The 2025 Summer Arts Festival begins Friday, May 23!
Sponsored by the Town of Blacksburg and Virginia Tech, this festival includes a great variety of free, family-friendly entertainment for all ages through the summer months.
Theatre
Fuddy Meers
A play by David Lindsay-Abaire
July 17, 19 and 20 at 7pm in Theatre 101
Kid's Shakespeare Workshop
June 26 at 3pm at the Lyric Theatre
Art Exhibits
2025 New River Art Juried Biennial
Presented by the Blacksburg Regional Art Association
June 5* - August 23
Opening reception with Juror Michael Rooks, *Thursday June 5, 5-7pm, Moss Arts Center; all galleries
Cinema
Movies at the Lyric
June 14 - Sunset Boulevard (1950)
June 28 - The Goonies (1985)
July 19 - Guys and Dolls (1955)
Music
Henderson Lawn Concerts - Fridays, 6-7:30pm
- May 23: Corey Harris
- May 30: Blacksburg Community Band
- June 6: Solacoustix
- June 13: Redd Volkaert Band
- June 20: Root Down
- June 27: Cinematheque
- July 11: Music Road Co
- July 18: Paul McDonald & the Mourning Doves
- July 25: Jstop Latin Soul
Classical Concerts - Thursdays, 7-8pm
- June 19: The Art of the Spiritual at the Blacksburg Presbyterian Church, 701 Church St. SE, Blacksburg
- Jordan Harmon, mezzo soprano
- July 10: Melody Unending: The Music of Mozart and Poulenc at CID LLC, 185 Kent Street
- July 31: Masses by Mozart and Schubert, Blacksburg Presbyterian Church, 701 Church St. SE, Blacksburg
