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Winner announced for 2 tickets to 5th Annual CLT Donut Festival (and a discount for everyone!)

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Jody Mace

The 5th Annual CLT Donut Festival takes place Sunday, March 9, 2025, from 1 to 5 p.m., at Norfolk Hall, 2905 Griffith Street, Charlotte, North Carolina.

Update! The contest has ended and the winner is Shaunta! I’ve emailed you with the tickets!

This is a 21+ festival that includes both sweet treats and adult beverages (craft beer, mimosa, hard seltzer and cocktails.)

10+ bakeries will be at the festival, as well as 25+ artisan and lifestyle vendors.

Donut and Sweet Treat Vendors

  • Krispy Kreme – Happiness through Donuts
  • Beyond Amazing Donuts “Donuts” BAD but in a good way!
  • Caroline Farm Trust (CFT Market) “Donuts”
  • Crowntown Dispensary “Infused Donuts”
  • Donut I Love You “Donuts”
  • 10 Eighteen Cafe “Apple Cider Donuts”
  • The Sweetest Thing Bake Shop “French Cruller Donuts – Beignet”
  • Flemings Simply Devine Sweets “Handcrafted Sweet Treats
  • Molly’s Macs “Macarons”
  • Swirl Dessert Bar “Cupcakes”
  • Mauve Lynn BakeHouse “Chunky Gourmet Cookies” Life’s better with cookies…
  • More TBA

Check out this big list of spring festivals in the Charlotte area!

Photo: Beyond Amazing Donuts

Tickets

Each type of ticket grants you a certain number of donut samples and drink samples. Prices vary.

There are tickets ranging from $25 to $35 per person (plus Eventbrite fees), and these include both donut samples and alcoholic drink samples.

See all the options here.

Save 25% on your tickets with the promo code CLTONTHECHEAP.

Purchase tickets here, and remember to use promo code CLTONTHECHEAP.

Charity

CLT Donut Festival benefits Save a Nut, a support group for men who are fighting or have survived testicular cancer.

Ticket Giveaway

Update! The contest has ended and the winner is Shaunta! I’ve emailed you with the tickets!

CLT Donut Festival gave us two tickets to give away to one lucky reader! The winner will receive two “Canned Cocktails Package” tickets. Each of these tickets is worth $42.

This contest is for Charlotte on the Cheap newsletter subscribers. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can subscribe now. It’s a free newsletter. You’ll receive one email every morning with tons of ideas for free and cheap things to do in Charlotte. You can unsubscribe at any time.

Each ticket provides you with 8 Donuts and Sweet Treats Samples plus 3 Craft Cocktails. This is a 21+ event, and you must be 21 or order to enter this contest.

To enter the contest, just scroll way down and leave a comment in the comment section. On February 24, 2025, we will be emailing the tickets to the winners. So please make sure that you leave your correct email address in the email field. It won’t be visible to the public. And make sure to be looking for an email from an email from charlotteonthecheap.com!

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Posted by Jody Mace Filed Under: Food and Drink

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Comments

  6. Donnal Armbrister says

    Holy 🍩 Donuts! I love Donuts with holes , without holes, just Donuts of all kinds! To start your day with a steaming cup of coffee and a Donut, my day is off to a good start!

  28. Yvonne Gloston says

    My daughter, when she was three would say donupie mommy donupie!!!

    I am a caregiver for a 24 year old, autistic young man, and we would love to attend and receive your donuts (donupie)

  35. Geri Usery says

    I’m so blessed to have two teen grandchildren nearby who still love to hang with me!
    I would love to surprise them with this fun day, plus celebrate my granddaughter turning 15 on March 7th!
    Thanks much!

  56. Ann Benson says

    What a wonderful idea to sample donuts plus have a drink or two for a worthy cause. Please enter me in the contest. I love looking at my daily Charlotte on the cheap 😍

  68. Mariah M says

    Donut samples? Sign me up! Would love to win tickets! Love Charlotte on the cheap and am subscribed to newsletter and follow on Facebook ❤️

  78. Byron Putman says

    My kids and I have different taste, but the 1 thing we all agree on is DONUTS! I would love to take them to this event.

  79. Anita Hains says

    I love that you keep us up to date on all the fun things happening in and around Charlotte. I also love that you get to give free things away too! Please pick me to win the free package! Have a great day!

  82. Kathy says

    Hole lotta love for donuts. This should bring in a big crowd. Different donuts and donut 🍩🍩makers in 1 place. Whoa!!! 🍩🍩🍩

  83. Nyetta says

    We love 🍩 🍩 🍩 🍩! This sounds like the perfect event for the first date day/night in a very long time!

  87. Shaunta says

    I love donuts!! However I love that it’s supporting a great cause so let’s save one nut at a time or in this case two!!

  100. Leyra Perez says

    I love CLT on the cheap content! I found you guys thru a Google search about 2 years ago and have been locked in ever since. Y’all put me onto a couple different spots and I look forward to seeing what each newsletter holds! I would love to attend the festival with my sister, we’ve always wanted to go but never get around to it… I was planning on surprising her w tickets this year but this would be an awesome surprise for us both!

  105. Rita says

    I do-nut want to miss this event. Seems like a whole alot of fun. I’ll tell my fiends do-nut be jelly.

  119. Tim says

    Charlotte on the Cheap is my go to read everyday. What better way to spend on March 9 than enjoying donuts compliments from Charlotte on the Cheap.

  135. Julio says

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  142. Jess says

    Would love to go to this as a daytime date with the hubby! We have. 2.5 y/o and 5 month old and don’t get to get away often 🙂

  150. Shannon says

    Charlotte on the Cheap is the best source of things to do in this area. They do a great job of collecting information about events for everyone with a great variety of fun.

  153. Melissa says

    This sounds like such a fun idea for a day date! Great way to treat yourself and also a one stop shop to try lots of local donut shops all at once! I’d love to try this out with my husband. ❤️🤤

  158. Ronan says

    New subscriber here! Love the daily emails with the fun opportunities like this! Please never stop 🙂

  172. Jayne Prose says

    Yes! Is there anything in the world that would be better than donuts 🍩 and drinks 🍹?
    I think not.
    Sounds way better than any festival I’ve attended, ever!

  184. Katrina Miles says

    Doughnuts, mimosas and just in time for my birthday!! This would be an epic treat all around☺️

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