4.14–4.20

Mon 4/14
🎨 4–5pm: Make Your Own Salt Scrubs // Belmont Library // free ↝
♫ 5–8pm: Noah Spencer (Americana, country, singer songwriter) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
✮ 5:30pm: Small Business Meetup // Blindhouse Brewing // free ↝
✮ 6:30pm: Monday Meetup - Project Veil Break (cognitive physics) // One Community Now // free, donations welcome ↝
✮ 6:30–7:30pm: PedalSafe ROA April Public Meeting (bike safety community) // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
♫ 7:30pm (doors 7): The Magnetic Fields - day 1 (indie rock) // Shaftman Performance Hall @ Jefferson Center // $35+ ↝

Tue 4/15
🍔✮ 11am–11:30pm: Jack Brown's 12th Birthday Party (retro priced burgers & fried Oreos) // Jack Brown's // $10+, registration req. ↝
🐣🎨 5:30–7:30pm: Resin Floral Bunny Boards (workshop) // Hammer & Stain // $62, registration req. ↝
♫ 6–8pm: Hoppie Vaughan - solo (soul) // Wasena City Taproom ↝
♫ 7:30pm (doors 7): The Magnetic Fields - day 2 (indie rock) // Shaftman Performance Hall @ Jefferson Center // $35+ ↝
♫ 9:30pm: Christian Q. & Co. (funk, blues, jazz, pop) // Martin's Downtown // free ↝

Wed 4/16
✮ noon–1:30pm: NextGen (business & AI luncheon) // Salem-Roanoke County Chamber of Commerce // free, registration req. ↝
✮ 4:30–6:30pm: Beer & Biotech: Unlocking Capital for Biotech (Q&A) // Big Lick Brewing // free, registration requested ↝
✮ 5–8pm: Mid-Week Market (live music, vendors, food & drink specials) // Golden Cactus // free ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Ben Trout Trio // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
✮ 6–8pm: Silent Book Club // Stave & Cork - Salem // free, donations appreciated ↝
♫ 7pm: Virginia Tech Wind Ensemble // The Jefferson Center // free ↝
💃 5–8pm: West Coast Swing & Ballroom Practice (dance social) // Carilion Wellness // free ↝
♫ 7–11pm: Open Mic Night // The Front Row // free ↝
♫ 7:30pm (doors 7): Kenmujo, GAOL, Dog Scream, Excerow (hardcore, noise) // The Spot on Kirk // $8 adv. $12 day of ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 6:30): SunSquabi, Chalk Dinosaur (electrofunk, dance) // 5 Points Music Sanctuary // $25+ ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7): The Dip: Love Direction Tour Part II (RnB) // The Harvester Performance Center - Rocky Mount // $47+ ↝
♫ 9:30pm: New Age Phonograph (blues rock, Americana) // Martin's Downtown // free ↝

Thu 4/17
🧸 10am: Me at the Museum: A is for Airport (children's education series) // O. Winston Link Museum // $3, ages 2–6 ↝
🏆 3–5pm: Strike Out Scams (fraud prevention bowling event) - early session // AMF Hilltop Lanes // free, registration req. ↝
🎨 5–7pm: Peaceful Paint Night // Roanoke Higher Education Center // free, registration req. ↝
🏆 5–7pm: Strike Out Scams (fraud prevention bowling event) - late session // AMF Hilltop Lanes // free, registration req. ↝
🎨 6–7:30pm: Sips, Strokes & Stories (paint event) // Stave & Cork - Salem // $35, 21+; registration req. ↝
🍔 6–7:30pm: Dessert & Wine Pairing // Well Hung Vineyards // $35, registration req. ↝
🏆🌳 6–8pm: Native Plant ID Hike (guided hike) // Roanoke - location TBD // $10, registration req. ↝
🎨 6–8:30pm: Handmade Press Leaf Silver Metal Clay Pendant (class) // Sycamore Station // $60, registration req. ↝
♫ 6–9pm: Marie-Claire Evans (singer songwriter) // Twisted Track Brewpub // free ↝
♫ 6–9pm: The Grass is Dead (bluegrass Grateful Dead tribute) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // $15 ↝
♫ 7pm: Ashes & Arrows (country) // Grandin Theatre // $22 ↝
♫ 7–9pm: Open Mic Night // 3rd Street Coffeehouse // free ↝
♫ 9:30pm: Willie DE (folk, blues) // Martin's Downtown // free ↝

Fri 4/18
🧸🏆 8:30am–4:30pm: School's Out (hiking, disc golf, environmental ed, & more) // Explore Park // $60, registration req. ↝
🌳 9am–2pm: Forest Bathing // Carvin's Cove // free, registration req. ↝
🎨 12:30–1:30pm: Layered Mountain Landscape (painting workshop) // Taubman Museum // $20, registration req. ↝
🐣🏆 5–10pm: Glow in the Dark Easter Egg Hunt (unlimited skate & play) // Firehouse Skate 'N Play - Vinton // $25 ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Father Sun (reggae) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
✮ 6:30–7:30pm: Third Friday Sound Bath // GLOW Healing Arts - Salem // $15 ↝
🎭 6–7:30pm: Open Studio Night (short films) // The Eye - SMWV// free ↝
♫ 6–9pm: Elonzo Wesley (folk) // Twisted Track Brewpub // free ↝
♫ 6–9pm: The Shoobies (tropical rock, cover) // Brady's Distillery // free ↝
♫ 6:30–9:30pm: Jojo Stockton, Solacoustix (blues, RnB, variety) // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
🎨 7–10pm: Flashback to the 2000s Paint Night // Lucid Dreams - 1418 Hershberger Rd NW // $40, 21+ ↝
♫ 7:30pm: Bookbag Santa Fundraiser // 3rd Street Coffeehouse // free ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 6:30): Spafford (jam) // 5 Points Music Sanctuary // $40+ ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7:30): Pink Beds, Simplest Form, The Moops (indie pop, folk fusion) // The Spot on Kirk // $12 adv. $15 day of ↝
💃 8pm–midnight (group lesson at 8:30): Fiesta Friday with DJ Guia (all-level Latin dance party) // Inka Grill - Downtown // $10 ↝
♫ 10pm: The Snozzberries (psych rock) // Martin's Downtown // $10 ↝

Sat 4/19
🎨 9–11am: Figure Drawing (drawing class w/ model) // Appalachian Arts Hub // $15, registration req. ↝
🌳 9:30am: Hike 'n Pose (short hike with professional photos w/ the azaleas) // Happy Hollow Gardens // $20, registration req. ↝
🌳✮ 10am–noon: Gardening on the Go (mini garden making) // Explore Park // $15, registration req. ↝
🍔🐾 10am–noon: Chow Down with the Carnivores (brunch) // Mill Mountain Zoo // $10+, registration req. ↝
✮ 10am–12:30pm: Vajrasattva Purification Workshop // Dharmapala Kadampa Buddhist Center // $30 ↝
🧸 10am–2pm: AIA Kidstruction with Legos (Lego build event) // Taubman Museum // free ↝
✮ 10am–3pm: Roanoke Earth Day Celebration (vendors & live entertainment) // Grandin Village // free ↝
✮ 10am–3pm: Blue Ridge Kite Festival // Green Hill Park - Salem // free ↝
✮ 10am–4pm: Longshot Comic & Toy Show // Salem Civic Center // $5 ↝
✮ 11am–3pm: The Creator's Market // The Collective // free ↝
🎨 11am–noon: Make Your Own Seed Bombs // Belmont Library // free ↝
🍔 11am–1pm: Brunch & Mimosas at the Mansion // Fishburn Mansion // $35, registration req. ↝
🏳️‍🌈🍔 11am–2pm: Pride Kickoff Drag Brunch // Starr Hill Brewery // $10, registration req. ↝
🌳✮ 11am–3pm: Spring Transplanting Perrenials & Natives (class) // Lick Run CDC // $20, registration req. ↝
🐣🧸 1–2pm: Easter Eggsploration (egg hunt) // Explore Park // $12 ↝
🐣🧸 1–3:30pm: An Afternoon with the Easter Bunny (photo shoot) // The French Farmhouse // $25 ↝
✮ 1–4pm: Introduction to 3D Design: Fusion 360 // MAKE Roanoke // $20, registration req. ↝
♫ 4–10pm: The Village Lūʻau with The Shoobies & Keith Goggin Band (island music fundraiser for CHIP Roanoke) // The Village Grill // free ↝
♫💃 4:30–7:30pm: Beer Garden Dance Party with Ripejive (funk, soul) // Hanging Rock Tavern - Salem // free ↝
💃 5–8pm: Swing at Second (swing dancing social) // Second Cafe // free ↝
✮ 5–8pm: A Night Under the Stars with Chris (gala & fundraiser for LoveABLE Services) // Hotel Roanoke // $125+ ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: The Kind (psychedelic folk rock) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫ 6–9pm: Songwriters & Spirits (local singer-songwriters showcase) // Brady's Distillery // $15 ↝
♫ 6–9pm: Phat Anchovies (funk, rock) // Twisted Track Brewpub // free ↝
🎨 7–9pm: The ULTIMATE Cowboy Carter Paint & Sip Experience (Beyoncé themed paint nite) // Golden Cactus // $55, registration req. ↝
♫ 7:30pm (doors 5:30): The Matt Tucker Band (country) // Sidewinders ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 6:30): Skydog (Allman Brothers tribute) // 5 Points Music Sanctuary // $28+ ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7): Hawthorne Heights, To Be A King (pop punk, emo, metalcore) // The Harvester Performance Center - Rocky Mount // $47 ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7:30): Tina and Her Pony (Appalachian folk) // Fostek Performance Hall @ Jefferson Center // $20 ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7:30): Lua Flora, Dylan Dent, Sullivan Smith (beach folk, hip hop, indie pop) // The Spot on Kirk // $12 adv. $15 day of ↝
♫ 10:30pm: The Kind Thieves (psych Appalachian jam) // Martin's Downtown // $10 ↝

Sun 4/20
🏳️‍🌈🍔 11am–2pm: Downtown Divas Drag Brunch (fundraiser for Roanoke Diversity Camp) // Evie's Bistro // $7 ↝
🎨 noon–2:30pm: Blaze & Glaze (glaze your own pipe) // Golden Cactus // $35, registration req. ↝
🪴 noon–4pm: 420 Mixer (music, vendors, brunch) // Golden Cactus // 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!) ↝
✮ 2–3:30pm: Roanoke Writers Meetup // Blindhouse Beer Co. // free ↝
✮ 2–4pm: Protesting 101 (workshop) // Appalachian Arts Hub // free, donations encouraged ↝
🏳️‍🌈🧸 3–4pm: Drag Storytime! // Roanoke Diversity Center // free ↝
🐣🧸🏆 6–9pm: Easter Eggs-travaganza (roller skating, egg hunt, & Easter Bunny) // Firehouse Skate 'N Play - Vinton // $20 ↝
🎨 4–6pm: Sunset Waterfall Paint Party // Bubba's 33 // $20, registration req. ↝
♫ 5–7pm: Solacoustix (blues, RnB, variety) // The Village Grill // free ↝
♫ 5–8pm: The Jive Exchange (funk, soul, cover) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝

Ongoing/Multiple Dates

🏳️‍🌈 thru Apr 30: Clean Valley Day Cleanup 2025 // various locations // A Spring Cleaning for Mother Nature—register your own cleanup day with the CVC! "Clean Valley Council’s mission is to encourage environmental stewardship and lead the way towards a sustainable tomorrow by educating and inspiring those around us." // free ↝

🕊️ Apr 18 & 19: Hands Off & Rally for Humanity: A Weekend of Action // Entranceway & Elmwood Parks // "This is a secular event — a peaceful appeal for mercy for those negatively impacted by the Trump administration...We seek to amplify our voices to the faith community that will be gathering over the holiday weekend by appealing for mercy/hope/prayer/grace/love for marginalized and politically-targeted communities according to the manner that rally attendees are most comfortable with." // free ↝

Looking Ahead

🍅 Saturdays May 17–Aug 23: Printmaking with Zoe // Second Cafe // "Come join us for our summer printmaking series! Classes will be held at Second Cafe from 3-5pm on 5/17, 6/21, 7/19, and 8/23. Check out the link here for the sign up form and more info. Hope to see you there! Follow us on Instagram at zoe.aust and second.cafe to connect and for more updates!" // $50 for individual class, $175 for all 4 classes + drink (all materials included) ↝