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Monday, October 7, 2024
| Event | Time | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pumpkin Patch at Hodges Family Farm | 9:00 am to 5:30 pm | FREE | Hodges Family Farm |
| Fort Mill Scarecrow Crawl | All Day | FREE | Various locations |
| Target Circle Week -- big savings for one week | All Day | Discounted | Target (various locations) |
| Good Mourning Monday -- Coffee and Conversation with Loss 101 | 10:30 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | Coffin House Coffee, Concord |
| Teacher Appreciation Night: 20% off tab for teachers, faculty & staff | 2:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Discounted | Pilot Brewing |
| OG Mondays | 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Wooden Robot Brewery (South End) |
| Trivia with Game Night Live | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Monarch Market |
| Nerds + Pizza Game Night | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Percent Tap House, Harrisburg |
| Open Mic Night at Old Town Public House | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Old Town Public House |
| Open Mic Night | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Town Brewing |
| Free Providence Swing Dance class and open swing dance floor | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Christ Lutheran Church, Providence Campus |
| Manic Mondays Karaoke | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Starlight on 22nd |
| Ayrsley Retro Horror Series | 7:00 pm | $5.00 | Ayrsley Grand Cinemas |
| Nerd Night + Free Pizza | 7:00 pm | FREE | Resident Culture Brewing Plaza Midwood |
| Find Your Muse Open Mic | 7:30 pm | $5.00 | The Evening Muse |
| The Bill Hanna Legacy Jazz Session | 7:30 pm | $7.00-10.00 | Petra’s |
| Ayrsley Retro Horror Series | 9:30 pm | $5.00 | Ayrsley Grand Cinemas |
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
| Event | Time | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pumpkin Patch at Hodges Family Farm | 9:00 am to 5:30 pm | FREE | Hodges Family Farm |
| Fort Mill Scarecrow Crawl | All Day | FREE | Various locations |
| Half Price Bays at Topgolf (2 locations) | All Day | $15.00-30.00 | Various locations |
| Target Circle Week -- big savings for one week | All Day | Discounted | Target (various locations) |
| Space Explorers: THE INFINITE (various start times and prices) | All Day | Blume Studios | |
| Public Tour at Innovation Barn (register in advance) | 1:30 pm to 2:15 pm | FREE | Innovation Barn |
| Free Tuesday at Schiele Museum | 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Schiele Museum of Natural History, Gastonia |
| $2 Off Tuesdays | 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Discounted | Petty Thieves Brewing Co. |
| Song Request Night | 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Primal Brewery Belmont |
| Mooresville Motorsports Celebration | 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Downtown Mooresville |
| Bring Your Own Vinyl Night | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Divine Barrel Brewing |
| 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 |
| Sensory Friendly Movie Night: Hotel Transylvania | 6:00 pm | FREE | Ayrsley Grand Cinemas |
| Yoga | 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm | $8.00 | Cavendish Brewing Company, Gastonia |
| Delighting in Writing & Writing Delight with Amie Whittemore | 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Goodyear Arts |
| Free Comedy Show | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | FREE | Pilot Brewing |
| Survey Slam | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Beer Lab by Ghostface Brewing |
| Name the Music at Beer Lab by Ghostface Brewing | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | Beer Lab by Ghostface Brewing |
| Open Mic Night | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Cavendish Brewing Company, Gastonia |
| Trivia Night Tuesday's | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Primal Brewery, Huntersville |
| Ayrsley Retro Horror Series | 7:00 pm | $5.00 | Ayrsley Grand Cinemas |
| Music Bingo | 7:00 pm | FREE | Protagonist Brewing South End |
| Comedy Night at Starlight on 22nd | 7:30 pm | FREE | Starlight on 22nd |
| Hatties' Bingo Night -- free to play, with prizes | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Hattie’s Tap and Tavern |
| Tuesday Line Dancing at The Rose | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | The Rose Honky Tonk |
| Ayrsley Retro Horror Series | 9:30 pm | $5.00 | Ayrsley Grand Cinemas |
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
| Event | Time | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pumpkin Patch at Hodges Family Farm | 9:00 am to 5:30 pm | FREE | Hodges Family Farm |
| Fort Mill Scarecrow Crawl | All Day | FREE | Various locations |
| Free Center City Historical Walking Tours from Queen City Culture Vultures (various start times) | All Day | FREE | Bechtler Museum of Modern Art |
| Students: buy one ticket get one free at Independent Picture House on Wednesdays | All Day | Discounted | Independent Picture House |
| Target Circle Week -- big savings for one week | All Day | Discounted | Target (various locations) |
| $3 Goblets at Pilot Brewing -- Select drafts | All Day | $3.00 | Pilot 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 |
| Space Explorers: THE INFINITE (various start times and prices) | All Day | Blume Studios | |
| AMC Theatre Sensory-friendly film:Joker: Folie a Deux (time and price can vary) | All Day | AMC Theatres, participating locations | |
| 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 |
| Free exercise class for people with Parkinson's Disease | 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm | FREE | Back to Independence Rehab |
| Charlotte Concert Band concert: Broadway on Display | 3:00 pm | $5.00-15.00 | Palisades High School |
| 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 and Pints | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Brewers at 4001 Yancey |
| A Night of Storytelling through Spoken Word | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Bechtler Museum of Modern Art |
| Free Wednesday Yoga | 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm | FREE | Sycamore Brewing |
| 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. |
| Potions and Pixels Playtest Night | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Divine Barrel Brewing |
| The OG Boot Camp | 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm | FREE | Lenny Boy Brewing Co. |
| Karaoke at The Grinning Mule | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | The Grinning Mule |
| Open Mic at Summit Coffee Basecamp | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Summit Coffee, Basecamp, Davidson |
| Old Town Bluegrass Night | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | Old Town Public House |
| Ayrsley Retro Horror Series | 7:00 pm | $5.00 | Ayrsley Grand Cinemas |
| Puzzle Race and Half-Priced Wine | 7:00 pm | Discounted | Middle James Brewing |
| Evening with Sphinx Virtuosi: Discounted tickets for just $15 | 8:00 pm | $15.00 | Belk Theater |
| Movie in the Garden: Hocus Pocus | 8:00 pm | FREE | Monday Night Garden Brewing Co. |
| Ayrsley Retro Horror Series | 9:30 pm | $5.00 | Ayrsley Grand Cinemas |
Thursday, October 10, 2024
| Event | Time | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pumpkin Patch at Hodges Family Farm | 9:00 am to 5:30 pm | FREE | Hodges Family Farm |
| Fort Mill Scarecrow Crawl | All Day | FREE | Various locations |
| Target Circle Week -- big savings for one week | All Day | Discounted | Target (various locations) |
| Space Explorers: THE INFINITE (various start times and prices) | All Day | Blume Studios | |
| You Drink, We Donate: The Bulb | 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | The Chamber by Wooden Robot (NoDa) |
| SouthPark After 5: Sade Tribute featuring Robyn Springer, Reinaldo Brahn, and free pumpkin patch | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Symphony Park |
| Opening reception for Generations | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Rowe Arts Building, UNC Charlotte |
| Weekly Ping Pong Club | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Hi-Wire Brewing Charlotte |
| Clockwork Conjure — Witchy and Steampunk Market | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Traust Brewing Company, Mount Holly |
| 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 |
| Bingo w/ Shane | 6:30 pm | FREE | Model A Brewing, Tega Cay |
| Confluence Music Showcase | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | $45.00 | Various locations |
| Ayrsley Retro Horror Series | 7:00 pm | $5.00 | Ayrsley Grand Cinemas |
| Tango CLT in Plaza Midwood | 7:00 pm | $15.00 | The Long Room |
| Crossroads Cinema at Camp North End: Anchorman | 8:00 pm | FREE | Camp North End |
| Evening with Sphinx Virtuosi: Discounted tickets for just $15 | 8:00 pm | $15.00 | Belk Theater |
| Thursday Beginner Line Dancing at The Rose | 8:30 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | The Rose Honky Tonk |
| Ayrsley Retro Horror Series | 9:30 pm | $5.00 | Ayrsley Grand Cinemas |
Friday, October 11, 2024
| Event | Time | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pumpkin Patch at Hodges Family Farm | 9:00 am to 5:30 pm | FREE | Hodges Family Farm |
| Fort Mill Scarecrow Crawl | All Day | FREE | Various locations |
| Free Center City Historical Walking Tours from Queen City Culture Vultures (various start times) | All Day | FREE | Bechtler Museum of Modern Art |
| Target Circle Week -- big savings for one week | All Day | Discounted | Target (various locations) |
| Space Explorers: THE INFINITE (various start times and prices) | All Day | Blume Studios | |
| Cotton Ginning Days | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | FREE | Dallas Park |
| Registration for TreesCharlotte tree adoption event for North zip codes | 10:00 am | FREE | Virtual |
| Public Tour at Innovation Barn (register in advance) | 10:30 am to 11:15 am | FREE | Innovation Barn |
| Mecktoberfest at OMB Ballantyne | 11:00 am to 11:00 pm | FREE | The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery & Biergarten — Ballantyne |
| Oktoberfest 2024 Week 3 | 11:00 am to 11:00 pm | FREE | Gilde Brewery |
| Confluence Block Party | 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm | FREE | VBGB Beer Hall and Garden |
| UCITY Food Truck Friday | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Armored Cow Brewing |
| Live Under the Oaks music series | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Birkdale Village |
| Downtown Monroe Cruise-In | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Downtown Monroe |
| Friday Night Music Series at Camp North End | 6:00 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | Camp North End |
| 2nd Friday Street Festival in Old Town Cornelius -- Oktoberfest | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Oak Street Mill |
| Mount Holly Nights: On the Border -- Eagles Tribute | 6:00 pm | FREE | Downtown Mt. Holly |
| Live music: Sunday Union | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Summit Coffee, Basecamp, Davidson |
| #JamByTheVan | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | Town Brewing |
| Whitewater Film Series: Into The Well | 6:55 pm | FREE | U.S. National Whitewater Center |
| Friday Night Live Music at Confluence | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Confluence, Cramerton |
| Live Music: Greensky Blues | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Triple C Brewing Co. |
| Beer Pong Tournament | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | Resident Culture South End |
| Confluence Music Showcase | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | $45.00 | Various locations |
| Friday Live Music | 7:00 pm to 11:30 pm | FREE | Hi-Wire Brewing Charlotte |
| Ayrsley Retro Horror Series | 7:00 pm | $5.00 | Ayrsley Grand Cinemas |
| Live Music | 7:00 pm | FREE | Cabarrus Brewing Company |
| Debate Night Comedy Show | 7:00 pm | FREE | Protagonist Brewing South End |
| Punk Goes Karaoke | 7:00 pm | FREE | NoDa Brewing North End |
| Outdoor Spooky Movie Series: Ghostbusters | 7:00 pm | FREE | Northlake Mall |
| Movie Night at Rea Farms: Monster's University | 7:00 pm | FREE | Rea Farms |
| Friday Night Flicks: The Nightmare Before Christmas | 7:00 pm | FREE | McGee Park, Concord |
| The Comedy Market: Open Mic | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Common Market South End |
| Haunted Gaston Ghost Tour | 7:30 pm | $10.00 | Gaston County Museum |
| Movies in the Park: Halloweentown | 7:30 pm | FREE | Fountain Park, Rock Hill |
| Concert with Stateline Community Orchestra: From Darkness to Discovery | 7:30 pm | FREE | South Mecklenburg Presbyterian Church |
| Outdoor Movie Night: Casper | 7:30 pm | FREE | Seoul Food Meat Co., Mill District |
| Live music: The New Standards | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | Old Town Public House |
| Free Benefit Show: Nectar A Picture of Phish | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | Heist Brewery & Barrel Arts |
| Karaoke | 8:00 pm | FREE | Hickory Tavern, Harris Blvd. |
| Evening with Sphinx Virtuosi: Discounted tickets for just $15 | 8:00 pm | $15.00 | Belk Theater |
| Haunted Gaston Ghost Tour | 8:30 pm | $10.00 | Gaston County Museum |
| Ayrsley Retro Horror Series | 9:30 pm | $5.00 | Ayrsley Grand Cinemas |
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