Looking for Something to do in Roanoke this weekend

Free Fridays at The History Museum of Western Virginia

Starting October 14, 2011

• Location: History Museum of Western Virginia
• Address: 128 Campbell Avenue SE, Roanoke, VA 24011
• Venue: History Museum of Western Virginia
• Recurrence: Recurring weekly on Friday

We are pleased to offer Free Fridays at the History Museum. Free Fridays will be every Friday and include FREE ADMISSION from 10 a.m.- 7p.m.. Special events from 4-7 p.m. are coming soon. Stay tuned for further information!

 

Blake Shelton

February 18, 2012

• Location: Roanoke Civic Center
• Address: 710 Williamson Road, Roanoke, VA 24016
• Venue: Roanoke Civic Center
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 The Roanoke Civic Center is proud to welcome Blake Shelton and special guests: Justin Moore and Dia Frampton (from NBC's The Voice)  Blake Shelton is one of the "most versatile of contemporary country singers" (The New York Times). The country superstar's single "God Gave Me You" recently broke the Top 10 and is his fastest rising single to date. The emotionally powerful single is off his new album Red River Blue.

 

These are just a few things going on this weekend. I believe the Star City Comedy group is back at Corned Beef on Saturday night too. You never know what you will find to do n Roanoke. It's always interesting though...

This Weekend in Roanoke - Feb 11-12

Saturday, February 11:

• Carnevale: A Masked Musical Ball, Roanoke Symphony Orchestra - 7:00 pm
• J. Anthony Brown with George Willborn "A Valentine's to Remember" - 7:30pm
• Train Lovers Day - 10 am to 5 pm
• K92's Danny and Zack's Bitter Mixxer - 8pm
• Liz Barnes - 9pm
• Log Home Show
• Pace Bros Organ Trio - 9pm
• The Big Payback: A Tribute to James Brown - 10pm
• The Pine Room Pub Presents Hoppie Vaughan - 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
• The Regency Room Presents The James Pace Little Big Band - 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
• Opening: A Valentine's Celebration at The Hotel Roanoke - All Day

Sunday, February 12:

• David Mayfield Parade - 7:30pm
• Log Home Show
• The 2011 Virginia Step Show - 8pm
• Closing: The Emancipation of Alabaster McGill

So this list is all the events going on downtown today and tomorrow. I am not single, so I won't be hitting up the Bitter Mixxer tonight. But the Mom that I am is tempted to head over to the Transportation Museum for Train Lovers Day. Sounds like fun for only $5.00 per person (ages 3 and under free). There are even going to be free train rides today! I suggest grabbing the kids and checking it out. As always the weekend is full of a little something for everyone.

Don't forget today is Spectacular Saturday - in case you have not checked out the Taubman Art Museum yet.

I think that we should definitely venture downtown and check it all out. Whatever you plan to do - HAVE FUN! Guess it is time for us to get this day started.

Tons of Fun at Tanglewood Mall

This is our third year attending the Tons of Fun event. For the kids, there is no better free event that I can think of. I will preface this with, TONS of people attend this.Think upwards of 3,000 people between 10:00am and 4:00pm. So, if you are not a crowded event kind of person, stay away. If you are a person who loves to watch their kids have fun, this is for you. I don't think we have ever done the same thing twice either.

Last year, the kids actually rode on some of the rides - like a little train. This year, they didn't really care to do that. We checked out all the people dressed in costumes, like the peacock above. The kids really wanted to jump around in the bouncy jungle.

The boys had spent all week talking about getting their faces painted. Both were set on getting race cars until we actually were getting their faces painted. My youngest talked all big and bad about getting a tiger done on his face...except that he was hit by the ULTIMATE shy bug. He wouldn't look at anyone, let alone talk to them. So, he stuck with the original plan of getting the race car done. Now my oldest had his entire face done and I am now having trouble getting the color off. He has a bit of a red tint to his face - kind of funny if you ask me. Then again, we are just getting ready for bath time so it will probably come off the rest of the way in the tub.

Something new for us this year were the glitter tattoos. Of course what could be bad about a bunch of glitter? Except that it gets everywhere... Both the boys went for the stars, even though there was this cool looking lightning bolt.

The other thing we decided to try this year was getting the kids' caricature done. Ron King, the caricature artist, did a great job. I can't deny that...but the line was so LONG. It was frustrating to have to wait while one person had 4 done! Regardless, I am glad we waited. Part of me wishes the Husband came with us so the kids could have done some of the other things while I waited in line. Goodwill was right there near the Caricatures making snakes out of ties. I would have loved for the kids to do that. The problem was, by the time they got their caricature done, they were ready to leave. I can't blame them though - we were there for 4 hours...

The best part of Tons of Fun - it's FREE! Several of the people had tip jars out - which is reasonable considering the GREAT job everyone did! However, if you are on a tight budget, this is a great event. It usually happens the first weekend in February.