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Target 7: Weighing the future of live music in the Roanoke Valley
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Music fans in the Roanoke Valley sometimes travel a few hours to see their favorite artist. The formula that brings artists and venues together is often complicated. Grammy nominee Grace Potter helped christen The Exchange Music Hall when it opened its doors on New Year’s Eve...
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Smith Mountain Lake Center Moves to Turn Westlake Cinema Into a Community Hub
The Smith Mountain Lake Center has signed a contract to buy the Westlake Cinema building and has more than $3 million in gifts and commitments toward converting it into a community hub, WFXR reported. Movies will keep playing there. The purchase agreement was signed Oct. 7, and the center expects...
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Grown Here at Home: Covington pumpkin grower documents journey on YouTube
COVINGTON, Va. (WDBJ) - Steven Hall grows giant pumpkins in Covington and documents the process on his YouTube channel, Steve Grows Pumpkins. In 2025, Hall earned second place at the State Fair of Virginia with a pumpkin weighing 1,507 pounds. That pumpkin was also put on display at the governor’s mansion in Richmond.
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Mount Airy festival marks changing seasons but started as harvest celebration
MOUNT AIRY, N.C. — For Ashley Lancaster, the Autumn Leaves Festival is a homecoming of sorts for Mount Airy. Lancaster grew up here and serves as the president and CEO of the Greater Mount Airy Chamber of Commerce. She has fond memories of attending the festival with her mother and grandmother over the years.
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Nashville-inspired tavern, entertainment venue coming to Westlake Towne Center
A taste of Nashville is coming to Westlake Towne Center. The Black Angus Company by Circle J is planned for the former Sunken City Brewery location in Hardy. The multiuse hospitality and entertainment project is what owners Jeanna and Christopher Williams are calling a "modern country tavern with live entertainment, billiards, retail and special events all under one roof."
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WDBJ7 Archive: Roanoke’s Rockledge Inn
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - 50 years ago this week, fire claimed a Roanoke landmark. The Rockledge Inn opened in 1892. And it was home to the Mill Mountain Playhouse when the building burned in October 1976. This week’s visit to the WDBJ7 Archive takes us there. The Rockledge Inn...
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Crowds turn out early for festival opening
Good weather, heritage and community kicked off the Autumn Leaves Festival’s Opening Ceremony Friday in honor of the festival’s 60th anniversary. Spectators gathered around the bandstand and dancing stage with folding chairs in anticipation of the starting event. The ceremony began at 11:30 a.m. and was held at the WPAQ Bandstand. The station’s music director, Tim Frye, made the opening remarks before turning the microphone over to Sylvia Lowry, local retired music educator who asked the crowd to join her in singing the National Anthem. Mayor John Cawley took to the stage to read from the festival’s proclamation. “The city of Mount Airy recognizes those who have established this beloved tradition, those who have sustained it through the decades and celebrate with generations of families and visitors who have made the festival a part of their lives,” he read. Greater Mount Airy Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Ashly Lancaster spoke on stage and thanked WPAQ and the multiple sponsors of the festival, saying preparation for the festival did not happen in isolation and relied on support from many to execute. “It takes a village and about 12 hours of manpower to transfer downtown Mount Airy into the Autumn Leaves
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Annual Fall Festival brings thousands to Vinton
VINTON, Va. – On Saturday, a huge crowd turned out in Vinton for their annual Fall Festival!. Over 170 vendors with food and entertainment brought thousands to the Roanoke Valley for the event. Organizers said the goal is to turn those visitors into returning customers to support local shops, restaurants, and the regional economy.
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This Virginia Salvage Store Has 40,000 Square Feet Of Architectural Treasures And Vintage Finds
A single building in Virginia holds old doors, stained glass, hand-hewn lumber slabs, and a piano upstairs, all under one roof. Some of it came out of old homes and buildings, and some has been rebuilt into new furniture. Plenty of people walk in planning a quick look and stay...
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Rickey Lee passes
Rickey Lee, a standout lead guitarist with Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys, has died at 81 years of age. He was a member of the band during the 1970s along with Roy Lee Centers on guitar and lead vocal, Curly Ray Cline on fiddle, and Jack Cooke on bass. A number of albums were recorded with him on guitar during his three year tenure, 1972-1975.
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10/25: New Exhibit: Answering the Call
Glencoe Mansion, Museum, and Gallery will host an exhibition highlighting a newly curated collection of rare, military photographs from the early 20th century. The exhibition “Answering the Call” is composed of images from the collection of Radford’s Harvey-Howe-Carper Post 30 of the American Legion. The images span...
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Fall Festival Rescheduled to October 31
After much weather watching, worrying, communicating, and coordinating, we have made the decision to RESCHEDULE tomorrow’s event. The conditions are looking very unsafe! They are calling for rain, flash flooding, and winds due to the hurricane weather. We cannot risk anyone getting hurt. We always have to put safety and health first.
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Go outside festival returns to Roanoke October 16
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - The Go Outside Festival is one week away, according to Kathryn Lucas of Visit Virginia’s Blue Ridge and Kait Pedigo of Roanoke Outside, who discussed the event on WDBJ7’s Here @ Home. The festival runs October 16-18, 2026, in Downtown Roanoke and at Explore...
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Only The Bravest Souls Should Explore This Terrifying Virginia Asylum After Dark
Daylight does this building a lot of favors. Once the sun goes down, those peeling corridors and heavy doors start feeling considerably less friendly. This Virginia landmark began as a boys school before becoming a psychiatric hospital, and its long history now fuels ghost hunts, flashlight tours, and fall scares. That is already unsettling enough.
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6th Annual KNSF Golf Benefit
TROUTVILLE, Va. (WFXR) — The largest fundraiser for the Kip Nininiger Scholarship Fund took place Thursday in the form of the 6th annual KNSF Golf Benefit. Dozens of golfers participated in the benefit at the Botetourt Golf Club in Troutville. Before the benefit began, the 241st KNSF scholarship worth $1413 was given to Cave Spring […]
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Halloween and Trick-or-Treating Events in the Roanoke Valley
Zoo Boo, Main Street Salem trick-or-treating, the Boones Mill Coffin Race and more. Our 2026 guide to Halloween events across the Roanoke Valley. The post Halloween and Trick-or-Treating Events in the Roanoke Valley appeared first on RoanokeFamily Magazine .
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Fleetwood Mac tribute coming to southern West Virginia
PRINCETON, WV (WVNS) - The iconic music of the legendary Fleetwood Mac will be performed live in Mercer County. According to the Chuck Mathena Center website, Silver Springs - A Fleetwood Mac Experience is scheduled to perform at the Chuck Mathena Center in Princeton, WV, on Saturday, February 13, 2027, starting at 7:00 p.m.
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Westlake Cinema to become community center
SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE, Va. – A big change is coming to West Lake Cinema at Smith Mountain Lake. It’s about to become much more than a place to go to the movies. After an agreement signed on Oct. 7, West Lake Cinema will soon also be a community center.