12.30–1.05

🎆💃🎊🪩 In true procrastinator fashion, I'm adding this intro with 1 hr 53 min left in 2024. This project started mainly as an exercise to convince myself that moving back home after a very, very difficult year wasn't the worst thing in the world. In that regard, it was a success; I hope it's been valuable to someone else as well. If it has, I'd love to hear from you on Instagram, Facebook, or hello.nokeland@gmail.com. Let me know what you like, what you don't, and what I've been leaving out! Nokeland will always be free and ad-free, so your word-of-mouth advertising is greatly appreciated. 📣 Happy new year, neighbors. 🍾🕺🥂🎆

Mon 12/30
♫ 6–9pm: Irish Music Session // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
✮ 6:30pm: Monday Meetup - New Moon Ceremony // One Community Now // free, donations welcome ↝

Tue 12/31/2024
🧸🏆 noon–6pm: Kids Countdown (roller skating, games, & unlimited pizza) // Firehouse Skate 'N Play - Vinton // $20 adv, $25 day of, $10 spectator ↝
✮ 4pm: Tara Prayers and Vegetarian Potluck (24 hour prayer event) // Dharmapala Kadampa Buddhist Center // free ↝
✮ 6–9pm: Murder at the Stroke of Midnight (interactive murder mystery) // Stave & Cork // $35 ↝
🏳️‍🌈♫ 6:30pm–3am: New Year's Eve at the Park: Studio 615! // The Park Dance Club // $25–45 (VIP dinner available) ↝
✮ 7pm: Celebrate New Year's With Us! (rooftop party with appetizers & champagne toast) // 1772 on Main - Fincastle // $25 ↝
♫ 7pm (doors open 6): Jake Bradley (country) NYE Party // Sidewinders // $35, 21+ ↝
♫ 7:30pm (doors 6:30): Larry Keel's Electric Larry Land (rock, bluegrass) // 5 Points Music Sanctuary // $40 ↝
♫ 7:30–8pm (doors, close-up experience begin at 6): NYE Magic & Marvels with Magician Bryan Saint // Mountain Lake Lodge // $50 ↝
♫ 8pm: Starry Night NYE Celebration // Six & Sky ↝
♫ 8pm: New Year's Eve Party // Corned Beef & Co. // free ↝
♫ 8pm: Big Lick Tonic (rock) // Salem Moose Lodge // free ↝
♫ 8pm: Empty Bottles (yacht rock, cover) // Rosie's Gaming Emporium - Vinton // free, 21+ ↝
♫ 8pm–midnight: Supafly Live (funk, rock, variety) New Year's Eve Bash! // The Watering Hole // free ↝
♫ 8pm–midnight: New Year's Eve Party (DJs & dancing) // Golden Cactus // free ↝
✮ 8:30pm–12:30am: Natural Bridge NYE Party // The Jefferson Ballroom @ Natural Bridge Historic Hotel // individual $30, couple $50; 21+ ↝
♫ 9pm: NYE Celebration (DJs & dancing) // Tajzmah’s Lounge // $10–30; 21+ ↝
♫ 9pm–12:30am: NYE Party with Glam'r Kiti (80s cover) // The Hangout // $10, 21+ ↝
♫ 10pm–1am: Chad Nickell & the Loose Change (folk, rock, Americana) // Martin's Downtown // $15 ↝

Wed 1/1/2025
🏆 8am: New Year's Day Annual Star Run // Mill Mountain Star // free ↝
🏆 10am–noon: 14th Annual Movement, Mantra & Meditation for Charity // Uttara Yoga // free, donations encouraged ↝
🏆 6:30–8pm: Community Run + Walk // Olde Salem Brewing - Salem // free, all ages/skill levels ↝

Thu 1/2
🧸✮ 10am–1pm: Cryptid Creatures // YMCA Express Gainsboro // $25, ages 11–15 ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Seph Custer & Charissa Joy // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
✮🎨 6–8pm: Orvis Fly Tying Night // Three Notch'd Brewing // free ↝

Fri 1/3
✮ 5:30–7pm: Living with Grief Meetup // Taubman Museum // free, registration req. ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Adam Hill Trio (piano, easy listening) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🎨 6–7:30pm: Date Night Wheel Class (pottery) // Motel Studios // $120 ↝
♫ 6–9pm: TJ Ellis (country, folk) // Twisted Track Brewpub // free ↝
♫ 6:30pm: Kinnfolk (celtic, folk) // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
🎨 6:30–8pm: Embroidery Workshop with Busted Possum Threads // Taubman Museum // $55 ↝
♫ 7pm: Five Mile Mountain Road (old time country, bluegrass) // Holly Jo's - Boones Mill // free ↝
♫ 7–10pm: Michael Wayne Dill (country) // The Hangout // $5 ↝
♫ 7:30–10:30pm: Jeremy Wimmer (acoustic) // Hot Shots - Moneta // free ↝
♫ 8pm: Melissa & the Growlers (funk, soul) // Rosie's Gaming Emporium - Vinton // free, 21+ ↝
♫ 8pm: First Friday (dance party) // The Front Row // free ↝
♫ 10pm: Caleb Carpenter (pop) // Martin's Downtown // $5 ↝

Sat 1/4
🏆 8:30am–4pm: Guided Hike // Roaring Run Falls - Eagle Rock // $17, registration req. ↝
🏆 9pm: Frozen Toe 10K // New Hope Christian Church // $45, registration req. ↝
🧸 11:30am: Yule Cat Story Time (reading, crafts) // Dragon Bite Books & Crafts // free ↝
✮🏆 1–2:30pm: New Year Qoya (yoga, dance, mindfulness, intention setting) // Grandin Co-Lab - Roanoke // sliding scale $20–40 ↝
✮ 1–4pm: Christmas Tree Burn // Lime Kiln Theater - Lexington // free ↝
♫ 2–5pm: Kinnfolk (celtic, folk) // Fables & Feathers Winery - Goodview // free ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: GOTE (rock) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🏆 7:05pm (gates open 6): Live Music Night with the Solacoustix (90s covers) - Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs vs. Huntsville Havoc (hockey game) // Berglund Center Coliseum // adults $14–26, children $12–24 ↝
♫ 10pm–1am: Lucid Evolution (jam, rock) // Martin's Downtown // $10 ↝
♫ 10pm–1am: Vinyl & Vibes with Star City Soul Club (vinyl listening party) // Sidecar // free ↝

Sun 1/5
✮ 11am–noon: All-Level Djembe Class // The Beat Goes On - Salem // $10 ↝
♫ 1–4pm: Brad Collier (Americana, singer songwriter) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
✮ 4pm: Messages From Beyond // One Community Now // $35, tickets limited ↝

Ongoing/Multiple Dates

🏆🧸 (Dec 30–1/3): Holiday Horse Camp // "Our 4-day Holiday Horse Camp for kids ages 7 to 14 offers a fun-filled, holiday-themed experience where children can learn about horses." // $428.67 ↝

🎭✮ (every Sunday Jan 5–Feb 9): Dance Like It's 1799 (dance class series) // "Explore the world of Jane Austen through dance! Ages 8–14 will have a ballet style warm up and class based on cotillion style and ballroom dance. Ages 15–adult will learn social dance of Regency Era." // $15 per class or $72 for all six classes ↝

🎨 (submissions due Jan 17): Wasena Rebar Redux // Roanoke Parks & Rec is seeking artist proposals for an installation using reclaimed rebar from the Wasena Bridge. "The piece should be spatial...[it] can hold or define space, use a specific space of the park intentionally, invite visitors to experience its space, or change the experience of a park space." ↝

🎨 (submissions due Jan 20): Love in Many Colors // Art on 1st invites "artists of all mediums to submit works...exploring the theme 'Love in Many Colors.' This exhibition seeks to celebrate the diverse expressions of love...through the lens of color, culture, and individuality. Selected works will be featured in our our show for the month of February." ↝

🎨 (submissions due Feb 3): Larger than Life Sculpture Installation // Submissions are now being accepted for outdoor sculptures that are “Larger than Life”—oversized reimaginings of everyday objects. Both proposed work and finished pieces will be considered. ↝

✮♫ (every Tuesday through April 1): Beat Goes On Choir Event // "Individuals with acquired brain injuries or dementia and their caregivers are invited to join the choir." // Carilion Mental Health inside Tanglewood Mall // free, registration required ↝