UPDATE: This list includes both virtual and in-person events. Please use your own judgment about the safety of those events.
The Charlotte events calendar features free and cheap things to do every day. Think there's nothing to do? Look at this list of Charlotte events to get some ideas. You'll find festivals, free food, music, kids' activities and much more.
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- Free things to do this week
- Free and cheap kids' events
- Concerts this week in Charlotte
- Upcoming free and cheap comedy events in Charlotte
Today: Friday, June 25, 2021
Tomorrow: Saturday, June 26, 2021
Sunday, June 27, 2021
| Event | Time | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free admission to Mint Museum Uptown for Essential & Frontline Workers | All Day | FREE | Mint Museum Uptown |
| Free admission to Mint Museum Randolph for Essential & Frontline Workers | All Day | FREE | Mint Museum Randolph |
| Charlotte Open Air Market | 7:00 am to 5:00 pm | FREE | Charlotte Open Air Market |
| Donation-based yoga with Habitual Roots | 9:00 am | FREE | Freedom Park |
| Girl Tribe Pop Up | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | $5.00-10.00 | Charlotte Convention Center |
| Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Exhibition | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | $19.40 | Savona Mill |
| Yappy Hour at Brewers at 4001 Yancey | 11:00 am to 8:00 pm | FREE | Brewers at 4001 Yancey |
| Summerstock Charlotte: music, visual art, plus win airline tickets for getting a Covid-19 vaccine | 11:00 am to 10:00 pm | FREE | Camp Greene Park |
| Open Level Flow Yoga | 11:30 am | FREE | U.S. National Whitewater Center |
| U-pick lavender and big lavender plant sale at Dallas Lavender Lane | 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm | FREE | Dallas Lavender Lane Farm |
| Happy Tails Sundays | 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | Town Brewing |
| Barkfest at Birdsong | 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | Birdsong Brewing Co. |
| Party in the Park at Mint Museum Randolph: Live music, food trucks, cash bar, plus free admission to museum | 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm | FREE | Mint Museum Randolph |
| Charlotte Fair | 1:00 pm to 10:00 pm | $0-10.00 | Festival location at Bruton Smith Boulevard and Concord Parkway, Concord |
| Live music: Matthew Ablan | 1:00 pm | Sycamore Brewing | |
| Slow Flow Yoga | 2:30 pm | FREE | U.S. National Whitewater Center |
| Gaston All American Fair | 3:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Eastridge Mall |
| Open Jam Session Night | 4:00 pm | FREE | Cavendish Brewing Company |
| Live music: Charlotte Folk Society Bluegrass Jam | 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Petty Thieves Brewing Co. |
| Live music at Tip Top Daily Market: Phoenix Down (quirky clarinet and oboe music) | 7:00 pm | FREE | Tip Top Daily Market |
| American Guild of Organists Recital: JD Xerri | 7:00 pm | FREE | Myers Park Presbyterian Church |
| Pineville Rockin' and Reelin': Charlotte Symphony | 7:00 pm | FREE | Pineville Lake Park |
| Nightly Met Opera Streams | 7:30 pm | FREE | Virtual |
Monday, June 28, 2021
| Event | Time | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homeschool Ticket Monday at SEA LIFE | All Day | $7.50 | SEA LIFE Charlotte-Concord |
| Donation-based yoga with Habitual Roots | 6:30 am | FREE | Romare Bearden Park |
| Tone & Tap | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | $5.00 | Protagonist Brewing South End |
| Blue Blaze Trail Talk | 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm | FREE | Blue Blaze Brewing Co. |
| Carolina Beer Temple Charlotte Run Club | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Carolina Beer Temple–Charlotte |
| Donation-based yoga with Habitual Roots | 6:30 pm | FREE | Freedom Park |
| Open Level Flow Yoga | 6:30 pm | FREE | U.S. National Whitewater Center |
| Mindless Minutia Trivia | 7:00 pm | FREE | Summit Seltzer |
| Nightly Met Opera Streams | 7:30 pm | FREE | Virtual |
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