10.13–10.19

Mon 10/13
✮ all day: Indigenous Peoples' Day // free ↝
🎃 6pm: Horror Movie Night (The Craft & Disturbing Behavior) // Starr Hill Brewery // free; 18+ ↝

Tue 10/14
🎃🧸🎨 10am–8pm: DIY Dreamcatcher // Main Library // free ↝
💃 1–3pm: Line Dancing with Tracy // Melrose Plaza large fitness room // free ↝
♫ 5–8pm: Leonard Blush and The Camelcals (rock) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🎨 6–8pm: Sugar Skulls Workshop // Evie's Bistro // free ↝
🎭📚 6:30pm: Star City Poet's Society Open Mic // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
✮ 7–8:30pm: Tarot Share (all-level tarot card class) // Lifestream Center // $15 ↝
♫ 7:30pm (doors 7): Feng E 馮羿 (ukulele sensation) // The Spot on Kirk // $20 adv. $25 day of ↝
♫ 8:30pm: Christian Q. & Co. (funk, blues, jazz, pop) // Martin's Downtown // free ↝

Wed 10/15
🐾 7am–7pm: Mountain Valley Cluster Dog Show // Salem Civic Center // free ↝
🎲 5–7pm: Mahj & Mingle (fundraiser) // St. John's Episcopal Church // $60 ↝
♫ 5–8pm: Iréson (Afro-Cuban acid jazz) // Six and Sky // free ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Foster Burton (psych rock, blues) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🍔🍷 6–8pm: Sip & Sourdough (bread making class) // Pollard 107 South // $61 ↝
🎨 6–8:30pm: Doormat Workshop (painting) // Motel Studios // $50 ↝
🎭 6:30–9pm: Open Mic Comedy Night  // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
💃♫ 7pm (doors 6): Folklor Dance & Mariachi Alegra (traditional Mexican music & dance) // Grandin Theatre // $15 adv. $17 day of ↝
♫ 7–11pm: Open Mic Night // The Front Row // free ↝
♫ 9:30pm: James Hatem (blues rock) // Martin's Downtown // free ↝

Thu 10/16
🎃🧸 10–11am: Not So Scary Monster Hunt (Halloween fun & craft) // O. Winston Link Museum // $3, ages 2–6 ↝
🎨 4–6pm: Intro to Origami // Dragon Bite Books & Crafts // $8 adult, $4 kid  ↝
📚 5:30pm: A Night of Prose (local writer readings) // Vinton Library // free ↝
🎨 5:30–6:30pm: Festival of Light Workshop: Bluebird of Happiness, pt. 1 (collaborative paper maché sculpture) // Morningside Urban Farm // free ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: 3 Eyed Tiger (rock) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🎨 6pm: Virginia Moss Art Workshop // Green Designs // $65 ↝
♫ 6–7pm: Frame Drum Demo & Class // Roanoke Library // free ↝
🎨 6–7:30pm: Gnome Needle Felting Workshop // Fishburn Mansion // $55 ↝
🎨 6–7:30pm: Beginner Crochet Class - treat bag // Kind Brew Coffee // $30 ↝
📚 6–8pm: Silent Book Club // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
🍷🎨 6–8pm: Kombucha Making Class // Sycamore Station // $35 ↝
♫ 6:30pm: Dry Socket, DOUBT, Private Hell, Perfume (hardcore, punk, metal) // Blindhouse Beer Co. // $15; all ages ↝
♫ 6:30–7:30pm: Candlelight: The Best of Hans Zimmer (cinema classics) // Grandin Theatre // $57+ ↝
♫ 7pm: Fireside Collective (folk, country, rock) // Fork in the Alley // free ↝
♫ 7–9pm: Open Mic Night // 3rd St. Coffeehouse // free ↝
💃 7–10pm: Line Dancing with Angela // Tropicana Bar & Grill // free ↝
♫ 7:30pm (doors 7): Jamie McLean Band (rock, alt country) // The Spot on Kirk // $15 adv. $20 day of ↝
♫ 8:45–9:45pm: Candlelight: Coldplay & Imagine Dragons (orchestral covers) // Grandin Theatre // $49+ ↝
♫ 9:30pm: Balkun Brothers (surf rock) // Martin's Downtown // free ↝

Fri 10/17
🌳🏆 4–6pm: Beginner Foraging Hike // Mill Mtn Discovery Center // free ↝
🧸 4–6pm: Sensory Safari Fall Festival (games, food, sensory-friendly games) // VIA Day School // free ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Little Rodger and the Cheap Thrills (blues) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫ 6:30–9:30pm: The Floorboards (Americana, country, rock) // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
♫ 7pm: Salem Choral Society presents Love, Light, and Flight // Salem Presbyterian Church // free; donations welcome ↝
♫ 7pm: Mustang McGee, Freedom Junction (country, funk, jam) // Fork in the Alley // free ↝
🎭 7–9pm: Sight + Sound presents: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (multimedia) // The Eye - SMWV // $18 ↝
♫ 7–10pm: Vintage Reign ( rock covers) // The Hangout // $10 ↝
🏆 7:05pm (doors 5:30): Rail Yard Dawgs Opening Night // Berglund Center Coliseum // adults $14–26, children $12–26 ↝
♫ 7:30–10:30pm: Troublesome Blues Band (rock, folk, blues) // Olde Salem Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 6:30): Sneezy, Natalie Brook (funk, jam, rock) // 5 Points Music Sanctuary // $27+ ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7): Thurston Howell (yacht rock) // The Harvester Performance Center - Rocky Mount // $45+ ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7:30): Ray Bonneville (blues, folk) // The Spot on Kirk // $20 adv. $25 day of ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7:30): JD Allen Trio (jazz saxophone) // Fostek Hall @ Jefferson Center // $41 ↝
🏳️‍🌈 8:30pm: Long Live the Kings (drag)// Olde Salem Brewing - Roanoke // free ↝
🏆🌳 8:30–10:30pm: Night Hike to the Star // Star Trail // free ↝
💃 9pm–12:30am (group lesson 9): Fiesta Friday with SalsaNoke (all-level Latin dance party) // Inka Grill // $10 before 9:30 ↝
♫ 10pm: Seven Teller (art rock, dance, indie) // Martin's Downtown // $10 ↝

Sat 10/18
🛍️ 8am–noon: Benefit Yard Sale // Maplewood Studios // free ↝
🎃 11am–2pm: Melrose Fall Festival (free food, face painting, pumpkins, vendors) // Melrose Plaza // free ↝
🎨 noon–3pm: Spin Club (wool spinning) // Dragon Bite Books & Crafts // free to attend; $20 for supplies ↝
🍺 noon–6pm: Blocktoberfest (pub crawl) // Rocky Mount // free ↝
🎃🎨 1–2pm: Spooky Shadow Boxes // Belmont Library // free ↝
🎃💃 1–3pm: Little Shop of Dancers (Halloween-themed dance class) // MMT Waldron Stage // free; 6th grade–adult ↝
🎃🐾 2–3pm: Spooky Animal Demo - day 1 (live animals, immersive visuals & soundscapes) // The Eye - SMWV // adult $8, child $6 ↝
🎨 3–5pm: Charm Bar Affair (DIY beaded keychains) // Second Cafe // $35; reg. closes 10/16 ↝
🎭 5pm (doors 4): Matt Mathews (comedy) // Berglund Performing Arts Theatre // $51+ ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Half Moon (jam) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫ 6pm: Texas Hippie Coalition (metal) // Dr. Pepper Park // $27+ ↝
♫ 6pm: Eric Wayne Band (southern rock) // Twisted Track Brewpub // free ↝
🎨🍷 6–8pm: The Ultimate Fall Paint & Sip // Well Hung Vineyard // $59 ↝
🎃🎲 6–9pm (doors 5): Bingo Spooky Edition (costume contest, prizes, & DJ) // Berglund Center // $39 ↝
♫ 6–9pm: Mojo Parker (blues) // Golden Cactus // free ↝
🍔♫ 6–9pm: Bill Hoffman Trio (jazz, blues) // Caribbica Soul // free entry; meals as priced ↝
🎃🏳️‍🌈🍔 6–9pm: Scream Queens Dinner Show // The Park Dance Club // $29 ↝
🎲 6–10pm: Bi-monthly Board Game Night // Mishap Games // free ↝
♫ 6:30pm: Setback, xTestifyx, Reaction Time (hardcore, straightedge) // VFW Post 1264 // $10; all ages ↝
🎃🎨 7–9pm: Clay by Candlelight (handbuilding) // Motel Studios // $40 ↝
💃🎭 7–11pm (doors 8): Sideshow Showcase: Unlucky 13 (pole & aerial arts) // Arete Pole Fitness - Salem // $23 ↝
♫🎭 7:30–9:30pm: Dark Side of the Dome (laser light show to psych/prog rock tracks) // The Eye - SMWV // $18 ↝
♫ 7:30–10:30pm: The Oddfellows (rock) // Olde Salem Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 6:30): Skydog (Allman Brothers tribute) // 5 Points Music Sanctuary // $29 ↝
♫🎭 8pm (doors 7): Bats!, Baby Gerald's Salon Orchestra, Scraping (percussion improv, noise, performance art) // Art Rat Studios // free, BYOB ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7): Eric Johnson (rock, blues guitarist) // The Harvester Performance Center - Rocky Mount // $45+ ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7:30): Nicole Yun, Lamplight, Daniel Cundiff (indie, folk) // The Spot on Kirk // $12 adv. $15 day of ↝
🎭♫ 8pm: Open Mic Comedy followed by Glam'r Kiti (80's cover) // The Coffee Pot Roadhouse // free ↝
♫ 8–11:30pm: Patchwork Band (rock, cover) // The Watering Hole // free ↝
🎃🏆🍺 9pm–1am: Boos & Brews (roller skating night club) // Firehouse Skate 'N Play - Vinton // $15+, 21+ ↝
♫ 10pm: Eric Wayne Band (southern rock) // Twisted Track Brewpub // free ↝
♫ 10pm: The Local Honeys (folk, country) // Martin's Downtown // $15 ↝

Sun 10/19
🏆 9:30am: $5 5K (part of Go Fest)// Williamson Rd & Elm Ave // $5 ↝
🛍️✮ 11am–4pm: The Dog Bowl Market // Black Dog Salvage // free ↝
🎃🎨 1:30–3:30pm: Pumpkin Sourdough & Candle // Hammer & Stain // $65 ↝
🏆🎨 2pm: Cardinal Bike Box Derby (winner based on creativity + ability!) // Explore Park // free ↝
🎃🐾 2–3pm: Spooky Animal Demo - day 2 (live animals, immersive visuals & soundscapes) // The Eye - SMWV // adult $8, child $6 ↝
🎃🎨 2–4pm: Halloween Craft Hour (BYO project social) // Second Cafe // free ↝
🎃🎨 2–4pm: Starry Ghosts Paint Nite // Big Lick Brewing // $45 ↝
🎃🏆 3pm: FRēBIKE Halloween Drag Race (costume bike race & swap meet) // 1700 Cleveland Ave SW // free ↝
♫ 3pm: Young Opera Showcase // Talmadge Recital Hall - Hollins U // free ↝
♫ 3pm: Troublesome Blues Band (rock, folk, blues) // Starr Hill Brewery // free ↝
♫ 4pm: Salem Choral Society presents Love, Light, and Flight // Salem Presbyterian Church // free; donations welcome ↝
🎃🎨 4–6pm: Resin, Ceramic, or Canvas Sugar Skull // Bubba's 33 // $32+ ↝
♫ 4–7pm: Leonard Blush and The Camelcals (rock) // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
🎃🎲 5pm: Halloween Murder Mystery // Well Hung Vineyard // $35 ↝
♫ 5pm: Tin Can Locomotive (Americana) // Fork in the Alley // free ↝
♫ 5–8pm: Mason Creek (bluegrass) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7): Shaun Cassidy (pop, rock) // The Harvester Performance Center - Rocky Mount // $76 ↝

Ongoing/Multiple Dates

🎃🎭 thru Oct 19: Monstersongs // Showtimers Community Theatre //  "Late at night, long after being tucked in, The Kid opens up a spooky comic... and a portal to the world of well-known monsters. In this pop-rock concert, the monsters tell their stories of being misunderstood and taken for granted." // $13.50+ ↝

🎭 Oct 16–26: The Play That Goes Wrong // Attic Productions - Fincastle // "A drama about murder and mystery turns into total mayhem. From collapsing sets to misplaced lines (and plenty of surprises in between), you’ll be laughing from curtain to curtain." // $20 adult, $15 child ↝

🏕️ Oct 17–19: Anthem Go Outside Festival // Downtown Roanoke // For three days, "you can test drive a bike, demo a stand-up paddleboard, learn to fly cast, join a race, and sample craft beer all in one afternoon. Explore the world of outdoor sports when you watch inspiring outdoor films or take in a pro-athlete show. Discover a community of enthusiasts for virtually any outdoor passion and find yourself at home in the Roanoke region’s outdoors." // free ↝

🧑‍🎨 Oct 18 & 19: Open Studios Botetourt // various locations // "This free, self-guided driving tour of working artists’ studios and homes, is your chance to discover and collect finished works directly from the artists themselves. Plus you will see works in progress, possibly catching an impromptu demonstration of the tools and techniques used to create them." // free ↝

🇪🇬 Oct 18 & 19: Egyptian Food Festival // St. Mary's Coptic Orthodox Church // "Delicious authentic Egyptian food and desserts for sale. While you are here, take a tour of our church and shop for unique Egyptian souvenirs." // free ↝

Looking Ahead

🏮 Oct 25: Halloween Lantern Parade & Festival // Historic Gish House Lawn // "Join us for an evening of spooky vibes and magical lights as we parade, sing, shout, dance, and create together for the first ever Old Southwest Halloween Lantern Parade! This is a pedestrian-only parade that anyone can participate in— all you need is a 'lantern' of some kind." The night will include DJs, art vendors, lantern making and sugar skull workshops, a costume contest, & shadow puppet theatre! // free ↝

🧧 Nov 11: Printmaking on Gift Tags - sign up by Oct 26 // Crystal Spring Grocery // $45; $33 if you BYO carving tool ↝

🎁 Nov 22: Printmaking on Furoshiki - sign up by Nov 6 // Second Cafe // $45; $33 if you BYO carving tool ↝