted Track Brewpub // free ↝
🏆 6–7:15pm: Radford U Tartan 5K // River's Edge Park // $35 ↝
🎨 6–7:30pm: Kokedama Workshop // Hammer & Stain // $40+ ↝
✮🍷 6–9pm: Tap Into Hope (fundraiser for TAP) // Golden Cactus // free ↝
♫ 6:30–7:30pm: Kinnfolk (celtic, folk) // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
🐾 7:30–10:30pm: Bug & Bat Night (s'mores, class, & up-close encounters) // Mill Mountain Discovery Center // $15 ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 6:30): Future Joy (funk, house, dance, pop) // 5 Points Music Sanctuary // $16+ ↝
🏳️‍🌈🎨 8–9:30pm: Fired Up & Fabulous (drag show & wine glass painting) // Motel Studios // $25 ↝
🎭 8–10pm (doors 7:30): The R.E.A.L. Funny Comedy Festival // The Spot on Kirk // $15 adv. $20 door ↝
♫ 8–11pm: Surrender Dorothy (cover) // The Watering Hole // free ↝
🏳️‍🌈💃 8pm–2am: Night of 1,000 Dolly's (drag show & dance party) // Park Dance Club // cover ↝
♫ 9pm: Mistress of Puppets (Metallica tribute) // The Coffee Pot Roadhouse // $10 ↝
♫ 10–11:30pm: Memphis Lightning (rock, roots, blues) // Martin's Downtown // $10 ↝

Sat 9/20
🛍️ 8am–noon: Junk in the Trunk Rummage Sale // Wasena Park // $25 to sell; free to attend ↝
✮ 10am–noon: Plant/Animal Historic Uses & Folklore // Explore Park // $12 ↝
🧸🏆 10am–noon: Bluey's Big Blue Party (indoor playground, games, & more) // Firehouse Skate 'N Play // $13 adv. $15 door; ages 6 & under ↝
🎨 noon–1:30pm: Beginner Crochet Class - mug koozies // Kind Brew Coffee Co. // $30 ↝
🐾 10am–2pm: Pet Health Fair (low-cost vaccinations, microchips, nail trims & more) // Berglund Center // 10+ ↝
🎨 noon–3pm: Drop Spindle Demo (yarn spinning) // Dragon Bite Books & Crafts // demo free; DIY kits $20 ↝
🍷✮ noon–11pm: Oktoberfest // Olde Salem Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🎨 1–3pm: Woobles Workshop (beginner crochet) // MAKE Roanoke // $30 ↝
🏆 1–3pm: Archery Basics // Explore Park // $18, 16+ ↝
✮💃 3–6pm: International Day of Peace Celebration (social, dance circle & potluck // Villa Heights Park // free ↝
🌳 6–7pm: Stream Monitoring Class (become a water quality monitor for Roanoke River Project) // Sycamore Station // free ↝
💃♫ 1–10pm: Throwback Prom Night (prom attire, oldies music, photo ops) feat. Father Sun & Billingsley // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
♫ 1–11pm: Rocky Mount Fest // varioius locations - Rocky Mount // free ↝
✮♫💃 4–10pm: NYA Urban Rodeo feat. 803Fresh (live music, vendors, mechanical bull, & more) // Elmwood Park Amphitheatre // $34+ ↝
✮ 4:30–6pm: Autumn Equinox Awakening (breathwork & sound bath) // Uttara Yoga // $25 ↝
🏆 5pm (doors 4:30): Roller Derby Double Header // Berglund Center // $19 ↝
💃 5–8pm: National Dance Day Celebration (performances & workshops) // 3625 Williamson Rd NW // $18 ↝
♫ 6pm: Goodtime Alibi (alt rock) // Twisted Track Brewpub // free ↝
🎲 6–10pm: Bi-monthly Board Game Night // Mishap Games // free ↝
♫ 7–10pm: 3DT (oldies covers) // The Hangout // $10 ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7:30): Solazo (Latin dance fusion) // The Spot on Kirk // $15 adv. $20 door ↝
🎭 8pm: Jerry Seinfeld (comedy) // Berglund Performing Arts Theatre // $78+ ↝
🏳️‍🌈💃 8pm: Night of 1,000 Kesha's (drag show, dancing, & costume contest) // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
🎭 8–10pm: The R.E.A.L. Funny Comedy Festival // The Coffee Pot // $10+ ↝
🏳️‍🌈💃 8pm–2am: Come On Barbie Divas & Dance Party // The Park Dance Club // cover ↝
♫ 10pm: Glam'r Kiti (80's cover) // Martin's Downtown // $10 ↝

Sun 9/21
🎨🌳 8am–2pm: Outdoor Photography Workshop // Mill Mountain Discovery Center // $45 ↝
🏆 9–10am: Yoga at the Zoo // Mill Mtn Zoo // $25, includes zoo admission ↝
🛍️✮ 11am–4pm: The Dog Bowl Market // Black Dog Salvage // free ↝
🐾 11:30am–3pm (various time slots available): Fall & Halloween Pet Portraits // Roanoke SPCA // $35 ↝
🍔💃 noon–3pm: Brunch & Dance with DJ Lectro Kitty (family-friendly gathering) // YMCA Express // free ↝
📚 1–2:30pm: Shut Up & Write Meetup // The Bibliopub // free ↝
🎨 2–3pm: Creative Hour (monthly meetup) // TBD // free ↝
📚 2–3:30pm: Roanoke Writers Meetup // Blindhouse Beer Co. // free ↝
🎨 2–4pm: Garden Face Sculpture Class (clay, plaster, & concrete) // Taubman Museum // $80 ↝
♫ 2–4:30pm: Love & Sacrifice: Opera Roanoke Season Opener // Shaftman Performance Hall @ Jefferson Center // $23+ ↝
🏆 2:30pm: Pilates & Lattes // Sweet Donkey // $35 includes a drink ↝
🐾🍷 3:30–5:30pm: Tails & Ales: Cat Edition (drink with adoptable cats) // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
🎨 4–6pm (doors 3:30): Pumpkin Painting // Bubba's 33 // $34 ↝
♫ 5–8pm: Leonard Blush and The Camelcals (rock) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫✮ 6:30–8pm: Circlesongs Meetup (improvisational community singing) // Fishburn Mansion // free ↝
🏳️‍🌈💃 8pm (doors 6:30): Director's Cut Callbacks (drag contest) // The Park Dance Club // cover ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7): The Robert Cray Band (blues, R&B) // The Harvester Performance Center - Rocky Mount // $66+ ↝
🌳🏆 8–11pm: New Moon Equinox Night Hike // Explore Park // $12 ↝

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 17–Oct 12: Million Dollar Quartet // Mill Mountain Theatre // "...the smash-hit musical inspired by the famed recording session that brought rock ‘n’ roll icons Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins together for one unforgettable night. Million Dollar Quartet features a glorious score of rock ‘n’ roll, gospel, R&B, and country hits, performed live onstage by world-class actors and musicians." // $26+ ↝

🎭 Sep 18–21: The Addams Family Musical // Westlake Cinema - Hardy // Watch America's favorite kooky family come alive in this musical interpretation of the Addams Family. Presented by the Smith Mountain Arts Council’s Lake Players in collaboration with the Smith Mountain Lake Center and The Willard Companies. // $25 ↝

🧟‍♀️ Sep 19–Nov 1: It's officially haunted house season! // Terror Manor // "...Roanoke, Virginia’s largest and most terrifying haunted house! Nestled in the heart of the city, our spine-chilling attraction boasts over 40 meticulously designed rooms that promise an extended experience of sheer terror." Fridays & Saturdays only. // $30+ ↝

🎭 Sep 20 & 21: Auditions for "On Golden Pond" // Exit, Pursued by a Bear - Community High School Theatre // An elderly couple's peaceful season at their lake house is interrupted by the arrival of a teenager they must take in for the summer. "The play explores themes of aging, family relationships, and the passage of time." Available roles: 1 senior man, 1 senior woman, 2 middle age males, 1 middle age female, 1 teenage male. // free ↝

🏳️‍🌈💃 Sundays thru 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 25–Nov 2: Sinkland Farms Pumpkin Festival // Christiansburg // "Attracting folks from miles around, we bring out the best of the farm during our traditional pumpkin harvest. While our pumpkin patch is the star of the show, we offer six weekends jam-packed with activities, music, food, and fun you won’t want to miss." // $13 adv. $15 door; free for children <3 ↝

🎨 Oct 1: Printmaking on Totes - sign up by Sep 15 // Evie's Bistro // "Class will be held on Wednesday, October 1 from 6–8pm. Explore the art of printmaking, learning how to carve, mix block printing ink, and print on your tote. This is your opportunity to let your imagination run wild and bring your visions to life. This is perfect for beginners or for someone wanting to refine their skills, so all are welcome!" // $38–50 depending on pricing option ↝

📿 Oct 18: Charm Bar // Second Cafe // "​Join us for an afternoon of creativity and charms! In this 2 hour guided class, you’ll get a hands-on experience in designing and assembling a 4 strand keychain. Your unique piece can reflect your personal story, style, and memories. This is your opportunity to let your imagination run wild and bring your unique vision to life." // $35 ↝