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Today: Sunday, October 6, 2024
Tomorrow: Monday, October 7, 2024
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
| Event | Time | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pumpkin Patch at Hodges Family Farm | 9:00 am to 5:30 pm | FREE | Hodges Family Farm |
| Fort Mill Scarecrow Crawl | All Day | FREE | Various locations |
| Half Price Bays at Topgolf (2 locations) | All Day | $15.00-30.00 | Various locations |
| Target Circle Week -- big savings for one week | All Day | Discounted | Target (various locations) |
| Space Explorers: THE INFINITE (various start times and prices) | All Day | Blume Studios | |
| Public Tour at Innovation Barn (register in advance) | 1:30 pm to 2:15 pm | FREE | Innovation Barn |
| Free Tuesday at Schiele Museum | 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Schiele Museum of Natural History, Gastonia |
| $2 Off Tuesdays | 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Discounted | Petty Thieves Brewing Co. |
| Song Request Night | 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Primal Brewery Belmont |
| Mooresville Motorsports Celebration | 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Downtown Mooresville |
| Bring Your Own Vinyl Night | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Divine Barrel Brewing |
| Be Well Birkdale: Free workout series | 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Birkdale Village |
| Trivia Tuesdays with DJ BBurg | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | The Casual Pint (Rivergate) |
| Tabletop Game Night | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Beer Lab by Ghostface Brewing |
| Sensory Friendly Movie Night: Hotel Transylvania | 6:00 pm | FREE | Ayrsley Grand Cinemas |
| Yoga | 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm | $8.00 | Cavendish Brewing Company, Gastonia |
| Delighting in Writing & Writing Delight with Amie Whittemore | 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Goodyear Arts |
| Free Comedy Show | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | FREE | Pilot Brewing |
| Survey Slam | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Beer Lab by Ghostface Brewing |
| Name the Music at Beer Lab by Ghostface Brewing | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | Beer Lab by Ghostface Brewing |
| Open Mic Night | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Cavendish Brewing Company, Gastonia |
| Trivia Night Tuesday's | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Primal Brewery, Huntersville |
| Ayrsley Retro Horror Series | 7:00 pm | $5.00 | Ayrsley Grand Cinemas |
| Music Bingo | 7:00 pm | FREE | Protagonist Brewing South End |
| Comedy Night at Starlight on 22nd | 7:30 pm | FREE | Starlight on 22nd |
| Hatties' Bingo Night -- free to play, with prizes | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Hattie’s Tap and Tavern |
| Tuesday Line Dancing at The Rose | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | The Rose Honky Tonk |
| Ayrsley Retro Horror Series | 9:30 pm | $5.00 | Ayrsley Grand Cinemas |
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
| Event | Time | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pumpkin Patch at Hodges Family Farm | 9:00 am to 5:30 pm | FREE | Hodges Family Farm |
| Fort Mill Scarecrow Crawl | All Day | FREE | Various locations |
| Free Center City Historical Walking Tours from Queen City Culture Vultures (various start times) | All Day | FREE | Bechtler Museum of Modern Art |
| Students: buy one ticket get one free at Independent Picture House on Wednesdays | All Day | Discounted | Independent Picture House |
| Target Circle Week -- big savings for one week | All Day | Discounted | Target (various locations) |
| $3 Goblets at Pilot Brewing -- Select drafts | All Day | $3.00 | Pilot Brewing |
| Community Day at Anne Springs Close Greenway: Free admission for first responders, Fort Mill School District employees and military members | All Day | FREE | Anne Springs Close Greenway |
| Space Explorers: THE INFINITE (various start times and prices) | All Day | Blume Studios | |
| AMC Theatre Sensory-friendly film:Joker: Folie a Deux (time and price can vary) | All Day | AMC Theatres, participating locations | |
| Gilde Game Night | 10:00 am to 10:00 pm | FREE | Gilde Brewery |
| Birkdale Buds -- activities for preschool children | 10:30 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | Birkdale Village |
| Free exercise class for people with Parkinson's Disease | 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm | FREE | Back to Independence Rehab |
| Charlotte Concert Band concert: Broadway on Display | 3:00 pm | $5.00-15.00 | Palisades High School |
| 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 |
| Paws and Pints | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Brewers at 4001 Yancey |
| A Night of Storytelling through Spoken Word | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Bechtler Museum of Modern Art |
| Free Wednesday Yoga | 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm | FREE | Sycamore Brewing |
| Eleven Lakes Book Club | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Eleven Lakes Brewing, Cornelius |
| Stitch N Bitch Craft Circle | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Petty Thieves Brewing Co. |
| Potions and Pixels Playtest Night | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Divine Barrel Brewing |
| The OG Boot Camp | 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm | FREE | Lenny Boy Brewing Co. |
| Karaoke at The Grinning Mule | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | The Grinning Mule |
| Open Mic at Summit Coffee Basecamp | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Summit Coffee, Basecamp, Davidson |
| Old Town Bluegrass Night | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | Old Town Public House |
| Ayrsley Retro Horror Series | 7:00 pm | $5.00 | Ayrsley Grand Cinemas |
| Puzzle Race and Half-Priced Wine | 7:00 pm | Discounted | Middle James Brewing |
| Evening with Sphinx Virtuosi: Discounted tickets for just $15 | 8:00 pm | $15.00 | Belk Theater |
| Movie in the Garden: Hocus Pocus | 8:00 pm | FREE | Monday Night Garden Brewing Co. |
| Ayrsley Retro Horror Series | 9:30 pm | $5.00 | Ayrsley Grand Cinemas |
Thursday, October 10, 2024
| Event | Time | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pumpkin Patch at Hodges Family Farm | 9:00 am to 5:30 pm | FREE | Hodges Family Farm |
| Fort Mill Scarecrow Crawl | All Day | FREE | Various locations |
| Target Circle Week -- big savings for one week | All Day | Discounted | Target (various locations) |
| Space Explorers: THE INFINITE (various start times and prices) | All Day | Blume Studios | |
| You Drink, We Donate: The Bulb | 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | The Chamber by Wooden Robot (NoDa) |
| SouthPark After 5: Sade Tribute featuring Robyn Springer, Reinaldo Brahn, and free pumpkin patch | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Symphony Park |
| Opening reception for Generations | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Rowe Arts Building, UNC Charlotte |
| Weekly Ping Pong Club | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Hi-Wire Brewing Charlotte |
| Clockwork Conjure — Witchy and Steampunk Market | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Traust Brewing Company, Mount Holly |
| 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 |
| Bingo w/ Shane | 6:30 pm | FREE | Model A Brewing, Tega Cay |
| Confluence Music Showcase | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | $45.00 | Various locations |
| Ayrsley Retro Horror Series | 7:00 pm | $5.00 | Ayrsley Grand Cinemas |
| Tango CLT in Plaza Midwood | 7:00 pm | $15.00 | The Long Room |
| Crossroads Cinema at Camp North End: Anchorman | 8:00 pm | FREE | Camp North End |
| Evening with Sphinx Virtuosi: Discounted tickets for just $15 | 8:00 pm | $15.00 | Belk Theater |
| Thursday Beginner Line Dancing at The Rose | 8:30 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | The Rose Honky Tonk |
| Ayrsley Retro Horror Series | 9:30 pm | $5.00 | Ayrsley Grand Cinemas |
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