The Rocktown Report {October 6 - October 8|

First Friday, Fall Festivals, and Oktoberfests

We’ve got a super busy FALL weekend in Harrisonburg - lots of festivals, lots of live music, and lots of fun.

Some highlights of the weekend?

  • Downtown Harrisonburg is hosting its Skeleton Festival

  • Just down the right in Dayton is the 43rd Dayton Days celebration

  • White Oak Lavender Farm is hosting their Fall Festival

  • JMU is hosting the Marching Dukes Parade of Champions

Enjoy your weekend!

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📆 EVENTS 

FRIDAY

Fall Creative Reuse Night - Upcycled Tea Lights at the Shops at Agora | 4-7pm (link)

Meet the Artists at Artist Incarnate | 430-7pm (link)

First Fridays Art Reception with Cameryn Norris at Sage Bird Ciderworks | 4-11pm (link)

First Friday: Furious Flower Broadside Gallery presents Be)Holding: Poems of Love and Loss | 5-7pm

First Friday: Dia de Los Muertos Art Show at Pale Fire Brewing | 5-7pm (link)

Rocktown Improv at Restless Moons Brewing | 630pm (link)

Karaoke at Sage Bird Ciderworks | 730pm (link)

SATURDAY

Broadway Community Market | 9am (link)

43rd Annual Dayton Days Autumn Celebration | 830am-4pm (link)

Harrisonburg Skeleton Festival at Downtown Harrisonburg | 2-5pm (link)

Saturday Night Trivia at Brothers Craft | 7-830pm (link)

White Oak Lavender Farm Fall Festival | 10am-930pm (link)

Virginia Power Pull 2023 | 6pm (link)

Brother’s Craft Oktoberfest | 12-10pm (link)

JMU Marching Dukes Parade of Champions at Bridgeforth Statdium (link)

Trick or Treat on Liberty and Mason Street | 1-5pm (link)

College Football Saturdays at Brothers Craft Brewing | 12-10pm (link)

SUNDAY

Sunday Morning Mindfulness at Friendly City Co-Op | 8-9am (link)

Yoga at Sage Bird Ciderworks | 10am (link)

Brothers Bluegrass Sunday at Brothers Craft | 5-7pm (link)

🎸 LIVE MUSIC

FRIDAY

Blue Lagoon at Pale Fire | 7-10pm (link)

Daniel Barnett at Brix & Columns Vineyards | 6-9pm (link)

County Line at Harrisonburg Fraternal Order of Eagles | 7pm (link)

Morgan Dean at Cave Hill Farms Brewery | 630-930pm (link)

Brent Hull at Massanutten Base Camp | 7-10pm (link)

Virginia Man at the Golden Pony | 7pm (link)

Broad Fiction at the Golden Pony | 8pm

Wave Nite 29 at the Golden Pony | 10pm-2am (link)

SATURDAY

Chamomile and Whiskey w/ Taylor LaFever at Clementine | 9pm (link)

Matthew O’Donnell at Elkton Brewing | 630pm (link)

Morgan Dean at Harrisonburg Fraternal Order of Eagles | 7pm (link)

Seven Bends Band at Cave Hill Farms Brewery | 630-930pm (link)

Sundry League at Marceline Vineyards | 2-5pm (link)

Shane Click at Marceline Vineyards | 5-8pm (link)

SUNDAY

Brunch with Alex Arbaugh at CrossKeys Vineyards | 12-3pm (link)

TR3 featuring Tim Reynolds at Clementine | 7pm (link)

Spencer Wenger at Marceline Vineyards | 2-5pm (link)

Music and Mimosas: Chrome Tweed at Brix & Columns Vineyards | 2-5pm (link)

🏫 COMMUNITY/FAMILY/CLASSES

FRIDAY

First Friday FREE at Explore More Discovery Museum | 5-7pm (link)

SATURDAY

Harrisonburg Farmers Market | 8am-1pm (link)

Succulent Pumpkin Workshop at Sage Bird Ciderworks | 5pm (link)

SUNDAY

Tarot Workshop w/ Ashley Hallman at the Shops at Agora | 4pm (link)

☁️ WEEKEND WEATHER

☁️ Friday ~ 76/52 - Mostly Cloudy - 13%

⛅️ Saturday ~ 63/40 - Partly Cloudy - 24%

🌥️ Sunday ~ 56/37 - Partly Cloudy - 3%

🏆️ JMU SPORTS

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

⛳️ Men’s Golf at Carolina Cup (Sun)

⛳️ Women’s Golf at ODU Invitational (Fri, Sat, Sun)

⚽️ Women’s Soccer at ODU (Sun)

🎾 Men’s Tennis at Richmond (Fri, Sat, Sun)

🎾 Women’s Tennis at WVU Invitational (Fri, Sat, Sun)

🏑 Field Hockey vs. Longwood (Fri), vs. Duke (Sun)

🏐 Volleyball at ODU (Fri, Sat)

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