Charlotte SHOUT! is a major event that debuted in 2019. It is presented by Charlotte Center City Partners.
It is returning to Uptown Charlotte March 31st to April 16th, 2023, and will be the biggest festival Charlotte has ever seen.
The festival will feature music, art, poetry, food, interactive activities, large arts installations, kids’ activities and more.
You can expect the return of some of the most popular interactive features from past years, as well as many new experiences.
There will be both free and ticketed events. Read on to learn about the art installations and events. Jump right to the events.
This official Charlotte SHOUT! map will be helpful.
SHOUT! Lounge
The SHOUT! Lounge & ArtPop Gallery, in Wells Fargo Atrium, 327 South Tryon Street Charlotte, NC, is a great place to start your exploration. Not only will it feature local artists in pop-up studios, live music duos, and MacFly demonstrating the art of screen printing, but this is where you can ask any questions about Charlotte SHOUT! and get an idea of where everything’s happening.
Charlotte SHOUT Art Installations
Read on for a summary of the art installations. For the most part, they will be available during the whole duration of the festival and are free to enjoy.
Find complete information on the art installations.
Impulse
Levine Avenue of the Arts
Artists: CS Design, Lateral Office and QDSinternational Distributor
15 seesaws with light and sound that change when in motion. This is a kid-favorite!
Easter Eggs on Parade
The Green
425 S Tryon Street, Charlotte
13 Easter Eggs, each decorated by a local artist.
Affinity
NASCAR Hall of Fame Plaza
Artist: Amigo & Amigo
Affinity is an immersive interactive light and sound installation inspired by the human brain. Each light globe represented a neuron and connection in the brain. When people touche the light globe the colour changes, the more people that interact the further their light travels throughout the sculpture. Affinity features 62 different color combinations and 112 points of interaction.
BLOOM
McColl Center
721 N Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC
Artist: Rebecca Lipps
A live projection-mapped video projected onto the McColl Center from 8 to 10 p.m. each night. On weekend nights, this is an interactive experience. Plant a bulb and watch the building bloom!
Endangered Exhibition
Brooklyn Collective
229 S Brevard Street, Charlotte
Artist: Jonathan Vizcuña
This installation will be available at select times during the festival.
The Endless DayMaker
Wells Fargo Plaza
329 S Tryon Street, Charlotte
Artists: Kat and Davis Cornelius
Get Lost
Top of Whole Foods Market
400 E Brooklyn Village Avenue, Charlotte
Artists: Jeff Cason and Brenda Pokorny
“Get Lost” is a magical animated journey through mosaic mazes, and the fantastical worlds that lie just beyond the path. Dynamic animation by Jeff Cason brings Brenda Pokorny’s artwork to life.
“Get Lost” is located above Whole Foods along the Light Rail and can be viewed from dusk to 10:00pm.
!cons
Multiple locations
Multiple artists
15 !icons will line the footprint of SHOUT!, helping attendees find their way on the street.
Infinity Birdhouse
ImaginOn
300 E 7th Street, Charlotte
Artist: Ali Loncar-Bridges
Immersive experience inspired by an infinity mirror box.
In(ter)sects
The Green
425 S Tryon Street, Charlotte
Artists: Ian Wegener and Adam Jochim
Two large, vibrant creatures that you can interact with.
MIRAGE (your halo is showing)
Location TBA
Artist: Britt Flood
Pianodrome
Grace A.M.E. Zion Church
219 S Brevard Street, Charlotte
Artists: Pianodrome CIC
America’s first amphitheater made entirely from upcycled pianos.
POP!
Levine Avenue of the Arts
Artists: QDSInternational Distributor and Gentilhomme
Luminous monoliths that each contain a creature who you free by calling to them.
Roaming Gnomes
Various locations
Artist: Amigo & Amigo
Find the Roaming Gnome scavenger hunt in the SHOUT! booklet. Find 10/12 Gnomes, stamp your booklet and turn it in to the SHOUT! Lounge for a prize.
Shout About Data
Disc Plaza
Trade & Tryon Streets
Artist: Tara Spil
Three transparent sculptures in the shape of Uptown Charlotte buildings. Engage with the work by answering questions about how you enjoy arts. Answers correlate with colorful pieces that drop into the sculptures, to be filled up during the festival.
ShoutOke
Bank of America Plaza
100 S Tryon Street, Charlotte
Artist: Aguinaldo Santos
A giant, interactive karaoke radio.
Spray Jam
Luminous Lane
100 E 4th Street, Charlotte
Star Talk
First Ward Park
301 E 7th Street, Charlotte
Artist: Oliver Lewis
The sculpture utilizes the Sun’s movement across the sky like a Sundial and, at different angles, projects shadows of text on the ground. Star Talk invites the public to watch this display of classical Newtonian physics and the power of 3D printing between late morning and early afternoon. After the installation, the artist will recycle the plastic into new 3D printing filament with the help of the Plastics Lab at Innovation Barn Charlotte, and 3D print an interactive artwork for Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison, Wisconsin.
Urban Phosphorescence
200 S Tryon Alleyway
Artists: Studio Cultivate
Created from a mix of materials, marine life swirls into the depth of an alleyway. Playing off the rippling of waves refracting light, repurposed items reflect and shift the color of light for a magical experience.
Charlotte SHOUT Events
We are listing just a few of the many events that are a part of Charlotte SHOUT! To see all the events, check out charlotteshout.com/events.
Voices From the Past
April 1st, 2023
1 to 4 p.m.
Historic Elmwood/Pinewood Cemetery
700 W 6th Street, Charlotte
Free
Voices from the Past features re-enactors portraying the people who are buried in the cemetery, telling their stories.
Charlotte StrEATs Festival
April 16th, 2023
12 p.m.
Gateway Village
900 W Trade Street, Charlotte
Free (pay for food)
Attendees can celebrate the city’s culinary scene in a FREE, family-friendly event! The festival will feature vendors, a celebrity chef (to be announced soon!), cooking demonstrations, food trucks, live music, art, and more.
There will also be a neighborhood cook-off. These battles will pit chefs head-to-head in a cook-off to win the title of StrEATs Neighborhood Champion. Learn more about Charlotte StrEATs Festival.
Charlotte Ideas Festival
March 30th to April 4th, 2023
Various locations
Charlotte Ideas Festival is a 5-day festival that features a range of thinkers, innovators and audience members, all sharing wisdom and exploring topics—from the hard and necessary work of citizenship to finding joy in our lives to the latest developments in artificial intelligence. There will be some ticketed events and some free ones.
Jazz Fest
March 31st: 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
April 1st: 12 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
April 2nd: 2 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Ally Main Stage at the Plaza
329 South Tryon Street, Charlotte
Free
Funk Night
April 6th, 2023
5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Ally Main Stage at the Plaza
329 South Tryon Street, Charlotte
Free
- Host Quentin Talley
- 6:00pm Stefan Kallander
- 7:00pm Cosmic Collective
- 8:00pm FUNK JAM
- 9:30pm Close
R&B Night
April 7th, 2023
5:30 to 10:30 p.m.
Ally Main Stage at the Plaza
329 South Tryon Street, Charlotte
Free
- 5:30pm BRAVE
- 6:30pm Jay D. Jones & Organic Soul
- 7:30pm The El Lambert Band
- 9:00pm NiiTO
- 10:30pm Close
GospelFest
April 8th, 2023
12 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Ally Main Stage at the Plaza
329 South Tryon Street, Charlotte
Free
- Hosted by El Lambert
- 1:00pm The Herbert Sisters
- 2:00pm 4GWL
- 3:00pm Jasmine E.
- 4:00pm Steve Dalton & LSOC
- 5:30pm Brian Pettis
- 6:30pm Dena Palmer-Brice
- 7:30pm Isaiah Bell
- 8:30pm Pastor John P. Kee
- 10:30pm Close
Music at Music Everywhere CLT Showcase Stage
Victoria Yards
209 E 7th Street, Charlotte
Friday, March 31st:
- 6:00pm Charlotte Youth Choir
- 7:00pm Queen CLT Chorus
- 8:00pm Queen City Groove
- 9:00pm Close
Sunday, April 2nd:
- 12 p.m.: J Lynn & Jerynee
- 1 p.m.: David Taylor & The Tallboys
- 2 p.m.: Featherpocket
- 3 p.m.: Friday Night Vibe
- 4 p.m.: Barefoot Saints
- 5 p.m.: Nubia Soul Goddess
- 6 p.m.: Nitara
- 7 p.m.: Tamra Simone + The Finnas
- 8 p.m.: Patrice Wilson
- 9 p.m.: Abbey Elmore Band
Thursday, April 6th:
- 6 p.m.: JayHoff
- 7 p.m.: Dan Boughton
- 8 p.m.: Mark Larson
- 9 p.m.: Nia J
Friday, April 7th:
- 6 p.m.: Space Lazers
- 7 p.m.: The Mug Band
- 8 p.m.: Temperance League
- 9 p.m.: Dane Page
Saturday, April 8th:
- 12 p.m.: Enoch Yang
- 1 p.m.: TBA
- 2 p.m.: Chocolate KNDY & SNAP
- 3 p.m.: Moriah
- 4 p.m. E’lon JD
- 5 p.m.: Empress Band
- 6 p.m.: Kelsey D
- 7 p.m.: Dexter Jordan
- 8 p.m.: KeAndra Davis
- 9 p.m.: Soelle
Friday, April 14th:
- 6 p.m.: Harvey Cummings
- 7 p.m.: Eden Fiore
- 8 p.m.: Ray Singleton
- 9 p.m.: Gena Chambers
Saturday, April 15th:
- 12 p.m.: 6 Cardinal
- 1 p.m.: Bey Harris
- 2 p.m.: Te’Jani
- 3 p.m.: TQwuditDU
- 4 p.m.: Princeton
- 5 p.m.: Kaii
- 6 p.m.: YUNG CITIZEN
- 7 p.m.: TheFirm
- 8 p.m.: Dapa Don
- 9 p.m. Drew Swim
Cafe 400 Lunchtime Concerts
Monday to Friday from March 31st to April 16th
12 p.m. to 2 p.m.
400 S Tryon Street
Free
Presented by Communities in Concert.
Piano Parties with members of Charlotte Piano Teachers Forum
March 31st to April 16th, 2023
11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Pianodrome
Enjoy lunchtime concerts every day by Charlotte Piano Teachers Forum. More info.
More Events
Check back soon for more events, or see them all here.
Music Venues for Charlotte SHOUT
Ally Main Stage
329 S Tryon Street, Charlotte
Ally Showcase Stage presented by Music Everywhere CLT
Victoria Yards
209 E 7th Street, Charlotte
Pianodrome at Grace A.M.E. Zion Church
219 S Brevard Street, Charlotte
Cafe 400
400 S Tryon Street, Charlotte
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