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Today: Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Tomorrow: Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Thursday, January 16, 2025
| Event | Time | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Pay What You Can" night for Bright Star, with Matthews Playhouse | 7:30 pm | Matthews Community Center | |
| Discounts for National Pizza Week | All Day | Discounted | Various locations |
| Outdoor ice skating at Birkdale Village (time varies) | All Day | $16.00-18.00 | Birkdale Village |
| Birding at Stevens Creek | 9:00 am to 10:30 am | FREE | Stevens Creek Nature Preserve and Center |
| ArtBreak at Mint Museum Uptown -- free guided 30-minute lunchtime tour | 12:00 pm to 12:30 pm | FREE | Mint Museum Uptown |
| Ice skating at Union County Ice Rink | 2:00 pm to 9:15 pm | $12.00 | Union County Ice Rink, Indian Trail |
| Hope Street Food Pantry Food Distribution | 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Hope Street Food Pantry |
| Open Air Live with EastCoast Entertainment: Radical Grove DJ Collective | 5:00 pm to 5:30 pm | FREE | EastCoast Entertainment, Camp North End |
| Pirates Christmas at High Seas Miniature Golf | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | $10.00-15.00 | High Seas Miniature Golf |
| Weekly Ping Pong Club | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Hi-Wire Brewing Charlotte |
| Charlotte Fit Fam | 6:00 pm | FREE | HopFly Brewing Company |
| Community Tax Talk with Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy: Tax Topics for Immigrants (in English) | 6:00 pm | FREE | Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy |
| Name the Music at Rhino Market & Deli South End | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Rhino Market South End |
| Beer and Boardgames | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | Primal Brewery Belmont |
| Bingo w/ Shane | 6:30 pm | FREE | Model A Brewing, Tega Cay |
| Comedy Open Mic at Durty Bull Gastonia | 7:30 pm | FREE | Durty Bull Brewing, Gastonia |
| Mooreoke Karaoke w/ KJ Notorious J.A.M. | 8:00 pm | FREE | Tommy’s Pub |
Friday, January 17, 2025
| Event | Time | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discounts for National Pizza Week | All Day | Discounted | Various locations |
| Queen's Feast -- Charlotte Restaurant Week | All Day | $30.00-50.00 | Charlotte, NC (many locations throughout Charlotte region) |
| Outdoor ice skating at Birkdale Village (time varies) | All Day | $16.00-18.00 | Birkdale Village |
| Free Public Tour of Innovation Barn | 9:00 am | FREE | Innovation Barn |
| Registration for TreesCharlotte tree adoption event for South zip codes | 10:00 am | FREE | Virtual |
| Remembering MLK (event for seniors) | 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm | FREE | Albemarle Road Recreation Center |
| Ice skating at Union County Ice Rink | 2:00 pm to 9:15 pm | $12.00 | Union County Ice Rink, Indian Trail |
| Pirates Christmas at High Seas Miniature Golf | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | $10.00-15.00 | High Seas Miniature Golf |
| Goodyear Arts: What Are You Doing in my Dream? | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Goodyear Arts |
| #JamByTheVan | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | Town Brewing |
| Friday Night Live Music at Confluence | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Confluence, Cramerton |
| Winter Music Series: Heidi Sidelinker | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Summit Coffee, Basecamp, Davidson |
| New Year, New Groove | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Wooden Robot Brewery (South End) |
| Friday Night Live Music | 7:00 pm to 11:30 pm | FREE | Hi-Wire Brewing Charlotte |
| Improv Jam Night with House of Yes | 7:00 pm | FREE | Pilot Brewing |
| Mario Kart Tournament | 7:00 pm | FREE | The Chamber by Wooden Robot (NoDa) |
| Live Music | 7:00 pm | FREE | Cabarrus Brewing Company |
| The Comedy Market: Open Mic | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Common Market South End |
| Live music: Candy Coffins with Wilde Green | 8:00 pm | FREE | Tommy’s Pub |
Saturday, January 18, 2025
| Event | Time | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discounts for National Pizza Week | All Day | Discounted | Various locations |
| Queen's Feast -- Charlotte Restaurant Week | All Day | $30.00-50.00 | Charlotte, NC (many locations throughout Charlotte region) |
| Outdoor ice skating at Birkdale Village (time varies) | All Day | $16.00-18.00 | Birkdale Village |
| Cars and Coffee Concord | 8:00 am to 11:00 am | FREE | Charlotte Motor Speedway |
| MLK Day Call to Service: Trash Clean-Up at Revolution Park and Sports Academy | 9:00 am to 11:00 am | FREE | Revolution Park Sports Academy |
| Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Parade | 9:30 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | Center City Charlotte–festival area |
| Charlotte Doodle Meetup | 10:00 am to 11:00 am | $5.00 | Skiptown |
| MLK Day Call to Service with United Way of Greater Charlotte (registration is required) | 10:00 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | Northside Charlotte |
| Lowe's Kid Workshop: Toy Snowplow | 10:00 am to 1:00 pm | FREE | Lowe’s (multiple stores) |
| Visit Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society Museum | 10:00 am to 3:00 pm | FREE | Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society & Museum |
| Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Basketball Showcase | 10:30 am | $10.00 | West Charlotte High School |
| Free Saturday Morning Cartoons at Independent Picture House (plus free milk and cookies!) | 10:30 am | FREE | Independent Picture House |
| Costume Sale at Three Bone Theatre -- items starting at $1 | 11:00 am to 2:00 pm | FREE | JCSU Arts Factory |
| Bird-Day Party at Carolina Raptor Center | 11:00 am to 3:00 pm | $0-16.00 | Carolina Raptor Center |
| NFL Playoffs Tailgate Parties | 11:00 am to 10:00 pm | FREE | Brewers at 4001 Yancey |
| Story Time with Charlotte Author Eden Estabrook | 11:30 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | That’s Novel Books |
| Book Signing with Charlotte Author Sierra Zinke | 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm | FREE | That’s Novel Books |
| MLK Day Call to Service with United Way of Greater Charlotte (registration is required) | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | FREE | Renaissance West STEAM Academy |
| Goodyear Arts: What Are You Doing in my Dream? | 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | Goodyear Arts |
| Free Public Tour of Innovation Barn | 1:00 pm | FREE | Innovation Barn |
| Wizarding Winter Carnival - Presented by Mindless Minutia | 2:00 pm to 8:00 pm | $30.00 | HopFly Brewing Company |
| Ice skating at Union County Ice Rink | 2:00 pm to 9:15 pm | $12.00 | Union County Ice Rink, Indian Trail |
| Classic Bingo at Hoptown | 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm | FREE | Hoptown Brewing Company, Mooresville |
| Live Music: Matt McKinley | 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Neoteric Brewing Company |
| Pirates Christmas at High Seas Miniature Golf | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | $10.00-15.00 | High Seas Miniature Golf |
| Free Live Music: Drug Country, Wes Hamilton, and more | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Divine Barrel Brewing |
| Truth or Dare Comedy: Open Mic Edition | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Birdsong Brewing Co. |
| Live Music | 7:00 pm | FREE | Cabarrus Brewing Company |
| Comedy Open Mic at Queen City Grounds | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Queen City Grounds |
| Free harp concert with Robbin Gordon-Cartier | 7:30 pm | FREE | Christ Episcopal Church Charlotte |
| The Thirsty Beaver's 17th Anniversary: Live music by The Loose Lugnuts | 8:00 pm | FREE | The Thirsty Beaver Saloon |
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