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: Wednesday, April 1, 2026
Tomorrow: Thursday, April 2, 2026
Friday, April 3, 2026
| Event | Time | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte SHOUT! | All Day | FREE | Various locations |
| Greater Charlotte Book Crawl | All Day | FREE | Various locations |
| Subway: Buy One Get One Free Footlong Sub | All Day | Subway — Multiple locations | |
| North Carolina Science Festival (events all month -- click for schedule) | All Day | FREE | Various locations |
| Snooze Eatery Gas Price Promo: Deduct average cost of gallon of gas from your check | All Day | Discounted | Snooze Eatery, participating locations |
| Easter Bunny Express at the N.C. Transportation Museum | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | $11.00-22.75 | North Carolina Transportation Museum |
| Free Birding Walks on trails of Stowe Conservancy | 9:00 am to 10:00 am | FREE | Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden |
| Free Weekly Water Playgroup for Babies & Preschoolers at Charlotte Aquatics | 10:00 am to 10:30 am | FREE | Charlotte Aquatics |
| Free Easter Bunny Pictures at Bass Pro Shops | 11:00 am to 6:00 pm | FREE | Bass Pro Shops, multiple locations |
| Free Art Kits at Mint Museum Randolph: Word Art | 11:00 am to 6:00 pm | FREE | Mint Museum Randolph |
| Free Public Tour of Innovation Barn | 11:00 am | FREE | Innovation Barn |
| Easter Celebration at Compare Foods W Arrowood | 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Compare Foods, W. Arrowood Road |
| Soul Junction | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | First Ward Park |
| Food Truck Friday at Resident Culture Brewing | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Resident Culture Brewing Plaza Midwood |
| University City Food Truck Friday | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Armored Cow Brewing |
| Asian Night Market | 5:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | Urban District Market |
| Live Under the Oaks music series | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Birkdale Village |
| Street SHOUT! on the Green -- kid-friendly entertainment | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | The Green |
| Live Music: Adam Daniels | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Neoteric Brewing Company |
| South End Gallery Crawl | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Historic South End |
| The Comedy Market: Open Mic | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Common Market South End |
| Live Music: The Gamblers Band | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | Old Armor Beer Company, Kannapolis |
| Whitewater Film Series: Row of Life | 8:00 pm | FREE | U.S. National Whitewater Center |
| Ska & Reggae Show w/ The Spectacles // The Sneaky Heat Missiles // Subarctic Beach Party | 9:00 pm | FREE | Tommy’s Pub |
| Karaoke Idol | 9:00 pm | FREE | Beer Lab by Ghostface Brewing |
Saturday, April 4, 2026
| Event | Time | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free museum admission first weekend of month for Bank of America/Merrill customers | All Day | FREE | Various locations |
| Greater Charlotte Book Crawl | All Day | FREE | Various locations |
| Subway: Buy One Get One Free Footlong Sub | All Day | Subway — Multiple locations | |
| Charlotte SHOUT! | All Day | FREE | Various locations |
| North Carolina Science Festival (events all month -- click for schedule) | All Day | FREE | Various locations |
| AutoBarn's Classic Cars & Coffee | 8:00 am to 10:00 am | FREE | Gibson Mill Market |
| Mr. Putty's 3rd Annual Easter Egg Hunt | 9:00 am to 11:00 am | FREE | Mr. Putty’s Fun Park, Tega Cay, SC |
| Caffeine and Classics Car Show at Streetside Classics | 9:00 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | Streetside Classics Charlotte |
| Home Depot Kids' Workshop: Farm Planter | 9:00 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | The Home Depot, multiple locations |
| Easter Bunny Express at the N.C. Transportation Museum | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | $11.00-22.75 | North Carolina Transportation Museum |
| International Beaver Day | 10:00 am to 11:00 am | FREE | Stevens Creek Nature Preserve and Center |
| Easter Event at Naomi Drenan Recreation Center | 10:00 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | Naomi Drenan Recreation Center |
| Kids Market at Charlotte SHOUT! | 10:00 am to 2:00 pm | FREE | First Ward Park |
| Easter Bunny at Birkdale Village (take your own pictures) | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | FREE | Birkdale Village |
| Get free Puppy Planter & Plushie Keychain at Lowe’s | 10:00 am | FREE | Lowe’s (multiple stores) |
| St. Mark's Episcopal Church: Easter egg hunt, butterfly release and more | 10:00 am | FREE | St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Huntersville |
| Visit Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society Museum | 10:00 am to 3:00 pm | FREE | Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society & Museum |
| Free baseball and softball clinic, plus egg hunt | 10:30 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | Richard “Stick” Williams Dream Fields |
| Búsqueda Huevos de Pascua at First Ward Park -- egg hunt, Easter Bunny, bubble show, more... | 10:30 am to 2:30 pm | FREE | First Ward Park |
| Egg Hunt at Arbor Glen | 11:00 am to 2:00 pm | FREE | Arbor Glen Outreach Center |
| The Community Cookout Egg Hunt | 11:00 am to 2:00 pm | FREE | North Carolina Research Campus |
| Bowl Street Market presented by Shop Local QC | 11:00 am to 3:00 pm | FREE | The Bowl at Ballantyne |
| Front Porch | 11:00 am to 4:00 pm | FREE | 2200 Thrift Road, Charlotte |
| Easter event at Resident Culture: Egg hunts for adults and kids, and pictures with Easter Bunny | 11:00 am | FREE | Resident Culture Brewing Plaza Midwood |
| Easter Egg Hunt at Fonta Flora | 11:00 am | FREE | Fonta Flora Brewery at Optimist Hall |
| NoDa Egg Hunt | 11:00 am | FREE | NoDa Brewing North End |
| Spring Egg Hunt at Camp North End | 11:00 am | FREE | Camp North End |
| Free Easter Bunny Pictures at Bass Pro Shops | 11:00 am to 6:00 pm | FREE | Bass Pro Shops, multiple locations |
| Free Art Kits at Mint Museum Randolph: Word Art | 11:00 am to 6:00 pm | FREE | Mint Museum Randolph |
| Spring Festival at Chosen City Church: Rides, egg hunt, petting zoo, more | 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | Chosen City Church |
| Manifest Market: Artisans in the Alley | 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm | FREE | Fonta Flora Brewery at Optimist Hall |
| VAPA Center Open Studios | 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm | FREE | VAPA Center |
| 6th Anniversary Party | 12:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | Lost Worlds Brewing, Charlotte (Metropolitan) |
| IKEA Spring Break: Spin to Win Saturday | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | FREE | IKEA |
| Free prom dresses at Curvaceous Behavior's Prom Project (registration required) | 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | Junior Achievement of the Central Carolinas |
| Street SHOUT! on the Green -- kid-friendly entertainment | 1:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | The Green |
| Mo Betta SHOUT! | 1:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | First Ward Park |
| Free Public Tour of Innovation Barn | 1:00 pm | FREE | Innovation Barn |
| Hopfly Bike and Brew | 1:30 pm | FREE | HopFly Brewing Company |
| Easter Egg Hunt and Walk-Thru Easter Journeys Experience | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | West Point Baptist Church, Kannapolis |
| Easter Egg Hunts | 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm | FREE | King Canary Brewing, Mooresville |
| Easter egg hunt for dogs at Petco | 2:00 pm | FREE | Petco, participating locations |
| Easter Celebration at Compare Foods Milton Road | 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Compare Foods, Milton Road |
| Saturday Live Music | 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Triple C Brewing Co. Taproom, South End |
| Concerts @ The Circles: Tartan Day (Celtic) | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Clean Juice, Davidson |
| Live Music Saturdays | 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Primal Brewery, Huntersville |
| Flashlight Easter Egg Hunt (all ages) | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Matthews United Methodist Church |
| Sugar Creek's Spring Concert Series: Lost Highways | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Sugar Creek Brewing |
| Live Music Saturdays | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Lore Brewing, Indian Land |
| Charlotte Comedy Theater | 6:00 pm | $12.00-15.00 | VAPA Center |
| The Shepherd and the Bear Screening | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | $10.00 | VisArt Video |
| Live Music: Edison Overdrive | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | Old Armor Beer Company, Kannapolis |
| Belmont Movies in the Park: A Bug's Life | 8:00 pm | FREE | Stowe Park, Belmont |
| Adult Late Night Easter Egg Hunt | 8:00 pm | FREE | Beer Lab by Ghostface Brewing |
| Charlotte Comedy Theater | 8:00 pm | $12.00-15.00 | VAPA Center |
| Live music: StormWatchers // Van Huskins // Kult Ikon | 9:00 pm | FREE | Tommy’s Pub |
Sunday, April 5, 2026
| Event | Time | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Charlotte Book Crawl | All Day | FREE | Various locations |
| Subway: Buy One Get One Free Footlong Sub | All Day | Subway — Multiple locations | |
| Charlotte SHOUT! | All Day | FREE | Various locations |
| Free museum admission first weekend of month for Bank of America/Merrill customers | All Day | FREE | Various locations |
| North Carolina Science Festival (events all month -- click for schedule) | All Day | FREE | Various locations |
| Sensory-friendly hours at Discovery Place Science | 10:30 am to 1:30 pm | $18.00-23.00 | Discovery Place Science |
| Free Easter Bunny Pictures at Bass Pro Shops | 11:00 am to 3:00 pm | FREE | Bass Pro Shops, multiple locations |
| Figure Drawing | 11:00 am | FREE | Free Range Brewing |
| Adult Easter Egg Hunt | 12:00 pm | FREE | Pilot Brewing |
| Mint Hill Car Show -- Hot Rods on the Lawn | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | FREE | Chick-fil-A Mint Hill |
| Street SHOUT! on the Green -- kid-friendly entertainment | 1:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | The Green |
| Sensory-Friendly Hours at Discovery Place Kids | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | $15.00 | Discovery Place Kids |
| Free Tour at Torance House & Store | 2:00 pm | FREE | Hugh Torance House & Store |
| Easter Celebration at Compare Foods E Arrowood | 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Compare Foods, E. Arrowood Road |
| Gospel Sunday -- Easter Edition | 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | First Ward Park |
| Karaoke Sundays (suggested $5 donation) | 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm | $5.00 | VisArt Video |
| Charlotte Blues Society: Sunday Night Blues Jam | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | $0-10.00 | Heist Brewery & Barrel Arts |
