This week in Lynchburg (Aug 26-Sep 1)

Heads up: 110 or so events on this one, and 38 Special headlines the Amphitheater Thursday night, with Old City Cemetery running its 250th-anniversary grounds tours the same morning. The Howlers play three games at City Stadium, Friday through Sunday, with fireworks after Saturday's. Around it: Super Rad runs two nights of punk shows back to back, Y2K night takes over the Music Hall Saturday, Drag Bingo returns to Starr Hill, and Palmera House packs Wine Wednesday, Canvas Club and a Colombian salsa night into one week.

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Wed Aug 26

🟢 Free daytime programs · Chair Exercise 9:00am and Canasta 9:30am at Templeton Center · Recreation Shuffle 10:00am at Fairview Center · free senior drop-ins, ages 50+ · Parks & Rec guide
🟠 Yoga in the Park · 9:00-10:00am · The Overlook at Riverside Park · $5 · with Prana Yoga, all levels, moves indoors if it rains
🟢 Line Dance at Fairview · 10:30am · Fairview Center · free drop-in, ages 50+
🟢 Bookmobile · three stops · Riverside Park 10:00am-12:00pm · Hillcrest Apartments, 3000 Birchwood Dr 12:30-1:30pm · Fairview Center 3:00-4:00pm
🟠 Open Studio · 10:00am-2:00pm · Hammer & Stain · $25-50 · drop-in DIY session, pick a project off the open table
🟠 Open Studio · 12:00pm-7:30pm two-hour blocks · Needle Ninja · $25
🟠 Needle Felting: Celestial Bag Charms · 1:00pm · Scrappy Elephant · $25 · ages 12+
🟢 Rivermont Farmers Market · 3:00-7:00pm · Riverside Park · weekly Wednesday market
🟢 Youth Club Open House: Ascent · 4:00pm and 5:30pm · Rise Up Climbing · try a night of the after-school climbing program without committing to a semester · only 3 spots left at each session when posted
🟠 Wine Wednesday · 5:00pm · Palmera House · Wine Passport stamp night, 20% off glasses and bottles
🟠 Granny Squares · 5:30pm · Needle Ninja · $68 · crochet, prior basic crochet knowledge needed
🟠 Fall Mats & Wreaths · 6:00pm · Hammer & Stain · $45-100 · a door mat, a wood flower wreath, or both
🟢 Chess Club · 6:00-9:00pm · Starr Hill On Main · brand-new weekly chess night, all skill levels, open to the public, hosted by Pierce
🟢 Wednesday Lorcana Play · 6:00-9:00pm · Underground Cards & Disc Shop, Forest · weekly weeknight Lorcana play · FOREST
🟢 Millie's Craft Night · 7:00pm · Millie's Living Café
🟢 Bar Exam Trivia · 7:00pm · Apocalypse Ale Works, Forest · weekly, with Tyler Wolff · FOREST
🎤 Karaoke: Lola's 7:00pm-close (Mogu Entertainment) · Scoreboards 8:00pm-12:00am (DJ Todd) · EL 32 10:00pm-close (Rhodey Entertainment)

Thu Aug 27

🟢 Alive & Well 5K · 7:30am · Millie's Living Café · final run together, wraps up the summer run club
🟢 Free daytime programs · Chair Exercise 9:00am and Social Bridge 9:30am at Templeton Center · Recreation Shuffle 11:00am at College Hill Center · free senior drop-ins, ages 50+ · Parks & Rec guide
🟠 Old City Cemetery 250th Grounds Tours · 10:00am and 11:00am · Old City Cemetery Museums & Arboretum · $10-15 · 45-minute historical tours, $15 adults, $10 kids
🟢 Bookmobile · four stops · Peaks View Park, 170 Ivy Creek Ln 11:00am-12:00pm · Mobil/Cornerstone, 1209 Greenview Dr 12:30-1:30pm · Lynchburg Humane Society 2:00-3:00pm · Mister Goodies at Schewels 3:30-4:30pm
🟠 Open Studio · 10:00am-6:00pm two-hour blocks · Needle Ninja · $25
🟢 Music Bingo · 7:00pm · Apocalypse Ale Works, Forest · weekly, with Mike Hand · FOREST
🟠 Tennis & Tiles: Mahjong 101, 102 & Open Play · 5:00pm · Oakwood Country Club · $15-50 · Hill City Mahj's evening at Oakwood, beginner lesson through open play, per their August schedule
🟢 LEGO® Club · 5:00pm · Forest Library · free library program · FOREST
🟢 Junkyard Jones · 5:30-8:00pm · Trailhead · live music
🟢 Youth Club Open House: Summit · 5:30pm · Rise Up Climbing · same trial-night format, 5 spots left when posted
🟢 Kreative Room Unfiltered · 7:00pm · The Music Hall · free weekly open mic for music, spoken word and comedy
🟠 Palmera Canvas Club · 7:00pm · Palmera House · $60 · guided painting with local artist Crystal George, includes materials plus one mocktail/spritz/wine/beer/cider/smoothie
🟠 38 Special: 50 Year Legacy Tour · 7:00pm, gates 5:30 · Lynchburg Amphitheater at Riverfront Park · $54-115 · 50 years together on the Milestone tour, playing "Hold On Loosely," "Caught Up In You" and the rest of the catalog; lawn $54, VIP $93, pit $115, tickets sold only through Etix
🟢 Classic Movie & Art Night · 7:00-9:45pm · Clarity House · free popcorn, ages 16+
🟠 Thursday Night Commander · 7:00pm · Dragon Fire Games · $8.99 · includes a $6 pack
🎤 Karaoke: No 7 Rooftop Bar 8:00-11:00pm (Rhodey Entertainment)

Fri Aug 28

🟠 Mission Thrift $3 Parking Lot Sale · 9:00am · Mission Thrift · $3 items
🟠 Little Picasso Art Club · 10:30am · Scrappy Elephant · $13 · a toddler art class built around a book, ages 18 months-3 years
🟢 Ride for the Residents · 10:30am · Harley-Davidson of Lynchburg · charity motorcycle ride benefiting nursing-home residents, cost not published
🟠 Using a Sewing Machine · 12:00pm · Needle Ninja · $98 · beginner level, learn to thread the machine and make a pillowcase or tote bag, one booking covers all three sessions
🟠 CO2 Laser Cutting + Engraving · 5:30pm · Vector Space · $45 · learn Lightburn and the laser cutter
🟠 Sit and Stitch · 4:00pm · Needle Ninja · $10 · bring your own needle-arts project
🟢 Enslow · 4:00pm · Rivermont Pizza · live music
🟢 Teen Movie Night - The Greatest Showman · 4:00pm · Forest Library · free library program · FOREST
🟢 Forest Friday Cheers · 6:00pm · Apocalypse Ale Works, Forest · weekly live music · FOREST
🟠 Sober Socials Craft Night · 6:00pm · Scrappy Elephant · $5 · fourth-Friday social craft night for anyone who wants a night out that isn't the bar scene, ages 18+, a painting pass-along this month
🟠 Peacemaker + Traumatization + A Kiss Before Burial + Twisted Nature · 6:00pm, doors · Super Rad Arcade Bar · $15-20
🟠 Hill City Howlers vs. Kannapolis, Faith & Family Night · 6:30pm · City Stadium · minor league baseball, Carolina League
🟢 Winegrass · 6:30pm · Trailhead · live music
🟠 Colombian Salsa Night · 7:00-9:00pm · Palmera House · $15
🟠 FNM Weekly Booster Draft · 7:00pm · Dragon Fire Games · $26.99
🟠 Digimon Weekly Locals · 7:00pm · Dragon Fire Games · $8.99
🟠 Star Wars Unlimited Weekly League Play · 7:00pm · Dragon Fire Games
🟠 Haunted Pub Crawl · 7:30pm · meets at the Historic Bragassa Toy Store · $35 · history on tap between haunted stops
🟠 Echoes on the Avenue · 8:00pm · Miller-Claytor House · $25 · lantern-led walk through Historic Upper Rivermont
🟠 Moxie Presents: Always Whitney · 8:00pm · Historic Academy Theatre · $44.50-89
🟠 Public Investigation at Miller-Claytor House · 8:00pm · Miller-Claytor House · $35-65
🟠 Ghosts of Gallows Hill · 8:00pm · meets at the Old Court House steps · $25
🎤 Karaoke: Scoreboards 8:00pm-12:30am (DJ Cameron Wheeler)

Sat Aug 29

🟢 Saturday Market · 8:00am-1:00pm · Lynchburg Community Market
🟢 Salty Tiger Lemonade Pop-Up · 11:00am · Palmera House · fresh-squeezed lemonade
🟢 Underground Card Show · 12:00pm · 1219 Burnbridge Rd, Forest, VA · FOREST
🟠 Yu-Gi-Oh! Weekly Locals · 2:30pm · Dragon Fire Games · $4.99
🟠 Wheel Throwing for Beginners · 4:00pm · Firebrick Pottery · $65 · two-hour beginner workshop, no experience needed, ages 12+ with a parent or 16+ otherwise
🟠 Ashes of the King Priest · 5:00pm · Mythic Hall · $25
🟠 Who's the Werewolf? · 5:00pm · Mythic Hall · $18
🟠 Glass Blowing Experience · 6:00pm · Hammer & Stain · $65 · make three blown glass ornaments or watering globes, registration closes 8pm Aug 27
🟠 Hill City Howlers vs. Kannapolis, Fireworks Night · 6:30pm, gates 5:30 · City Stadium · Carolina League baseball with postgame fireworks; buy through craveABLEs' link for a discount, $3 of every ticket supports craveABLEs' employment program for people with intellectual disabilities
🟠 Smoke + Iguanahead + Materializer · 6:00pm, doors, music at 7 · Super Rad Arcade Bar · $12
🟢 Mixed Company · 6:30pm · Trailhead · live music
🟢 Bluffwalk Brass Band · 6:00pm · Second Stage, Amherst · AMHERST
🟠 Riftbound Nexus Nights Weekly Play · 6:00pm · Dragon Fire Games · $8.99
🟠 Drag Bingo with Enya Salad · 7:00pm, first ball · Starr Hill On Main
🟠 Love Heals LIVE · 7:00pm · Benaiah Prints · $5 min. donation · Lynchburg's Tiny Desk, a monthly curated show of singers, songwriters and storytellers benefiting neighbors facing medical debt; HEARTBEAT members free
🟢 Caroline Guske: jazz piano · 7:30pm · The Vault · no cover
🟢 The Pete Turpin Band · 7:30pm · Big Lick Tropical Grill · live music
🟠 Ghosts of Gallows Hill · 8:00pm · meets at the Old Court House steps · $25
🟠 Echoes on the Avenue · 8:00pm · Miller-Claytor House · $25-45
🟠 Y2K Dance Party · doors 7:00pm, show 8:00 · The Music Hall · $12 · DJ Josh "DJ Q" Quintero, late 90s and early 2000s pop, hip hop and R&B, everyone needs a ticket regardless of age
🎤 Karaoke: Lola's 7:00pm (Mogu Entertainment)

Sun Aug 30

🟢 Christian Q: Sunday Sessions · 1:00pm · The Water Dog · $1 Chesapeakes and wings
🟢 Lynchburg Bridal Expo · 12:00pm · The Virginian Hotel · cost not published
🟠 Hill City Howlers vs. Kannapolis · 2:00pm · City Stadium · minor league baseball, Carolina League, a group/church-night promotion
🟢 Banned Book Club: Last Night at the Telegraph Club · 2:00pm · Fox Burrow Books & Stationery · free, RSVP only, part of a recurring monthly banned-book series
🟠 Painting with Coffee · 2:00pm · Scrappy Elephant · $35 · a monochromatic piece painted with brewed coffee, ages 10+
🟠 Relax & Resin Workshop · 2:00pm · Hammer & Stain · $35-75 · a resin tray, coasters, or suncatcher using crushed glass, sea glass or dried flowers
🟢 Coat & Blanket Drive · 2:00-5:00pm · Clarity House · drop off lightly used jackets, coats and blankets
🟢 Community Summer Sing-Along · 4:00pm · Second Stage · AMHERST
🟢 Brian Goering · 4:00-7:00pm · Trailhead · live music
🟢 Disc Golf Putting League · 5:00pm · Apocalypse Ale Works, Forest · weekly, at Mays Mill DGC · FOREST
🎤 Karaoke: Stadium Inn 8:00-11:00pm (Rhodey Entertainment)

Mon Aug 31

🟢 Recreation Shuffle · 10:00am · Fairview Center · free senior drop-in games and social hour, ages 50+
🟢 Rock-A-Bye Reader (0-21 Months) · 10:15am · Forest Library · free library program · FOREST
🟢 Family Storytime · 10:30-11:15am · Miller Center · ages 5 and under with caregivers, no preregistration
🟢 Rock-A-Bye Reader (21 Months - 3 Years Old) · 11:15am · Forest Library · free library program · FOREST
🟢 Doves & Dragons: Harps and Harpsichord Music · 1:00pm · Forest Library · free library program · FOREST
🟢 Trivia at Hill City Pub · 6:30pm · Hill City Pub · themed weekly trivia with DJ Liz
🟢 Monday Night Trivia · 8:00pm · Rivermont Pizza · popular weekly night, regulars grab tables from 7
🎤 Karaoke: Tiger Sun 7:00pm (mic opens) · 801 Raw Bar on Rivermont 7:00-10:00pm (Rhodey Entertainment)

Tue Sep 1

🟢 Free daytime programs · Chair Exercise 9:00am and Social Bridge 9:30am at Templeton Center · free senior drop-ins, ages 50+ · Parks & Rec guide
🟠 50+ Softball · 10:00am · Peaks View Park · $10 · Tuesdays and Thursdays, ages 50+
🟢 Downtown Family Storytime · 10:30-11:15am · Downtown Branch Library · ages 5 and under with caregivers
🟠 Open Studio · 10:00am-6:00pm two-hour blocks · Needle Ninja · $25
🟠 Tai Chi (Mixed Level) · 4:15pm · Templeton Center · drop-in or full-season rate, ages 18+
🟢 Chess Night · 5:00-7:00pm · Miller Center · drop-in, no sign-up needed
🟢 Jodie Davis Solo Acoustic · 5:30pm · Fleming Mountain Grill · no cover, every Tuesday
🟢 Kids Karaoke · 5:30pm-close · Big Lick Tropical Grill · weekly family dance party on the deck, no cover
🟢 Hill City Writers · 6:00pm · Templeton Center · free drop-in writers' group, ages 16+
🟢 Dungeons & Dragons at Starr Hill · 6:00-9:00pm · Starr Hill On Main · weekly table run by Red
🟢 Trivia, comedy, and games · 6:00-9:00pm · Tiger Sun · with Anthony "Train" Johnson
🟠 Tile Tuesday: Mahjong 102 · 6:00pm · Palmera House · $35 · guided-play tier, run by Hill City Mahj, for players who've completed 101
🟠 Tile Tuesday: Open Play · 6:00pm · Palmera House · $15 · run by Hill City Mahj, two hours, all materials provided
🟠 Modern Line Dance (Intermediate) · 6:00pm · Templeton Center · drop-in or full-season rate, ages 16+
🟠 Painting with Oils · 6:00pm · Peggy Burruss Art Studio · $140 · 6-week oils class with Kenneth Weinfurtner, register by Aug 30
🟠 One Piece weekly locals · 7:00pm · Dragon Fire Games · $8.99 · at their Memorial Ave shop, active Bandai card ID required
🟢 LYH Lindy Hop · 7:00pm · RiverView Vinyl · weekly swing night with a lesson included, no partner or experience needed; free entry the first Tuesday of the month, $5 suggested donation
🎤 Karaoke: Dish 10:00pm-close (Allison) · Big Lick Tropical Grill 7:30-9:00pm Family Karaoke Night (Rhodey Entertainment)

Running all week

🟢 Riverside Park Sprayground · 10:00am-7:00pm daily · Riverside Park · through Labor Day, Sep 7
🟢 Riverfront Park Fountains · 10:00am-7:00pm daily · Riverfront Park · through Labor Day, Sep 7

🗓️ Coming up next week

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