05/11/2026
🙌 Big thanks to Southern Living for shining a light on The Exchange Music Hall, Suerte & The Promissory Hotel ...
✍️ Southern Living: "... But it’s at The Exchange, located within the same building, where the live music takes center stage—quite literally. 'As meaningful as the hotel is to us, this project was born out of our love for live music. The dramatic, theatrical nature of the original bank lobby seemed to us to naturally and obviously want to host live events,' says Lucas Thornton. 'While it took a significant amount of acoustical engineering, the grandeur of the great hall, replete as it is with architectural detail, justified the effort.' The Exchange welcomed Grace Potter as its first performer on New Year’s Eve—and this summer, the venue will host Umphrey's McGee ..."
We invite you to come see what we've built, and what we're building ...
Housed inside the First National Exchange Bank in downtown Roanoke, The Promissory Hotel and The Exchange, its sibling live music venue, offer new reasons to visit this part of Virginia.