12.09-12.15
Tue 12/10
✮ 5–8pm: Happy Hour for All: Ugly Sweater Party // A Few Old Goats Brewing - Roanoke // free ↝
♫ 5–8pm: Brian Mesko & Terry Brown (jazz, funk) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🏆 6pm (check-in 5pm): Holiday Lights Tour Bike Ride // Cardinal Bicycle - Grandin Village // free; $5 donation to PedalSafe encouraged ↝
♫ 6:30–8:30pm: Keith Goggin Band (blues, rock, cover) // Wasena City Taproom // free ↝
✮ 7–8pm: Custer at Appomattox (history round table) // Chapel of the Residents’ Center at Friendship // free ↝
♫ 9:30pm: Christian Q & C0 (funk, jazz, blues, pop) // Martin's Downtown // free ↝
Wed 12/11
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Foster Burton (psych rock, blues) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫ 7pm: Tim Martin & Brian Wheeling (cover) // Brambleton Deli // free ↝
✮ 7:30–8:30pm: Open Mic Night (music, poetry, storytelling) // Ursula's Cafe // free ↝
♫ 8:30pm: Candlelight: Christmas Carols on Strings by the Listeso String Quartet (instrumental holiday) // Grandin Theatre // $47+ ↝
♫ 9:30pm: Reggae Night by The Ambassador // Martin's Downtown // free ↝
Thu 12/12
🎨 5:30–7:30pm: Live Wreath Making Workshop // A Few Old Goats Brewing - Roanoke // $45, registration req. ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: GOTE (rock) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
✮ 6:30pm: Community Care & Open Mic by Post-Apocalyptic Poets (poetry, Narcan training) // Blindhouse Beer // free ↝
♫ 7pm: Andy Burnette Trio (cover) // Rosie's Gaming Emporium - Vinton // free, 21+ ↝
🏳️🌈♫ 7:30pm (doors 7): Make The Yuletide Gay: Crys Matthews, Flamy Grant, Spencer LaJoye (queer singer-songwriter, folk, indie) // The Spot on Kirk // $20 adv. $25 day of ↝
♫ 9:30pm: Ripejive (funk, soul) // Martin's Downtown // free ↝
Fri 12/13
✮ 4–10:30pm: Christmas Parade Shuttle (s'mores, live music, and cocktails served on board!) // Brady's Distillery // $11.63 ↝
🎨 5–9pm: Holiday Late Nights: Outdoor Artmaking and Selfies with Frosty // Taubman Museum // free ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: The Jive Exchange (funk, soul, cover) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫ 6–9pm: Keith Goggin Band (blues, rock, cover) // Twisted Track Brewpub // free ↝
✮ 6:30pm: The City of Roanoke Christmas Parade // Downtown Roanoke - Jefferson @ Elm Ave. // free ↝
✮ 6:30pm: Group Sound Bath // One Community Now // $15 ↝
✮ 6:30–7:30pm: Family Bingo Night // Essig Recreation Center - Rocky Mount // $2 per card; 5+ ↝
🏆 6:30–8pm: Ugly Sweater Zumba Party // Dream Dance Studio // $15, 12+ ↝
🎭 7pm: The Nutcracker (ballet) // Berglund Center// adult $33–48, child $15 ↝
♫ 7pm: Holiday Brass (instrumental; presented by RSO) // Cave Spring United Methodist Church // free ↝
🎭 7pm: A Christmas Carol (play) // Shaftman Performance Hall // $55+ ↝
♫ 7–10pm: The Shoobies (tropical rock, cover) // The Hangout // free ↝
✮ 7–11pm: Creepy Christmas Party // SkyBar - Lexington // $5 after 10pm; 21+ after 9pm ↝
♫ 7:30pm (doors 6:30): Colby T. Helms & The Virginia Creepers' Homestead Jam (country) // 5 Points Music Sanctuary // $22+ ↝
♫ 7:30pm: Groove Theory vinyl party (hip hop, jazz, afrobeats, R&B, soul) // The Spot on Kirk ↝
✮ 7:30–10pm: Santa's Slaying (haunted house) // Terror Manor // $25 ↝
♫ 8pm: Rare Form (country covers) // Rosie's Gaming Emporium - Vinton // free, 21+ ↝
♫ 9pm: Ugly Sweater Karaoke // Corned Beef and Co. // free ↝
♫ 10pm: Damon Mitchell - night 1 (country) // Sidewinders // free ↝
♫ 10pm: Pink Beds (electro-indie rock) // Martin's Downtown // $10 ↝
Sat 12/14
✮ 9am: Breakfast with Santa (fundraiser for RCPS Help the Homeless Fund) // William Fleming High School // adult $8, child $6 ↝
✮ 9am–3pm: Buchanan Christmas Market // Main Street - Downtown Buchanan // free ↝
✮ 9am–4pm: Salem Holiday Market (day 1) // Salem Civic Center // free ↝
✮ 9:30am–3pm: Holiday Marketplace // Fincastle Baptist Church // free ↝
🎭✮ 9:30–11am: Jingle & Jeté: A Holiday Ballet-Tap Fusion Masterclass (family-friendly FREE dance class) // Mill Mountain Theatre // free; 6th grade–adult; registration & waiver req. ↝
✮ 10–11am: Pictures with the Grinch // Roanoke Public Library // free; donation for Toys for Tots encouraged ↝
🐾🎅 10am–noon (time slots every 20mins): Santa Paws (pet photos with Santa) // Brambleton Recreation Center // $18, registration req. ↝
✮ 10am–5am: Grinch & Glow // Science Museum of Western Virginia // adult $20, child $16.25 ↝
✮ 11am: Daytime Holiday Tour // Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest - Lynchburg // adult $25, youth $6, child free ↝
✮ 11am–12:15pm: World Drum Class - Akiwowo // The Beat Goes On - Salem // $10 ↝
🎨 11am–1:30pm: Paint a Winter Scene (painting class) // Art on 1st // $40, registration req. ↝
♫ 1:30–4:30pm: Aaron Geller's Birthday Bash with Blues Co. // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🎭 3pm: The Nutcracker (ballet) // Berglund Center // adult $33–48, child $15 ↝
🎭 3pm (matinee showing): A Christmas Carol (play) // Shaftman Performance Hall // $55+ ↝
✮ 4–5pm: Buchanan Christmas Parade // Main Street - Downtown Buchanan // free ↝
🎨🐾 4–5:30pm: Cats & Crafts: Painting (paint-by-number) // Kitty City Cat Café // $35, registration req. ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Christian Q. & Co. (funk, blues, jazz, pop) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫ 6–9pm: Becki & the Boom Booms (blues, jazz, rock, cover) // Twisted Track Brewpub // free ↝
♫ 6pm–LATE (doors 6): Rave at Art Rat feat. FERALCATSCAN, Lena Grey, Dog Scream, softservo, Whisker Stress, Tater Fraterabo, Ralph Eaton, (art, dance, noise, electronic) // Art Rat Studios // free, $5 suggested donation, BYOB ↝
♫ 6:30–9:30pm: The Red Ferns (rock, cover) // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
✮ 6:30–9:30pm: Christmas Ugly Sweater Party // Living Proof Beer Co. - Rocky Mount // free ↝
🎭 7pm: A Christmas Carol (play) // Shaftman Performance Hall // $55+ ↝
✮ 7–10pm: Espresso & Swing (dance social) // Sweet Donkey // free ↝
♫ 7:30pm (doors 6:30): JoJo Hermann (of Widespread Panic) and Big Chief Juan Pardo (funk, R&B, soul) // 5 Points Music Sanctuary // $50+ ↝
✮ 7:30–10pm: Santa's Slaying (haunted house) // Terror Manor // $25 ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7:30): Album Release Party - Jamie McLean Band w/ Corey Hunley (southern rock, Americana, alt country, soul) // The Spot on Kirk // $12 adv. $15 day of ↝
♫ 8pm: Glam'r Kiti (80's cover) // Martin's Downtown // $10 ↝
♫ 8pm: That 80's Show (80's covers) // Rosie's Gaming Emporium - Vinton // free, 21+ ↝
♫ 8pm–midnight: Credence Clearwater Recital (tribute to CCR) // The Watering Hole // $10 ↝
♫ 10pm: Damon Mitchell - night 2 (country) // Sidewinders // free ↝
Sun 12/15
✮ 10am–4pm: Salem Holiday Market (day 2) // Salem Civic Center // free ↝
🧸🎨 11am–12:30pm: Make Your Own Holiday Ornament! // The Children's Gallery // $35, registration req. ↝
✮ 11am–4pm: Dog Bowl Holiday Market // Black Dog Salvage // free ↝
♫ 1–3pm: Carrington Kay (acoustic, Americana) // Stave & Cork - Salem // free ↝
♫ 1–4pm: Doc McClintock and the Catawba Cryptids (folk) // Blindhouse Beer Company // free, $1–10 donation encouraged ↝
♫ 1–4pm: Mason Creek (bluegrass) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🎨 2pm: Creating Fresh Holiday Centerpieces (workshop) // Hotel Roanoke // $75, registration req. ↝
✮ 2–4pm: Winter Solstice Gathering with Church of the Wild // Happy Hollow Gardens - Roanoke // free ↝
🎭 3pm (matinee showing): A Christmas Carol (play) // Shaftman Performance Hall // $55+ ↝
🎭 3pm: The Nutcracker (ballet) // Berglund Center// adult $33–48, child $15 ↝
🐾🎅 3–6pm: Visit with Santa (photo op–bring your own camera; well-behaved pets welcome) // Mast General Store // free ↝
✮ 3:30pm: Ugly Sweater Christmas Plawk (walk to pick up litter) // Golden Cactus // free ↝
♫ 5–8pm: Rachael Hester & the Tennessee Walkers (country western) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
Ongoing/Multiple Dates
🎭 (Dec 12–22) In-Laws, Outlaws, and Other People (That Should be Shot) - comedy play // Showtimers Community Theatre // "It's the most wonderful time of the year, and as the snow piles up outside, the bickering, snickering personalities of the Douglas family pile up inside for their annual Christmas Eve dinner. But just when it seems like things can't get any crazier, in come Tony and Vinny, two robbers running from the cops, who take the family hostage. Or, maybe with this family, it's the other way around?" // $11.50–$19.50 ↝
🎄 (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 ↝