WSET.com - ABC13The Weekender: Week of Jan. 27

Reporter: Claudia Rupcich

Lynchburg's first ever James River Cultural Arts Festival kicks off Thursday, February 2. The festival will feature local playwrights, performers and musicians. The event will be somewhat of a history lesson, highlighting struggles of black Americans. Tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for students and seniors for performances Feb. 2-3, and $10 for adults and $8 for students and seniors for performances Feb. 4-5. Most performances are about an hour.

Here is the lineup:

Feb. 2 & 3 at 7:30 p.m. - "Sojourner" at the Academy of Fine Arts.

Feb 3 at 10 p.m. - "7 Hills Improv" at the Holiday Inn Downtown.

Feb 4 at noon - "A Conversation with Eli Harris" at the Academy of Fine Arts.

Feb 4 at 3 p.m.- "Flat Stanley" at the Academy of Fine Arts.

Feb. 4 at 7:30 p.m. - "I Know the Secret" at the Academy of Fine Arts.

Feb 5 at 3 p.m. - "Pretty Fire" at the Academy of Fine Arts.

Feb 3 at 9:30 p.m. - UNRAVEL in Rm. 803 at the Holiday Inn Downtown.

Feb 4 at 10 p.m. - RECONCILING SPIRITS in Rm. 803 at the Holiday Inn Downtown.

The Kazim Temple Shrine Circus is back at the Roanoke Civic Center Feb. 2 – 5. Your family can see the clowns, acrobats, trapeze acts, and animals for $16 for adults and $8 for children younger than 12. You can get tickets at the Roanoke Civic Center's website or at the box office.

It's supposed to get colder in February, so Amazement Square is hosting an indoor fitness session Feb. 4. From 1 p.m. – 2 p.m., you and your kids can learn fun fitness activities you can do inside like yoga, aerobics and also learn how to check your pulse and find a healthy heart rate.

In Danville, you can soak up this great weather at Ballou Park Feb. 4 for the annual Ice Bowl Disc Golf Competition. The charity event benefits the United Way and it'll be on from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. The registration fee is $20 and you can register the day of.