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Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Event | Time | Price | Location |
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Half Price Bays at Topgolf (2 locations) | All Day | $15.00-30.00 | Various locations |
Black History Month Screening at Independent Picture House: Night Catches Us (follow link for times) | All Day | $9.25 | Independent Picture House |
The Billy Graham Library: Celebrating 75 Years of Gospel Ministry | 9:30 am to 5:00 pm | FREE | Billy Graham Library |
Library Mobile Food Pantry with Hope Street Food Pantry (click to see location each week) | 10:00 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | Various locations |
Drop-In Dance Class from Charlotte Ballet: Senior Dance Class | 11:00 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | Sugaw Creek Recreation Center |
Drop-In Dance Class from Charlotte Ballet: Jazz Fitness | 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm | FREE | Northern Regional Recreation Center |
Free Public Tour of Innovation Barn | 1:00 pm | FREE | Innovation Barn |
Charlotte's Home for Champions League | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | FREE | Sugar Creek Brewing |
Mugs, Jugs, and Suds: Tap it Tuesdays | 3:00 pm to 10:00 pm | $6.00 | Sugar Creek Brewing |
$2 Off Tuesdays | 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Discounted | Petty Thieves Brewing Co. |
Hike For Your Health | 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm | FREE | Reedy Creek Nature Center and Preserve |
Bring Your Own Vinyl Night | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Divine Barrel Brewing |
Rail Trail Lights | 5:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | Various locations |
Free class with Charlotte Cirque & Dance: Juggling 101 | 6:00 pm to 6:50 pm | FREE | Berewick Recreation Center |
Lo-Fi Literary Lounge | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Red @ 28th |
Free class with Charlotte Cirque & Dance: African Dance | 7:00 pm to 7:50 pm | FREE | Berewick Recreation Center |
Open Air Artist Talk with YoYo Lander | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Virtual |
Dart League at Primal Huntersville | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Primal Brewery, Huntersville |
Dart League at Primal Belmont | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Primal Brewery Belmont |
Bunco at Hoptown | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Hoptown Brewing Company, Mooresville |
Name the Music at Wobbly Butt Tap Room & Eatery | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | Victory Lanes, Mooresville |
Open Mic Night | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Cavendish Brewing Company, Gastonia |
Comedy Open Mic at Starlight on 22nd | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Starlight on 22nd |
Kizomba Tuesdays After Work | 7:30 pm to 11:00 pm | $10.00 | The Royal Tot |
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Event | Time | Price | Location |
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Students: buy one ticket get one free at Independent Picture House on Wednesdays | All Day | Discounted | Independent Picture House |
Jewish Film Festival (various locations and times) | All Day | Various locations | |
Black History Month Screening at Independent Picture House: Night Catches Us (follow link for times) | All Day | $9.25 | Independent Picture House |
The Billy Graham Library: Celebrating 75 Years of Gospel Ministry | 9:30 am to 5:00 pm | FREE | Billy Graham Library |
Charlotte's Home for Champions League | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | FREE | Sugar Creek Brewing |
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 |
Rail Trail Lights | 5:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | Various locations |
Becoming: A Screening + Community Discussion | 5:30 pm to 7:45 pm | FREE | Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture |
Free Yoga | 5:30 pm | FREE | Sycamore Brewing |
Tabletop Mysteries Game Night | 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm | FREE | The Market at 7th Street |
Su Casa Afro-fusion Dance Party | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Mint Museum Uptown |
Shameless Society Improv Live | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Divine Barrel Brewing |
Stitch N Bitch Craft Circle | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Petty Thieves Brewing Co. |
The OG Boot Camp | 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm | FREE | Lenny Boy Brewing Co. |
Brewhouse Yoga | 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm | $5.00 | Sugar Creek Brewing |
Great Decisions Lecture: U.S. Changing Leadership of the World Economy | 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | UNC Charlotte Center City |
Tommy's Trivia | 6:30 pm | FREE | Sycamore Brewing |
Writing Workshop Series | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | $15.00 | Confluence, Cramerton |
Open Mic at Summit Coffee Basecamp | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Summit Coffee, Basecamp, Davidson |
Drag Bingo | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Red Clay Ciderworks |
Puzzle Race and Half-Priced Wine | 7:00 pm | Discounted | Middle James Brewing |
OTPH Jazz Night | 7:30 pm to 10:30 am | FREE | Old Town Public House |
Wednesday Night Yoga | 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm | $5.00 | Lenny Boy Brewing Co. |
Thursday, February 20, 2025
Event | Time | Price | Location |
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Black History Month Screening at Independent Picture House: Night Catches Us (follow link for times) | All Day | $9.25 | Independent Picture House |
The Billy Graham Library: Celebrating 75 Years of Gospel Ministry | 9:30 am to 5:00 pm | FREE | Billy Graham Library |
Drop-In Dance Class from Charlotte Ballet: Senior Dance Class | 11:00 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | Sugaw Creek Recreation Center |
ArtBreak at Mint Museum Uptown -- free guided 30-minute lunchtime tour | 12:00 pm to 12:30 pm | FREE | Mint Museum Uptown |
Drop-In Dance Class from Charlotte Ballet: Senior Ballet | 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | Northern Regional Recreation Center |
Hope Street Food Pantry Food Distribution | 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Hope Street Food Pantry |
Radical Grove DJ Collective: The Breakfast Club | 5:00 pm to 5:30 pm | FREE | EastCoast Entertainment, Camp North End |
Rail Trail Lights | 5:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | Various locations |
Free class with Charlotte Cirque & Dance: Partner Acrobatics | 6:00 pm to 6:50 pm | FREE | Berewick Recreation Center |
The Power of Diane Oliver's Voice -- Community Conversation with Charlotte Lit | 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm | FREE | Ascend Nonprofit Center |
The Charlotte Post Presents: Legends and Legacy | 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm | FREE | Allegra Westbrooks Regional Library (formerly Beatties Ford Regional Library) |
Weekly Ping Pong Club | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Hi-Wire Brewing Charlotte |
Live Music: Joe Middleton | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Lore Brewing, Indian Land |
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 |
Board Game Night | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | Hi-Wire Brewing Charlotte |
Bingo w/ Shane | 6:30 pm | FREE | Model A Brewing, Tega Cay |
February Book Club: How to Kill Men and Get Away With It by Katy Brent | 6:30 pm | FREE | Neoteric Brewing Company |
Free class with Charlotte Cirque & Dance: Breakdancing | 7:00 pm to 7:50 pm | FREE | Berewick Recreation Center |
Trivia | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Common Market OakWold |
Open Mic Night | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | Cabarrus Brewing Company |
Trivia at Pilot Brewing | 7:00 pm | FREE | Pilot Brewing |