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YOUR WEEK IN EVENTS IS WAITING! So get out there and heart your community!

Good morning Roanoke! Today is a special day! Alison Krauss and Robert Plant are in town on their Raising Sand tour so grab a ticket now because the show starts at 8pm! Tomorrow, if you’ve ever wanted to try swing dancing now’s your chance. The Church of Holy Spirit offers Basic Swing Lessons at 6:30pm every Tuesday with a live practice session at Corned Beef afterward! Wednesday night is wing night at Blues BBQ so no matter what your flavor, buffalo or spicy, they’ve got em for 50 cents a piece, yummy, yummy! On Thursday, Kinda Blue opens with a reception at Cheshire Gallery featuring paintings by Dana Sharvin, photography by Daryl Thetford and of course the oh so fine Jesse Ray Carter Trio. And if you don’t get enough of the blues on Thursday then Friday won’t disappoint! Bob Margolin is back at 202 Market, this time with Ann Rabson of Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women. Take a listen to them here and here. There’s loads to do on Saturday. If you’re feeling philanthropic, check out the 2008 MS Bike Ride “Tour De Vine” in Charlottesville or a little closer to home you can participate in the “Run With Grace”, the third annual 5K to raise money for a scholarship in memory of Grace Lovegrove at Patrick Henry. Or if you’d just like to spend the day eating… well you can do that too at the Steamin’ Summer Shrimp Fest at Salem Civic Center, a smorgasbord of all things crustacean. This Sunday’s not just for lying around either! Take the opportunity to check out Concert in the Alley a benefit for Downtown Music Lab at Fork in the Alley all afternoon or witness the brawl between the Rail Yard Rumblers and The Commandos at the All-Girl Flat-Track Roller Derby! And, if you’re looking for a road-trip, no worries, Tom Petty and Steve Winwood will be rockin’ out at the Nissan Pavilion. So have a great week and we’ll see ya soon!

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