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Live music at Sycamore Brewing

POSTED BY
Jody Mace

Sycamore Brewing, 2161 Hawkins Street, in the South End, hosts frequent events, many of which are free to attend. 

Here are a few they have coming up soon. You can see more on their Facebook page.

Live music: Longleaf
Sunday, October 18th, 2020
2 p.m.
Free 

Playing acoustic classic rock.

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Upcoming Events in the Charlotte area -- both virtual and in-person

Check out our full events calendar, where you can enter any date, or look at the events for the next few days here:

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Charlotte Black Restaurant Week

All Day | Various locations

Many NC colleges waiving application fees during NC Countdown to College

All Day | FREE

CLT Burger Week--$6 specialty burgers at 35+ restaurants

All Day | $6.00

Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet

All Day | FREE

Drive-Through South Carolina State Fair

All Day | FREE | South Carolina State Fair

Charlotte Podcast Festival

All Day | FREE | Virtual

Fall Festival at Speedpark ($29.99 for unlimited play, but separate tickets are available)

All Day | The Speedpark at Concord Mills

"It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown" StoryWalk in Kings Mountain, NC

All Day | FREE | Patriots Park (Kings Mountain, NC)

Check out dozens of scarecrows in Mint Hill, and vote for your favorite

All Day | FREE | Various locations

Fort Mill Scarecrow Crawl

All Day | FREE | Various locations

Children's Hay Maze

All Day | FREE | Veterans Park, Fort Mill

Free admission for frontline workers & families to Mint Museum Uptown

All Day | FREE | Mint Museum Uptown

Free admission for frontline workers & families to Mint Museum Randolph

All Day | FREE | Mint Museum Randolph

Free admission for frontline workers & families to Mint Museum Bechtler Museum

All Day | FREE | Bechtler Museum of Modern Art

Free fries at Steak 'n' Shake

FREE | Various locations

Wednesday Morning Fitness

9:00 am to 10:00 am | FREE | Latta Nature Center and Preserve

Pumpkin Patch at Schiele Museum

10:00 am to 3:00 pm | $5.00-7.00 | Schiele Museum of Natural History

Visit Dallas Lavender Lane Farm and meet the animals

10:00 am to 5:00 pm | FREE | Dallas Lavender Lane Farm

Drive-Through Fair Food at South Carolina State Fairgrounds

10:00 am to 8:00 pm | South Carolina State Fair

TAC Art Gallery Pop-Up

10:00 am to 9:00 pm | FREE | TAC Art Gallery

Dance Without Limits: Senior Dance Series

10:00 am | FREE | Virtual

Charlotte Warehouse Sale

12:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Shoppes at University Place

Free admission to Mint Museum Randolph

5:00 pm | FREE | Mint Museum Randolph

Free admission to Mint Museum Uptown

5:00 pm | FREE | Mint Museum Uptown

Josh Daniel's Quarantine Sessions

5:00 pm | FREE | Virtual

West African Dance from Charlotte Ballet

5:00 pm | FREE | Virtual

Hammond Family Halloween Light Show

6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Hammond Lights, McAdenville

Virtual Game Night with Potions and Pixels

6:00 pm | FREE | Virtual

The Jam Dance Class

6:30 pm to 7:30 pm | $14.00 | Catawba Brewing

Yoga and Beer

7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | $10.00 | Eleven Lakes Brewing, Cornelius

Create & Unwined -- sip & paint experience

7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | $10.00 | Fiesta Mexican Cuisine

Live Stream: Shake Sugaree Residency at The Kraken with Jonathan Byrd and the Pickup Cowboys

7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Virtual

Halloween Light Show in Lincolnton

7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Halloween Light Show in Lincolnton

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

Movies on the Wall at Tommy's Pub: Bad Hair (free movie, free hot dogs, free soda)

7:00 pm | FREE | Tommy’s Pub

Queen City Streams from Neighborhood Theatre: AKITA

7:00 pm | FREE

Nightly Met Opera Streams

7:30 pm | FREE | Virtual

Mindless Minutia Trivia

7:30 pm | FREE | Town Brewing

Thursday, October 22, 2020

Charlotte Black Restaurant Week

All Day | Various locations

Many NC colleges waiving application fees during NC Countdown to College

All Day | FREE

CLT Burger Week--$6 specialty burgers at 35+ restaurants

All Day | $6.00

Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet

All Day | FREE

Charlotte Podcast Festival

All Day | FREE | Virtual

Fall Festival at Speedpark ($29.99 for unlimited play, but separate tickets are available)

All Day | The Speedpark at Concord Mills

"It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown" StoryWalk in Kings Mountain, NC

All Day | FREE | Patriots Park (Kings Mountain, NC)

Check out dozens of scarecrows in Mint Hill, and vote for your favorite

All Day | FREE | Various locations

Fort Mill Scarecrow Crawl

All Day | FREE | Various locations

Children's Hay Maze

All Day | FREE | Veterans Park, Fort Mill

Free admission for frontline workers & families to Gantt Center

All Day | FREE | Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture

Free admission for frontline workers & families to Mint Museum Uptown

All Day | FREE | Mint Museum Uptown

Free admission for frontline workers & families to Mint Museum Randolph

All Day | FREE | Mint Museum Randolph

Free admission for frontline workers & families to Mint Museum Bechtler Museum

All Day | FREE | Bechtler Museum of Modern Art

Free fries at Steak 'n' Shake

FREE | Various locations

Family Nature Exploration Stroll

9:30 am to 11:00 am | FREE | Reedy Creek Nature Center and Preserve

Pumpkin Patch at Schiele Museum

10:00 am to 3:00 pm | $5.00-7.00 | Schiele Museum of Natural History

Visit Dallas Lavender Lane Farm and meet the animals

10:00 am to 5:00 pm | FREE | Dallas Lavender Lane Farm

Drive-Through Fair Food at South Carolina State Fairgrounds

10:00 am to 8:00 pm | South Carolina State Fair

TAC Art Gallery Pop-Up

10:00 am to 9:00 pm | FREE | TAC Art Gallery

Adult Senior Dance Class from Charlotte Ballet

10:30 am | FREE | Virtual

Charlotte Warehouse Sale

12:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Shoppes at University Place

Reptile Awareness Day

1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | FREE | Steven’s Creek Nature Preserve and Center

Nature PE

3:00 pm to 4:30 pm | FREE | Reedy Creek Nature Center and Preserve

Josh Daniel's Quarantine Sessions

5:00 pm | FREE | Virtual

SCNP Creek Yo' Self: Water Colors and Water Quality

5:30 pm | $5.00 | Steven’s Creek Nature Preserve and Center

Curbside Trick-or-Treating at Lowe's: free candy and pumpkins

6:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Various locations

Music at the Met

6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Metropolitan

Hammond Family Halloween Light Show

6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Hammond Lights, McAdenville

Halloween Light Show in Lincolnton

7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Halloween Light Show in Lincolnton

Tunnel of Terror: Haunted Car Wash at Aquawave Express Carwash in Belmont

7:00 pm to 11:59 pm | $22.00 | Aquawave Express Carwash, Belmont

Taproom Trivia Thursday

7:00 pm | FREE | Sugar Creek Brewing

Jazz Dance from Charlotte Ballet

7:00 pm | FREE | Virtual

Crossroads Cinema: TBA

7:00 pm | FREE | Camp North End

Team Trivia Night at Cavendish

7:30 pm | FREE | Cavendish Brewing Company

Nightly Met Opera Streams

7:30 pm | FREE | Virtual

Friday, October 23, 2020

Charlotte Black Restaurant Week

All Day | Various locations

Many NC colleges waiving application fees during NC Countdown to College

All Day | FREE

CLT Burger Week--$6 specialty burgers at 35+ restaurants

All Day | $6.00

Virtual Campfire Tales with Gaston County Museum

All Day | FREE | Gaston County Museum

Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet

All Day | FREE

Charlotte Podcast Festival

All Day | FREE | Virtual

Fall Festival at Speedpark ($29.99 for unlimited play, but separate tickets are available)

All Day | The Speedpark at Concord Mills

"It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown" StoryWalk in Kings Mountain, NC

All Day | FREE | Patriots Park (Kings Mountain, NC)

Check out dozens of scarecrows in Mint Hill, and vote for your favorite

All Day | FREE | Various locations

Fort Mill Scarecrow Crawl

All Day | FREE | Various locations

Children's Hay Maze

All Day | FREE | Veterans Park, Fort Mill

Free admission for frontline workers & families to Gantt Center

All Day | FREE | Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture

Free admission for frontline workers & families to Mint Museum Uptown

All Day | FREE | Mint Museum Uptown

Free admission for frontline workers & families to Mint Museum Randolph

All Day | FREE | Mint Museum Randolph

Free admission for frontline workers & families to Mint Museum Bechtler Museum

All Day | FREE | Bechtler Museum of Modern Art

Free fries at Steak 'n' Shake

FREE | Various locations

Friday Morning Nature Hike

9:00 am to 11:00 am | FREE | Latta Nature Center and Preserve

Pumpkin Patch at Schiele Museum

10:00 am to 3:00 pm | $5.00-7.00 | Schiele Museum of Natural History

Visit Dallas Lavender Lane Farm and meet the animals

10:00 am to 5:00 pm | FREE | Dallas Lavender Lane Farm

Drive-Through Fair Food at South Carolina State Fairgrounds

10:00 am to 8:00 pm | South Carolina State Fair

TAC Art Gallery Pop-Up

10:00 am to 9:00 pm | FREE | TAC Art Gallery

Weekends at Camp North End -- music, shopping, food (Click link for schedule)

10:00 am to 10:00 pm | FREE | Camp North End

Charlotte Warehouse Sale

12:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Shoppes at University Place

Starving Artist Market

5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Armored Cow Brewing

Friday Night at the Cow

5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Armored Cow Brewing

Live music: Josh & John Music Duo

5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Eleven Lakes Brewing, Cornelius

Cabarrus Food Truck Friday

5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Cabarrus Brewing Company

Josh Daniel's Quarantine Sessions

5:00 pm | FREE | Virtual

Hammond Family Halloween Light Show

6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Hammond Lights, McAdenville

StreetEats on N. Tryon Street: outdoor dining, music, more, including free and cheap parking

6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | 6th Street and North Tryon Street

Vintage Bike Night

6:00 pm | FREE | Cavendish Brewing Company

Movies at Victoria Yards: Princess Bride

6:30 pm | FREE | Victoria Yards

Halloween Light Show in Lincolnton

7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | Halloween Light Show in Lincolnton

Tunnel of Terror: Haunted Car Wash at Aquawave Express Carwash in Belmont

7:00 pm to 11:59 pm | $22.00 | Aquawave Express Carwash, Belmont

Blumenthal Performing Arts Open Mic

7:00 pm | FREE | Spirit Square

Live music: Blue Horizon Duo

7:00 pm | FREE | The Casual Pint (Rivergate)

Movie on the Lawn: Hocus Pocus

7:30 pm | FREE | Johnston YMCA

Nightly Met Opera Streams

7:30 pm | FREE | Virtual

The Comic Strip (Comedy + Sip & Paint)

8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | $20.00 | Catawba Brewing

Moovies on the Farm: Moana

8:00 pm | $5.00-8.00 | Patterson Farm. Mount Ulla

Sycamore Brewing

2161 Hawkins Street
Charlotte, NC 28203
704-910-3821

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