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Today: Monday, March 18, 2024
Tomorrow: Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Event | Time | Price | Location |
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Students: buy one ticket get one free at Independent Picture House on Wednesdays | All Day | Discounted | Independent Picture House |
The Fresh Market: 20% off the entire produce department | All Day | Discounted | The Fresh Market–various locations |
$3 Goblets at Pilot Brewing -- Select drafts | All Day | $3.00 | Pilot Brewing |
Kids Eat Free | All Day | FREE | Beer Lab by Ghostface Brewing |
Creek Week Tours and Activities at Stevens Creek Nature Center | All Day | FREE | Stevens Creek Nature Preserve and Center |
Savor Charlotte -- two weeks of special offers or menus at Charlotte's restaurants | All Day | ||
Community Day at Anne Springs Close Greenway: Free admission for ages 65+ | All Day | FREE | Anne Springs Close Greenway |
Flying Biscuit Cafe Matthews: Celebrate 15th anniversary with $5 "Flying Biscuit Breakfast" | 7:00 am to 2:00 pm | $5.00 | The Flying Biscuit Cafe, Matthews |
U-cut tulips at Howard Family Farm | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | $5.00 | Howard Family Farm |
Wind Down Wednesday | 10:30 am to 12:30 pm | FREE | Berewick Recreation Center |
March Madness | 12:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Sugar Creek Brewing |
Drop-In Dance Class from Charlotte Ballet: Fitness Dance | 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | Belle Johnston Community Center and Park |
Wednesday Night Live: Free admission to Uptown museums | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Various locations |
Humpday Happiness Vendor Events | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Percent Tap House, Harrisburg |
Inspired By Her: Women's History Festival | 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Allegra Westbrooks Regional Library (formerly Beatties Ford Regional Library) |
Drop-In Dance Class from Charlotte Ballet: Fitness Dance | 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Berewick Recreation Center |
People of the World -- Myanmar | 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm | FREE | The People’s Market Elizabeth |
Stitch N Bitch Craft Circle | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Petty Thieves Brewing Co. |
Easter Egg Hunt with City of Gastonia Parks and Recreation | 6:00 pm | FREE | Martha Rivers Park, Gastonia |
Brewhouse Yoga | 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm | $5.00 | Sugar Creek Brewing |
Yoga Wednesdays | 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm | $12.00 | Cabarrus Brewing Company |
Cornhole League | 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm | $10.00-20.00 | Primal Brewery, Huntersville |
Open Mic Night | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Madison Perk Coffee Bar |
Karaoke at The Grinning Mule | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | The Grinning Mule |
Open House at MakerSpace CLT | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Makerspace Charlotte |
Open Mic at Summit Coffee Basecamp | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Summit Coffee, Basecamp, Davidson |
Beats at Birdsong | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Birdsong Brewing Co. |
Women's History Month Film Screening | 7:00 pm | FREE | VisArt Video |
OTPH Jazz Night | 7:30 pm to 10:30 am | FREE | Old Town Public House |
Survivor 46 Watch Party | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | Free Range Brewing |
Thursday, March 21, 2024
Event | Time | Price | Location |
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Creek Week Tours and Activities at Stevens Creek Nature Center | All Day | FREE | Stevens Creek Nature Preserve and Center |
Savor Charlotte -- two weeks of special offers or menus at Charlotte's restaurants | All Day | ||
Birding at Stevens Creek | 9:00 am to 10:30 am | FREE | Stevens Creek Nature Preserve and Center |
Charlotte Area Chamber Business Expo 2024 | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | FREE | Park Expo & Conference Center |
U-cut tulips at Howard Family Farm | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | $5.00 | Howard Family Farm |
Saturday Yoga | 10:30 am to 11:30 am | $10.00 | Armored Cow Brewing |
Drop-In Dance Class from Charlotte Ballet: Senior Dance | 11:00 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | Sugaw Creek Recreation Center |
ArtBreak at Mint Museum Uptown -- free guided 30-minute lunchtime tour | 12:00 pm to 12:30 pm | FREE | Mint Museum Uptown |
Throwback Thursdays $5 Beer Day | 12:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Discounted | Primal Brewery Belmont |
March Madness | 12:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Sugar Creek Brewing |
Primal's B-Ball Bracket | 2:00 pm | FREE | Primal Brewery, Huntersville |
Drop-In Dance Class from Charlotte Ballet: Senior Dance | 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | Northern Regional Recreation Center |
Throwback Thursdays: $5 Beer Day | 3:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Primal Brewery, Huntersville |
Charlotte Fair | 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm | $0-12.00 | Festival location at Bruton Smith Boulevard and Concord Parkway, Concord |
Drop-In Dance Class from Charlotte Ballet: Afro Beats Fitness Dance | 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm | FREE | Hickory Grove Recreation Center |
Music Bingo | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | King Canary Brewing, Mooresville |
Drop-In Dance Class from Charlotte Ballet: Afro Beats Fitness Dance | 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Ivory Baker Recreation Center |
Live music: Tranewreck | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Old Town Public House |
Charlotte Fit Fam | 6:00 pm | FREE | HopFly Brewing Company |
HITS After Six: Chris Taylor & The Rumor | 6:00 pm | FREE | Chestnut Square Park, Indian Trail |
Name the Music at Rhino Market & Deli South End | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Rhino Market South End |
Yoga and Movement Jam | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | Primal Brewery, Huntersville |
Open Mic Night | 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Cabarrus Brewing Company |
Bingo w/ Shane | 6:30 pm | FREE | Model A Brewing, Tega Cay |
Thursday Night Yoga | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | $5.00 | Lenny Boy Brewing Co. |
Tango CLT in Plaza Midwood | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | $15.00 | The Giddy Goat Coffee Roasters |
Carlos Can Read: Spoken Word Variety Show | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | $10.00 | Divine Barrel Brewing |
Live music: Bailey Marie Griggs | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | The Grinning Mule |
World Tavern Poker | 7:00 pm | FREE | Twenty-Six Acres Brewing Company |
Free Retro Game Night & Mario Kart Tournament at Camp North End | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Camp North End |
Friday, March 22, 2024
Event | Time | Price | Location |
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Creek Week Tours and Activities at Stevens Creek Nature Center | All Day | FREE | Stevens Creek Nature Preserve and Center |
Savor Charlotte -- two weeks of special offers or menus at Charlotte's restaurants | All Day | ||
Kids Hiking Club | 9:30 am to 11:30 am | FREE | McDowell Nature Center and Preserve |
U-cut tulips at Howard Family Farm | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | $5.00 | Howard Family Farm |
Public Tour at Innovation Barn (register in advance) | 10:30 am to 11:15 am | FREE | Innovation Barn |
Clogging for Joy and Fitness | 10:30 am to 11:25 am | FREE | Berewick Recreation Center |
Drop-In Dance Class from Charlotte Ballet: Senior Dance | 11:00 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | Ivory Baker Recreation Center |
Exploring Creative Arts | 11:30 am to 12:30 pm | FREE | Berewick Recreation Center |
March Madness | 12:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Sugar Creek Brewing |
Charlotte Fair | 4:00 pm to 11:00 pm | $0-12.00 | Festival location at Bruton Smith Boulevard and Concord Parkway, Concord |
UCITY Food Truck Friday | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Armored Cow Brewing |
Eggs in the Park | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Harold Rankin Park (Lowell) |
Live music: Palmetto Drive | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | The Suffolk Punch South End |
Art After Dark at the Gantt Center: Southern Digital | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture |
#JamByTheVan | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | Town Brewing |
Be Kind, Rewind 90s Movie Series: The Shawshank Redemption | 6:30 pm | FREE | Camp North End |
Thank You, Jesus -- An Easter Musical | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | FREE | University City United Methodist Church |
Live music: Rusty Knox and Jim Ashton | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Summit Coffee, Basecamp, Davidson |
Friday Night Live -- Music on the Patio | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Piedmont Social House |
Live music: Jon Linker | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Old Armor Beer Company, Kannapolis |
Friday Live Music | 7:00 pm to 11:30 pm | FREE | Hi-Wire Brewing Charlotte |
Live Music: Leisure McCorkle | 7:00 pm | FREE | Devil’s Logic Brewing |
The Comedy Market: Open Mic | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Common Market South End |
Live Music: Dave Plays Dave (DMB Tribute) | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | Cavendish Brewing Company, Gastonia |
Cabarrus Brewing Company's Free Movie Series: Shrek | 7:30 pm | FREE | Cabarrus Brewing Company |
Live music: Rusty Pilot | 7:30 pm | FREE | The Casual Pint (Rivergate) |
Karaoke | 8:00 pm | FREE | Hickory Tavern, Harris Blvd. |
Live music: Ryan Trotti | 8:30 pm to 11:30 pm | FREE | The Grinning Mule |