Arts & Culture

Daleville Town Center

VBR Life 2024: Arts and Culture

Learn more about the phenomenal arts and culture throughout Virginia's Blue Ridge, including Botetourt, Franklin and Roanoke counties, Roanoke City and Salem.
From Print to Podcast, Episode 10 with Doug Jackson

Roanoke’s Vibrant Arts and Culture Scene Featuring Doug Jackson, Southwest Virginia Ballet and Artist Jon Murrill

Our tenth episode highlights the arts and culture organizations, programs, events and more throughout Virginia's Blue Ridge, thanks to Roanoke City Arts and Culture Coordinator Doug Jackson, Southwest Virginia Ballet and local artist Jon Murrill.
Attendees view artwork on the first floor of the Noel C. Taylor municipal building.

Roanoke City Art Show Showcases City Influencers

“It’s Here: The Arts, Entrepreneurship + Placemaking” is now available to view on the first floor of the Noel C. Taylor Municipal Building through September 2024.
James Tarpley Mural (Toobz Muir)

Public Art Highlights Roanoke History

There are dozens of public art pieces throughout the Star City. How many are you familiar with?
Ginkgo Festival in Century Plaza organized by Roanoke Valley Sister Cities with help from Katherine Devine.

Diverse Growth in Arts Programming

Local artists create incredible artwork that also cultivates important conversations.
Center in the Square building in downtown Roanoke, with overlaid text: "40 Years as Roanoke's Cultural Icon.

Center in the Square: 40 Years as Roanoke’s Cultural Icon

Center in the Square celebrates a major anniversary as a downtown cultural icon.
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Arts & Culture in Virginia’s Blue Ridge

Our local arts and culture community is an explosion of music, dance, art, film and so much more. We’ll see you out and about soon!
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Walking (Very) Tall

Meet the stiltwalkers you've awed at in parades, festivals and more.
Maggie Perrin-Key, the 2023 Emerging Artist for Roanoke’s Open Studios tour, is shown here in her downtown studio. “I never thought Roanoke would be a place I could have a career in art,” she admits. “But I’m doing it.”

State of the Arts

Local artists create incredible artwork that also cultivates important conversations.
Historic Fincastle Festival

VBR Life 2023: Arts and Culture

Learn more about the incredible arts and culture throughout Virginia's Blue Ridge, including Botetourt, Franklin and Roanoke counties, Roanoke City and Salem.

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The Beaver Dam Sunflower Festival attracts about 20,000 visitors annually — a boon to the local economy.
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Bloom Town

Flower farms are finding new ways to keep our community beautiful.

Four-panel collage of downtown apartment interiors: unfinished room, empty living room, bathroom, and white kitchen.
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On the Rise

The renovations to create new living spaces continue unabated.

Painted wood statue holding a teacup, a chandelier-lit dining room, and a wood-paneled sitting room.
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The House on the Hill

Stewardship of the signature structure on the city side of Mill Mountain is in the very conscientious hands of Drs.