5 Points Music Sanctuary

09/03/2026

Anticipation is building for Shadowgrass live at the church Friday 9/18! Tickets are flying out the door faster than Kyser's fingers can pick! 🚀

09/02/2026

We're ushering in a new chapter for Anderson Music Therapy Services, LLC!!

Since 5 Points Music began in 2017, Anderson Music Therapy Services has been an integral part of our mission and our community. As AMTS enters a fun and new chapter, we’re looking at the profound impact of this longtime partnership and celebrating the people who have helped make music therapy such an important part of what we do.

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Since 5 Points Music began in 2017, Anderson Music Therapy Services has been an important part of our story and a valued partner in our mission to explore the power of sound. From the beginning, 5 Points has believed that music belongs to anyone and everyone. Our work has always extended beyond conc...

09/02/2026

"He made a lot of us feel like we were a part of something bigger than ourselves for the first time in our lives." - Allen Thompson Music

"I first encountered Todd Snider in 2006 when “Looking for a Job” popped up on CMT one afternoon. I was living in Richmond, Virginia and was bouncing back and forth between there and Nashville while working on a project and, well, looking for a job. 3 years later, I would move to the same neighborhood where that video was filmed. Though I’d hear stories about him and occasionally see him walking around the neighborhood, we didn’t actually meet one another until 2015. At a Phish show, of all places.

It took another year before we’d cross paths again. This time at one of my shows. He got there before everyone else, waiting to sit in with us on a Black Crowes cover. He was so excited about the gig. He even emailed Chris Robinson to tell him about it (much to my embarrassment). From that morning on, he became one of the most important people in my life.

At the time, he was a folk singer moonlighting in a jamband. I was a jamband kid doing a very poor imitation of a folk singer. He took me out with him and did his best to show me how it’s done. When we’d get back on the bus, he’d put on Keith Sykes, John Prine, & Jerry Jeff Walker and tell me all sorts of stories about what he’d learned from them. After that, we’d put on Phish, The Grateful Dead, & Gov’t Mule and rhapsodize about the experiences we’d had watching those bands. Todd was the first person I looked up to who took me seriously as an artist. He taught me everything he could, and showed me where to go to learn everything else. He encouraged me in ways no one else had ever done before. He made me feel like I belonged somewhere.

In Nashville, it can really feel like a zero-sum game. Everyone here acts like there’s a limited amount of money and audience. Todd knew that was bu****it. And he made sure everyone he surrounded himself with knew it too. Todd knew that none of us were anything without our communities of friends and fans. He made a lot of us feel like we were a part of something bigger than ourselves for the first time in our lives. I’m sad he’s gone, but I’m grateful to know the community he created will never go away. "

08/31/2026

Colby T. Helms Wants You! 🫵🏼 Seize your 15 minutes of fame as an extra in Colby's next video - filmed right here at 5 Points Music Sanctuary! Contact Devin Peluso at [email protected] with interest! 🎩

08/25/2026

Get ready for the Inaugural 5 Points Art Harvest on September 13th! We’re bringing together local artists, makers, vendors, musicians, and our community for a day celebrating creativity, connection, and the incredible talent right here in our region.

From hands-on art activities to local vendors and plenty of ways to get involved, there’s something for everyone to enjoy and take part in.

Read our latest blog to discover all the activities, artists, vendors, and experiences you can look forward to. Come celebrate with us as we harvest creativity and connection at the Dog Bowl. We can’t wait to see you there!

5PTS Art Harvest Comes to the Dog Bowl This September Sunday, September 13, 2026 | 11 AM–4 PM | Dog Bowl at Black Dog Salvage $10 General Admission | Kids 12 & Under Free A portion of proceeds benefits VIA Centers for Neurodevelopment. This September, 5PTS Outdoors presents the inaugural 5PTS Art ...

08/25/2026

Empty Bottles played The Dog Bowl at Black Dog Salvage this past Saturday, August 22, for a special benefit concert supporting Bradley Free Clinic
Great music, a summer night at The Dog Bowl, and Roanoke showing up for its own. Empty Bottles The Dog Bowl Bradley Free Clinic