Events
This is your ad club! Events are designed for advertising, marketing, and media professionals at all levels.
Lunch & Learn: Embracing Burnout with Dr. Kate Steiner
January 23 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Starr Hill Brewery
Step away from the grind and into a restorative Friday Lunch & Learn on January 23 from 12:00–1:00 PM at Starr Hill Pilot Brewery & Side Stage, designed to help you reset, refocus, and recharge. Join us for Embracing Burnout with Dr. Kate Steiner, presented in partnership with the Roanoke Blacksburg Technology Council (RBTC). Enjoy lunch on us, purchase mocktails […]
Mindset For Success Workshop
February 5 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Twisted Track Brewpub
Mindset For Success Workshop Your mindset can be your greatest strength—or your biggest roadblock. Start 2026 with a powerful, hands-on workshop designed to help you turn setbacks into comebacks, build confidence, and discover how a positive attitude can shape your future. Ad2 Roanoke is teaming up with the HumanKind Economic Resource Center to bring a free workshop to our marketing […]
Touchdown Takes: Super Bowl Ad Review
February 9 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
YMCA at Tanglewood
Touchdown Takes: Super Bowl Ad Review It’s that time again! The biggest advertising night of the year is almost here, and Touchdown Takes is back! Join us on February 9 at noon at the YMCA at Tanglewood as we watch and break down this year’s Super Bowl commercials. From creative touchdowns to total fumbles, it’s the battle of the good, […]
Awards Gala – The Addy Revue
February 26 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Jefferson Center
Celebrate the best of the region in advertising at the Western Virginia Advertising Awards Gala on THURSDAY, Feb. 26, 2026. The awards gala includes networking with heavy hors d’ouevres and a sit-down theater-style awards presentation. Drinks will be available for purchase at the cash bar. Ticket purchases include one drink ticket per person. Student tickets do not include a drink. […]
Awards! Awards! Awards!
While recognition isn’t the reason behind what we do, it’s an amazing feeling to showcase projects and campaigns in front of your peers. The American Advertising Awards is the gold standard for creative excellence. Annual award winners at the local level have gone on to win district and national Addys, plus plenty of bragging rights.
