3.10–3.16

Mon 3/10
🎨 5–6pm: Daisy Art Parade Workshop // Melrose Library // free ↝
✮ 6–8pm: MAKE Community Meeting (in person & online) // MAKE Roanoke // free ↝
✮ 6:30pm: Monday Meetup - Healing With Breathwork // One Community Now // free, donations welcome ↝
✮ 6:30–7:30pm: PedalSafe ROA March Public Meeting (bike safety community) // Kirk Family YMCA // free ↝

Tue 3/11
♫ 5–8pm: Alex Arbaugh (rock, folk) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🏆 6–9pm: Crokinole Night (Canadian board game club) // Golden Cactus // free ↝
♫ 6:30–8:30pm: Bob Chew (acoustic, cover) // Wasena City Taproom // free ↝
✮ 7–8:30pm: Tarot Share (all-level tarot card class) // Lifestream Center // $15 ↝
♫ 9:30pm: Sky Dolphin (cover) // Martin's Downtown // free ↝

Wed 3/12
✮ 11:30am–1pm: Ladies Who Launch feat. Anne Blackwell Thompson (lunch with guest speaker botanical artist) // The Shenandoah Club // $35, registration req. ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Ben Trout Trio // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🎭 6pm: Poems & Coffee with Angelina Dawn // Williamson Road Library // free ↝
✮♫ 6–7pm: World Rhythms Djembe Class // The Beat Goes On - Salem // $10 ↝
🎨 6:30pm: Connect to Create: Hair Arts Masterclass (hairstyling) // The Collective // free, registration req. ↝
🎭 6:30–8pm (sign-ups begin at 6): Open Mic Night // Ursula's Cafe // free; donations welcome ↝
🎭 7–9pm (sign-ups begin at 6:30): Open Mic Comedy Night with the Comedy Lab // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
♫ 8–11pm: Foster Burton (psych rock, blues) // Hanging Rock Tavern - Salem // free ↝
♫ 9:30pm: Reggae Night by The Ambassador (reggae) // Martin's Downtown // free ↝

Thu 3/13
✮ 2–2:30pm: Ribbon Cutting Ceremony // Virginia Museum of Transportation // free, registration requested ↝
🎨🐾 5–9pm: Best in Show (art exhibit & fundraiser for RVSPCA) // Charter Hall – Roanoke City Market Building // $15 adv. $20 day of ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: GOTE (rock) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🎨 6–7:30pm (doors 5:30): Spring Succulent Plant Party (floral arranging) // Stave & Cork // $35, registration req. ↝
✮ 6–7:30pm: InSpire Mindfulness Gathering (inaugural meeting - every Thursday from now on) // Second Cafe // free ↝
🏳️‍🌈 6–8pm: Celebrating Joe Cobb, Roanoke's First Openly Gay Mayor! // Golden Cactus // free ↝
🎨 6–8pm: St. Patrick's Day Gnome Paint Party // Bubba's 33 // $30, registration req. ↝
♫ 6–8pm: Gabriel Van (bluegrass, jam) // Wasena City Taproom // free ↝
🎨 6–9pm (doors 5:30): Thankful Thursday - Shamrock Horseshoe Craft // New Freedom Farm - Buchanan // $13, registration req. ↝
🌳✮ 6:30–8pm: How to Understand and Build Soil Health (class) // Christ Lutheran Church // free ↝
♫ 7:30pm (doors 6:30): Steely Dead - A Sonic Fusion of Steely Dan & The Grateful Dead // 5 Points Music Sanctuary // $20 ↝
♫ 9:30pm: Heevahava (punk, rock, experimental) // Martin's Downtown // free ↝

Fri 3/14
✮ 1:30–3:30am: Dark Sky Night: Total Lunar Eclipse (ranger-led stargazing) // Natural Bridge State Park // $5 parking fee ↝
🎨 12:30–1:30pm: Mixed Media Still Life Class: Food! (2D media) // Taubman Museum // $12, registration req. ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Jordan Harman and The Humble Brags (soul) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🎨🍔 2pm–5pm: Charcuterie + Cheers (decorate your own charcuterie board, snacks, beer flight) // AFOG Buchanan // $45, registration req. ↝
🏳️‍🌈 6–7pm: Trans Book Share // Dragon Bite Books & Crafts // free ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Mason Creek (bluegrass) // Twisted Track Brewpub // free ↝
✮ 6:30pm: Group Sound Bath // One Community Now // $15 ↝
♫ 6:30–9:30pm: Daisychain (blues, psych rock) // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
♫ 7pm (doors 6:30): Women's Bathroom Bash 2025 (open mic, live music, silent auction fundraiser) // The Spot on Kirk // $10 adv. $15 day of ↝
♫🎭 7:30–9:30pm (doors 6): Puccini's Gianni Schicchi - day 1 (comedic opera) // Shaftman Performance Hall @ Jefferson Center // $23–132 ↝
🏳️‍🌈 8pm–2am: Luck be a Lady (drag show & dance party) // The Park Dance Club // cover, 18+ ↝
♫ 9pm–midnight: Cosmic Gorilla (alt rock, psych, rock, jam) // Fork in the Market // free ↝
♫ 10pm: Muskrat Flats (jam, Americana, funk, psychedelic) // Martin's Downtown // $10 ↝

Sat 3/15
🏳️‍🌈 all day (call to make appointment): Free Gender Affirming Haircuts // Misfit Beauty Club // free ↝
🏆🍀 9–11am: Shamrock Hill Run 5K & 1-Miler // Roanoke Catholic School // $35, registration req. ↝
🐾🍀 10am: Lucky Paws Adoption Event // Wag N' Wash - Roanoke // free ↝
🧸🍀 10–11am: Leprechaun Hunt (scavenger hunt) // Explore Park // $8, registration req. ↝
🍀♫ 10am–5pm: Freedom First Shamrock Festival // John Nolen Plaza (behind City Market Building) // free ↝
🍀♫ 10am–LATE: Celtic Celebration (live outdoor music, DJs, food and drink specials, & giveaways) // Corned Beef & Co. ↝
🎨 11am: Make & Take: Kokedama - morning class (Japanese planter) // Greenbrier Nurseries // $30, registration req. ↝
🍀 11am: St. Patrick's Day Parade // Downtown Roanoke - starts at Jefferson & Elm // free ↝
🍀♫ 11am–9pm: Martin's St. Pat's Street Party 2025 (11 bands, Irish food & drink, festive swag) // Martin's Downtown // $15 adv. $20 day of; 21+ ↝
🍀♫ 11am–LATE: St. Patrick's Day Block Party (3 stages - 1 outdoor, DJs, dancing) // Sidewinders // cover charge, 21+ ↝
🍀🍔 noon: St. Patrick's Shenanigans (food & drink specials, live music 6–9pm) // Twisted Track Brewpub // free ↝
🌳✮ noon–3pm: Seed Starting, Propagation, & Mushroom Log Inoculation (class) // Star City Compost // $20, registration req. ↝
✮🎭 12:30–3:30pm: Hidden Gems: A Master Class in Storytelling (writing workshop) // Salem Museum // $45, 16+; registration req. ↝
🎨 1–3pm: Introduction to Crocheting for Beginners // MAKE Roanoke // $20, registration req. ↝
🍀♫ 1–5pm: Oh Lucky Day! St. Patrick's Day R&B Block Party // Century Plaza // $20, tickets selling fast ↝
🍀♫ 1:30–9:30pm: St. Patrick's Day Rooftop Celebration (live music, food & drink specials) // Six & Sky // free ↝
🎨 2pm: Make & Take: Kokedama - afternoon class (Japanese planter) // Greenbrier Nurseries // $30, registration req. ↝
🎨 2–3pm: Colonial Satchet Workshop // O. Winston Lynk Museum // $15 ↝
🍀 2–4pm: St. Patrick’s Day Murder Mystery // Fishburn Mansion // $45, registration req. ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: Mad Iguanas (rock) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🍀♫ 6:30–9:30pm: Kinnfolk (celtic, folk) // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
🎭 7–8:15pm (doors 6:30): The Malaga Ship: a Story of Maine and the Middle Passage // CommUNITY ARTSreach // free, 12+; sponsorship tiers for sale ↝
🏳️‍🌈🍀 7pm–3am: The Green Party (dance party) // The Park Dance Club // cover, 18+ ↝
🏳️‍🌈♫ 8pm (doors 7): Romeo & Juliet - The Drag Show Shakes-queer Extravaganza // 5 Points Music Sanctuary // $18+ ↝
🎭 8–10pm (doors 7): The R.E.A.L. Funny (comedy) // The Coffeepot // $10, 2-for-1 deal; 18+ ↝
💃 8:30pm–late (group lesson at 8:30): St. Patrick's Latin Dance Social // Inka Grill - Downtown // $10–15; 18+ ↝

Sun 3/16
🎨 11am–2pm: Church of Craft (misc. media crafting social) // Blue Ridge Indie Market // free ↝
✮ noon–4pm: Roanoke Bridal Expo // Hotel Roanoke // $10 ↝
✮ 1–3pm: A Survey of Karma with Harvey Murdoch (2/5 in series) // Uttara Yoga // free ↝
🎨 1–4pm: Film Photography Workshop: Contact Sheets, Test Strips & Enlargements // Art on 1st // $45, registration req. ↝
🍀 2pm: A Wee Bit O'Murder (St. Patrick's Day-themed murder mystery event) // Big Lick Brewing // $35, registration req. ↝
🌳✮ 2–4pm: Community Gathering // Temple of Sacred Knowledge // free ↝
🏳️‍🌈🍀🍔 2pm–5pm: The Lucky Leprechaun Drag Brunch // The Park Dance Club // $10, registration req. ↝
♫ 3–6pm: Mercy Creek (folk rock) // Olde Salem Brewing - Salem // free ↝
✮ 5–6:30pm: Ages 41+ March Speed Dating // Bubba's 33 // $20, registration req. ↝
♫ 5–8pm: Allumé (cajun, country) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
✮ 6:30–8pm: Ages 21+ March Speed Dating // Bubba's 33 // $20, registration req. ↝
♫🎭 7:30–9:30pm (doors 6): Puccini's Gianni Schicchi - day 2 (comedic opera) // Shaftman Performance Hall @ Jefferson Center // $23–132 ↝

Ongoing/Multiple Dates

🎭 Mar 12–30: Waitress, the Musical // Mill Mountain Theatre // "The musical follows Jenna Hunterson, a waitress and expert pie maker at Joe’s Diner, who finds herself in an unfulfilling marriage to her controlling husband, Earl. When Jenna discovers she’s pregnant, she begins to re-evaluate her life and dreams of escape." // $21–45 ↝