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Today: Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Tomorrow: Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Thursday, March 27, 2025
| Event | Time | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free Document Shredding at Office Depot / Office Max | All Day | FREE | Various locations |
| Nordstrom Rack Grand Opening in Matthews | 8:00 am | FREE | Sycamore Commons, Matthews |
| U-cut tulips at Howard Family Farm | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | $8.00 | Howard Family Farm |
| Community Read: Toy Theatre Performance of The Dot | 10:30 am | FREE | Myers Park Library |
| Drop-In Dance Class from Charlotte Ballet: Senior Dance Class | 11:00 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | Sugaw Creek Recreation Center |
| Drop-In Dance Class from Charlotte Ballet: Senior Ballet | 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | Northern Regional Recreation Center |
| Chess Free Play at Mountain Island Library | 4:00 pm to 4:45 pm | FREE | Mountain Island Library |
| Hope Street Food Pantry Food Distribution | 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Hope Street Food Pantry |
| Charlotte Spring Fair | 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm | $0-12.00 | Route 29 Pavilion, Concord |
| The Square Table: Community Chess | 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm | FREE | Sugar Creek Library |
| Free class with Charlotte Cirque & Dance: Partner Acrobatics | 6:00 pm to 6:50 pm | FREE | Berewick Recreation Center |
| Oh, You’re Reading Again Book Club Meetup | 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm | FREE | That’s Novel Books |
| Weekly Ping Pong Club | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Hi-Wire Brewing Charlotte |
| Charlotte Fit Fam | 6:00 pm | FREE | HopFly Brewing Company |
| Name the Music at Rhino Market & Deli South End | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Rhino Market South End |
| Beer and Boardgames | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | Primal Brewery Belmont |
| Bingo w/ Shane | 6:30 pm | FREE | Model A Brewing, Tega Cay |
| Free class with Charlotte Cirque & Dance: Breakdancing | 7:00 pm to 7:50 pm | FREE | Berewick Recreation Center |
| Open Mic Night with Mike | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | Hop & Vine, Davidson |
| WDAV's Small Batch Concert Series: Charlotte Strings Collective (choose your own price) | 7:00 pm | FREE | Free Range Brewing |
| Trivia at Pilot Brewing | 7:00 pm | FREE | Pilot Brewing |
| One Mic Stand Open Mic Spotlight Series at WiredCoffeeEspress | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | WiredCoffeeEspress, Kannapolis |
| Comedy Open Mic at Durty Bull Gastonia | 7:30 pm | FREE | Durty Bull Brewing, Gastonia |
| Round of a Paws: Comedy show for a cause | 8:00 pm | $10.00-15.00 | Petra’s |
Friday, March 28, 2025
| Event | Time | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free Document Shredding at Office Depot / Office Max | All Day | FREE | Various locations |
| Free Public Tour of Innovation Barn | 9:00 am | FREE | Innovation Barn |
| U-cut tulips at Howard Family Farm | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | $8.00 | Howard Family Farm |
| Community Read: Toy Theatre Performance of The Dot (3 half-hour performances) | 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm | FREE | ImaginOn |
| Food Truck Friday at Resident Culture Brewing | 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Resident Culture Brewing Plaza Midwood |
| Black Food Truck Friday | 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Movement School Southwest |
| Charlotte Spring Fair | 4:00 pm to 11:00 pm | $0-12.00 | Route 29 Pavilion, Concord |
| Charlotte Knights Fan Fest: Party before the pitch | 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Truist Field |
| University City Food Truck Friday | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Armored Cow Brewing |
| Matthews Beats 'n Bites Outdoor Concert: On the Border | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Stumptown Park, Matthews |
| Live music: Embarrassment of Riches | 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm | FREE | Vaulted Oak Brewing |
| South End Food Truck Friday | 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Hi-Wire Brewing Charlotte |
| Live Music: OldSkool | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Lost Worlds Brewing, Cornelius |
| Papa Srapa Documentary Screening (suggested $10 donation) | 6:00 pm | VisArt Video | |
| Cramerton Summer Concert Series: Small Town Sunday | 6:00 pm | FREE | Centennial Center, Cramerton |
| #JamByTheVan | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | Town Brewing |
| Bold & Beautiful Comedy Showcase | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Protagonist Brewing South End |
| Trivia For Us: Spring Break Edition | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | Queen City Grounds |
| Friday Night Live Music | 7:00 pm to 11:30 pm | FREE | Hi-Wire Brewing Charlotte |
| Live Music: Kris Atom | 7:00 pm | FREE | Traust Brewing Company, Mount Holly |
| Live music: Kellie Parr | 7:00 pm | FREE | Hop & Vine, Davidson |
| Friday Night Live Music Series | 7:00 pm | FREE | Piedmont Social House |
| Outdoor Movie Night: Shrek | 7:00 pm | FREE | OpenTap |
| The Comedy Market: Open Mic | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Common Market South End |
| Outdoor Movie Night: Moana 2 | 7:30 pm | FREE | Seoul Food Meat Co., Mill District |
| Cancel Culture Court: The People vs. Math (suggested $10 donation) | 8:00 pm | $10.00 | Starlight on 22nd |
| Cramerton Outdoor Cinema Series: Moana 2 | 8:00 pm | FREE | Centennial Center, Cramerton |
Saturday, March 29, 2025
| Event | Time | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free Document Shredding at Office Depot / Office Max | All Day | FREE | Various locations |
| Caffeine and Chrome | 9:00 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | Gateway Classic Cars of Charlotte |
| Spring Artisan Market at Anne Springs Close Greenway (cost is per car) | 9:00 am to 3:00 pm | $5.00-15.00 | Anne Springs Close Greenway |
| Charlotte Doodle Meetup | 10:00 am to 11:00 am | $5.00 | Skiptown |
| Saturday Morning Yoga | 10:00 am to 11:00 am | $5.00 | Lenny Boy Brewing Co. |
| Free class at Pike Nurseries: Container Design Basics | 10:00 am to 11:00 am | FREE | Pike Nurseries, multiple locations |
| Just Between Us: Monthly Health Program for Black Women | 10:00 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | Ascend Nonprofit Center |
| Tech Fest at York Technical College | 10:00 am to 3:00 pm | FREE | York Technical College |
| Visit Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society Museum | 10:00 am to 3:00 pm | FREE | Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society & Museum |
| Museum of the Waxhaws Spring Festival | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | FREE | Museum of the Waxhaws |
| U-cut tulips at Howard Family Farm | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | $8.00 | Howard Family Farm |
| Free Yoga | 10:00 am | FREE | Sycamore Brewing |
| Multicultural Festival at Steele Creek Community Place | 11:00 am to 2:00 pm | FREE | Steele Creek Community Place |
| Black Family Wellness Expo | 11:00 am to 2:00 pm | FREE | The Park Church, Beatties Ford Road |
| CRAFT Fest | 11:00 am to 6:00 pm | FREE | Petty Thieves Brewing Co. |
| Day of Play -- free youth softball clinic | 11:00 am | FREE | The Stick |
| Spring Festival at Arts+ | 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | Arts+ Community Campus |
| Charlotte Spring Fair | 1:00 pm to 11:00 pm | $0-12.00 | Route 29 Pavilion, Concord |
| Free Public Tour of Innovation Barn | 1:00 pm | FREE | Innovation Barn |
| International Beaver Day | 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm | FREE | Stevens Creek Nature Preserve and Center |
| Get free banana pudding at the grand opening of Peach Cobbler Factory Midtown | 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm | FREE | Peach Cobbler Factory, Midtown |
| Family Chess Club at Mint Hill Library | 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | Mint Hill Library |
| Japanese Spring Festival | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | FREE | St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, Charlotte |
| Live Music: Lukas Delgra | 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm | FREE | NoDa Brewing North End |
| Red Rice Books Pop-Up at Archive CLT (includes free food) | 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Archive CLT |
| Live Music: Chris Clark | 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Lost Worlds Brewing, Charlotte (Metropolitan) |
| Gas House Slam at Cavendish | 5:30 pm | $5.00 | Cavendish Brewing Company, Gastonia |
| Sound of the Carolinas Orchestra: Sound of the Cinema | 6:00 pm | FREE | Davidson United Methodist Church |
| Live Music: Dan Staton Duo | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | Primal Brewery Belmont |
| Story Teller Open Mic | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Common Market OakWold |
| Live music: Ian Cunningham | 7:00 pm | FREE | Hop & Vine, Davidson |
| Karaoke Night | 7:00 pm | FREE | Lore Brewing, Indian Land |
| Comedy Open Mic at Queen City Grounds | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Queen City Grounds |
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