7.14–7.20
Mon 7/14
📚🧸 2–3pm: Teen Poetry Camp // Williamson Rd Libary // free ↝
🏆✮ 4–8pm: XCM Post-Race Party w/ Specialized (tap takeover & mountain bike demos) // Cardinal Bicycle // free ↝
🎨 4:30–7pm: Inaugural Open Art Hours // Appalachian Arts Hub // free ↝
♫ 5–8pm: Noah Spencer (Americana, country, singer songwriter) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🎨🌳 6–8pm (doors 5:45): Plant & Sip: Succulent Window Boxes // Ledo Pizza // $82 ↝
✮ 6:30–7:30pm: PedalSafe ROA July Public Meeting (bike safety community) // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
🎨 7–9pm: Petals & Paper (crepe flower workshop) // The Front Row // $15 ↝
Tue 7/15
🧸 10–11:15am: Discovery Day: Revolutionary War (children's education series) // Roanoke History Museum // $5, ages 2–6 ↝
🏆✮ 4–6pm: An Evening with Ned Overend (mountain biking hall of famer meet & greet) // Cardinal Bicycle // free ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Freak Rangers (tribute to Jerry Garcia) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
✮🏆 6–9pm: VBR Cycling Social // Golden Cactus // free ↝
♫ 6:30pm: Nathan Seldomridge (rock, singer songwriter) // Wasena City Taproom // free ↝
🎭📚 7pm (sign-ups begin at 6:30): A Mid-Summer's Open Mic (poetry) // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
🎭 7pm (doors 6): A Mountain Bike Film Festival (fundraiser for Blue Ridge Off-Road Cyclists) // Grandin Theatre // $15 ↝
♫ 8:30pm: Request Line w/ Jared Stout // Martin's Downtown // free ↝
Wed 7/16
✮ noon–1:30pm: July LeadHERship with Wendy Glass (women's leadership talk) // Salem Museum // free ↝
🎨🧸 3:30–5:30pm: Hand Sewing for Beginners // Dragon Bite Books & Crafts // $5+, ages 6+ ↝
♫🍔 5–8pm: Jazz Night with McFadden and Friends // Six and Sky // reservations recommended ↝
✮ 5–8pm: Mid-Week Market (live music, vendors, food & drink specials) // Golden Cactus // free ↝
🏆 5–9pm: Community Social at USAC MTB Nationals // Elmwood Park // free ↝
♫ 5:30–8pm: Open Bluegrass Jam // Hanging Rock Tavern - Salem // free ↝
🏆✮ 5:30–8pm: Specialized Meet & Greet, Demos, and Mountain Bike Ride // Elmwood Park // free ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Leonard Blush and The Camelcals, Blue Mule (rock, bluegrass) // Parkway Brewing // free ↝
🍔🎨 6–8pm: Sip & Sourdough (bread making class) // Brady's Distillery // $61 ↝
🏆 6:30–7:30pm: PedalSafe 1K (30 mins for as many laps as you can; prizes) // Elmwood Park // free ↝
🎭 6:30–8pm: Open Mic Night // Ursula's Cafe // free; donations welcome ↝
🌳 7pm: Bonsai Tree Auction // Roanoke Council of Garden Clubs // free ↝
♫ 7–11pm: Open Mic Night // The Front Row // free ↝
♫ 9:30pm: Adam Hill Project (piano, easy listening) // Martin's Downtown // free ↝
Thu 7/17
📚🧸 11am–noon: Book Adventure (family-friendly storytime & collage making) // Taubman Museum // free ↝
🏆 5:30–8pm: 5th Annual Super Smash Bros. Tournament // Raleigh Court Library // free; all ages ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Empty Bottles (yacht rock, cover) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
✮ 6–7pm: Good Trouble Lives On (nonviolent demonstration) // Rivers Edge Park // free ↝
🌳 6–7:30pm: Community Night: The Low-Waste Kitchen (workshop, kids' activities, and yoga) // Morningside Urban Farm // free ↝
🎨 6–8pm: Mandala Record Paint & Sip (fundraiser for NAMI) // Bubba's 33 // $45 ↝
📚 6–8pm: Silent Book Club // Evie's Bakery // free ↝
🏆 6:30pm (registration at 6): Prickly Flippers Pinball Tournament // Golden Cactus // $10 ↝
🏆✮ 6:30–8pm: Short Track Cheer Zone (race viewing) // Elmwood Park // free ↝
🏆 6:30–8:30pm: Spelling Bee & Brews // Big Lick Brewing // free, 21+ ↝
✮ 7–9pm: Strong Towns Roanoke: Making Zoning Sexy (informational session) // Twisted Track Brewpub // free ↝
♫ 7–11pm: Open Mic Night // 3rd St. Coffeehouse // free ↝
♫ 7:30pm (doors 7): The Brood, Sultry, Ex Parents (hardcore punk) // The Spot on Kirk // $10 adv. $15 day of ↝
♫ 8–11pm (doors 7): Jaguardini, FERALCATSCAN, goat tube (electronic, synth pop, darkwave, lo-fi) // Art Rat Studios // free, donations encouraged; BYOB ↝
♫ 9:30pm: Sean Hobbes & The Hi Res (alt soul) // Martin's Downtown // free ↝
Fri 7/18
🎨 11am–noon: Printmaking Workshop // Raleigh Court Library // free; all ages ↝
🎭 3–4pm (doors 2:30): The R.E.A.L. Funny (comedy) // Ursula's Cafe // free ↝
♫ 5–9pm: Matt Tucker (country) at Salem After Five // Salem Farmer's market // $5 ↝
🏆 5–9pm: D&D and tabletop game night // Atheling Downtown // free ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: The Ambassador and the Chosen Few (reggae) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫ 6pm (doors 5): The Wallflowers (rock) // The Coves Amphitheater at SML // $54+ ↝
♫ 6pm: Yächtley Crëw (yacht rock) // Dr. Pepper Park // $32+ ↝
♫ 6pm: Golden Hour Getdown w/ Star City Soul Club (dance party) // Golden Cactus // free ↝
🏆🌳 6–8pm: Sunset Kayaking // Carvin's Cove // $35 ↝
♫ 6–9pm: Kendall Street Company (rock, jam) // Fork in the Alley // free ↝
♫🍔 6–9pm: FFTnT's with Foster Burton // Sweet Donkey // free ↝
♫ 6:30–9:30pm: Beer Garden Beats w/ DJ Jack Carter // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
♫ 7pm: Great Aunt (Australian country, folk) // 3rd Street Coffeehouse // free ↝
🎨 7–9pm: The Ultimate Got Soul Paint & Sip // Carrabica Soul // $50 ↝
🏳️🌈🎨 7–9pm: Fired Up & Fabulous: A Drag & Pottery Night (drag show, mug painting) // Motel Studios // $40 full experience; $10 show only ↝
♫ 7–9:30pm (doors 5:30): Empty Bottles at the Tavern Stage Summer Music Series (yacht rock, cover) // Explore Park // free ↝
♫ 7–10pm: Virginia Electric (garage Americana, rock) // Hanging Rock Tavern - Salem // free ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 6:30): Larry Keel Experience, The Red Ferns (bluegrass, indie rock) // 5 Points Music Sanctuary // $26+ ↝
♫ 8pm: The Close (modern folk) // 3rd Street Coffeehouse // free ↝
💃 8:30pm–midnight (group lesson 8:30): Fiesta Friday with SalsaNoke (all-level Latin dance party) // Inka Grill // $10 ↝
♫ 9pm–midnight: Magus the Giant, Black Wind, The Moops (sludge metal, psych rock, fusion) // Fork in the Market // free ↝
♫ 9:30pm–midnight: Second Shift (cover) // The Coffee Pot Roadhouse // free ↝
♫ 10pm: The Eric Wayne Band (southern rock) // Martin's Downtown // $10 ↝
Sat 7/19
✮ 7am–noon: Joy Market Saturday // CommUNITY ARTSreach // free ↝
✮ 9am–3pm: 1 Year Anniversary Market // Sycamore Station - Salem // free ↝
✮ 9am–5pm: Day Trip: Sandstone Falls, WV (via shuttle bus) // Public Works 1802 // $59 ↝
✮ 9:15–10am (doors 9:00): Mindfulness Meditation // 5 Points Music Sanctuary // free ↝`
🍔🐾 10am–noon: Breaking Bread with the Birds (brunch) // Mill Mountain Zoo // $25+ ↝
🧸 10am–3pm: Touch-a-Truck Kids Festival // Virginia Museum of Transportation // $11 ↝
📚 11am–noon: Silent Book Club // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
✮🎨 11am–3pm: Merry Scary & Bright Market (fall/winter holiday goods) // Dragon Bite Books & Crafts // free ↝
✮ 1:30–3:30pm: Rosicrucian Discussion Meetup - Transcending the Ego // Brambleton Rec Center // free ↝
🍔🎨 1:30–3:30pm: Foccacia & Flames (bread making & bowl decorating) // Hammer & Stain // $65 ↝
✮ 2–4pm: Appalachian Apothecary (herbalist workshop) // Roanoke History Museum // $30 ↝
✮ 3–4pm: Meditation & Sound Bath // St. Elizabeth's Episcopal Church // free ↝
♫ 3–10pm: Jazz in July (jazz festival) // Longwood Pari - Salem // free ↝
✮♫ 4–9pm: Night Moves Punk Market w/ music by Beex, Sad Roach, gusher, Private Hell, Times Tables (metal, punk, hardcore, emo) // BRIM // free ↝
🏆 5–9pm: D&D and tabletop game night // Atheling Downtown // free ↝
🏳️🌈🍔 5–11pm: SWVA Pride Fiesta Dinner & Auction // Holiday Inn - Valley View // $25 ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Jordan Harman and The Humble Brags (soul) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫ 6pm: Diamond Rio (country) // Dr. Pepper Park // $39+ ↝
♫ 6–9pm: Credence Clearwater Recital (tribute to CCR) // AFOG - Roanoke // free ↝
♫ 6–9pm: Shoobies (tropical rock, cover) // Twin Creeks Brewing // free ↝
♫ 6–9pm: Copy Cat Syndrome (funk jazz fusion) // Twisted Track Brewpub // free ↝
✮🏆 6–10pm: Bi-monthly Game Night (board game meetup) // Mishap Games // free ↝
♫ 6:30–9:30pm: Solacoustix (blues, RnB, variety) // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
♫ 7pm (doors 6): Up Jumped Trouble (old time, bluegrass) // The Harvester - Rocky Mount // $12 ↝
🎭 7–8:30pm: Comedy Night // Brady's Distillery // $18 ↝
♫ 7–10pm: The Deer Run Drifters (Americana) // Living Proof Beer Co. - Rocky Mount // free ↝
♫ 7–10pm: DJ Stimulator Jones, DJ Jack Carter // Fork in the Alley // free ↝
♫ 7:30–10:30pm: James Brickey (grunge, cover) // Olde Salem Brewing - Roanoke // free ↝
♫ 8pm: Troublesome Blues Band (rock, folk, blues) // Village Grill // free ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7:30): Cherry Moon, Parris Byars Club, The Moops (psych rock) // The Spot on Kirk // $8 adv. $12 day of ↝
♫ 8–11:30: Phlegar Hill (classic rock, cover) // The Watering Hole // free ↝
♫ 8:30pm: The Jared Stout Band, 4 Doors Down (country, rock, cover) // Martin's Downtown // $15 ↝
♫ 10pm–1am: Vinyl & Vibes with Star City Soul Club (vinyl listening party) // Sidecar // free ↝
Sun 7/20
✮ 11am–4pm: The Dog Bowl Market // Black Dog Salvage // free ↝
🎨 1–3pm: Tie Dye Class // A Little Bit Hippy // $10 for first item, $5 for each additional (bring your own items or purchase new ones there!) ↝
🎨 1:30–3:30pm: Vintage Christmas Decorations // Hammer & Stain // $50+ ↝
🎨 2–3pm: Creative Hour (monthly meetup for creatives) // The Crafteria // free ↝
🎨 2–3:30pm: Introduction to Zentangle (meditative drawing) // Dragon Bite Books & Crafts // $20 ↝
🐾 2–4pm: Tails & Ales: Cat Edition (drink with adoptable cats) // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
🏳️🌈💃 2–5pm (doors 1:30): Zouktango! Summer Dance Mixer // The Galleria on Williamson // $10–20 sliding scale ↝
🍔 2–5pm: Low Country Boil // Living Proof Beer Co. - Rocky Mount ↝
♫ 3–5pm: Stimulator Jones, Melody Mundaca (dance, house) // Second Cafe // free ↝
🎨 4–6pm (doors 3:30): Lit Sea Glass Xmas Tree // Bubba's 33 // $34 ↝
♫ 5–7pm: Becki & the Boom Booms (blues, jazz, rock) // Village Grill // free ↝
♫ 5–8pm: Mason Creek (bluegrass) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫ 6:30pm: Whiskey Myers (southern rock) // Salem Civic Center // $28+ ↝
Ongoing/Multiple Dates
🚵♂️ July 14–20: USA Cycling Endurance Mountain Bike National Championships // Carvin's Cove, Elmwood Park, & Explore Park // This is your chance to see some of the most incredible bikers in the country in action. I could go on about it, but visitroanokeva.com already put together an amazing spectator guide—I highly suggest you check it out. // free ↝
🏴☠️ July 19–21: SML Pirate Days // A family-friendly, multi-venue event with pirate actors, a costume ball, vendors, live entertainment (including a pirate battle!) and live music. // free ↝
😈 July 19 & 20: Sinful Signings // Get up close and personal with your favorite adult romance authors—meet and greets, lectures, live podcast recordings, and a Mad Hatter's Ball for VIP attendants. // $29+, ages 18+ ↝
👠 Sundays, July 20–Aug 21: Beginner Burlesque Workshop // "Who this workshop is for: Anyone curious about burlesque performance, and any current beginner performers seeking guidance and to develop their skills. No performance experience required...This class is a welcoming & inclusive environment – ALL races, body types, abilities, sexualities, family backgrounds, and gender identities." // $150 for all 6 classes; 18+ ↝
🎭 thru July 27: The Rainbow Fish // Mill Mountain Theatre // "Experience the magic of The Rainbow Fish, a vibrant adaptation of Marcus Pfister’s beloved story. This heartwarming musical brings dazzling underwater characters and the tale of friendship and sharing to life for young audiences." // free ↝
Looking Ahead
🧑🌾 July 21–25: Lick Run Farm Camp // "Open to rising 4th, 5th and 6th graders, 2025 Lick Run Farm camp will be July 21 - July 25. Join the farm crew for the week as we dig carrots, pick tomatoes, and make arts and crafts!" // sliding scale $50–150 // now accepting applications ↝
🎭 July 30–Aug 10: Shrek, the Musical // Mill Mountain Theatre // "Bursting from the screen to the stage, the Tony-winning Shrek The Musical blends the beloved feature film story of the titular swamp-dwelling ogre and his wise-cracking donkey sidekick...for a family-friendly adventure you won't soon forget!" // $76+ ↝