This weekend in Lynchburg (Nov 6-8)

80 or so events this weekend. First Friday opens the weekend with the Riverviews juried show and gallery openings at the Academy, and Opera on the James' The Magic Flute plays there Friday and Sunday. Saturday has the Fall Thomas Jefferson Wine Festival at Poplar Forest, a Moose Lodge craft fair and the Holiday Fine Art Market. Sunday is quieter, with a Christmas revue at The Music Hall and Music Bingo at Three Roads. 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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First Friday at Riverviews, Fri · 5:00-8:00pm · opening of the 18th Annual Juried Show, Modern Twist, with a juror talk and awards at 6:00pm

The Magic Flute, Fri and Sun · Fri 7:30pm and Sun 3:00pm at the Historic Academy Theatre · $20.50-$250 · Opera on the James

Fall Thomas Jefferson Wine Festival, Sat · 11:00am-5:00pm at Poplar Forest · $35 tasting · tastings, live music, food vendors and an artisan market

🟢 free · 🟠 paid · 🎤 karaoke

🟠 Friday Open Studio · 9:30am-12:30pm · Living Line Studio · $90 · pass for ten visits sold on Big Cartel

🟠 Open Studio · 10:00am-2:00pm · Hammer & Stain · $25-$60 · drop in and work on your own project, priced by project tier

🟢 Tiny Tabletops · 10:30am-12:30pm · Miller Center Library Hub · play stations for toddlers and preschoolers

🟠 Mahj & Mingle · 11:00am-1:00pm · Boonsboro Country Club · $20 open play · open play still has seats, last Mahj & Mingle of the year, food and drinks for purchase (Hill City Mahj)

🟠 Little Picasso Art Club · 11:30am-12:30pm · The Scrappy Elephant · $13 · toddler art class, this week moved to 11:30am

🟠 Mini Junk Journal Workshop · 1:00-4:00pm · The Scrappy Elephant · $30 · make a small junk journal

🟢 Holiday Fine Art Market · 4:00-7:00pm · Lynchburg Art Club & Gallery · opening weekend, fine art, artisan goods and baked treats

🟠 Custom Wreath Making · 4:30-6:30pm · The Scrappy Elephant · $20

🟢 First Friday at Riverviews · 5:00-8:00pm · Riverviews Artspace · opening of the 18th Annual Juried Show, Modern Twist, with a juror talk and awards at 6:00pm, plus open artist studios, concessions and a student show in the Hallway Gallery

🟢 First Friday Fiber Arts · 5:00-7:00pm · Downtown Branch · all ages

🟢 Stuart Twery & A.J. Eccles (First Friday gallery opening) · 5:00-8:00pm · Patricia Harrington Gallery, Academy Center · Eccles' Heritage in Watercolors and Twery's Faces of Lynchburg

🟢 Law & Order for Hire in Virginia: One Deadly Time in the Old Dominion · 5:00-7:00pm · Lynchburg Museum & Visitor Center · true crime book talk at 5:30pm with author Phillip Andrew Gibbs, books for sale and signing

🟠 First Friday Open Studio · 5:00-8:00pm · Hammer & Stain · $5-$50 · open studio with tiered projects

🟠 UV Resin Pour Skill Share + Open House · 5:00-7:30pm · Vector Space · $3 suggested donation · First Friday open house, make resin creations and tour the makerspace

🟠 Lynchburg Immersive Experience · 5:00-8:30pm · 512 5th St · $13.37-$14.64 · about an hour of nature projection art, timed tickets on Eventbrite, door sales if space allows

🟠 Rockin' Out 4 Paws · 5:30-9:00pm · New London Ruritan Club, Forest · $10-$20 · fried chicken dinner for the Friends of Bedford County Animal Shelter (adults $20, kids 6-12 $10), silent auction, live music and a 50/50 raffle drawing at 8:30pm

🟢 Live Music: L&H Acoustic · 5:30pm · Charley's Restaurant & Catering

🟢 Live Music: Andrew Beverly · 6:00-9:00pm · Trailhead

🟠 The Drawing Table · 6:00-7:30pm · Palmera House · $30 · collaborative botanical drawing with artists Sunshine Lewis and Jenny Mancier, supplies included

🟠 Color & Connection Mini Art Show and Sober Dance Party · 7:00pm · The Clarity House · $10 · art show and substance free dance party with DJ Brocaine, ages 18+

🟢 The Mandalorian & Grogu (Movies in the Beer Garden) · 7:00-9:00pm · Apocalypse Ale Works, Forest · outdoor Friday family movie night

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

🟠 FNM Weekly Booster Draft · 7:00pm · Dragon Fire Games · Magic: the Gathering booster draft, entry depends on the set

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

🟠 Star Wars Unlimited Weekly League Play · 7:00pm · Dragon Fire Games · weekly TCG league play

🟠 Haunted Pub Crawl · 7:30-9:30pm · The Historic Bragassa Toy Store · $35 · lantern led, meets at the Toy Store, ticket sales end 15 minutes before the start

🟠 The Magic Flute · 7:30pm · Historic Academy Theatre · $20.50-$250 · Opera on the James

🟠 Will Overman with Vinnie Paolizzi · 8:00-10:00pm · The Music Hall · $15-$20

🟢 DJ Purple Haze · 9:30pm-12:30am · Tiger Sun Restaurant & Lounge · weekend DJ night

🎤 Karaoke: Scoreboards Sports Grill 9:00pm · Dish 10:00pm to close (Shanice)

🟢 Saturday Market · 8:00am-1:00pm · Lynchburg Community Market · weekly farmers and community market

🟢 Forest Farmers Market · 9:00am-12:00pm · Forest Farmers Market · producer only market behind the Forest Library

🟠 Jefferson Choral Society Holiday Craft Fair · 9:00am-3:00pm · Moose Lodge 715 · $2 adults, kids free

🟠 Mini Junk Journal Workshop · 9:00am-12:00pm · The Scrappy Elephant · $30 · make a small junk journal

🟠 Painting on Black: A Sure Way to Achieve Value Contrast · 9:00am-4:00pm · Peggy Burruss Art Studio · $150

🟢 Mindful Movement Saturday Yoga · 9:45am · Sattva Yoga and Wellness Center · community class with Gary

🟠 Saturday Clay Day: Owl Wall Hanging · 10:00-11:30am · May Carter Pottery Studio · $22 · registration required

🟠 Sit and Stitch · 10:00am-12:00pm · Needle Ninja Sewing Studio · $10 · bring a handwork project in progress, guidance as needed

🟠 Mosaic Tray Workshop · 10:00am-12:00pm · Hammer & Stain · $35-$50

🟢 Holiday Fine Art Market · 10:00am-4:00pm · Lynchburg Art Club & Gallery · opening weekend, fine art, artisan goods and baked treats

🟠 Festival of Light · 10:00am-5:00pm · Boonsboro Ruritan Club · $5 · readers, healing arts, vendors, lectures, belly dancing and a drum circle, 12 and under free

🟠 Fall Thomas Jefferson Wine Festival · 11:00am-5:00pm · Poplar Forest · $35 tasting · $15 without tasting, $40 and $20 at the door, kids 6 and under free, tastings, live music, food vendors and an artisan market

🟢 Free Community Meal Share · 11:00am · Miller Park · Food Not Bombs weekly Saturday meal share, food drop-offs 10:15-11:00am

🟢 WaterStone Art Circus · 12:00-5:00pm · Waterstone Pizza · art and yard sale market with a fall cookout (LoveLYH)

🟢 Tabletop Gaming · 12:30-5:00pm · Forest Library · open tabletop gaming session

🟠 Wood Fire Workshop (Two Weekends) · 1:00-4:00pm · Academy Ceramic Studio · $255 · ages 18+, make today, then kiln firing at Sweet Briar through Dec 13, register by Nov 7 (Shawn O'Connor)

🟢 Artist Talk: A.J. Eccles & Stuart Twery · 1:00-2:00pm · Ann White Academy Gallery · talk on the First Friday exhibits

🟠 Pokemon Casual League Play · 1:30pm · Dragon Fire Games · $4.99 · weekly Saturday casual league

🟠 Amigurumi Critter Creation · 2:00-4:00pm · The Scrappy Elephant · $30

🟠 Beginner Needlepoint · 2:00-4:00pm · Needle Ninja Sewing Studio · $68 · two Saturdays, sign up at needle-ninja.com

🟢 Sumo Tournament Watch Party · 2:00-6:00pm · Apocalypse Ale Works, Forest · the rescheduled watch party

🟠 Yu-Gi-Oh! Weekly Locals · 2:30pm · Dragon Fire Games · $4.99 · prize packs

🟠 College Night · 5:00-8:00pm · Hill City Sports Center · $5 per college student · courts, fitness and the Aquatics Center

🟠 Lynchburg Immersive Experience · 5:00-8:30pm · 512 5th St · $13.37-$14.64 · about an hour of nature projection art, timed tickets on Eventbrite, door sales if space allows

🟢 Femme Fatales Vinyl Club · 6:30-9:30pm · Trailhead · vinyl spin night

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

🟠 Gundam Weekly Locals · 7:00pm · Dragon Fire Games · $6.99 · weekly Saturday TCG locals

🟠 Second Wind Band · 7:00-10:00pm · New London Ruritan Club, Forest · $10 · community dance, no membership needed, doors open 6:30pm, children free

🟠 Bingo Loco · 7:30-10:00pm · Joy & Lynch Christian Warehouse Theatre · $35

🟠 Locked in Time · 8:00-9:30pm · Bowman's Locksmith · $25 · Hill City Tours walk through downtown sites

🟢 DJ JBeatz Xclusive · 9:30pm-12:30am · Tiger Sun Restaurant & Lounge · weekend DJ night

🎤 Karaoke: Lola's Mexican Cuisine & Cantina 7:00pm-12:00am

🟠 Festival of Light · 10:00am-5:00pm · Boonsboro Ruritan Club · $5 · readers, healing arts, vendors, lectures, belly dancing and a drum circle, 12 and under free

🟠 Bookbinding a Junk Journal · 11:00am-1:30pm · The Scrappy Elephant · $30 · bind your own junk journal from scratch, ages 17+

🟠 Sunday Afternoon Commander · 1:00pm · Dragon Fire Games · $8.99 · weekly Magic: the Gathering Commander, includes a pack

🟠 Star Trek Magic Pre-Release · 1:00pm · Underground Cards & Disc Shop, Forest · Magic: the Gathering Star Trek set prerelease

🟢 Free Self-Defense Workshop with FLAG Club · 2:00-5:00pm · Sattva Yoga & Wellness Center · limited enrollment, register at sattvacentercv.org

🟢 Socctoberfest! · 2:00pm · Apocalypse Ale Works, Forest · soccer themed afternoon of games, moved from Oct 24

🟠 One Piece Sunday Locals · 2:00pm · Dragon Fire Games · weekly One Piece card game locals

🟠 The Main Street Christmas Revue · 2:00pm · The Music Hall · $20-$23

🟠 Wood Flower Bar · 2:00-4:00pm · Hammer & Stain · $30-$50 · make a wooden flower bouquet

🟠 Painting with Coffee! · 2:00-4:00pm · The Scrappy Elephant · $35 · use coffee as a watercolor pigment, ages 13+

🟠 The Magic Flute · 3:00pm · Historic Academy Theatre · $20.50-$250 · Opera on the James, matinee

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

🟢 Lotus Art Circle: Women's Art Night · 7:00-10:00pm · The Clarity House · weekly Sunday art night starting Nov 8, free-flow art and free coffee, ages 18+

🟢 Music Bingo with Andrew · 7:00-9:00pm · Three Roads Brewing · Sunday nights in the taproom

🚗 Worth the Drive

🟢 Friday Cheers · Fri 5:30-8:00pm · Blue Mountain Barrel House, Arrington · live music every Friday

🟠 Barn Aisle Boogie Line Dancing · Fri 7:00-10:00pm · Spring Valley Farm, Moneta · line dancing in the barn with Hometown Line Dancing, every other Friday

🟢 Blue Ridge Mountain Corn Maze · Fri-Sun · Blue Toad Hard Cider, Roseland · 5-acre corn maze, pumpkin picking, country store and farm animals, Friday 12:00-6:00pm and Saturday 10:00am-6:00pm

🟢 Bourbon & Bonfires · Sat 11:00am-9:00pm · Devils Backbone Basecamp, Roseland · the 18th anniversary with cigars, fire pits and live music from Jacob Paul Allen

🟢 Pick Your Own Pink Lady Apples · Sat 10:00am-5:00pm and Sun 12:00-4:00pm · Dickie Brothers Orchard, Roseland · only two weekends of picking

🟢 Live Music · Sat 1:00-5:00pm · Harvest Moon Marketplace, Moneta · afternoon music in the marketplace

🟠 Taste of Nelson · Sat 2:00-6:00pm · Blue Toad Hard Cider, Roseland · ticket includes the corn maze, unlimited tastings, live music and food trucks

🟠 Murder at the Gin Joint · Sat 6:00-9:00pm · Historic Avenel, Bedford · $55.20 · Roaring 20's interactive murder mystery, ticket includes two signature cocktails and heavy hors d'oeuvres

🟢 Hometown Line Dancing · Sat 7:00-10:00pm · Wood Ridge Farm Brewery, Lovingston · first lesson at 7:30pm

🟠 Bedford Community Orchestra Fall Concert · Sat 7:30-10:00pm · Gibson Science & Technology Center, Bedford · $15 · full orchestra

🟢 Second Sunday Stroll · Sun 1:30-3:30pm · Stoney Creek, Nellysford · new gentle guided stroll from the Nature Foundation at Wintergreen, registration requested

🗓️ Coming up next week (the full list lands in Tuesday's email)

1964 Tribute Show, Thu Nov 12 · 7:30pm at the Historic Academy Theatre · $29.50-$75

Three Dog Night, Fri Nov 13 · 7:30pm at the Historic Academy Theatre · $56-$120

Anarchy At The Arcade Level 2, Fri Nov 13 and Sat Nov 14 · 4:00-11:00pm at Super Rad Arcade Bar · $17.85-$33.85

Handmade for the Holidays, Sat Nov 14 · 8:00am-4:00pm at the Lynchburg City Armory · holiday handmade market from Parks and Rec and the Community Market

Charlottesville Ballet: Salute, Sat Nov 14 · 4:30pm at the Historic Academy Theatre · $25.50-$32

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