UPDATE: This list includes both virtual and in-person events. Please use your own judgment about the safety of those events.
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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You might also be interested in one of these more specific calendars:
- Free things to do this week
- Free and cheap kids' events
- Concerts this week in Charlotte
- Upcoming free and cheap comedy events in Charlotte
Sunday, April 11, 2021
Monday, April 12, 2021
| Event | Time | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Target: Bring in old car seat, get 20% off new baby gear | All Day | Various locations | |
| Homeschool Ticket Monday at SEA LIFE | All Day | $7.50 | SEA LIFE Charlotte-Concord |
| Giant mushrooms sprouting in Uptown Charlotte | All Day | FREE | ImaginOn |
| Krispy Kreme: Free Original Glazed doughnut and medium brewed coffee | All Day | FREE | Various locations |
| Donation-based yoga with Habitual Roots | 6:30 am | FREE | Romare Bearden Park |
| Tone & Tap | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | $5.00 | Protagonist Brewing South End |
| Blue Blaze Trail Talk | 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm | FREE | Blue Blaze Brewing Co. |
| Trivia Night | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Divine Barrel Brewing |
| Themed Trivia | 6:30 pm | FREE | Brewers at 4001 Yancey |
| Donation-based yoga with Habitual Roots | 6:30 pm | FREE | Freedom Park |
| Trivia with Mindless Minutia | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Protagonist Brewing South End |
| Monday Trivia | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Lost Worlds Brewing, Cornelius |
| Trivia Night at Rhino Market & Deli in Wesley Heights | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Rhino Market Wesley Heights |
| Mindless Minutia Trivia | 7:00 pm | FREE | Summit Seltzer |
| Nightly Met Opera Streams | 7:30 pm | FREE | Virtual |
| Arts at the Abbey: Carolina Pro Musica: Spring Ayres | 8:00 pm | FREE | Belmont Abbey College |
| Livestream: Arts at the Abbey: Carolina Pro Musica: Spring Ayres | 8:00 pm | FREE | Virtual |
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
| Event | Time | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Target: Bring in old car seat, get 20% off new baby gear | All Day | Various locations | |
| Free admission to Mint Museum Uptown for Essential & Frontline Workers | All Day | FREE | Mint Museum Uptown |
| Free admission to Mint Museum Randolph for Essential & Frontline Workers | All Day | FREE | Mint Museum Randolph |
| Giant mushrooms sprouting in Uptown Charlotte | All Day | FREE | ImaginOn |
| Donation-based yoga with Habitual Roots | 7:00 am | FREE | Freedom Park |
| Quest Early Morning Fitness | 7:30 am to 8:30 am | FREE | Quest (Latta Nature Preserve) |
| May Flowers Hike | 10:00 am to 11:00 am | FREE | Latta Nature Center and Preserve |
| Tosco Music Tuesday Lunchtime Concert | 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm | FREE | Virtual |
| Free afternoon and planetarium show at Schiele Museum (reservations required) | 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | Schiele Museum of Natural History |
| Free food giveaway at Empowered Living Church | 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm | FREE | Empowered Living Church |
| Adventures in Nature | 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm | FREE | Reedy Creek Nature Center and Preserve |
| Trivia at Birdsong | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Birdsong Brewing Co. |
| Hike For Your Health | 6:00 pm | FREE | Reedy Creek Nature Center and Preserve |
| Silent Yoga | 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm | $10.00 | Protagonist Brewing South End |
| Yoga and a Beer at Armored Cow Brewing | 6:30 pm | $10.00 | Armored Cow Brewing |
| Survey Says, with Mindless Minutia Trivia | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Devil’s Logic Brewing |
| Tuesday Trivia, with Mindless Minutia Trivia | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Lake Norman Brewery |
| Trivia at The Fairwood 226, with Mindless Minutia Trivia | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | The Fairwood 226 |
| Mindless Minutia Trivia at Rosie's | 7:00 pm | FREE | Rosie’s Coffee & Wine Garden at McGill Rose Garden |
| Tuesday Trivia with Mindless Minutia | 7:00 pm | FREE | Wooden Robot Brewery |
| Charlotte Symphony's On Tap concert | 7:00 pm | $20.00 | NoDa Brewing |
| Gantt Center's Open Air: Artist Conversation with Chelle Barbour | 7:00 pm | FREE | Virtual |
| Nightly Met Opera Streams | 7:30 pm | FREE | Virtual |
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
| Event | Time | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Target: Bring in old car seat, get 20% off new baby gear | All Day | Various locations | |
| Free admission to Mint Museum Uptown for Essential & Frontline Workers | All Day | FREE | Mint Museum Uptown |
| Free admission to Mint Museum Randolph for Essential & Frontline Workers | All Day | FREE | Mint Museum Randolph |
| Giant mushrooms sprouting in Uptown Charlotte | All Day | FREE | ImaginOn |
| LostAsana Yoga (price includes one beer) | 10:30 am to 11:30 am | $10.00 | Lost Worlds Brewing, Cornelius |
| Donation-based yoga with Habitual Roots | 12:00 pm | FREE | Romare Bearden Park |
| Free Wednesday evenings at Mint Museum Uptown | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Mint Museum Uptown |
| Free Wednesday Evening at Mint Museum Randolph | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Mint Museum Randolph |
| Craft Circle | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Petty Thieves Brewing Co. |
| Tours offered at Hodges Family Farm | 6:00 pm | $10.00 | Hodges Family Farm |
| Happy Hour Artist Talk with Nathaniel Lancaster | 6:00 pm | FREE | Virtual |
| Crochet Class | 6:00 pm | $5.00-15.00 | Petty Thieves Brewing Co. |
| Brewery Yoga | 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm | $8.00 | Cavendish Brewing Company |
| Wind Down Wednesday Yoga | 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm | $10.00 | Blue Blaze Brewing Co. |
| Donation-based yoga with Habitual Roots | 6:30 pm | FREE | Freedom Park |
| "Survey Says" trivia with Mindless Minutia at The Fairwood 226 | 7:00 pm | FREE | The Fairwood 226 |
| Live Yoga & Beer | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | $10.00 | Eleven Lakes Brewing, Cornelius |
| Wednesday Night Trivia | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Red Hill Brewing Company |
| Mindless Minutia Trivia | 7:00 pm | FREE | Devil’s Logic Brewing |
| Mindless Minutia Trivia | 7:00 pm | FREE | Lenny Boy Brewing Co. |
| Mindless Minutia "Survey Says" | 7:00 pm | FREE | Summit Seltzer |
| Nightly Met Opera Streams | 7:30 pm | FREE | Virtual |
| Noteworthy Concerts | 7:30 pm | FREE | Virtual |
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