3.31–4.06

Mon 3/31
🐾 11am–8pm (various time slots available): Pet Portraits with the Easter Bunny // Valley View Mall // $37+ ↝
✮ 6–7:15pm: Growing Your Confidence (basic & practical meditation) // Dharmapala Kadampa Buddhist Center // $10 ↝
✮ 6:30pm: Monday Meetup - Bashar: Unlocking Your Highest Potential // One Community Now // free, donations welcome ↝
🏆💃 7–8pm: Bellydance Basics (first class in 6-week series) // Uttara Yoga Studio // $16 drop-in, $85 for full series ↝

Tue 4/1
🏆🌳 6–8am: Star Run (monthly running event) // Mill Mountain Star // free ↝
♫ 5–8pm: Christian Q. (funk, blues, jazz, pop) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
✮ 5:30–7pm: Living with Grief: Blackout Poetry // Ursula's Cafe // free, registration req. ↝
✮🍔 6–9pm: Heart & SOULcial: An Evening of Mystery, Community, and Nostalgia (fundraiser for American Heart Association, DJ, food & drink specials) // Brood - Salem // $25, 21+ ↝
♫ 9:30pm: Christian Q. & Co (funk, blues, jazz, pop) // Martin's Downtown // free ↝

Wed 4/2
✮ 5–8pm: Mid-Week Market (live music, vendors, food & drink specials) // Golden Cactus // free ↝
🏆 6:15pm: Salem Animal Shelter $5 5K // course through Roanoke College - meet @ Olde Salem Brewing - Salem // $5 donation ↝
♫ 7:30–10:30pm: Jim Korb (cover) // Hanging Rock Tavern - Salem // free ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7): Walter Trout (blues rock) // The Harvester Performance Center - Rocky Mount // $37+ ↝

Thu 4/3
🏆 4:30–5pm: FREE Tai Chi // St. Elizabeth's Episcopal Church // free ↝
🎭 5:30–6pm: Poetry & Storytelling Workshop // Morningside Urban Farm // free, registration req. ↝
♫ 5:30–8:30pm: GOTE (rock) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🏆 6–8pm: FREE Pilates // Sycamore Station // free, registration req. ↝
💃 7–10pm (beginner lesson at 7): Urban Kiz Dance Social // Olde Salem Brewing - downtown // free ↝
♫ 7:30pm (doors 7): Tom Barrett, Nicole Yun, River Phoenix's Cigarette (folk, indie) // The Spot on Kirk // $10 adv. $13 day of ↝
🎭 7:30pm: Sense & Sensibility (live theatre) // Attic Productions - Fincastle // $22 adult, $17 child ↝
♫ 9:30pm: JStop Latin Soul (Afro-Cuban jazz) // Martin's Downtown // free ↝

Fri 4/4
✮ 10am–noon: Adventure Skills: Knots & Hitches (knot tying class) // Clearbrook Park // $12, registration req. ↝
♫ 5pm: Fitzwalter (rock) // The Front Row // $5, 21+ ↝
♫ 9:30pm: The Ambassador and the Chosen Few (reggae) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
♫🍔 6pm: Friday Food Truck n' Tunes // Sweet Donkey // free ↝
🎨 6–8pm: Scratchboard Animal Portraits // Taubman Museum // $50, registration req. ↝
🧸🏆 6–8pm: Family Fun Bingo Night // Brambleton Recreation Center // $13, registration req. ↝
✮ 6:30–7:30pm: Artist Talk: Delphine Diallo (photographer) // Taubman Museum // free, registration req. ↝
♫ 6:30–9:30pm: The Jive Exchange (funk, soul, cover) // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
♫ 7–10pm: Pleading the 5th (country, rockabilly) // The Hangout // $10 ↝
🎭 7:30pm (doors 7): Closing Arguments (live theatre) // Exit, Pursued by a Bear Theatre (Community High School auditorium) // $18 adult, $15 child ↝
🎭 7:30pm: Sense & Sensibility (live theatre) // Attic Productions - Fincastle // $22 adult, $17 child ↝
♫ 7:30–10:30pm: Keith Goggin (cover) // Hanging Rock Tavern - Salem // free ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 6:30): Tree of Forgiveness Band (A Tribute to John Prine) // 5 Points Music Sanctuary // $25 ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7): Jaded Ravins, Rebecca Porter, Doc McClintock (Americana, country, folk) // The Spot on Kirk // $10 adv. $15 day of ↝
🎭 8–9:30pm: Next Stop Comedy // Living Proof Beer Co. - Rocky Mount // $25 ↝
💃 8pm–midnight (group lesson at 8:30): Fiesta Friday with DJ Guia (all-level Latin dance party) // Inka Grill - Downtown // $10 ↝
♫ 10pm: Tin Can Locomotive (Americana) // Martin's Downtown // $10 ↝

Sat 4/5
🏆 9am–noon: Mill Mountain Mayhem 10k // Star Trail trailhead // $45, registration req. ↝
✮ 9am–noon: Roanoke Hokies Big Event 2025 (volunteer event) // Riverside Center // free, registration req. ↝
🧸🌳 10am–noon: BATS! (ages 3–7) // Explore Park // $10, registration req. ↝
✮ 10am–2pm: Authors Rock Roanoke (fantasy/contemporary romance authors meet & greet) // Holiday Inn Roanoke // $5+, registration req. ↝
🌳 11am–noon: Plan Your Veggie Garden - Plot & Draw Workshop // Greenbrier Nurseries // $15, registration req. ↝
🏆 11am–1pm: Cardio Queens: Hip Hop Fitness Party // Gold's Gym - Roanoke // donate $25 to American Heart Association to secure ticket ↝
🧸 11am–1pm: Concrete for Kids (STEM civil engineering activities, meal voucher incl.) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free, registration req. ↝
✮ 11am–2pm: Saturday at the Station: 18th Century Edition (period clothing, games, & interpreters) // Roanoke History Museum // $3 ↝
✮🧸 11am–2pm: Go Green for Grandin Festival (zero waste crafts, yoga, music, rock wall, vendors & more!) // Raleigh Court Library // free ↝
✮ 11am–5pm: Roanoke Punk Market (vendor event) // Blue Ridge Indie Market // free ↝
♫ noon: Forkapalooza (live music by Terry Brown Ascension Project, Phat Anchovies, and Larry Keel & John Stickley Duo) // Fork in the Alley // $5 ↝
✮🧸 noon–4pm: Mountain Thunder ABATE of Va Easter Egg Festival (egg hunt, arts & crafts, games, cupcake walk, & food trucks) // Fallon Park // free ↝
✮ 1pm: Hands Off! (nationwide peaceful protest) // Elmwood Park // free ↝
✮🧸 1:30–3:30pm: Nowruz (Persian New Year celebration) // Main Library // free ↝
♫ 1:30–4:30pm: John McBroom (rock, acoustic) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🎭 2:30pm: Sense & Sensibility (live theatre) // Attic Productions - Fincastle // $22 adult, $17 child ↝
✮ 3–4pm: Socialist Social Hour (community and vegan meal) // Lick Run Community Development Center // free ↝
♫ 3–4pm: October Sky Ensemble (classical) // Taubman Museum // free ↝
♫ 3–6pm: Adam Hill (piano, easy listening) // Hanging Rock Tavern - Salem // free ↝
✮ 3–9pm: Norwich Bicentennial Celebration (outdoor festival) // Norwich Park // free ↝
🎨 5–6pm: Paint Together (paint event for children & caregivers) // Toebean Cat Cafe // $40, registration req. ↝
♫ 5–8pm: Rachael Hester & the Tennessee Walkers (country western) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝
🍔✮ 6–9pm: Lishy's Gift Benefit Gala 2025 (fundraiser for cancer nonprofit) // Fitzpatrick Hall // $150+ ↝
🎭 6:30–8pm (sign-ups begin at 6): Open Mic Night // Ursula's Cafe // free; donations welcome ↝
♫ 6–9pm: The Oddfellows (rock) // AFOG - Buchanan // free ↝
💃 6:30–10:30pm: Second Chance Prom Night // Living Proof Beer Co. - Rocky Mount // free ↝
🎭 7:30pm (doors 7): Closing Arguments (live theatre) // Exit, Pursued by a Bear Theatre (Community High School auditorium) // $18 adult, $15 child ↝
♫ 7:30–10:30pm: Dirt Road Breakdown (rock, blues) // Hanging Rock Tavern - Salem // free ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7): Tim Cappello (of Lost Boys), with DJ Stimulator Jones (saxophonist, fusion) // The Spot on Kirk // $12 adv. $15 day of ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7): SteelDrivers - night 1 (bluegrass, soul) // The Harvester Performance Center - Rocky Mount // $52+ ↝
♫ 8–11pm (doors 7): Tommy Birchett, Gen-Ken, Walter Wright (noise, experimental, solo & collaborative sets) // Art Rat Studios // free, BYOB, donations welcome ↝
♫ 9:30pm: That 80's Show (80's covers) // The Watering Hole // $10 ↝
♫ 10pm: Reggae Night by The Ambassador (reggae) // Martin's Downtown // $10 ↝

Sun 4/6
🌳 9:30–3pm: The Hinoki Bonsai Club Spring Symposium (workshops, giveaways) // The Community Arboretum @ VWCC // free ↝
💃 noon–4pm (beginner lesson at noon): Big Lick Bachata Brunch (Latin dance social) // Roanoke City Market Building // $5 ↝
🍔 1–3:30pm: Shaken or Stirred? (craft cocktail class) // Lucky Restaurant // $100, 21+; registration req. ↝
🎭 2pm (doors 1:30): Closing Arguments (live theatre) // Exit, Pursued by a Bear Theatre (Community High School auditorium) // $18 adult, $15 child ↝
✮ 2–3:30pm: Roanoke Writers Meetup // Blindhouse Beer Co. // free ↝
🎭 2:30pm: Sense & Sensibility (live theatre) // Attic Productions - Fincastle // $22 adult, $17 child ↝
🎨🍔 3–4:30pm: Blossoms & Bourbon (floral arranging & mixology class) // Hotel Roanoke // $85, 21+; registration req. ↝
♫ 3–4:30pm (doors 1:30): Roanoke Symphony Orchestra presents "O Fortuna" Carmina Burana // Berglund Performing Arts Theatre // $34+ ↝
🎨 4–6pm: DIY Umbrella Flower Wreath // Bubba's 33 // $25, registration req. ↝
🏆 5pm: Pure Pro Wrestling // Los Amigos Bar & Grill // $15, <6 free ↝
♫ 5–7pm: Music on the Mountain with Waitin' on Dave // Mill Mountain Discovery Center // free ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7): SteelDrivers - night 2 (bluegrass, soul) // The Harvester Performance Center - Rocky Mount // $52+ ↝

Ongoing/Multiple Dates

🎀 Apr 3–6: Barbie Themed Scrapbooking Retreat // Hotel Roanoke // "Join us for our NEWEST scrapbook retreat for 4  days of scrapbooking in the beautiful city of Roanoke. Start time is 10am April 3rd ending April 6th at 2pm." // prices vary, registration req. ↝

🩹 Apr 4–6: Wilderness Medicine Workshop // Fishburn Mansion // "Prepare for the unexpected with this engaging, hands-on introduction to wilderness medicine with CPR, taught over 20 hours.You’ll learn the Patient Assessment System, how to provide effective first aid treatments for injuries & illnesses…and how to make appropriate evacuation decisions." // $375, register by April 1 ↝

🏠 Apr 5–6: 53rd Annual Spring Home Show // Salem Civic Center // Come enjoy the longest running and only locally operated home and lifestyle show in the Roanoke Valley! "The 2025 Spring Home Show is an opportunity to highlight our regional home builders, renovation experts, and lifestyle companies." // free ↝

🏳️‍🌈 Sundays Apr 6–May 18: PLAYpride Kickball League // River's Edge Park // "Calling all open-minded and LGBTQ+ friendly individuals! PLAYRoanoke, in collaboration with the Roanoke Diversity Center and Blue Ridge Pride Sports, hosts a fun and inclusive kickball league on Sunday mornings." Open to everyone—sign up individually & get randomly assigned to one of two teams. // $30, registration req. ↝

🏆 ongoing: Group Bike Rides Are Back // various locations // Whether you're a seasoned mountain biking pro or a casual cruiser who wants to go slow & meet for drinks after, there's a group ride for you! An easy and fun way to stay active and meet new friends. // free ↝

Looking Ahead

🏳️‍🌈 Applications open: Volunteer at Roanoke Pride 33! // "Join us in celebrating diversity and unity at this year's Pride Festival being held in Elmwood Park on April 27, 2025! We're looking for passionate volunteers to fill various roles and make this event an unforgettable experience." // Apply here ↝

📚 Submissions due Apr 15: Reading Into Art Exhibition // "We are seeking creative works inspired by literature—transform a book into a visual narrative." There are several ways to participate, and all mediums are welcome. The show will run May 2–17 // Enter here ↝

🫏 Submissions open now: Become a Sweet Donkey Market vendor! // "War On Books will be organizing 4 vendor markets this year at Sweet Donkey! The first of these will be on May 10th, but we’re looking for a handful of vendors to participate." // Apply here ↝