VINTON VOICE | THINGS TO DO THIS WEEKEND
Vinton • Roanoke • Salem • Bedford • Smith Mountain Lake & Surrounding Areas
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6 – SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2026
Looking for something fun to do this weekend? Vinton Voice has gathered local festivals, live music, community celebrations, family activities, sporting events, shopping opportunities and more happening around the Roanoke Valley. Browse the weekend lineup below and share it with a friend!
⭐ FEATURED WEEKEND EVENTS
Vinton Voice Best of the Roanoke Valley 2026 — Nominations Are Open!
📍 Online • Available Friday, Saturday & Sunday
Who has the best pizza? Your favorite barber, restaurant, mechanic, tattoo artist, or local business? Help recognize the people, places and businesses that make our community special!
NOMINATIONS ARE NOT VOTES. Official voting opens later.
NOMINATE YOUR FAVORITESRoanoke Veterans Day Parade
📍 Downtown Roanoke
Join the community in honoring our nation’s veterans and military service members during the annual downtown parade.
Event DetailsSmith Mountain Lake Chili Festival
📍 Bridgewater Plaza, 16410 Booker T. Washington Highway, Moneta
Gates open at 11 AM. Admission is $10, with tickets sold at the gate only. Cash and credit cards accepted. Information: 540-721-1203.
Event DetailsRoanoke Railway Expo
📍 Virginia Museum of Transportation, Roanoke
Saturday: 10 AM–5 PM. Sunday: 11 AM–4 PM. Explore the world of railroading and model trains.
Event Details📅 ALL WEEKEND & MULTIDAY EVENTS
Best of the Roanoke Valley 2026 Nominations
📍 VintonVoice.com
Nominate Your FavoritesRoanoke Railway Expo
📍 Virginia Museum of Transportation, Roanoke
Saturday 10 AM–5 PM; Sunday 11 AM–4 PM.
Event DetailsSanta’s Helper Shopping Event
📍 Walkabout Outfitter, Downtown Roanoke
Terror Manor — Blackout Events
📍 805 Norfolk Avenue SW, Roanoke
Event DetailsStar City Vendor Event
📍 Lock and Roll Storage, 4142 Melrose Avenue NW, Roanoke
Event Details🎵 FRIDAY • NOVEMBER 6
Young Professionals Lounge — Holiday Photo Night
📍 Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke
Opening Reception for Tracy Budd
📍 Left of Center Art Space, Roanoke
Geoff the Fiddler
📍 Atheling Meadworks, Roanoke
The Dirty Grass Players with The Red Ferns
📍 5 Points Music Sanctuary, Roanoke
Event DetailsVirginia Tech vs. SMU Watch Party
📍 Big Lick Brewing Company, Roanoke
Harvester Free Fridays: Sam Fribush
📍 Harvester Performance Center, Rocky Mount
Event DetailsRail Yard Dawgs vs. Pensacola Ice Flyers — Stick It to Cancer Night
📍 Berglund Center, Roanoke
Event Details🎤 Garyoke at Pok-E-Joe’s
📍 Pok-E-Joe’s, Vinton
Friday night karaoke and entertainment!
Liquid Courage — Live Music
📍 Rosie’s Gaming Emporium, Vinton
Venue DetailsDylan Dent: Growing Pains Album Release Show
📍 The Spot on Kirk, Roanoke
With Taye The Truth, Just Some Random Dude and VG.
Event DetailsFriday Night Jamboree
📍 The Floyd Country Store, Floyd
Event DetailsKaraoke at Corned Beef & Co.
📍 107 South Jefferson Street, Roanoke
Event Details🇺🇸 SATURDAY • NOVEMBER 7
33rd Annual Brambleton Center Craft Show
📍 Brambleton Center, Roanoke County
Event DetailsRun for Donuts 5K & Fun Run
📍 Sherwood Memorial Park, 1045 Lynchburg Turnpike, Salem
Event DetailsStar City StrongFest
📍 Riverdale Village, 946 River Avenue SE, Roanoke
Event DetailsFree Art Venture Community Day
📍 Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke
🇺🇸 Roanoke Veterans Day Parade
📍 Downtown Roanoke
Honor our veterans and military service members.
Event DetailsSmith Mountain Lake Chili Festival
📍 Bridgewater Plaza, Moneta
$10 admission. Tickets sold at gate only.
Event DetailsBlack Dog Salvage Holiday Open House
📍 902 13th Street SW, Roanoke
Event DetailsFall Thomas Jefferson Wine Festival
📍 Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest, Lynchburg
Architectural Highlights Behind-the-Scenes Tour
📍 Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke
Event DetailsMeet & Greet with Author Steven Gellman
📍 The Bibliopub, Roanoke
Flannel Fest
📍 The Village Grill, Grandin Village, Roanoke
Featuring live music from Mad Iguanas and Empty Bottles.
Event DetailsCheers to 6 Years at Twisted Track Brewpub!
📍 523 Shenandoah Avenue NW, Roanoke
Event DetailsFortunate Youth with Kash’d Out & Jarv
📍 The Exchange, Roanoke
High Strung Irish
📍 Atheling Meadworks, Roanoke
🔎 Murder at the Gin Joint — Interactive Murder Mystery
📍 Historic Avenel, 413 Avenel Avenue, Bedford
Enjoy an interactive evening of mystery and intrigue.
Whitney Cummings — Big Baby Tour
📍 Berglund Performing Arts Theatre, Roanoke
Rail Yard Dawgs vs. Pensacola Ice Flyers — Small Dawg Races on Ice
📍 Berglund Center, Roanoke
Event DetailsGaelic Storm
📍 Harvester Performance Center, Rocky Mount
Weird Phishes
📍 5 Points Music Sanctuary, Roanoke
Axis Five — Live Music
📍 Rosie’s Gaming Emporium, Vinton
Venue DetailsAmericana Afternoons
📍 The Floyd Country Store, Floyd
Event DetailsAudie Murphy Monument Commemorative Wreath Laying
📍 Audie Murphy Monument, Brush Mountain, Catawba
Event DetailsBig Lick Conspiracy
📍 The Spot on Kirk, Roanoke
Event DetailsFerrum College Panthers vs. UNC Pembroke
📍 W.B. Adams Stadium, Ferrum
Event Details☀️ SUNDAY • NOVEMBER 8
Sunday Yoga at the Taubman
📍 Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke
First Edition D&D with Steve Ausband
📍 Atheling Meadworks, Roanoke
Architectural Highlights Behind-the-Scenes Tour
📍 Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke
Fun with Gel Plate Painting with Ginger Danz
📍 Art on 1st, Roanoke
Watercolor Class: Blue Ridge Parkway Bridge
📍 Big Lick Brewing Company, Roanoke
Roanoke Symphony — All-American Celebration: Tribute to VA250
📍 Jefferson Center, Shaftman Performance Hall, Roanoke
Event DetailsThe Parlour
📍 The Bibliopub, Roanoke
Music on the Mountain — Freak Rangers
📍 Mill Mountain Discovery Center, Roanoke
Event Details🎶 VINTON LIVE | POK-E-JOE’S & ROSIE’S
FRIDAY • 8 PM
🎤 Garyoke at Pok-E-Joe’s — Vinton
FRIDAY • 8–11 PM
🎸 Liquid Courage at Rosie’s Gaming Emporium — Vinton
SATURDAY • 8–11 PM
🎸 Axis Five at Rosie’s Gaming Emporium — Vinton
Check directly with each venue for any last-minute entertainment changes.
🏆 BEST OF THE ROANOKE VALLEY — NOMINATIONS OPEN!
We’re celebrating the businesses, people, services and places that make the Roanoke Valley great! The Vinton Voice Best of the Roanoke Valley 2026 Awards are accepting nominations online all weekend.
Nominations are not votes — official voting begins later.
NOMINATE YOUR FAVORITES📣 HAVE AN EVENT WE MISSED?
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