This week in Lynchburg (Oct 7-13)

115 or so events this week. Amy Grant and Mac McAnally play the Historic Academy Theatre on Thursday, Chase Matthew plays the Amphitheater on Friday, and Come From Away opens at Commerce Street Theater the same night. Saturday adds the Clay Festival at the Academy, a skate competition, a Pride night party and a Motown show, and the days in between fill up with farmers markets, library programs, pottery and painting classes, trivia and live music. If I'm missing something, or you've got an event you're hosting or want to share, let me know.

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An Evening with Amy Grant & Mac McAnally, Thu · 7:30pm at the Historic Academy Theatre · $44-$105, two Grammy and CMA winning songwriters with the stories behind the songs.

Chase Matthew, Fri · 7:00pm at the Lynchburg Amphitheater at Riverfront Park · with Austin Snell and Austin Williams.

Clay Festival, Sat · 9:00am-3:00pm at the Academy Center of the Arts · a family day of clay demonstrations, free.

🟢 free · 🟠 paid · 🎤 karaoke

🟢 Coffee for Caregivers · 9:30am · Visiting Angels Lynchburg · recurring caregiver support meetup hosted by Love Heals

🟠 Open Studio · 10:00am-2:00pm · Hammer & Stain Lynchburg · $25

🟢 Builders Club · 10:00am · Downtown Branch · weekly building program with LEGO and DUPLO

🟢 Family Storytime · 10:30am · Miller Center Library Hub · ages 2-5 with caregivers and siblings

🟢 Bookmobile · 11:00am-7:00pm · Riverfront Park, Jefferson House, Williams Home · Riverfront Park, 1100 Jefferson St 11:00am-12:00pm · Jefferson House, 1818 Langhorne Sq 12:30-1:30pm · The Williams Home, 1201 Langhorne Rd 2:00-3:00pm · Daniel's Hill Center, 317 Norwood St 3:30-4:30pm · Smith's Pumpkin Patch 5:00-7:00pm

🟠 Intermediate Watercolor · 11:00am-12:30pm · Living Line Studio · $125 · six-week class building on beginning watercolor, join any week

🟠 Expressive Acrylic Painting · 11:00am-12:30pm · Living Line Studio · $125 · six-week class for painters with some acrylic experience, join any week

🟠 Using a Serger / Overlock Machine (intermediate) · 12:30-2:30pm · Needle Ninja Sewing Studio · $68 · two weekly sessions, for those who already know machine sewing

🟢 Rivermont Farmers Market · 3:00-7:00pm · Riverside Park · weekly market through Oct 28

🟠 Blast From the Past: Dracula (1931) · 4:00pm · Forest Library · classic horror movie night for ages 10+, free, registration required

🟠 Using a Sewing Machine (beginner) · 5:30-7:30pm · Needle Ninja Sewing Studio · $98 · three weekly sessions

🟢 Open Mic Night · 6:00pm · Big Lick Tropical Grill · weekly Wednesday open mic (Jodie Davis)

🟠 Spooky Lights · 6:00-8:00pm · Hammer & Stain Lynchburg · $45-$60

🟠 Haunted Hues: Spooky Season Watercolor Foundations Series · 6:00-7:00pm · Living Line Studio · $120 · beginner-friendly four-week Wednesday series with a different spooky subject each week, this is the first session

🟠 Haunted Hues: Ghosts · 6:00-7:00pm · Living Line Studio · $35 · one evening watercolor session, the first week of the Haunted Hues series

🟠 After Dark: Wine Tasting (Addams Family) · 6:00pm · Wolf Den · $27 · Addams Family themed tasting with The Robins Cellars, 21+, space limited

🟢 Wednesday Lorcana Play · 6:00pm · Underground Cards & Disc Shop, Forest · weekly Disney Lorcana TCG play

🟢 Chess Club · 6:00-9:00pm · Starr Hill On Main · all skill levels, open to the public (Pierce)

🟢 Run Club · 6:00pm · Three Roads Brewing BURG · weekly run, runners get 20% off afterward

🟢 Trivia Night · 7:00pm · Three Roads Brewing BURG · weekly Wednesday trivia

🟠 Vroom with The Pale Moonlight · 7:00pm · Academy Center of the Arts · $25.50 · reunion concert from punk and emo band Vroom, songs from its whole catalog, with opener The Pale Moonlight

🟢 Bar Exam Trivia · 7:00pm · Apocalypse Ale Works, Forest · weekly Wednesday trivia (Tyler Wolff)

🟢 Fall Pop Culture Trivia · 7:00-9:00pm · Tiger Sun Restaurant & Lounge · Tiger Sun's trivia night, now on Wednesdays

🟠 Philadelphia Orchestra String Quartet · 7:30pm · First Presbyterian Church · $40 · free for students · Forte Chamber Music presents four members of the Philadelphia Orchestra

🟢 Divorced Dad Rock Late Night · 10:00pm · DISH Small Plates · Wednesday late night with Allison, 10:00pm to close

🎤 Karaoke: The Water Dog 6:00-9:00pm, Wine Down Karaoke · The Vault at The Raven Branch 6:00-9:00pm, half-price cocktails (Robert Pennix, Shining Star Karaoke) · Lola's 7:00pm (Mogu Entertainment) · Scoreboards 8:00pm · EL 32 10:00pm to close (Rhodey Entertainment)

🟠 The Wizard of Oz · 10:30am · Forest Library · 45-minute retelling from touring company Bright Star Theatre, free, registration required, space limited

🟢 Bookmobile · 11:00am-3:00pm · Historic Sandusky, Armstrong Place, CVCC · Historic Sandusky, 757 Sandusky Dr 11:00am-12:00pm · Armstrong Place, 1721 Monsview Pl 12:30-1:30pm · Central Virginia Community College, 3506 Wards Rd 2:00-3:00pm

🟢 Powers of Attorney with Virginia Legal Aid · 1:00pm · Miller Center Library Hub, Room 306 · library program

🟢 Teen Craft Club · 4:00pm · Miller Center Library Hub

🟠 Basic Alterations & Repairs (beginner) · 4:00-6:00pm · Needle Ninja Sewing Studio · $68 · two weekly sessions

🟢 Thread Therapy Thursdays · 5:00-7:00pm · Scrappy Elephant · fiber-arts hangout, bring your own project

🟠 An Evening with the GhostStop Ghost Hunters · 6:00pm · Forest Library · ghost hunters share stories from their hunts, ages 10+, free, registration required

🟠 Candlelight Tours · 6:25-8:05pm tours leave every 25 minutes · Old City Cemetery · $27 · 19th annual tours with Endstation Theatre, six haunted histories plus ginger cookies and hot cider, through Oct 23

🟢 One Piece Play · 6:30pm, alongside Pokemon Weekly Tournament at the same time · Underground Cards & Disc Shop, Forest · weekly TCG play

🟢 Live Music: ON3 · 6:30pm · Big Lick Tropical Grill

🟢 Tarot & Tequila Night · 6:30-9:00pm · The Water Dog · complimentary tarot readings with Jamie Locke, plus midnight margaritas and tequila features

🟠 Belly Dance · 6:45pm · Sattva Yoga & Wellness Center · $15 drop-in · weekly class with Nancy McAndrew, a membership program

🟢 Bingo Night · 7:00pm · Three Roads Brewing BURG · weekly Thursday bingo (Donna Kay)

🟠 Thursday Night Commander · 7:00pm · Dragon Fire Games · $8.99 · entry includes a $6 pack, weekly Magic: the Gathering Commander night

🟢 Music Bingo · 7:00pm · Apocalypse Ale Works, Forest · weekly Thursday music bingo (Mike Hand)

🟠 Haggus + Lacking + Revolt + Mongrels · 7:00pm · Super Rad Arcade Bar · $15-$20 · mincecore bill, all ages, doors 6:00pm

🟢 Tapas & Tunes: Craig Hanson & Bethany Nicosia · 7:00-10:00pm · DISH Small Plates · October live music series on Thursdays

🟠 An Evening with Amy Grant & Mac McAnally · 7:30pm · Historic Academy Theatre · $44-$105 · songs, new music and the stories behind them

🟠 Line Dancing Thursday · 8:00pm-12:00am · The Trading Post Music Hall & Speakeasy · $10 · ages 16+ (under 16 with a parent), lessons included

🎤 Karaoke: No 7 Rooftop Bar 8:00-11:00pm (Rhodey Entertainment)

🟠 Open Studio · 10:00am-2:00pm · Hammer & Stain Lynchburg · $25

🟢 Tiny Tabletops · 10:30am-12:30pm · Miller Center Library Hub · ages 3-5 with a parent or guardian, rotating board and card games

🟠 Little Picasso Art Club · 10:30am · Scrappy Elephant · $13 · toddler art club

🟠 Basic Alterations & Repairs (beginner) · 11:00am-1:00pm · Needle Ninja Sewing Studio · $68 · two weekly sessions

🟠 Archaeology Behind the Scenes Tours · 11:00am and 2:00pm · Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest · $30 in advance, $35 day-of · walking tour of the latest dig sites, with a look at artifacts in the archaeology lab

🟢 Live Music: Jodie + Bo · 5:30pm · Charley's Restaurant & Catering · Live in the Tavern series

🟠 Trivia Night with Kittens · 6:00-8:00pm · Lynchburg Humane Society · $25 · teams of 6 or fewer, drinks, snacks, door prizes and kitten cuddles, all ticket sales go to LHS pets

🟠 Fall Flower Wreaths · 6:00-8:00pm · Hammer & Stain Lynchburg · $45 · wood flower wreath workshop

🟠 Pottery Night Out · 6:00-8:00pm · May Carter Pottery Studio · $52 · Academy Center of the Arts

🟠 Candlelight Tours · 6:25-8:30pm tours leave every 25 minutes · Old City Cemetery · $27 · 19th annual tours with Endstation Theatre, six haunted histories plus ginger cookies and hot cider, through Oct 23

🟠 Chase Matthew · 7:00pm · Lynchburg Amphitheater at Riverfront Park · with special guests Austin Snell and Austin Williams, gates around 5:30pm

🟠 Digimon Weekly Locals · 7:00pm · Dragon Fire Games · $8.99 · a pack per win, weekly Friday TCG locals

🟠 FNM Weekly Booster Draft · 7:00pm · Dragon Fire Games · $23.99 · three packs to draft plus a pack per win, Friday Night Magic

🟠 Star Wars Unlimited Weekly Play · 7:00pm · Dragon Fire Games · weekly Friday TCG locals

🟢 Friday Night Magic: Commander · 7:00pm · Underground Cards & Disc Shop, Forest · weekly Magic: The Gathering Commander night

🟢 Live Music: Starfire Live · 7:00pm · 801 Raw Bar on Rivermont · acoustic set (Star and Lara Crist)

🟠 Are You Ready For It? A Taylor Experience · 7:30pm · City Stadium · $21.50-$76.50 · Taylor Swift tribute recreating the Eras Tour, night one of the Hill City Howlers' first Fall Concert Series

🟠 Come From Away · 7:30pm · Commerce Street Theater · opening night of the musical about the Newfoundland town that took in stranded travelers on September 11, 2001, runs weekends through Oct 25

🟠 Pub Crawl · 7:30-9:30pm · The Historic Bragassa Toy Store · $35 · two-hour haunted downtown pub crawl with live group readings (Hill City Tours)

🎤 Karaoke: Scoreboards 8:00pm

🟢 Saturday Market · 8:00am · Lynchburg Community Market · weekly farmers and artisan market

🟢 Forest Farmers Market · 8:00am · Forest · locally grown produce, meats, honey, flowers, breads and artisan goods

🟢 Clay Festival · 9:00am-3:00pm · Academy Center of the Arts · family day of clay demonstrations in the Historic Theatre mezzanine lot

🟠 Mindful Movement Saturday Yoga · 9:45-10:45am · Sattva Yoga & Wellness Center · $10-$15 drop-in · weekly class, free for members (Gary)

🟠 Book Vase · 10:00am-12:00pm · Hammer & Stain Lynchburg · $50

🟠 Fall Palette Knife Painting Class · 10:00am · Scrappy Elephant · $35

🟠 Archaeology Behind the Scenes Tours · 11:00am and 2:00pm · Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest · $30 in advance, $35 day-of · walking tour of the latest dig sites, with a look at artifacts in the archaeology lab

🟢 Waterstone October Pizza Party · 12:00-5:00pm · Waterstone Pizza · LoveLYH's arts market along Jefferson Street, with an afterparty

🟠 Wheel Throwing for Beginners · 1:00-3:00pm · Firebrick Pottery · $65 · two-hour beginner workshop, one piece fired and glazed

🟠 Pokemon Casual League Play · 1:30pm · Dragon Fire Games · $4.99 · entry includes league packs

🟢 Touch-a-Truck · 2:00-5:00pm · Forest Presbyterian Church parking lot · kids climb into trucks from local agencies, food trucks including the craveABLEs ice cream truck, prize wheel and raffle, no registration needed

🟠 Yu-Gi-Oh! Weekly Locals · 2:30pm · Dragon Fire Games · $4.99 · entry includes a prize pack

🟠 Amigurumi Creature Creation · 3:00pm · Scrappy Elephant · $30

🟠 Fall Sk8 Competition (in honor of Ryan Massie) · 3:00pm · Riverfront Skate Park · $10 per class · ages 8+, street and ramp and bowl categories, cash prizes for first through third, helmets required

🟠 Riftbound Nexus Nights Weekly Play · 6:00pm · Dragon Fire Games · $8.99 · weekly Saturday TCG locals

🟠 Candlelight Tours · 6:25-8:30pm tours leave every 25 minutes · Old City Cemetery · $27 · 19th annual tours with Endstation Theatre, six haunted histories plus ginger cookies and hot cider, through Oct 23

🟠 Disney Lorcana League Play · 7:00pm · Dragon Fire Games · $8.99 · weekly Saturday league

🟠 Riverside String Band Benefit Concert · 7:00-9:00pm · Sattva Yoga & Wellness Center · $25 · live music, proceeds support Sattva Center's nonprofit activities

🟠 Spidey · 7:30pm · Historic Academy Theatre · $37 · mind-reading mentalist show from the YouTube star with a Las Vegas residency

🟠 The Magic of Motown (Moxie) · 7:30pm · Joy & Lynch Christian Warehouse Theatre · $57-$99

🟠 Locked in Time · 8:00-9:30pm · 1104 Church St · $25 · haunted history tour (Hill City Tours)

🟠 Ghosts of Gallows Hill · 8:00-9:30pm · Old Court House Steps · $25 · lantern-led haunted history walking tour (Hill City Tours)

🟠 Babe Haven + White Beast + F-Certified · 8:00pm · Super Rad Arcade Bar · $20 · doors 7:00pm

🟠 HOPECHELLA (Lynchburg Pride night party) · 8:30pm-12:00am · Three Roads Brewing · $25 GA / $30 VIP · 21+, live DJ and drag performances

🎤 Karaoke: Lola's 7:00pm (Mogu Entertainment) · 801 Raw Bar on Rivermont 7:00pm (DJ Mike)

🟠 Fiber Laser Engraving · 1:00-4:00pm · Vector Space · $55 · $45 for members · requires prior Lightburn or CO2 laser class experience, ages 16+

🟢 Sunday Session · 1:00-4:00pm · The Water Dog · weekly Sunday live music, no cover, the act gets posted close to the day

🟢 Brunch DJ · 2:00-5:00pm · Tiger Sun Restaurant & Lounge · weekly Sunday brunch DJ

🟠 Mosaic Lamps · 2:00-4:00pm · Hammer & Stain Lynchburg · $75

🟠 Fabric Mosaics: Create Your Own Kinusaiga Art · 3:00pm · Scrappy Elephant · $30 · ages 16+

🟢 Riftbound Play · 3:00pm, alongside Weekly Lorcana Play at the same time · Underground Cards & Disc Shop, Forest · weekly TCG play

🎤 Karaoke: The World Famous Stadium Inn 8:00-11:00pm (Rhodey Entertainment)

🟢 Bookmobile · 9:30am-4:00pm · Dollar General, River Ridge, Florida Terrace · Dollar General, 2303 Bedford Ave 9:30-11:30am · River Ridge near TJ Maxx, 3450 Candlers Mountain Rd 12:00-1:00pm · Florida Terrace, 2117 Florida Ave 1:30-2:30pm · Jefferson Neighborhood Center, 405 York St 3:00-4:00pm

🟢 Babygarten · 10:30am · Miller Center Library Hub · babies 0-23 months with caregivers and siblings

🟠 Mixed Media Monday · 1:00-2:00pm · Living Line Studio · $125 · weekly mixed-media session, six meetings per sign-up, open studio follows 2:00-4:00pm

🟢 Mini Market Mondays · 4:00-8:00pm · Hill City Donuts · weekly market with local crafters and artisans, apple cider donuts and mead from The Meadery at Graham Ordinary

🟠 Purrlates! · 5:30pm · Lynchburg Humane Society · $5 · one-hour pilates class with adoptable cats, all levels, bring your own mat, all proceeds go to LHS pets

🟢 Weekly Trivia Night · 6:30pm · Hill City Pub · weekly Monday trivia (DJ Liz)

🟢 Music Bingo · 7:00pm · The Trailhead · weekly Monday music bingo

🟢 Noteworthy Music Challenge · 7:00-9:00pm · The Music Hall · weekly Monday open-mic music competition from Radio 434, sign-ups at 6:00pm

🎤 Karaoke: Tiger Sun 9:30pm-12:00am (DJ Liz)

🟠 Tuesday Morning Pilates with Kaitlen · 8:00am · Sattva Yoga & Wellness Center · $10-$15 drop-in · weekly class, free for members

🟠 Small Group Acrylic Painting Basics · 9:00-10:30am · Living Line Studio · $125 · rolling-enrollment small-group course, only 4 spots

🟢 Bookmobile · 9:30am-4:00pm · Centra PACE, Subway lot, Yoder Center · Centra PACE and Community Access Network, 800 Fifth St 9:30-10:30am · Subway parking lot, 2154 Wards Rd 1:30-2:30pm · Yoder Neighborhood Center, 109 Jackson St 3:00-4:00pm

🟢 Downtown Family Storytime · 10:30am · Downtown Branch · weekly storytime for kids 5 and under with caregivers

🟠 Basic Alterations & Repairs (beginner) · 4:00-6:00pm · Needle Ninja Sewing Studio · $68 · two weekly sessions

🟠 Student Workshop Series: The Great Artists · 4:00pm · Riverviews Artspace · $35 single session · four-week after-school art series for ages 8-13, buy 3 and get 1 free

🟠 Mindful Flow Yoga · 4:30pm · Sattva Yoga & Wellness Center · $10 · new Tuesday class with Kate McPhatter, first class free

🟢 Chess Night · 5:00pm · Miller Center Library Hub · drop-in chess, no sign-up needed

🟠 Tile Tuesday: Mahjong 102 & Open Play · 6:00pm · Palmera House · $35 (Mahjong 102) / $15 (open play) · run by Hill City Mahj

🟠 Watercolor: Intermediate Tuesdays · 6:00-7:00pm · Living Line Studio · $125 · rolling-enrollment six-week evening class for adults

🟢 Tuesday Craft Night · 6:00-9:00pm · Three Roads Brewing · craft and movie night, craft and collage materials provided

🟠 One Piece Weekly Locals · 7:00pm · Dragon Fire Games · $8.99 · a pack per win, needs an active Bandai card ID

🟠 Tuesday Night Pauper · 7:00-10:00pm · Dragon Fire Games · $8.99 · new weekly Magic: the Gathering series, entry includes a pack per win

🎤 Karaoke: Big Lick Tropical Grill 5:30pm, Kids Karaoke (family night) · DISH 10:00pm (Allison)

All week

🟠 Smith's Pumpkin Patch · Mon-Thu 3:00-8:00pm, Fri-Sat 10:00am-8:00pm, Sun 12:00-8:00pm · Smith's Pumpkin Patch · $40 per child season pass · adults ride the hayride free with a pass, play area and hayrides, open daily through Oct 31

🟢 Botanical Alchemy: Echo Prints by Beth Stinson and That Which Forms · Wed-Sun 12:00-4:00pm · Riverviews Artspace · both shows run through Oct 18

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