2.17–2.23

Mon 2/17
🏆 6:30–8pm: Tai Chi by the Tree // GLOW Healing Arts // $13 ↝

Tue 2/18
🏆 6am–8:30pm: Snowshoe Shuttle (transportation to and from Snowshoe Mountain Resort) // Public Works 1802 // $45 ↝
🌳✮ 9am–2pm: Trail Work (volunteer, nature) // Carvin's Cove // free, 14+ ↝
🧸 3–4pm: Cryptid Creatures (animal encounter, crafts, games, learning) // Mill Mountain Zoo // $18+ ↝
♫ 6:30–9:30pm: Starfire Live! (cover) // Wasena City Taproom // free ↝
🎭 6:30–9pm (sign-ups begin at 6): Star City Poet's Society: Open Mics, Open Minds (open mic poetry night) // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
♫ 9:30pm: Christian Q. & Co (funk, blues, jazz, pop) // Martin's Downtown // free ↝

Wed 2/19
🏆 11am–noon: Adult Bingo // Melrose Library // free ↝
✮ 4:30–6:30pm: Beer & Biotech: Pioneering a Future for Alpha Gal Syndrome (lecture, Q&A) // Big Lick Brewing // free, registration requested ↝
🏳️‍🌈✮ 5–7pm: Lead Authentically: Crafting Tables, Seats and your Legacy (presentation, Q&A) // Moody Center - Hollins University // free ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Jared Stout Trio (alt country) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫ 7pm: Tim Martin & Brian Wheeling (cover) // Brambleton Deli // free ↝
✮ 7–8pm: The Battle of Point Pleasant and Lord Dunmore's War (lecture) // O. Winston Link Museum // $5 ↝
✮ 7:30–9pm: Protection Spells Class // GLOW Healing Arts // $13 ↝
♫ 8:30pm: Candlelight: Romantic Classics by the Listeso String Quartet (instrumental, classical) // Grandin Theatre // $47+ ↝
♫ 9:30pm: Bunco (blues, rock, funk, soul) // Martin's Downtown // free ↝

Thu 2/20
🧸 10am: Me at the Museum: All About Me (children's education kickoff event) // O. Winston Link Museum // $3, ages 2–6 ↝
✮ 1:30pm: Lunch & Learn with Humble Hustle: Balancing Mental Health with Life’s Demands // The Collective // free ↝
✮ 5:30–6:30pm: BUZZ Live! Non-Profit Talk Show // The Spot on Kirk (live podcast recording) // free ↝
✮ 5:30–6:30pm (reception at 5): How Big Med Drives Rising Healthcare Costs (lecture) // Fralin Biomedical Research Institute // free ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Leonard Blush and The Camelcals (rock) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫ 6pm: Foil, Cul-de-Sac, Lost in Space Camp, One Eye Open (emo, punk, math rock) // Blindhouse Beer Co. // $10 ↝
🎨 6–7:30pm: Charcuterie Class // Well Hung Vineyards // $75, registration req. ↝
💘🎨 6–8:30pm: Galentines Cake Box (glaze & fire cake jewelry box) // Motel Studios // $40, registration req. ↝
🏆 6–9pm: Big Ole' Birthday Bash (roller skating) // Firehouse Skate 'N Play - Vinton // free admission with homemade birthday card; rentals extra ↝
♫ 7–9pm (doors 6:30): 3rd Thursday Open Mic // 3rd Street Coffeehouse // free ↝
🎭 7:30–9:30pm: A Monster Calls (live theatre) // Olin Theater - Roanoke College // $10 ↝
♫ 9:30pm: Nice Couch (psychedelic, funk rock) // Martin's Downtown // free ↝

Fri 2/21
♫ 5:30–8:30pm:  Mad Iguanas (rock) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🎭 6–8pm: A Monster Calls (live theatre) // Olin Theater - Roanoke College // $10 ↝
♫ 6–9pm: Gary John (bluegrass) // Twisted Track Brewpub // free ↝
♫ 6:30pm: Kinnfolk (celtic, folk) // 3rd Street Coffeehouse // free ↝
✮ 6:30–7:30pm: Sound Bath // GLOW Healing Arts // $15 ↝
🏆 7–10pm: Prickly Flippers Pinball Tournament // Golden Cactus // $10 ↝
🎨 7–10pm: 90s Paint Party // 1418 Hershberger Rd. // $40; 21+ ↝
♫ 7:30pm (doors 6:30): Dead of Winter Metal Fest - day 1 // The Coffee Pot Roadhouse // $10 ↝
🏆 7:30pm: Retro Game Night // Olde Salem Brewing - Market St. // free ↝
♫ 8pm: Terry Brown Ascension Project with Jamiel (jazz, R&B, soul, blues) // Village Grill // free ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 6:30): The Dirty Grass Players with The Plate Scrapers (bluegrass) // 5 Points Music Sanctuary // $18+ ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7:30): Water Culture, feedtherightwolf, Alchemy, Regen Tate (alt rock, post grunge, indie, emo) // The Spot on Kirk // $12 adv. $15 day of ↝
🏳️‍🌈 8pm: Ru Paul Drag Race Viewing Party // The Park Dance Club ↝
💃 9pm–midnight (group lesson 8:30): Fiesta Friday with SalsaNoke (all-level Latin dance party) // Inka Grill // free ↝
♫ 9pm: William Seymour (Americana, country) // Fork in the Market // free ↝
♫ 9:30pm: The Mallett Brothers with Jared Stout Band  (alt country, Americana, rock) // Martin's Downtown // $12 ↝

Sat 2/22
🏆 9am: Mineshaft 5K // Buchanan // $50, registration required ↝
🎭✮ 9am–noon: “You Taught Me Language” - A FREE Shakespeare Masterclass (theatre/language class) // Mill Mountain Theater - Waldron Stage // free, ages 6th grade–adult ↝
✮ 10am–5pm: Preparing for a Home Birth (class by Breath of Life Midwifery) // Bower Heating & Air Conditioning - Roanoke // free ↝
🌳✮ 10:30–11:30am: When & How to Plant Native Seeds (class) // Belmont Library // free ↝
🌳✮ 11am: Beginning Gardening - morning session (lesson and Q&A) // Greenbrier Nurseries // $10, registration req. ↝
🌳✮ 2pm: Beginning Gardening - afternoon session (lesson and Q&A) // Greenbrier Nurseries // $10, registration req. ↝
🎨 2–3pm: Scherenschnitte Workshop (German/Swiss paper cutting class) // O. Winston Link Museum // $15, registration req. ↝
💘🎨 2–4pm: Embroidered Initial Totebag (embroidery class) // The Taubman // $30, registration req. ↝
✮ 3–6pm: Mindful Communication Workshop // Bealing Center (1420 3rd St. SW) // $38, registration req. ↝
♫ 5–8pm: Wound Tight (bluegrass) // Living Proof Beer Co. - Rocky Mount // free ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Seedpicker (soul, funk, blues) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🧸💃 6–8pm: Daddy Daughter Ball (dancing, refreshments, crafts) // Brambleton Recreation Center // $30 for adult + child; $10 each additional child  ↝
♫ 6–9pm: Becki & Bob (blues, jazz, rock) // Twisted Track Brewpub // free ↝
♫ 6:30pm: Virginia Electric (garage Americana, rock) // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
💃 7pm: CYB Black Box (student ballet showcase) // Roanoke Ballet Theatre // $20 ↝
♫ 7pm: Roanoque Baroque Orchestra: In Gardens & Palaces with the Sons of JS Bach & Handel // The Eye - SMWV // $50 ↝
♫ 7:30pm (doors 6:30): Dead of Winter Metal Fest - day 2 // The Coffee Pot Roadhouse // $10 ↝
🎭 7:30–9pm (doors 7): Big Lick Conspiracy (comedy show) // Ursula's Cafe // $12 suggested donation ↝
🎭 7:30–9:30pm: A Monster Calls (live theatre) // Olin Theater - Roanoke College // $10 ↝
✮ 7–9pm: Manifest That Sh!t & Sip: "Changing the Narrative" // Golden Cactus // $35, registration req. ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7:30): Nuclear Tomb, Septic Vomit, Polluted Tongues, Pentecost (Unholy Matrimony: Booze-Free Metal Night - grind, thrash, death metal) // The Spot on Kirk // $10 ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7): Corey Smith (country, blues, rock) // The Harvester Performance Center - Rocky Mount // $37+ ↝
♫ 8pm–2am: EDM Saturday Night by Roanoke Bass Society (5 DJs) // The Park Dance Club // $12+ ↝
🏳️‍🌈 8:30pm (doors 8): The House of Boleyn presents Love, Lust and Luxury (drag show) // Inka Grill - Downtown // $10 ↝
♫ 9pm–2am: Trap Dickey (trap, hip hop) // Tajzmah’s Lounge // $40–60; 21+ ↝
♫ 9:30pm–12:30am: Phlegar Hill (classic rock, cover) // Sidewinders // free ↝
♫ 10pm: The Eric Wayne Band Trio (southern rock) // Martin's Downtown // $10 ↝

Sun 2/23
🏆🌳 8:30am–4pm: Winter Waterfalls: Stiles Falls (guided hike) // Alta Mons - Shawsville // $17, registration req. ↝
🏆🌳 9am–5pm: Caving (guided cave exploration) // City of Roanoke Public Works // $55, registration required ↝
✮ noon–2pm: RARR Meetup (Roanoke Alliance for Reproductive Rights) // Blindhouse Beer // free ↝
✮ 1pm: Murder on the High Seas (pirate-themed murder mystery event) // Twisted Track Brewpub // $35, registration req. ↝
🏳️‍🌈✮ 1–4pm: Library Grand Reopening & Launch of Drag Storytime! // Roanoke Diversity Center // free ↝
🎭 2pm: Generations: Past, Present, and Future (spoken word, music, dance) // Mill Mountain Theater // free ↝
🎨 2–4pm: Closed Terrarium Build (plant arranging, 1 beer included) // Golden Cactus // $50, registration req. ↝
✮ 3pm: Soulful Sounds & Flavors: A Celebration of African American Heritage (musical performances & meal) // CommUNITY ARTSreach Frontier Center // $25 ↝
♫ 3pm: Roanoque Baroque Orchestra: In Gardens & Palaces with the Sons of JS Bach & Handel (first showing) // The Eye - SMWV // $50 ↝
♫ 4pm: Roanoque Baroque Orchestra: In Gardens & Palaces with the Sons of JS Bach & Handel (second showing) // The Eye - SMWV // $50 ↝
♫ 5–8pm: The Eric Wayne Band (southern rock) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝

Ongoing/Multiple Dates

♫🧸 Feb 18–21: Beat Camp with 808 Ray & Poe Mack // "Join us for a 4 day program of beats, bars, and production! Students will get to write, produce, and debut their beats right here at the Jefferson Center. Beat Camp is for Middle to High-School students interested in learning about beat making, production, and recording." //$150, scholarships available ↝

🏆 Feb 21–23: Ice Bumper Cars // Berglund Coliseum // $11+, multiple time slots ↝

Looking Ahead

🌻 Submissions open now: Become a Sunflower Festival vendor! // "We're seeking handmade craft and food vendors to join us for an unforgettable 10-day festival that brings over 21,000 attendees from across the US. In 2024, our vendors made an astounding $518,400 across the days of the festival—this could be your opportunity to shine!" // Apply here ↝

🪕 Submissions due Feb 28: Become a FloydFest vendor! // "Vendor selections are made based on diversity of ideas, educational offerings and sense of community. Positive interaction with attendees through imaginative and interactive educational displays, activities and discourse are encouraged." Note that this year's FloydFest will be held July 23–27. // Find out more here ↝
🙋 Interested in volunteering instead? Apply now! ↝

🖼️ Submissions due Apr 1: 2025 Rising Stars Invitational // The Little Gallery // Submissions (at least 5 per person) should be from early-to-mid career artists within 4 hours of The Little Gallery. ↝

🌼 Registration ends May 3: Daisy Art Parade // Downtown Roanoke // The Daisy Parade is an annual family-friendly event celebrating Roanoke's art, community, and culture. It eschews business-sponsored floats in favor of creative handmade costumes and moving sculptures. This year's will take place on May 10 and will travel around several blocks downtown before ending at the Henrietta Lacks Plaza. // Find a krewe or register your own here! ↝