Multiple Venues in Downtown Roanoke
at Elmwood Park on April 13
Saturday evening’s concert at Elmwood Park requires tickets; $25 in advance/$32 at the gate. Children 12 and under are free. The Friday show at Elmwood Park is free (gates open at 5 p.m.). Gates open at 5 p.m. for Spafford, Tank and the Bangas, and Rubblebucket on April 13. After the concert, make sure to visit another venue for even more live music.
Events at other venues may be free or have a cover charge as established by that venue. The All Access Pass provides access to Spafford, Tank and the Bangas, and Rubblebucket at Elmwood Park, plus all other ticketed shows/shows with cover charges at all participating venues throughout the music festival, April 11-14.
Down by Downtown includes FOUR days of live music at 12 venues in downtown Roanoke. Some shows require tickets, but many shows are free. Saturday’s live music during the Foot Levelers Blue Ridge Marathon finish festival is free. Other shows may be subject to a cover charge.
Spafford has recently been part of a meteoric rise in the jam scene, selling out shows across the
country. They played Bonnaroo last summer and are known for captivating live performances
featuring rock, funk, electronic, bluegrass, gospel, and more. Brian Moss (guitar), Jordan Fairless
(bass), Andrew “Red” Johnson (keys), and Cameron Laforest (drums), combine for “electrofunk
therapy” with strong vocals, tight harmonies, and catchy tunes.
You might know Tank and the Bangas as the 2017 winner of NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert Contest.
The five-piece group has a rare knack for combining various musical styles — fiery soul, deft hiphop,
deep-groove R&B and subtle jazz — into one dazzling, cohesive whole that evokes the scope
of New Orleans music while retaining a distinctive feel all its own. The Huffington Post says: “It’s
music that you have to experience.”
Rubblebucket transforms crowds from a skeptical wall of people into one big, happy, silly, jiving,
open-hearted mass with American art-pop and indie-rock. They are slated to play Bonnaroo this
year shortly after the stop in Roanoke.
Start listening to all three bands now.
A grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation is expanding the reach of DxDT.
The partnership between Down by Downtown and Wells Fargo is part of a larger regional economic development initiative of the Roanoke Regional Partnership and Roanoke Outside Foundation, with a goal to add to the vitality of the community and in the process help attract talent and business investment to the Roanoke Region of Virginia.
Wells Fargo & Company is a diversified, community-based financial services company with $1.9 trillion in assets. Wells Fargo’s vision is to satisfy our customers’ financial needs and help them succeed financially. Founded in 1852 and headquartered in San Francisco, Wells Fargo provides banking, investments, mortgage, and consumer and commercial finance through more than 8,300 locations, 13,000 ATMs, the internet and mobile banking, and has offices in 42 countries and territories to support customers who conduct business in the global economy.
The music festival features four days of live music at multiple venues. You might find a hip-hop show, an acoustic, or a rising country or independent music star all in the same night.
