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The Spot on Kirk is an intimate music venue and gathering place on Kirk Avenue in Downtown Roanoke, Virginia fueled by Down by Downtown, a soon-to-be non-profit. A wide variety of local and national musicians take the stage to provide a live-music experience like nowhere else. You name it, you’ll hear it at The Spot: folk, blues, Americana, singer-songwriter, hip-hop, R&B, and even Zydeco. With just enough room for 130 people and not a bad seat in the house, you’ll feel like you’re part of an exclusive performance. There’s no better place in Roanoke to get this up-close-and-personal to your favorite musicians. 22 Kirk Avenue Sw Roanoke, VA 24011

Southwest Virginia Ballet (SVB) is a regional, pre-professional youth ballet. Serving the Roanoke Valley for over 20 years, SVB performs throughout the year, offering classical ballet, contemporary, and modern works. SVB alumni dance professionally around the world. Please visit our website for additional information. 305 E. Calhoun Street Salem, VA 24153 (540) 387-3978

Showtimers has been providing community theatre productions since its first season in 1951. Showtimers strives to provide quality amateur theatre to entertain and enlighten the community and to provide opportunities for talented individuals to share those talents with others. General Admission Rates: $12.00 - Adults; $5.00 - Under 18. Hours of Operation: 6 major productions per year, February through November or December. Box office has limited hours between productions but messages are picked up regularly. Group Tour Services: Groups of 10 or more receive discount on admission. 2067 McVitty Road Roanoke, VA 24018 (540) 774-2660

The Salem Fine Arts Commission is a City Council appointed body assigned the role "to inform, encourage, and involve the Salem Community in the fine arts." They seek to bring the arts community together for future activities and opportunities of sharing the varied talents of our community. PO Box 285 Salem, VA 24153

The Salem Civic Center, the hub of the James E. Taliaferro Sports and Entertainment Complex, became a part of Salem’s landscape October 1967. For more than 40 years the 7,000 seat facility has welcomed a who’s who of entertainment’s brightest stars to its stage including the likes of Bill Cosby, Kenny Chesney, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Def Leppard and Larry The Cable Guy. The Civic Center currently is the home of the NCAA Division III men’s basketball Final Four, but its round ball roots go all the way back to the old American Basketball Association when Dr. J, Julius Erving, played in the arena as a member of the Virginia Squires. This arena is also a true “civic” center with the city’s Rotary, Lions and Kiwanis clubs inhabiting one of the building’s…