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|By Bruce Young
The amphitheater at the Jackson River Sports Complex hosted the band Five Dollar Shakes, with plenty of room for the crowd in their sixteen-acre field.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2020 at 1:58 PM EDT
|By Sarah Irby
A list of firework displays happening in our hometowns this holiday weekend.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2020 at 11:12 AM EDT
The “Lot Rock” performance will feature local rock bands, including Salem’s Orange Culture and Christiansburg’s Barren Minds. Crobar Cane will headline the show.
Updated: Jun. 28, 2020 at 7:07 PM EDT
|By Bruce Young
As flooding has reduced, Twin River Outfitters has seen a rush of customers wanting to get out and enjoy the river in canoes, kayaks and tubes.
Updated: Jun. 26, 2020 at 11:58 AM EDT
|By KRISTIN M. HALL
The country music industry has long been hesitant to address its long and complicated history with race, but the death of George Floyd in police custody and the protests it sparked in the U.S. and around the world became a sound too loud for the genre to ignore.
Updated: Jun. 24, 2020 at 5:57 PM EDT
|By Bruce Young
Competitors rode and shot balloon targets with old time pistols, rifles and shotguns in competition at the Virginia Horse Center.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2020 at 2:43 PM EDT
After films including “Flatliners” and “A Time to Kill,” Schumacher inherited the DC universe from Tim Burton. His garish take on Batman resulted in two of the the franchise’s most cartoonish movies in 1995′s “Batman Forever” and 1997′s “Batman & Robin.”
Updated: Jun. 19, 2020 at 1:13 PM EDT
Plans are in the works for the 2021 event.
Updated: Jun. 18, 2020 at 10:24 AM EDT
|By Staff
On Tuesday, the State Fair of West Virginia Board of Directors voted to cancel the 2020 event due to a recent outbreak of COVID-19 cases in the area.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2020 at 10:42 AM EDT
|By Staff
Rice will be coming to Salem Friday, August 14, 2020.
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Updated: Jun. 15, 2020 at 3:20 PM EDT
|By Staff
The 2020 event was canceled because of coronavirus and social distancing concerns.
Updated: Jun. 11, 2020 at 5:16 PM EDT
|By Lindsay Cayne
50 people will be allowed indoors at a time.
Updated: Jun. 11, 2020 at 3:00 PM EDT
|By Staff
Some changes include increased hand washing and hand sanitization stations, increased cleaning procedures, employee screening, social distancing requirements, and face mask recommendations.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2020 at 7:33 PM EDT
|By Staff
Several fireworks shows across Virginia have been canceled for 2020 because of coronavirus and social distancing concerns, but in Radford, the show is on.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2020 at 5:39 PM EDT
|By Staff
The Zoo reopened Wednesday after closing because of the coronavirus.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2020 at 10:02 PM EDT
It is not clear whether “Cops” producers will try to find it a new home.
Updated: Jun. 4, 2020 at 5:42 PM EDT
|By Bruce Young
On Friday, as part of the Phase Two reopening, visitors will now be able to go into the walk-through displays, including stations for feeding goats and giraffes.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2020 at 2:58 PM EDT
|By Eddie Callahan
The event, set for June 5 and 6 at English Park, has not been rescheduled.
Updated: May. 27, 2020 at 9:47 PM EDT
|By Ashley Boles
Colt Ford is set to perform at Dr. Pepper Park on September 4.
Updated: May. 26, 2020 at 4:44 PM EDT
|By Ashley Ann
He says he auditioned for the show last year and they picked him for the Teacher’s Tournament.
Updated: May. 22, 2020 at 3:24 PM EDT
|By Jen Cardone
Downtown Blacksburg, Inc. (DBI) announced the cancelation of Art at the Market and Steppin' Out 2020.
Updated: May. 22, 2020 at 12:22 PM EDT
|By Staff
The goal is to have the event return in 2021.
Updated: May. 20, 2020 at 9:22 AM EDT
|By Staff
The cancellation includes the annual fireworks display and all other planned events for the Independence Day Celebration.
Updated: May. 19, 2020 at 4:26 PM EDT
|By Staff
Previously purchased tickets will be honored for all new dates and fans are encouraged to hold onto their tickets.
Updated: May. 18, 2020 at 7:31 PM EDT
|By Bruce Young
They made their decision now, as much of the arrangements have to be made by the end of May.
Updated: May. 18, 2020 at 3:50 PM EDT
|By Eddie Callahan
The Teachers Tournament airs beginning Monday, May 25, and runs through June 5.
Updated: May. 18, 2020 at 8:34 AM EDT
|By Staff
The 2020 Rockbridge fair will be postponed until 2021.
Updated: May. 14, 2020 at 5:40 PM EDT
|By Bruce Young
While staying in your car allows social distancing, they have also wrapped the speakers in plastic to avoid contact, and urge customers to use the drive-in's FM broadcast for movie sound.
Updated: May. 14, 2020 at 12:26 PM EDT
|By Staff
Organizers of the annual world music and arts festival say the event will be back in 2021.
Updated: May. 13, 2020 at 7:06 PM EDT
|By Joe Dashiell
Like many cultural organizations, the Birthplace of Country Music Museum in Bristol has had to adjust to challenging times. From virtual tours to front porch concerts, the museum is reaching out.
Updated: May. 13, 2020 at 6:40 PM EDT
|By Ashley Boles
Chris Valluzzo came up with the concept for Penny P's Backyard - a children's TV show about a young filmmaker and her desire to explore nature, science and art.
Updated: May. 13, 2020 at 6:33 PM EDT
|By Joe Dashiell
Temple Emanuel Music and Program Director Scott Williamson, Southwest Virginia Ballet Artistic Director Pedro Szalay and fine artist Eric Fitzpatrick will come together for a Facebook Live performance Thursday at 6 p.m.
Updated: May. 13, 2020 at 6:01 PM EDT
|By Bruce Young
A couple musicians just getting through the social isolation with each other’s help.
Updated: May. 12, 2020 at 10:01 PM EDT
|By Joe Dashiell
COVID-19 has claimed another popular tradition in western Virginia. The Old Fiddlers Convention in Galax has been cancelled for 2020.
Updated: May. 12, 2020 at 6:13 PM EDT
|By Bruce Young
The Erie 400 is a custom built car made in the 1920s for J. P. Morgan Junior to serve as a mobile office.
Updated: May. 12, 2020 at 12:13 PM EDT
|By Staff
This is only the second time in the convention's 85-year history it's been canceled; the first time was during World War II because of limitations on travel.
Updated: May. 12, 2020 at 11:30 AM EDT
|By Staff
In lieu of the two-day event, a tribute drive will take place to celebrate what would have been the 19th Annual Star City Motor Madness.
Updated: May. 11, 2020 at 2:12 PM EDT
|By Eric Miller
This is the first time the fair has been canceled in its 33 year history.
Updated: May. 11, 2020 at 10:45 AM EDT
|By Staff
The Danville Harvest Jubilee Board has announced the cancellation of its 2020 concert and event season.
Updated: Apr. 30, 2020 at 6:05 PM EDT
|By Kendall Davis
COVID-19 has canceled college sporting events and championships, but it's not stopping one Patrick Henry Community College student in Martinsville. He has a chance to become a champion in e-sports.
Updated: Apr. 30, 2020 at 5:44 PM EDT
|By Bruce Young
They have turned to YouTube to replace concerts canceled by coronavirus.
Updated: Apr. 30, 2020 at 12:27 PM EDT
|By Staff
The annual event is normally held on the fourth Saturday of every October on the Ferrum College campus, and averages more than 12,000 visitors, according to event organizers.
Updated: Apr. 25, 2020 at 10:27 AM EDT
|By Ashley Boles
Toby Bradner has always loved entertaining people, but the last few years, music has become his passion.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2020 at 5:26 PM EDT
|By Bruce Young
The Virginia Opry has been performing in Clifton Forge for nearly thirty years.
Updated: Apr. 16, 2020 at 9:44 PM EDT
|By Joe Dashiell
Concerns about the transmission of coronavirus have shut down classrooms across the country and claimed many activities, including the spring musicals at two Roanoke High Schools.
Updated: Apr. 9, 2020 at 11:34 AM EDT
|By Staff
Q99 will present a Day of Inspiration on Easter Sunday, April 12.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2020 at 9:46 PM EDT
|By WVLT News
Dolly Parton took to social media to brighten your day once again.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2020 at 3:12 PM EDT
|By WVUE Staff
Several Winn-Dixie shoppers got quite a great start to their Wednesday as they discovered actor and movie producer Tyler Perry paid for their groceries.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2020 at 9:38 PM EDT
|By Eddie Callahan
Prine played at Roanoke's Berglund Center in November of 2019.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2020 at 5:41 PM EDT
|By Ashley Boles
If you're missing theater performances, you can watch shows through the years that have been on stage at Virginia Tech.