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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Today: Monday, August 18, 2025
Tomorrow: Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
| Event | Time | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLT Burger Week -- burgers are $8 at various restaurants | All Day | $8.00 | Various locations |
| Students: buy one ticket get one free at Independent Picture House on Wednesdays | All Day | Discounted | Independent Picture House |
| Birkdale Buds -- activities for preschool children | 10:30 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | Birkdale Village |
| Golden Bull Bite Wednesdays at the West Complex | 11:00 am to 7:00 pm | FREE | West Complex |
| Upcycle Arts: Teachers get 50% off | 11:00 am to 7:00 pm | FREE | Upcycle Arts |
| Free "Explore Creative Art" classes for adults and teens | 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm | FREE | Berewick Recreation Center |
| Disc Golf League | 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Heist Brewery & Barrel Arts |
| Wednesday Night Live: Free admission to Uptown museums | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Various locations |
| Whoop! Whoop! Wednesdays: local artists pop-up and open mic | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Common Market OakWold |
| Free Wednesday Evening at Museum Museum Randolph | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Mint Museum Randolph |
| Free Yoga | 5:30 pm | FREE | Sycamore Brewing |
| Chess Time! At West Boulevard Library | 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | West Boulevard Library |
| Free Yoga at Hindu Center of Charlotte | 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Hindu Center of Charlotte |
| Brewhouse Yoga | 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm | $5.00 | Sugar Creek Brewing |
| The OG Boot Camp | 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm | FREE | Lenny Boy Brewing Co. |
| Tommy's Trivia | 6:30 pm | FREE | Sycamore Brewing |
| Open Mic at Jambox | 6:30 pm | FREE | Jambox |
| Mindful Sketching: Ceramic works of Toshiko Takaezu | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Mint Museum Uptown |
| The Soul Symphony: Soul Symphony Horns | 7:00 pm | FREE | Rozzelles Ferry Landing |
| 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 |
| Open Hearts Open Mic | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Starlight on 22nd |
| Jazz Night at Old Town Public House | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Old Town Public House |
| Puzzle Race and Half-Priced Wine | 7:00 pm | Discounted | Middle James Brewing, Pineville |
| Wednesday Night Yoga | 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm | $5.00 | Lenny Boy Brewing Co. |
Thursday, August 21, 2025
| Event | Time | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLT Burger Week -- burgers are $8 at various restaurants | All Day | $8.00 | Various locations |
| Upcycle Arts: Teachers get 50% off | 11:00 am to 7:00 pm | FREE | Upcycle Arts |
| ArtBreak at Mint Museum Uptown -- free guided lunchtime tour | 12:00 pm to 12:30 pm | FREE | Mint Museum Uptown |
| MODA Digital Arts Open Studio Oasis (pre-registration required) | 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm | FREE | Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture |
| Hope Street Food Pantry Food Distribution | 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Hope Street Food Pantry |
| Yappy Hour Thurstdays | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Southern Strain Brewing Company, Plaza Midwood |
| 5th Street Live | 5:00 pm | FREE | Truist Center Plaza |
| LaLaCaboosa Downtown Music Series in Huntersville | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Veterans Park (Huntersville) |
| Pints for Police | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Cabarrus Brewing Company |
| Plaza Midwood Chess Club Meetup | 6:00 pm | FREE | Heist Brewery & Barrel Arts |
| 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 |
| August Book Club: My Friends by Fredrik Backman | 6:30 pm | FREE | Neoteric Brewing Company |
| Name the Music at Rhino Market & Deli South End | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Rhino Market South End |
| LangTree Live Concert Series | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | LangTree Lake Norman (Mooresville) |
| Board Game Night | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | Hi-Wire Brewing Charlotte |
| Open Mic Night | 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Traust Brewing Company, Mount Holly |
| Bingo w/ Shane | 6:30 pm | FREE | Model A Brewing, Tega Cay |
| Trivia | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Common Market OakWold |
| River Jam live music series (free admission; parking is $12) | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | U.S. National Whitewater Center |
| Open Mic Night | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Cabarrus Brewing Company |
| Trivia at Pilot Brewing | 7:00 pm | FREE | Pilot Brewing |
| Sundown Sounds: DK Harrell | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | Eastway Recreation Center |
| Mooreoke Karaoke w/ KJ Notorious J.A.M. | 8:00 pm | FREE | Tommy’s Pub |
| Crossroads Cinema at Camp North End: The Incredibles | 8:30 pm | FREE | Camp North End |
Friday, August 22, 2025
| Event | Time | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLT Burger Week -- burgers are $8 at various restaurants | All Day | $8.00 | Various locations |
| Sprouts Farmers Market NoDa Grand Opening Weekend, including freebies and more | 7:00 am to 4:00 pm | FREE | Sprouts Farmers Market, NoDa |
| Friday Morning Hike | 9:00 am to 11:00 am | FREE | Latta Nature Preserve |
| Free Public Tour of Innovation Barn | 9:00 am | FREE | Innovation Barn |
| Upcycle Arts: Teachers get 50% off | 11:00 am to 7:00 pm | FREE | Upcycle Arts |
| Cinnabon celebrates 40th birthday with $1.25 cinnamon rolls for one day only | 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm | $1.25 | Cinnabon, participating locations |
| Keep Pounding High School Classic | 4:00 pm to 11:00 pm | $8.00 | Bank of America Stadium |
| Food Truck Friday | 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Resident Culture Brewing Plaza Midwood |
| Downtown Oakboro Cruise-In | 4:00 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | Downtown Oakboro, NC |
| Gardens at Stowe: $5 after 5 | 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | $5.00 | Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden |
| University City Food Truck Friday | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Armored Cow Brewing |
| National Night Out at Richard "Stick" Williams Dream Fields, including free baseball clinic and hot dogs | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Richard “Stick” Williams Dream Fields |
| Live Music: Brown Mountain Lightning Bugs | 6:00 pm | FREE | Neoteric Brewing Company |
| NC Beach Blast Kick-off Concert: Bantum Rooster | 6:00 pm | FREE | Patriots Park (Kings Mountain, NC) |
| Live Under the Oaks music series | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Birkdale Village |
| Live Music Fridays | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Olde Mecklenburg Brewery — LoSo |
| Live Music Fridays | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery & Biergarten — Ballantyne |
| Friday Nights at Camp North End | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Camp North End |
| South End Food Truck Friday | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Hi-Wire Brewing Charlotte |
| Live music: Rusty Knox and Jim Ashton | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Summit Coffee, Basecamp, Davidson |
| Live music: Gypsum | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Common Market OakWold |
| Music in the Park: Late Night Special | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Waxhaw Downtown Park |
| Live Music: Dustin Wilson | 7:00 pm | FREE | Cabarrus Brewing Company |
| Friday Night Flicks: Encanto | 7:00 pm | FREE | Dorton Park, Concord |
| Friday Night Live Music at Confluence | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Confluence, Cramerton |
| River Jam live music series (free admission; parking is $12) | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | U.S. National Whitewater Center |
| Friday Night Live Music | 7:00 pm to 11:30 pm | FREE | Hi-Wire Brewing Charlotte |
| Outdoor Movie: Happy Gilmore 2 | 7:30 pm | FREE | Seoul Food Meat Co., Mill District |
| The Comedy Market: Open Mic | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Common Market South End |
| Line Dance Lessons | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | $10.00 | Lost Worlds Brewing, Charlotte (Metropolitan) |
| Pineville Rock'n & Reel'n: Disney's Mufasa | 7:45 pm | FREE | Pineville Lake Park |
| Brews & Views | 8:00 pm | FREE | Heist Brewery & Barrel Arts |
| Live music: Suppertime | 9:00 pm | FREE | Tommy’s Pub |
