3.03–3.09

Mon 3/3
✮ 6–7:15pm: Finding Calm Within (basic & practical meditation) // Dharmapala Kadampa Buddhist Center // $10 ↝
✮ 6:30pm: Monday Meetup - Spring Clean Your Chakras // One Community Now // free, donations welcome ↝

Tue 3/4
✮ all day: Mardi Bras! (bra toss fundraiser for VBCF) // Jack Brown's // free ↝
♫ 5–8pm: Jared Stout Duo (alt country) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
✮♫ 6–7pm: World Rhythms Drum Class // The Beat Goes On - Salem // $10 ↝
✮ 6–7:30pm: Mediumship Mastery: Meet the Archangels // GLOW Healing Arts - Salem // $25, registration req. ↝
🎨 6–8pm: Paint Your Pet // Virginia Museum of Transportation // $25, registration req. ↝
♫ 6:30pm: Nathan Seldomridge (rock, singer songwriter) // Wasena City Taproom // free ↝
♫ 7pm: Acute Inflections: Soulful Sounds (Harlem Renaissance jazz, R&B)// Dumas Center // $45+ ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7): James McMurty, BettySoo (folk, Americana, rock) // The Harvester Performance Center - Rocky Mount // $32+ ↝
♫ 9:30pm: Christian Q. & Co (funk, blues, jazz, pop) // Martin's Downtown // free ↝

Wed 3/5
🍔 5:30–7pm: A Sense of Place (beer + cheese pairing) // Barrel Chest & Wine Bar // $35, registration req. ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Gary John (bluegrass) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫ 7–9pm: William Seymour (Americana, country) // The Village Grill // free ↝
♫ 7:30pm (doors 7): Bummer Camp, Times Tables, The Stray Lions (shoegaze, grunge, indie, emo, pop) // The Spot on Kirk // $12 adv. $15 day of ↝
♫ 9:30pm: Fo Daniels (rock) // Martin's Downtown // free ↝

Thu 3/6
🎨 5:30–7:30pm: Diamond Art (rhinestone placing) // Fishburn Mansion // $25, registration req. ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Sideshow Runaways (group show) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🎭✮ 6–8:30pm: Open Mic Night (any medium: song, dance, poetry, comedy, & more!) // Alexander Gish House // free ↝
♫ 6–9pm: Marie-Claire Evans (singer songwriter) // Twisted Track Brewpub // free ↝
🎭 7:30pm (doors 6:30): Comedy Showcase // Golden Cactus // $10 ↝
♫ 7:30pm (doors 7): Wild Ponies (country, folk) // The Spot on Kirk // $12 adv. $15 day of ↝
♫ 7:30pm (doors 7): Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives (country, bluegrass, Americana) // Shaftman Performance Hall @ Jefferson Center // $30+ ↝

Fri 3/7
✮ all day: Bloody Sunday Peace Vigil // Martin Luther King Jr. Bridge & Statue // free ↝
🏆🌳 10am–noon: Happy Hollow Hike & Nature Craft // Happy Hollow Gardens // free ↝
✮🎭 5:30–9pm: Arts Pop! - day 1 // The Taubman // free ↝
✮ 6:30–7:30pm: Conversation with David Galligan: The Art Nouveau World of Alphonse Mucha (lecture) // The Taubman // free, registration recommended ↝
🎨 6–8pm: Van Gogh's Cat (paint nite fundraiser for TNR SWVA) // Big Lick Brewing // $45, registration req. ↝
✮ 6–9pm: Snowed In: A Murder Mystery // Stoney Brook Vineyards - Troutville // $35, registration req. ↝
✮ 6–9pm: First Fridays Art Market // Blindhouse Beer Co. - Salem // free ↝
🎭 7pm: Matthew Moseley's In Places Where Black Skin Grows - day 1 (live performance, poetry, storytelling, music) // The Eye - SMWV// $20+ ↝
🏳️‍🌈🎨 7–9pm: Fired Up & Fabulous: A Drag & Pottery Night (drag show, mug painting) // Motel Studios // $40, registration req. ↝
♫ 7:30pm: Wes Collins, the Dan and Adonna Show (folk) // 3rd Street Coffeehouse // free ↝
♫ 7:30–10:30pm: TJ Ellis (country, folk) // Olde Salem Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7:30): Logan Ledger (country) // The Spot on Kirk // $18 adv. $22 day of ↝
♫ 8pm: Solacoustix (blues, R&B, rock) // Rosie's Gaming Emporium - Vinton // free, 21+ ↝
🏳️‍🌈 8pm–2am: Enyazone Friday (drag show & dance party) // The Park Dance Club // cover, 18+ ↝
♫ 9:30pm: Signal Fire, Treehouse!, One Culture (reggae, jam) // Martin's Downtown // $12 ↝

Sat 3/8
✮ 7:30am–1pm: Electronics Recycling Drive // Carilion Warehouse - 2823 Franklin Rd SW // free ↝
🏆 8am–9am Sunday: Crooked Road 24 Hour Ultra (ultramarathon) // Waid Park - Rocky Mount // $125, registration req. ↝
🏆🧸 9–11am: Jiu Jitsu & Self Defense the Wild Way (intro class for girls 9–14 years old) // Summit Jiu-Jitsu Academy - Cave Spring // sliding scale, registration req. ↝
✮ 9am–5pm: Salem Gun & Knife Show - day 1 // Salem Civic Center // $10 ↝
✮ 10am–3pm: Semiannual Used Book Sale // O. Winston Lynk Museum // most books $3 & under ↝
✮🎭 10am–4pm: Arts Pop! - day 2 // The Taubman // free ↝
🎨 11am–1pm: Sketch Roanoke Meetup (open drawing session) // The Taubman // free ↝
✮♫ 11am (complete beginners arrive at 10:30 for basics): All-Level Djembe Class // The Beat Goes On - Salem // $10 ↝
🌳 1–3pm: Forest Bathing // Explore Park // $15, registration req. ↝
♫ 1:30–8:30pm: Sage Fest (local musicians celebrating International Women's Day) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🎨 2–4pm: The Ultimate Women's Paint & Sip // Golden Cactus // $45, registration req. ↝
✮ 4–5:30pm (doors 3:45): BreathWork and Energized Meditation Workshop // Motel Studios // $25; 18+ ↝
♫ 6–9pm: Ella Folk with the Shenandoah Sound (country) // Twisted Track Brewpub // free ↝
♫ 7:30–10:30pm: Jason Hostetter (cover) // Olde Salem Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫ 7:30–9pm (doors 6): Symphonic Favorites: Sibelius, Brahms,Prokofiev (classical) // Berglund Performing Arts Theatre // $34+ ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 6:30): Kinnfolk - Album Release Party (celtic folk) // 5 Points Music Sanctuary // $15+ ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 6): Jon Foreman, Jordy Searcy (Christian alt rock, pop) // The Harvester Performance Center - Rocky Mount // $32+ ↝
♫ 8pm: One More for the Road: A Tribute to the Rat Pack (jazz, swing) // Rosie's Gaming Emporium - Vinton // free, 21+ ↝
🏆 8–11pm: Get Tilted! (after hours pinball party) // Roanoke Pinball Museum // $10, 21+ ↝
🏳️‍🌈 8pm–3:30am: Think Pink Dance Saturday (drag show & dance party - wear pink for discount) // The Park Dance Club // cover, 18+ ↝
💃 8pm–midnight (group lesson at 9): Fiesta Friday with DJ Space Crab & DJ Guia (all-level Latin dance party) // Inka Grill - Downtown // $10 ↝
♫ 9pm–1am: Baddies Playground // 213 Lux Lounge // $25 ↝
♫ 10pm: Jeremy Short (Appalachian space funk) // Martin's Downtown // $10 ↝

Sun 3/9
✮ 10am–5pm: Salem Gun & Knife Show - day 2 // Salem Civic Center // $10 ↝
💃 noon–4pm (beginner lesson at noon): Big Lick Bachata Brunch (Latin dance social) // Roanoke City Market Building // $5 ↝
✮♫ 1–3pm: Harmonium Workshop for All // Uttara Yoga // $40 ↝
🌳 2pm: Repot Your Orchid Day (you provide the plant, we provide the materials) // Roanoke Council of Garden Clubs // $5 per plant ↝
✮ 2pm: A Wee Bit O'Murder (St. Patrick's Day-themed murder mystery event) // Crab du Jour // $35, registration req. ↝
✮ 2–3pm: Beyond Victorian: Women’s Fashion from 1880-1915 (lecture) // The Taubman // free, registration recommended ↝
✮ 2–3:30pm: Roanoke Writers Meetup // Blindhouse Beer Co. // free ↝
♫ 3–6pm: Jack Marion & Cochran Lyle (country) // Olde Salem Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫ 5–8pm: Jared Stout Trio (alt country) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🎭 6pm: Matthew Moseley's In Places Where Black Skin Grows - day 2 (live performance, poetry, storytelling, music) // The Eye - SMWV// $20+ ↝

Ongoing/Multiple Dates

🎭 Mar 7–Mar 9: Almost, Maine // Showtimers Community Theatre // "As the northern lights hover in the star-filled sky above, residents of Almost, Maine find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected and often hilarious ways. Love is the uniting theme in the nine vignettes that comprise this delightful midwinter night's dream." // $18 ↝

🏎️ Mar 7–9: 44th Annual MDA Car Show // Berglund Civic Center) The Roanoke Valley Charity Car Show Committee presents their annual car show with fun for the whole family: the flea market, car corral, a model car contest, indoor car show! // Adults $15, children free; weekend passes $25 ↝