Weekend guide: 6 arts, museum and market picks for June 4-6 around Martinsville and Danville

As of Thursday, June 4, 2026, the strongest local arts-and-culture play is a compact late-week guide instead of another long planner. The most practical picks right now are one ticketed music night, one closing museum deadline and a pair of easy Saturday market stops across Martinsville and Danville.

• Thursday, June 4: French Quarter Musical Mini Series with Mike Doussan runs from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at TheatreWorks Community Players, 44 Franklin St., Martinsville. Piedmont Arts and Martinsville Tourism list the New Orleans songwriter-guitarist performance as part of the French Quarter Musical Mini Series, with $20 admission.
• Through Saturday, June 6: Piedmont Arts spring exhibits remain on view at 215 Starling Ave., Martinsville. The museum lists Neither Here Nor There, Accelerations, Hot, Fresh, Brioche ... Knitting and Forty Years of Fabulous Fiber through Saturday, June 6, 2026, making this the last local weekend to catch the full run.
• Saturday, June 6: Uptown Martinsville Farmers Market runs from 7:30 a.m. to noon at 65 W. Main St. Martinsville Tourism says the market carries produce, baked goods, eggs, flowers, soaps, crafts and other local goods, which makes it an easy downtown add-on before museum stops.
• Saturday, June 6: Danville Farmers Market runs from 7:30 a.m. to noon at Crossing at the Dan, 629 Craghead St. The city market listing says shoppers can expect produce, meats, baked goods, arts, crafts and other downtown-friendly pickup items.
• Saturday, June 6: Storytime at Spencer-Penn Centre runs from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at 475 Spencer-Penn Road, Spencer. Martinsville Tourism lists the monthly all-ages program as free, with crafts and special readers.
• Anytime this weekend: The Virginia Museum of Natural History, 21 Starling Ave., Martinsville, remains the strongest museum fallback with The Age of Dinosaurs. VMNH lists summer hours of 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday.

The clearest planning move is to treat Saturday as the best all-in-one arts day: start with a market stop, catch Piedmont Arts before the exhibits close, then keep VMNH in reserve if you want a museum option that does not depend on a single start time.

Sources: Piedmont Arts events, exhibits and class pages at piedmontarts.org/events.cfm, piedmontarts.org/exhibits.cfm and piedmontarts.org/classes.cfm, checked June 4, 2026; Martinsville Tourism events calendar, home page and Uptown Farmers Market listing at visitmartinsville.com/events-calendar, visitmartinsville.com and visitmartinsville.com/listing/martinsville-uptown-farmers-market, checked June 4, 2026; Danville city calendar and Danville Farmers Market page at danvilleva.gov/Calendar.aspx and danvilleva.gov/2197/Danville-Farmers-Market, checked June 4, 2026; Virginia Museum of Natural History home and visit pages at vmnh.net and vmnh.net/plan-your-visit/visit, checked June 4, 2026.