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Today: Sunday, May 5, 2024
Tomorrow: Monday, May 6, 2024
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Event | Time | Price | Location |
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Half Price Bays at Topgolf (2 locations) | All Day | $15.00-30.00 | Various locations |
Teacher Appreciation Week Deals | All Day | ||
Walgreens Senior Day: 20% off for rewards members age 55+ | All Day | Walgreens (multiple locations) | |
Sonny's BBQ: Free pork meal for nurses | All Day | FREE | Sonny’s BBQ, various locations |
Mother's Day Offer: Save 30% on tickets to Cirque du Soleil Corteo | All Day | Discounted | |
IKEA Charlotte Tent Sale | 10:00 am to 8:00 pm | FREE | IKEA |
Salsa Line Dance for Fun & Fitness | 10:30 am to 11:25 am | FREE | Berewick Recreation Center |
Drop-In Dance Class from Charlotte Ballet: Senior Dance | 11:00 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | Sugaw Creek Recreation Center |
Ed's Dinosaurs Live | 11:00 am to 1:00 pm | FREE | ImaginOn |
Exploring Creative Arts | 11:30 am to 12:30 pm | FREE | Berewick Recreation Center |
Public Tour at Innovation Barn (register in advance) | 1:30 pm to 2:15 pm | FREE | Innovation Barn |
Drop-In Dance Class from Charlotte Ballet: Senior Dance | 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm | FREE | Northern Regional Recreation Center |
Song Request Night | 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Primal Brewery, Huntersville |
Song Request Night | 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Primal Brewery Belmont |
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 |
Brewery Yoga | 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm | $8.00 | Cavendish Brewing Company, Gastonia |
Tone and Tap | 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm | FREE | Town Brewing |
Beer and Bunco | 6:45 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Hoptown Brewing Company, Mooresville |
Tarot Night | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Devil’s Logic Brewing |
Name the Music at Beer Lab by Ghostface Brewing | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | Beer Lab by Ghostface Brewing |
Comedy Night at Starlight on 22nd | 7:00 pm | FREE | Starlight on 22nd |
Dart League | 7:00 pm | FREE | Primal Brewery, Huntersville |
Music Bingo | 7:00 pm | FREE | Protagonist Brewing South End |
Star Wars Trivia Night | 7:00 pm | FREE | Middle James Brewing |
Tosco Music Open Mic | 7:30 pm | $5.00 | The Evening Muse |
Matthews Concert Band Spring Concert | 7:30 pm | FREE | Matthews Community Center |
Piano Karaoke & Sing Along with Ryan Stamey | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | $5.00 | Petra’s |
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Event | Time | Price | Location |
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Live Nation tickets for $25 during National Concert Week | All Day | $25.00 | |
Students: buy one ticket get one free at Independent Picture House on Wednesdays | All Day | Discounted | Independent Picture House |
Teacher Appreciation Week Deals | All Day | ||
$3 Goblets at Pilot Brewing -- Select drafts | All Day | $3.00 | Pilot Brewing |
Kids Eat Free | All Day | FREE | Beer Lab by Ghostface 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 |
Mother's Day Offer: Save 30% on tickets to Cirque du Soleil Corteo | All Day | Discounted | |
IKEA Charlotte Tent Sale | 10:00 am to 8:00 pm | FREE | IKEA |
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 |
Lunch & Listen Concert Series | 11:00 am to 1:00 pm | FREE | Romare Bearden Park |
Drop-In Dance Class from Charlotte Ballet: Fitness Dance | 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | Belle Johnston Community Center and Park |
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 & Pints | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Brewers at 4001 Yancey |
Free Wednesday Yoga | 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm | FREE | Sycamore Brewing |
Drop-In Dance Class from Charlotte Ballet: Fitness Dance | 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Berewick Recreation Center |
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. |
Adult Off-Color Coloring Night | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Red Clay Ciderworks |
Textile Artistry + Sustainable Fashion | 6:00 pm | FREE | Bechtler Museum of Modern Art |
Brewhouse Yoga | 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm | $5.00 | Sugar Creek Brewing |
Yoga Wednesdays | 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm | $12.00 | Cabarrus Brewing Company |
Open Mic Night | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Madison Perk Coffee Bar |
Karaoke at The Grinning Mule | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | The Grinning Mule |
Name that Tune -- Live Video Game Music & Trivia | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | FREE | Camp North End |
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 |
Beats at Birdsong | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Birdsong Brewing Co. |
Jazz Night with DJam Collective at Camp North End | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Camp North End |
Old Town Bluegrass Night | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | Old Town Public House |
Survivor 46 Watch Party | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | Free Range Brewing |
Thursday, May 9, 2024
Event | Time | Price | Location |
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Live Nation tickets for $25 during National Concert Week | All Day | $25.00 | |
Teacher Appreciation Week Deals | All Day | ||
Mother's Day Offer: Save 30% on tickets to Cirque du Soleil Corteo | All Day | Discounted | |
IKEA Charlotte Tent Sale | 10:00 am to 8:00 pm | FREE | IKEA |
Drop-In Dance Class from Charlotte Ballet: Senior Dance | 11:00 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | Sugaw Creek Recreation Center |
Throwback Thursdays $5 Beer Day | 12:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Discounted | Primal Brewery Belmont |
Drop-In Dance Class from Charlotte Ballet: Senior Dance | 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | Northern Regional Recreation Center |
Throwback Thursdays: $5 Beer Day | 3:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Primal Brewery, Huntersville |
Drop-In Dance Class from Charlotte Ballet: Afro Beats Fitness Dance | 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm | FREE | Hickory Grove Recreation Center |
QCQ@5: Steven Engler Duo | 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Queen City Quarter (formerly Epicentre) |
Music Bingo | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | King Canary Brewing, Mooresville |
Drop-In Dance Class from Charlotte Ballet: Afro Beats Fitness Dance | 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Ivory Baker Recreation Center |
Music at the Met | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Metropolitan |
Weekly Ping Pong Club | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Hi-Wire Brewing Charlotte |
Anne Springs Close Greenway Summer Concert Series: Dangermuffin | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | $7.00 | Anne Springs Close Greenway |
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 |
LangTree Live Concert Series | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | LangTree Lake Norman (Mooresville) |
Yoga and Movement Jam | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | Primal Brewery, Huntersville |
Bingo w/ Shane | 6:30 pm | FREE | Model A Brewing, Tega Cay |
Thursday Night Yoga | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | $5.00 | Lenny Boy Brewing Co. |
River Jam live music series (free admission; parking is $12) | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | U.S. National Whitewater Center |
Tango CLT in Plaza Midwood | 7:00 pm | $15.00 | The Long Room |
World Tavern Poker | 7:00 pm | FREE | Twenty-Six Acres Brewing Company |