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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Thursday, August 22, 2019
| Event | Time | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blakeney Summer Concert Series | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Blakeney |
| Slow Flow Yoga (Parking is $6) | 9:30 am | FREE | U.S. National Whitewater Center |
| Meck County residents get free youth ticket with adult ticket at NASCAR Hall of Fame | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | NASCAR Hall of Fame | |
| Back-to-School "Kids Eat Free" Health Fair | 11:00 am to 2:00 pm | FREE | Atrium Health University City |
| WFAE Amplifier Lunch-Time Series: Featherpocket | 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm | FREE | Spirit Square |
| Summer Cocktail Evenings at Duke Mansion | 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Duke Mansion |
| Alive After Five Concert Series | 5:00 pm | FREE | Rooftop 210 |
| Live music: StringBound | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Brewers at 4001 Yancey |
| Legiondary Run Club | 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm | FREE | Legion Brewing |
| Free Yoga Thursdays | 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm | FREE | Free Range Brewing |
| Free boot camp fitness class with Randy Moss | 6:30 pm | FREE | STAX Charlotte |
| Open Flow Yoga (parking is $6) | 6:30 pm | FREE | U.S. National Whitewater Center |
| Run DBB - Run Club | 6:30 pm | FREE | Divine Barrel Brewing |
| LangTree Live: free music series in Mooresville | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | LangTree |
| River Jam | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | U.S. National Whitewater Center |
| Movies in the Park: Lego Movie 2 | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Veterans Park (Huntersville) |
| Live music: Downtown Abby | 7:00 pm | FREE | Nuvolé Rooftop TwentyTwo |
| Music Open Mic at Crown Station | 8:00 pm | FREE | Crown Station Coffee House and Pub |
| Midsummer Nights @ Queens: Free outdoor Shakespeare performances | 8:15 pm | FREE | Queens University of Charlotte |
| Ayrsley Movies on the Lawn: Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone | 8:30 pm | FREE | Ayrsley |
Friday, August 23, 2019
| Event | Time | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Flow Yoga (parking is $6) | 9:30 am | FREE | U.S. National Whitewater Center |
| Meck County residents get free youth ticket with adult ticket at NASCAR Hall of Fame | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | NASCAR Hall of Fame | |
| WFAE Amplifier Lunch-Time Series: Kelsey Ryan | 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm | FREE | Spirit Square |
| Free admission to Schiele Museum twice a month | 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm | FREE | Schiele Museum of Natural History |
| Classroom Central Supply Drive | 4:00 pm | FREE | Sugar Creek Brewing |
| Matthews Food Truck Friday and Concert Series | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Stumptown Park |
| Friday Nights at Camp North End: music, food, beer, more | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Camp North End |
| Potions & Pixels Video Games and Board Games | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Camp North End |
| South End Food Truck Friday | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Sycamore Brewing |
| Food Truck Friday Plaza Midwood | 5:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | Resident Culture Brewing |
| Festbier Release & OktoBEERfest | 5:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | Catawba Brewing |
| Food Truck Friday in University City | 5:00 pm | FREE | Armored Cow Brewing |
| Live music on the patio | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Piedmont Social House |
| Concord Art Walk | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Downtown Concord |
| Cabarrus Food Truck Friday | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Cabarrus Brewing Company |
| City of Mount Holly Summer Concert Series: Steve Owens and Summertime | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Downtown Mt. Holly |
| Swing360 Mobile Golf Simulation | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Catawba Brewing |
| 20th Anniversary BeachBlast in Kings Mountain | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Patriot Park (Kings Mountain, NC) |
| Friday Flicks: Monsters, Inc. | 6:00 pm | FREE | Crooked Creek Park |
| Fun Flow Yoga (parking is $6) | 6:30 pm | FREE | U.S. National Whitewater Center |
| Birkdale Village Mingling on the Greens summer concert series | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Birkdale Village |
| Live music: H.L. Ruth | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | NoDa Brewing |
| Stonecrest Music at the Fountain | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Stonecrest at Piper Glen |
| River Jam | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | U.S. National Whitewater Center |
| Music on the Green | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Promenade on Providence |
| Live music: Vadim Kolpakov | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | AC Hotel |
| EvenTide: Party with the Pirates (Age 21+) | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | $12.00 | Museum of the Waxhaws |
| EvenTide - Party with the Pirates | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | $12.00 | Museum of the Waxhaws |
| Live music: Embarrassment of Riches | 7:00 pm | FREE | The Wine Vault |
| Live music: Happy Ones Trio | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Cabarrus Brewing Company |
| Sunday Supper Improv Comedy | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | $10.00 | Blue Blaze Brewing Co. |
| Midsummer Nights @ Queens: Free outdoor Shakespeare performances | 8:15 pm | FREE | Queens University of Charlotte |
| Live music: Steady Flow with ReeCee and Royal City Lif | 9:00 pm | FREE | Heist Brewery |
Saturday, August 24, 2019
| Event | Time | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rex Programming Open House (free breakfast and gift bags, while supplies last) | 9:00 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | Rex Programming (Weddington Road) |
| Hummingbird Festival | 9:00 am to 3:00 pm | FREE | Reedy Creek Nature Center and Preserve |
| Free Saturday Workouts with Camp Gladiator | 9:00 am | FREE | First Ward Arts Elementary School |
| Slow Flow Yoga (Parking is $6) | 9:30 am | FREE | U.S. National Whitewater Center |
| 4th Annual Charlotte Area Kids Expo at Carolina Courts, Indian Trail | 10:00 am to 3:00 pm | FREE | Carolina Courts Indian Trail |
| 9th Annual Pirate Day at Museum of the Waxhaws | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | $6.00 | Museum of the Waxhaws |
| Meck County residents get free youth ticket with adult ticket at NASCAR Hall of Fame | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | NASCAR Hall of Fame | |
| 20th Anniversary BeachBlast in Kings Mountain | 10:00 am to 10:00 pm | FREE | Patriot Park (Kings Mountain, NC) |
| Free Workout Party with Camp Gladiator | 10:45 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | Armored Cow Brewing |
| Local Makers Market (plus farmers' market and live music) | 11:00 am to 4:00 pm | FREE | Ballantyne Village |
| Big OH Fest | 11:00 am to 11:00 pm | FREE | Sugar Creek Brewing |
| Sir Purr at Reid's Fine Foods SouthPark | 11:30 am to 12:30 pm | FREE | Reid’s Fine Foods SouthPark |
| Open Flow Yoga (parking is $6) | 11:30 am | FREE | U.S. National Whitewater Center |
| Back to School Bash at Northlake Mall | 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm | FREE | Northlake Mall |
| Saturday Mini Market | 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm | FREE | Legion Brewing |
| Queen City Summer Festival | 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm | FREE | Carole Hoefener Center |
| Back to School Supply Drive | 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm | FREE | Lenny Boy Brewing Co. |
| QC Sip and Shop End of Summer Bash | 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm | FREE | Unknown Brewing Company |
| Service Dog Presentation | 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm | FREE | Eleven Lakes Brewing, Cornelius |
| Historic Gold Hill Summer Family Fun Night | 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | The Arbor in Gold Hill |
| Back to School Carnival: free food, games, prizes, giveaways | 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Faith in God Restoration Church |
| Kaleidoscope Arts Festival and Zombie Walk | 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | North Carolina Research Campus |
| Legion Jam Fest, with Abbey Elmore Band and Swim in the Wild | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Legion Brewing |
| Freedom Jazz Series: Michael Manson with special guest, Jazz Revolution | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Freedom Park |
| Live music: The Mongos | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Sycamore Brewing |
| Fun Flow Yoga (parking is $6) | 6:30 pm | FREE | U.S. National Whitewater Center |
| The Best of the Charlotte 48 Hour Film Project | 6:30 pm | $12.00-15.00 | Booth Playhouse |
| Birkdale Village Mingling on the Greens summer concert series | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Birkdale Village |
| Stonecrest Music at the Fountain | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Stonecrest at Piper Glen |
| River Jam | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | U.S. National Whitewater Center |
| Music on the Green | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Promenade on Providence |
| Savory Saturdays Cinema | 7:00 pm | FREE | Blue Blaze Brewing Co. |
| Live music: Aaron Longo | 7:00 pm | FREE | The Wine Vault |
| Live music:John Sullivan & Friends | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Cabarrus Brewing Company |
| Improv Collide-o-Scope 3000 | 7:30 pm | $10.00 | CATCh — Comedy Arts Theater of Charlotte |
| Live music: "Smokin' D" Derek Harlan | 8:00 pm | FREE | Ole Dallas Brewery |
| Midsummer Nights @ Queens: Free outdoor Shakespeare performances | 8:15 pm | FREE | Queens University of Charlotte |
Sunday, August 25, 2019
| Event | Time | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meck County residents get free youth ticket with adult ticket at NASCAR Hall of Fame | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | NASCAR Hall of Fame | |
| Free yoga at Caswell Station | 10:00 am | FREE | Caswell Station |
| NoDa Hop Yoga ($5 includes a half pour) | 10:45 am | $5.00 | NoDa Brewing |
| Birkdale Community Pooches on the Patio | 11:00 am to 2:00 pm | FREE | Midwood Smokehouse Birkdale |
| Sunday Funday Pop-Up Market & Music | 11:00 am to 2:00 pm | FREE | Pilot Brewing |
| 9th Annual Back to School Free Haircut Event with Lucky Spot Barber Shop | 11:00 am to 2:00 pm | FREE | Walmart Supercenter (Wilkinson Blvd) |
| Open Flow Yoga (parking is $6) | 11:30 am | FREE | U.S. National Whitewater Center |
| Free yoga with King of Pops every Sunday | 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm | FREE | Spectrum South End Apartments |
| Two is Too Few: Post-Pride Clothing Drive Party (Free with clothing donation. Free drinks, Lyft credit, more) | 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm | FREE | Nuvolé Rooftop TwentyTwo |
| Live music: Taplow Duo | 2:00 pm | FREE | Twenty-Six Acres Brewing Company |
| Slow Flow Yoga (Parking is $6) | 2:30 pm | FREE | U.S. National Whitewater Center |
| Indian Summer Series: Ishi: The Last of His Kind | 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm | $4.00-7.00 | Schiele Museum of Natural History |
| Live Music: JBM | 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm | FREE | Divine Barrel Brewing |
| The Concord Volkswagen Social | 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Cabarrus Brewing Company |
| Free Live Tunes | 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm | FREE | Free Range Brewing |
| Free: karaoke at Snug Harbor on Sundays | 6:00 pm | FREE | Snug Harbor |
| Davidson's Concerts on the Green: Gospelfest | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Davidson Village Green |
| Sunday Jazz Jam | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Old Town Public House |
| Live music: David Childers and Abe Partridge | 9:00 pm | FREE | Tommy’s Pub |
Monday, August 26, 2019
| Event | Time | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| $1 drip coffee | 6:00 am to 5:00 pm | $1.00 | CupLux Coffee Drive-Thru |
| Meck County residents get free youth ticket with adult ticket at NASCAR Hall of Fame | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | NASCAR Hall of Fame | |
| Summer Cocktail Evenings at Duke Mansion | 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Duke Mansion |
| Open Flow Yoga (parking is $6) | 6:30 pm | FREE | U.S. National Whitewater Center |
| Small Batch Comedy Night | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Pilot Brewing |
| Small Batch Comedy Night | 7:00 pm | FREE | Pilot Brewing |
| Comedians Open Mic | 8:00 pm | FREE | Graham Street Pub & Patio |
| Find Your Muse open mic at The Evening Muse | 8:00 pm | $3.00 | The Evening Muse |
| Jazz Mondays | 8:30 pm | FREE | Crown Station Coffee House and Pub |
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