Category: ARTS

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…

It is the mission of the Salem Art Center to provide a safe and welcoming environment for students of all ages to express themselves through the visual arts. The Salem Art Center wants students to learn how to be creative and free with their ideas while being respectful to the boundaries of others. Through interactive presentations, involved workshops and thought provoking classes the Salem Art Center will continue to motivate, inspire and enrich the lives of it’s community for years to come. You are always invited to visit, no appointment is necessary. The public is always welcome to see the art, listen in on a class or just pop in to ask some questions. It all begins here! With a dream, passion, some luck and a wonderfully embracing community the…

Free to the public, visitors watch the artists at work and see how projects are developed through live demonstrations and open studio viewing. Established as a non-profit organization, we are dedicated to the prosperity, quality, and sustainability of regional art. Artists and arts organizations have opportunities to create, interpret, present, and perform artistic work. Artists will be provided with access to studio space, equipment, technical support, and professional development opportunities. Our program addresses the need for a bridge between museums and schools in teaching students of all ages self-esteem, and visual expression. It is a discovery based student-centered learning method that allows students to communicate their ideas without censure or criticism and is designed for instructors regardless of their art background. This program offers support to art partnership between schools,…

The Roanoke Valley Choral Society presents quality performances of various choral literature to the highest possible standards, thereby enriching the cultural life of the Greater Roanoke Valley community while providing local singers with an artistic, educational and musical experience. PO Box 21052 Roanoke, VA 24018 (540) 344-8166

Under the direction of Kimberly R. Davidson, the Roanoke College Children's Choir was started in 1987. The current choir is made up of more than 270 children, divided into three training choirs and a concert choir. Choir members, ranging in age from 8 to 18, are chosen through auditions in May of each year, and are from throughout the Roanoke Valley and surrounding communities. Choir members receive a musical experience designed to develop and encourage personal and musical growth. This challenging program of voice and choral repertoire demands dedication and discipline from its young members. This commitment to excellence has resulted in an impressive resume for the Children's Choir, including a joint concert with the United States Army Band, being chosen twice as the Official Choir of the National Christmas…

The Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1953, is the largest professional orchestra in western Virginia. Under the leadership of David Stewart Wiley, Musical Director and Conductor, the RSO offers a subscription season of 11 concerts including 5 Classics, 3 Virtuosi (chamber orchestra) and 3 Pops concerts. A number of these concerts feature the Roanoke Symphony Chorus with the Orchestra. Two Holiday Pops performances and special presentations by the Tallis Scholars and Leon Bates in December round out the season`s offerings. The Roanoke Symphony also plays a series of "run-out" performances throughout the region. The RSO`s education program includes concerts for elementary and middle school students. The RSO sponsors a youth symphony, a junior strings training orchestra and a youth harp ensemble. 128 E. Campbell Avenue Roanoke, VA 24011 (540) 343-9127