12.02-12.08

Photos ops with Santa have been marked with "🎅".

Mon 12/2
🎅 5–7pm: Free Family Photos with Santa (photo op, bring your own camera) // Belmont Library // free ↝
♫ 7–8:30pm: Roanoke Valley Choral Society: “Merry and Bright – Holiday Memories” // Raleigh Court Presbyterian Church // free, $20 suggested ↝

Tue 12/3
♫ 5–8pm: Small Town Royals (country, folk, acoustic) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🎅 6–8pm: Holiday Portraits (United Way fundraiser) // Hotel Roanoke // $15, first come first served ↝
♫ 6:30–8:30pm: Jonah Carden (country, Americana, blues) // Wasena City Taproom ↝
♫ 9:30pm: Sky Dolphin (cover) // Martin's Downtown // free ↝

Wed 12/4
🎅✮ 4–8pm (time slots every 15mins): Chris's Cocoa & Cookies with Santa // Chris's Coffee & Custard // $45, registration required ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Ben Trout Trio // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
✮ 6–7pm: Silent Book Club // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
🎨 6–8pm: Hand Build a Gnome (pottery) // Motel Studios // $35, spots limited ↝
♫ 7pm: Jessica Lynn's A Very Merry Classic Christmas (immersive holiday performance benefitting Toys for Tots) // Shaftman Performance Hall // $30–55 ↝
♫ 7–9pm: Jeremy Davall (rock, country, cover) // The Village Grill // free ↝
♫ 7:30pm (doors 7): Christie Lenée (folk, pop, solo guitar) // The Spot on Kirk // $25 ↝

Thu 12/5
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Leonard Blush and The Camelcals (rock) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🎅✮🧸 6–9pm: A Night Out with Santa (fundraiser for LovABLE) // Twisted Track Brewing // $25 ↝
🎨 6:30pm (doors 6): Expresionarte by Karina Martinez—Paint Night! // The Spot on Kirk // $35 adv. $40 day of, space limited ↝
✮ 7pm: Vinton Christmas Parade // Downtown Vinton // free ↝
♫ 7pm: Low Low Duo (country, cover) // Rosie's Gaming Emporium - Vinton // free, 21+ ↝
♫ 7pm (doors 6): Last Illusion (Trans-Siberian Orchestra tribute) // The Grandin Theatre // $24+ ↝
🎭 7:30: A Celtic Christmas by A Taste of Ireland (musical) // Shaftman Performance Hall // $39–69 ↝
♫ 7:30–8:45pm: Roanoke College Wind/Jazz Ensemble // Olin Theatre ↝
🎭 7:30–9:30pm: On the Thirteenth Day of Christmas (live theatre) // Attic Productions - Fincastle // $22 ↝
♫ 9:30pm: GOTE (rock) // Martin's Downtown // free ↝

Fri 12/6
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Awen Family Band with special guests (world folk, fusion, jam) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
✮ 5:30–10pm (tree lighting 6:30): Roanoke Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony // Salem St. behind Market Building // free ↝
✮ 6pm: Ugly Sweater Christmas Party with Showtimers cast // Starr Hill Brewery // free ↝
✮ 6–8pm: Salem Christmas Parade & Tree Lighting // Downtown Salem // free ↝
♫ 6:30pm: The Frequency (classic rock covers) // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
♫ 7–10pm: Abbey & Andy (acoustic) // The Hangout // $5 ↝
♫ 7:30pm (doors 6:30): Same As It Ever Was (Talking Heads tribute) // 5 Points Music Sanctuary // $20 ↝
♫ 7:30pm: Kansas (classic rock) // Berglund Center Coliseum // $20+ ↝
♫ 7:30–9pm: Barbara Martin, Laura Pole (singer-songwriter, jazz, blues, folk) // 3rd St. Coffeehouse // free ↝
🎭 7:30–9:30pm: On the Thirteenth Day of Christmas (live theatre) // Attic Productions - Fincastle // $22 ↝
♫ 7:30–10:30pm: Mike Oregano (one-man band, rock, jazz) // Olde Salem Brewing // free ↝
♫ 8pm: Preservation Hall Jazz Band (New Orleans jazz) // Shaftman Performance Hall // $60+ ↝
♫ 8pm: Patterson Hood of Drive-By Truckers (solo show) // The Harvester Performance Center - Rocky Mount // $52+ ↝
♫ 7pm: Christian Q. & the Groove (funk, blues, pop) // Rosie's Gaming Emporium - Vinton // free, 21+ ↝
🎨 8–10pm: TrapxCanvas (trap music paint night) // Holiday Inn Roanoke // $38, registration required ↝
♫ 8pm–midnight: Supafly Live (funk, rock, variety) // The Coffeepot // free ↝
🎭 9pm (doors 8): Brews & Burlesque: Tinsel & Tassels // Golden Cactus // $20+, space limited, 21+ ↝
♫ 10pm: Lazy Man Dub Band (reggae) // Martin's Downtown // $12 ↝

Sat 12/7
✮🧸 multiple seatings at 8am, 10am, & 12pm: Breakfast with Santa // The Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center // $50 adult, $35 child, $10 toddler ↝
✮ 9am–4pm: "Let’s Jingle & Flamingal" Holiday Craft & Vendor Show // Berglund Center // free ↝
✮ 10–11am: Farm Sanctuary Tour // Butterfly Field Farm Sanctuary - Bedford // $12, registration req. ↝
🎅✮ 10am–4pm: 2024 Gingerbread Festival (gingerbread contest entries register here) // Longwood Park & the Salem Museum // free ↝
🎅✮ 10am–4pm: Candy Cane Express // Virginia Museum of Transportation // adults $12.66, children 3–12 $8.44 ↝
✮ 10am–5pm: Makers Showcase // Green Designs Florist // free ↝
🧸 11–11:30am: Roanoke Valley Children’s Choir Holiday Sing-Along // The Taubman // free ↝
🎨 noon–4pm: Garland Gathering (garland making workshop) // Barrel Chest Wine & Beer // $15 ↝
✮ 1–5pm: A Country Christmas // Beaver Dam Farm - Fincastle // $5 cash ↝
✮ 1–5pm: MAKE Roanoke Holiday Social // MAKE Roanoke // $5 donation suggested ↝
♫ 1:30–4:30pm: Adam Markham (singer songwriter) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🏳️‍🌈🎨 2–5pm: Drink and Draw–Drag Artist figure drawing! (fundraiser for Roanoke Diversity Center & Community Pride Blacksburg) // Blindhouse Beer Co. // $15 ↝
✮ 2pm: Town of Fincastle Christmas Parade // free ↝
🎭 2:30–4:30pm: On the Thirteenth Day of Christmas (live theatre) // Attic Productions - Fincastle // $22 ↝
✮ 3–7pm: Grandin Village Winterfest 2024 // Grandin Road between Memorial & Westover // free ↝
🏆 3:30pm: Public Ice Skating Session // Berglund Center Coliseum // $6, skate rental $3 ↝
♫ 4–6pm: Kinnfolk (celtic, folk) // Gladheart Wine & Brews // free ↝
✮ 4–8pm: Come Home to a Franklin County Christmas // Downtown Rocky Mount // free ↝
✮ 5–9pm: 43rd Annual Old Southwest Parlor Tour // Old Southwest Roanoke // $20 adv. $25 day of ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Seedpicker (soul, funk, cover) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫ 6pm: Dimension Six, Collective Action, SPIKEPIT, Inversion, Shiv (hardcore, punk) // Blindhouse Beer Co. // $15 adult, $10 <18 ↝
♫ 6:30pm: Charlotte Bluegrass Allstars // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
✮ 7pm: Wintertide Trivia (fundraiser for Highland County Humane Society) // Big Fish Cider Co. // $10 ↝
♫ 7–9pm (doors 6:30): A Celtic Christmas 2024 feat. Kinnfolk (celtic, folk) // St. Mark's United Methodist Church - Daleville // $22 ↝
♫ 7:30pm (doors 6:30): The Darkside Experience (Pink Floyd tribute) // 5 Points Music Sanctuary // $20 ↝
♫ 7pm: Solacoustix (blues, R&B, rock) // Rosie's Gaming Emporium - Vinton // free, 21+ ↝
♫ 7:30–10:30pm: Murder Wagon (cover, misc) // Olde Salem Brewing // free ↝
🎭 8:30–11pm (group lesson 8–8:30): Holiday Pajamas Dance Party (salsa, bachata)// The Spot on Kirk // $8 adv. $12 day of ↝
♫ 10pm: The Eric Wayne Band (southern rock) // Martin's Downtown // $10 ↝

Sun 12/8
✮ 9am–4pm: "Let’s Jingle & Flamingal" Holiday Craft & Vendor Show // Berglund Center // free ↝
🎅 12–4pm: FREE Photos with Santa // Towers Shopping Center // free ↝
♫ 1–4pm: Ben Trout (singer songwriter) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
✮ 1–5pm: 43rd Annual Old Southwest Parlor Tour // Old Southwest Roanoke // $20 adv. $25 day of ↝
✮♫ 1:30–4pm: Guitars Under the Star Guitar Pull (open jam session)// Mill Mountain Discovery Center // free ↝
🏆 2pm: 11th Annual Stafford's Soldiers (2-mile fundraiser hike) // Fishburn Park // $25 individual, $50 family ↝
♫ 2–4pm: Roanoke Symphony Orchestra Youth Concert // The Taubman // free ↝
✮ 3pm: Gilmore Girls Trivia // Starr Hill Brewery // free ↝
🧸✮ 3–5pm: Clara's Tea Party (kid-friendly holiday social) // Star City School of Ballet // $20+ ↝
🎅 3–6pm: Visit with Santa (photo op, bring your own camera) // Mast General Store // free ↝
♫ 5–8pm: 3 Eyed Tiger (rock) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝

Ongoing/Multiple Dates

🎄 (Dec 6, 7, 8) Hull's Drive In Winter Market // Hull's Drive-In - Lexington // "Come enjoy live music, different types of vendors, mulled non-alcoholic wine, and Moana 2 and Wicked!" From 12-4 it's free, starting at 4 it's $10 for adults, $6 for children (our usual movie admission) // free noon–4pm; after 4pm $10 adult, $6 child ↝

🎄 (through Dec 31) 2024 Festival of Trees // Natural Bridge State Park // Vote for your favorite tree by placing a donation under the tree or purchasing a ballot. // free to visit; pay or bring donation to vote ↝

🎄 (through Dec 29) Illuminights // Explore Park // "Explore your holiday spirit through a unique experience featuring over 650,000 lights, dazzling features and memorable moments." // $17.50 adult, $6.50 child ↝

🎄 (through Jan 1) Fashion for Evergreens 2024 // Hotel Roanoke // In this Christmas tree contest, donations of $5 or more will be entered to win an overnight stay with breakfast for two. // free to visit; pay to vote ↝

🎭 (through Dec 22): Annie (live theatre, musical) // $60+ ↝

🧸🎄 (through Jan 6): The Elf on the Shelf Adventure in Downtown Roanoke (scavenger hunt) // "For the fifth time, Santa’s Scout Elves will land in Downtown Roanoke! Come on a fun scavenger hunt and find the 16 Scout Elves hiding in downtown stores. Find them all and be entered for a chance to win $1,000!" // multiple locations // free ↝