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September 29 - October 5

Charlotte International Arts Festival

The Charlotte International Arts Festival is an annual celebration of imaginative visual and performing arts from the most creative international ...

CharlOz

Explore how L. Frank Baum’s fairy tale timelessly reflects American values with its vast array of characters through a variety ...

UPTOWN FUNK || CENTER CITY TOUR

Join us for a 1 hour guided 1 mile walking loop through the heart of Charlotte! If new to the Queen ...

Borrow a Boat at Colonel Francis Beatty Park

Want to go kayaking but don't have your own? Have one but just don't want to haul it out today? ...

  • 12:00 pm 
  • Location: Colonel Francis Beatty Park (4330 Weddington Rd, Matthews, NC 28105)
  • Cost: Single Kayak: $10 resident/$14 non-resident; Tandem Kayak: $12 resident/$16 non-resident
  • Website: anc.apm.activecommunities.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Charlotte International Arts Festival

The Charlotte International Arts Festival is an annual celebration of imaginative visual and performing arts from the most creative international ...

Lil' Bit Fit Time

Lil' Bit Fit Time is a Parent-led open play time in our facility for you and your Lil' Bit (Toddler). ...

Borrow a Boat at Colonel Francis Beatty Park

Want to go kayaking but don't have your own? Have one but just don't want to haul it out today? ...

  • 12:00 pm 
  • Location: Colonel Francis Beatty Park (4330 Weddington Rd, Matthews, NC 28105)
  • Cost: Single Kayak: $10 resident/$14 non-resident; Tandem Kayak: $12 resident/$16 non-resident
  • Website: anc.apm.activecommunities.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Open Gym Ninja Nation

Open gym is a non-instructional time for anyone to practice whatever they would like; to be creative and have a ...

Half-Price Tuesday's at Topgolf

We’re showing Tuesday some serious love. Game play is now half price every Tuesday for a limited time at participating ...

  • All Day Event
  • Location: Top Golf has two locations: 8024 Savoy Corporate Dr. Charlotte, NC / 9110 Drivers Way, Charlotte,NC
  • Website: topgolf.com
  • Category: Ongoing Programs

Lil' Bit Fit Time

Lil' Bit Fit Time is a Parent-led open play time in our facility for you and your Lil' Bit (Toddler). ...

Borrow a Boat at Colonel Francis Beatty Park

Want to go kayaking but don't have your own? Have one but just don't want to haul it out today? ...

  • 12:00 pm 
  • Location: Colonel Francis Beatty Park (4330 Weddington Rd, Matthews, NC 28105)
  • Cost: Single Kayak: $10 resident/$14 non-resident; Tandem Kayak: $12 resident/$16 non-resident
  • Website: anc.apm.activecommunities.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Open Gym Ninja Nation

Open gym is a non-instructional time for anyone to practice whatever they would like; to be creative and have a ...

Tuesday Night Wine Flight! at The Market at 7th Street

Drop in every Tuesday (no reservation needed) from 5-7pm for Assorted Table's Tuesday Night Wine Flight! Sample 5 wines for $5 ...

Tuesday Trivia at Wooden Robot

Weekly Trivia on Tuesdays at 7 pm!

North End Farmers Market

Fresh local food comes to Charlotte, NC’s Camp North End every Wednesday evening. Farmers, ranchers, and food artisans, along with ...

  • 4:00 am -  8:00 pm 
  • Location: Camp North End - 1701 North Graham Street Charlotte, NC 20216
  • Cost: No cost to enter
  • Website: northendmarketclt.com
  • Category: Free

FREE PIANO LESSONS

Presented by B Music Youth When: Wednesdays 5:30pm (Ages 5-12) & 6:30pm (Ages 13-18) / Thursdays 5:30pm (Ages 5-12) & 6:30pm ...

Stroll and Roll at Kate's Skate

Bring your trikes, skates, push toys, strollers, etc.. INCLUDES: Skate rental, Skate Mate, & Play Gym SNACK SPECIALS AVAILABLE MOM GROUPS ...

  • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 
  • Location: 14500 E Independence Blvd, Indian Trail, NC 28079 and Kate's Skating Rink, 1151 Skating Rink Dr, Gastonia, NC 28054
  • Cost: Admission $5
  • Website: www.katesonline.com
  • Category: Ongoing Programs

Birkdale Buds

Adventure awaits your little one at our weekly Birkdale Buds featuring a variety of interactive events! Bring your pre-school aged little ...

  • 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 
  • Location: Birkdale Commons Pkwy & Sam Furr Rd Huntersville, NC 28078
  • Cost: FREE
  • Website: birkdalevillage.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Lil' Bit Fit Time

Lil' Bit Fit Time is a Parent-led open play time in our facility for you and your Lil' Bit (Toddler). ...

SouthPark Eats Alternative

The ONLY food truck gathering in SouthPark! Short on time? Need to grab a quick bite to eat close to the ...

  • 11:00 am -  2:00 pm 
  • Location: Fairview Plaza
  • Category: Family Fun

Borrow a Boat at Colonel Francis Beatty Park

Want to go kayaking but don't have your own? Have one but just don't want to haul it out today? ...

  • 12:00 pm 
  • Location: Colonel Francis Beatty Park (4330 Weddington Rd, Matthews, NC 28105)
  • Cost: Single Kayak: $10 resident/$14 non-resident; Tandem Kayak: $12 resident/$16 non-resident
  • Website: anc.apm.activecommunities.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Open Gym Ninja Nation

Open gym is a non-instructional time for anyone to practice whatever they would like; to be creative and have a ...

Free Wednesday Evenings at The Mint

Enjoy free admission 5–9 PM every Wednesday at both museum locations. Free Wednesday Evenings are generously sponsored by Bank of America, ...

  • 5:00 pm -  9:00 pm 
  • Location: Mint Museum Uptown & Randolph
  • Cost: FREE
  • Website: mintmuseum.org
  • Category: Free

Free Wednesday Evenings at The Mint Museum (at both museum locations)

Enjoy free admission 5–9 PM every Wednesday at both museum locations. Free Wednesday Evenings are generously sponsored by Bank of America, ...

Music at the Met

Join us in the breezeway every Thursday evening for live music by local musicians! Enjoy food from our Metropolitan restaurants ...

FREE PIANO LESSONS

Presented by B Music Youth When: Wednesdays 5:30pm (Ages 5-12) & 6:30pm (Ages 13-18) / Thursdays 5:30pm (Ages 5-12) & 6:30pm ...

UPTOWN FUNK || CENTER CITY TOUR

Join us for a 1 hour guided 1 mile walking loop through the heart of Charlotte! If new to the Queen ...

Lil' Bit Fit Time

Lil' Bit Fit Time is a Parent-led open play time in our facility for you and your Lil' Bit (Toddler). ...

Borrow a Boat at Colonel Francis Beatty Park

Want to go kayaking but don't have your own? Have one but just don't want to haul it out today? ...

  • 12:00 pm 
  • Location: Colonel Francis Beatty Park (4330 Weddington Rd, Matthews, NC 28105)
  • Cost: Single Kayak: $10 resident/$14 non-resident; Tandem Kayak: $12 resident/$16 non-resident
  • Website: anc.apm.activecommunities.com
  • Category: Family Fun

National Butterfly Day (Drop-in)

On National Butterfly Day (and a day off from school), flutter over to Stevens Creek to celebrate butterflies with crafts ...

  • 1:30 pm -  3:30 pm 
  • Location: Stevens Creek Nature Center
  • Cost: Free
  • Website: www.parkandrec.com
  • Category: Free

Open Gym Ninja Nation

Open gym is a non-instructional time for anyone to practice whatever they would like; to be creative and have a ...

SouthPark After 5

Free live music, food trucks and drinks, and hands-on art experiences are coming to Symphony Park six times this fall ...

Disney On Ice presents Let's Dance!

Disney On Ice is bringing the party to hometowns across the country, and the guest list is jam-packed with audience ...

Fort Mill Scarecrow Crawl All Day

Join the Town of Fort Mill as we host our milestone 10th Annual Scarecrow Crawl from Oct. 4 to 31, ...

  • All Day Event
  • Location: The Scarecrow Route includes Tom Hall Street, Main Street, Clebourne Street, N. & S. White Streets, Millstone Park and W
  • Website: www.fortmillsc.gov
  • Category: Holiday Events

OMB’s 2024 Mecktoberfest! Ballantyne Location

Get ready for double the fun and festivities at OMB’s 2024 Mecktoberfest! This year, we're spreading the excitement across FOUR ...

  • All Day Event
  • Location: Ballantyne Location
  • Category: Family Fun

Food Truck Friday at Sycamore Brewing

Head to Sycamore every Friday for a rotating line up of food trucks!

Family Storytime (Outdoor) - Imaginon

Bring your whole family out to enjoy stories, songs, and movement activities that support early literacy skill development and help ...

Family Storytime (Outdoor) - SouthPark Regional Library

Bring your whole family out to enjoy stories, songs, and movement activities that support early literacy skill development and help ...

UPTOWN FUNK || CENTER CITY TOUR

Join us for a 1 hour guided 1 mile walking loop through the heart of Charlotte! If new to the Queen ...

Lil' Bit Fit Time

Lil' Bit Fit Time is a Parent-led open play time in our facility for you and your Lil' Bit (Toddler). ...

LIVE PORTRAIT PAINTINGS BY LOCAL ARTIST – PHILLIPS PLACE COURTYARD

While visiting our community pumpkin patch activation in the Phillips Place Courtyard on Friday, October 4th, stop by local artist ...

Borrow a Boat at Colonel Francis Beatty Park

Want to go kayaking but don't have your own? Have one but just don't want to haul it out today? ...

  • 12:00 pm 
  • Location: Colonel Francis Beatty Park (4330 Weddington Rd, Matthews, NC 28105)
  • Cost: Single Kayak: $10 resident/$14 non-resident; Tandem Kayak: $12 resident/$16 non-resident
  • Website: anc.apm.activecommunities.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Walking Tours at Camp North End

On Wednesdays and Fridays at 12pm, the Camp North End team will lead a 30 minute stroll through the highlights ...

Fossil Find Friday - North Carolina Science Festival

Become an archaeologist with Discovery Place Science! We'll explore some of our amazing fossils and talk about how they formed. ...

  • 1:00 pm -  2:00 pm 
  • Location: Discovery Place Science: 301 N. Tryon St. Charlotte, NC 28202
  • Cost: Included with museum admission
  • Category: Family Fun

Downtown Waxhaw First Friday

Downtown Waxhaw First Friday 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE First Fridays in Downtown Waxhaw serve as a celebration of our ...

Open Gym Ninja Nation

Open gym is a non-instructional time for anyone to practice whatever they would like; to be creative and have a ...

Beats 'n Bites (food trucks & concerts)

Get dinner from an eclectic group of area trucks, relax in the park, listen to good music, and enjoy the ...

  • 5:00 pm -  8:30 pm 
  • Location: Downtown Matthews
  • Cost: FREE
  • Category: Shows & Concerts

UCITY Food Truck Friday

Join us every Friday night for UCITY Food Truck Friday, happening from March 15th to December 20th, 5:00 PM to ...

Friday Night Music at Camp North End

GET READY FOR FRIDAY NIGHTS AT CAMP NORTH END: SEASON 8! Live music, good food, cool shops, local art, and a ...

Mint Hill Cruise In

Back for another fantastic year, Classic Cruisers is proud to post (not host) this great event. Always a huge turnout.

  • 6:00 pm -  9:00 pm 
  • Location: Mint Hill Festival Shopping Center: Corner of 51NC & Lawyers, Mint Hill
  • Cost: Free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

South End Gallery Crawl

South End is home to a vast array of art in all forms: fine art galleries offering everything from the ...

Disney On Ice presents Let's Dance!

Disney On Ice is bringing the party to hometowns across the country, and the guest list is jam-packed with audience ...

Movie Night at Rea Farms!

Join us for our weekly outdoor movie at Rea Park. Bring your lawnchairs and blankets, and grab some takeout ...

Whitewater Film Series: Reel Rock 18 (Date Night Idea)

Immerse yourself in four new climbing films from across the globe: a visionary first ascent on Japan’s mythical Mt. Mizugaki; ...

School of Rock the Musical

SCHOOL OF ROCK THE MUSICAL BASED ON THE PARAMOUNT MOVIE BY MIKE WHITE SCHOOL OF ROCK IS PRESENTED BY ARRANGEMENT WITH CONCORD ...

Free museum admission

Free museum admission first weekend of month for Bank of America and Merrill customers These are the museums that are participating. Mint ...

Carolina Renaissance Festival

Time travel to the greatest party since Camelot! Take an autumn stroll through the wooded Village of Fairhaven where history ...

Fort Mill Scarecrow Crawl All Day

Join the Town of Fort Mill as we host our milestone 10th Annual Scarecrow Crawl from Oct. 4 to 31, ...

  • All Day Event
  • Location: The Scarecrow Route includes Tom Hall Street, Main Street, Clebourne Street, N. & S. White Streets, Millstone Park and W
  • Website: www.fortmillsc.gov
  • Category: Holiday Events

Free admission to Matthews Heritage Museum first Saturday of month

Many people know that Caleb Bradham, a pharmacist in New Bern invented Brad’s Drink in the late 1880s, later to ...

  • All Day Event
  • Location: 232 North Trade Street Matthews, NC 28105
  • Cost: FREE
  • Category: Family Fun

OMB’s 2024 Mecktoberfest! Ballantyne Location

Get ready for double the fun and festivities at OMB’s 2024 Mecktoberfest! This year, we're spreading the excitement across FOUR ...

  • All Day Event
  • Location: Ballantyne Location
  • Category: Family Fun

South End Market at Atherton Mill

Buy your groceries, or discover something new, at the South End Farmer’s Market, happening every Saturday at Atherton Mill from ...

Take It & Make

Time for kids to create & explore with our Take It & Make It events! For the first Saturday of ...

Caffeine and Classics

Caffeine and Classics Streetside Classics - Charlotte Caffeine and Classics events will be held on the first Saturdays of March (03/02), ...

Home Depot: Free Kids Workshops

Attend a kids' free workshop on the first Saturday of the month at Home Depot. Projects change each month, and ...

  • 9:00 am - 12:00 pm 
  • Location: Home Depot, multiple locations
  • Cost: FREE
  • Category: Ongoing Programs, Free

Branch Girl Construction Experience

REGISTER TODAY FOR THE BRANCH GIRL CONSTRUCTION EXPERIENCE! It’s not just a tool in her hand. She’s not tinkering. She’s not ...

Family Storytime (Outdoor) - SouthPark Regional Library

Bring your whole family out to enjoy stories, songs, and movement activities that support early literacy skill development and help ...

Open Gym Ninja Nation

Open gym is a non-instructional time for anyone to practice whatever they would like; to be creative and have a ...

Phillips Place Fall Market & Shopping Stroll

Celebrate the fall season with exclusive offers, seasonal treats and beverages, special activations, kid’s face painting, a pumpkin patch, flower truck, ...

Saturday Morning Yoga at Lenny Boy Brewing Co

Join us for our weekly yoga series each Saturday morning at 10am. $5 gets you access to an hour-long Vinyasa style ...

UPTOWN FUNK || CENTER CITY TOUR

Join us for a 1 hour guided 1 mile walking loop through the heart of Charlotte! If new to the Queen ...

Disney On Ice presents Let's Dance!

Disney On Ice is bringing the party to hometowns across the country, and the guest list is jam-packed with audience ...

Borrow a Boat at Colonel Francis Beatty Park

Want to go kayaking but don't have your own? Have one but just don't want to haul it out today? ...

  • 12:00 pm 
  • Location: Colonel Francis Beatty Park (4330 Weddington Rd, Matthews, NC 28105)
  • Cost: Single Kayak: $10 resident/$14 non-resident; Tandem Kayak: $12 resident/$16 non-resident
  • Website: anc.apm.activecommunities.com
  • Category: Family Fun

NEW! Tricks And Treats at Carowinds

Saturdays & Sundays, September 14 - October 27, 2024 Halloween for Everyone! Experience Carowinds like never before at Tricks and Treats, our ...

The Bowl Bash at Bowl at Ballantyne

Enjoy all that The Bowl has to offer. Head to Bowl Street for a live DJ, family-friendly crafts and activations, ...

Disney On Ice presents Let's Dance!

Disney On Ice is bringing the party to hometowns across the country, and the guest list is jam-packed with audience ...

School of Rock the Musical

SCHOOL OF ROCK THE MUSICAL BASED ON THE PARAMOUNT MOVIE BY MIKE WHITE SCHOOL OF ROCK IS PRESENTED BY ARRANGEMENT WITH CONCORD ...

Charlotte FC vs CF Montreal

Don't miss The Crown's final home match of the regular season. It's Fan Appreciation night, so arrive early to score ...

September 29 - October 5
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