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Today: Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Tomorrow: Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Event | Time | Price | Location |
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Fort Mill Scarecrow Crawl | All Day | FREE | Various locations |
Great Elizabeth Pumpkin Wall | All Day | FREE | 2017 Greenway Avenue |
Halloween food freebies and deals | All Day | FREE | |
Krispy Kreme: Free doughnut if you wear a costume | All Day | FREE | Krispy Kreme — Multiple locations |
Baskin Robbins: 31% off scoops | All Day | Discounted | Baskin-Robbins, multiple locations |
Tiff's Treats: Free cookie if you're in costume | All Day | FREE | Tiff’s Treats — multiple locations |
Space Explorers: THE INFINITE (various start times and prices) | All Day | Blume Studios | |
Skiptown: 13 Days of Spooktown (price is pass for dog) | All Day | $5.00-15.00 | Skiptown |
Insomnia Cookies: Free cookie if you wear a costume | All Day | FREE | Insomnia Cookies, multiple locations |
Wendy's: FREE 4-piece Saucy Nuggs with any purchase | All Day | Wendy’s (multiple locations) | |
Sonic Drive-In: 50-cent corn dog on Halloween | All Day | $0.50 | Sonic Drive-In (multiple locations) |
Pumpkin Patch at Hodges Family Farm | 9:00 am to 5:30 pm | FREE | Hodges Family Farm |
Great Pumpkin Halloween Parade in Kings Mountain | 10:00 am | FREE | Cherokee Street Parking Lot, Kings Mountain |
Farewell to the Old University City Regional Library -- full day of activities | 10:15 am to 6:15 pm | University City Regional Library | |
Free Admission with "I Voted" sticker | 11:00 am to 6:00 pm | FREE | Mint Museum Uptown |
Free Admission with "I Voted" sticker | 11:00 am to 6:00 pm | FREE | Mint Museum Randolph |
Candy Crawl in Downtown Concord | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | FREE | Downtown Concord |
Halloween Celebration at Compare Foods CLT | 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Compare Foods, Milton Road |
Chipotle: Rewards members in costume get a $6 entrée | 3:00 pm to 10:00 pm | $6.00 | |
Free Halloween pictures at Bass Pro Shops | 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Bass Pro Shops |
Free Halloween pictures at Cabela's | 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Cabela’s, Fort Mill, SC |
Skiptown: Dogs in costume get in for free | 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Skiptown |
Halloween Block Party at Town Brewing -- costume contests for adults, kids and dogs | 4:00 pm | FREE | Town Brewing |
Sweet Street Trunk-or-Treat and Festival in Kannapolis | 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | North Carolina Research Campus |
Halloween at Gibson Mill Market | 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Gibson Mill Market |
Cabarrus Brewing Company's Halloween Candy Crawl | 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Cabarrus Brewing Company |
Woof-a-Ween (dog costume contest) | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Seoul Food Meat Co., South End |
Mall-O-Ween -- trick-or-treating and Halloween fun | 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm | FREE | Northlake Mall |
Trick or Treat at Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society Museum | 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society & Museum |
Weekly Ping Pong Club | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Hi-Wire Brewing Charlotte |
Weekly Ping Pong Club | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Hi-Wire Brewing Charlotte |
Howl-O-Ween -- Pet Costume Pawty at Camp North End | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Camp North End |
Thursday Night at the Museum: Creepy Collections Highlights | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Charlotte Museum of History |
Sorcery & Steampunk Soiree | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Traust Brewing Company, Mount Holly |
Halloween Party | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | The Chamber by Wooden Robot (NoDa) |
Moo & Boo Halloween Ball at Moo & Brew Plaza Midwood | 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm | $9.96 | Moo & Brew – Plaza Midwood |
Boot Scootin' Boos -- Halloween Line Dance Party and Costume Contest | 6:00 pm to 11:59 pm | FREE | Old Armor Beer Company, Kannapolis |
Charlotte Fit Fam | 6:00 pm | FREE | HopFly Brewing Company |
Papa Doc's Spooky Speakeasy | 6:00 pm | FREE | Papa Doc’s Shore Club |
Halloween at Sycamore | 6:00 pm | FREE | Sycamore Brewing |
Howl-o-ween | 6:00 pm | FREE | Neoteric Brewing Company |
Halloween with RP Allen | 6:00 pm | FREE | Petty Thieves Brewing Co. |
Name the Music at Rhino Market & Deli South End | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Rhino Market South End |
Murder Mystery Party | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | $12.00 | NoDa Brewing North End |
Board Game Night | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | Hi-Wire Brewing Charlotte |
Bingo w/ Shane | 6:30 pm | FREE | Model A Brewing, Tega Cay |
Halloween Movie Night: Screen 1 and Halloween | 6:30 pm | FREE | Craft Tasting Room and Growler Shop |
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 |
CLTrivia's Hardly Haunted Halloween Trivia and Costume Contest | 7:00 pm | FREE | Red Clay Ciderworks |
The Swanee Theatre's 3rd Annual Halloween Bash | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | $5.00 | Swanee Theatre, Kannapolis |
Crossroads Cinema at Camp North End: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | 8:00 pm | FREE | Camp North End |
Thursday Beginner Line Dancing at The Rose | 8:30 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | The Rose Honky Tonk |
Petrafied Halloween Bash | 9:00 pm | $10.00 | Petra’s |
Ayrsley Retro Horror Series | 9:30 pm | $5.00 | Ayrsley Grand Cinemas |
Friday, November 1, 2024
Event | Time | Price | Location |
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Space Explorers: THE INFINITE (various start times and prices) | All Day | Blume Studios | |
Insomnia Cookies: Free cookie if you wear a costume | All Day | FREE | Insomnia Cookies, multiple locations |
Public Tour at Innovation Barn (register in advance) | 10:30 am to 11:15 am | FREE | Innovation Barn |
Free Admission with "I Voted" sticker | 11:00 am to 6:00 pm | FREE | Mint Museum Randolph |
Free Admission with "I Voted" sticker | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | FREE | Mint Museum Uptown |
Downtown Waxhaw First Friday | 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | |
UCITY Food Truck Friday | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Armored Cow Brewing |
First Friday at Clayworks | 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm | FREE | Clayworks |
South End Gallery Crawl | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Historic South End |
Friday Night Music Series at Camp North End | 6:00 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | Camp North End |
#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 |
Friday Live Music | 7:00 pm to 11:30 pm | FREE | Hi-Wire Brewing Charlotte |
Five Buck Friday Swing Dancing | 7:00 pm | $5.00-10.00 | First United Methodist Church, Charlotte |
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 |
Outdoor Movie Night: Coco | 7:30 pm | FREE | Seoul Food Meat Co., Mill District |
Live Music: Sell Out | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | Old Armor Beer Company, Kannapolis |
Karaoke | 8:00 pm | FREE | Hickory Tavern, Harris Blvd. |
Saturday, November 2, 2024
Event | Time | Price | Location |
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Free museum admission first weekend of month for Bank of America/Merrill customers | All Day | FREE | Various locations |
Space Explorers: THE INFINITE (various start times and prices) | All Day | Blume Studios | |
Inner Peaks NoDa Grand Opening Week (click for details on free activities) | All Day | FREE | Inner Peaks NoDa |
Insomnia Cookies: Free cookie if you wear a costume | All Day | FREE | Insomnia Cookies, multiple locations |
Shred Day event at Gastonia Farmers Market | 8:00 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | Gastonia Farmers Market |
Home Depot Kids' Workshop: Pumpkin Tic-Tac-Toe | 9:00 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | Various locations |
Touch-a-Truck at Cabarrus Arena & Events Center | 9:00 am to 1:00 pm | FREE | Cabarrus Arena and Events Center |
Drop Dead 5K (code for 25% off available) | 9:00 am | FREE | Elmwood/Pinewood Cemetery |
Veterans Salute 5K/10K and fun run in Concord | 9:00 am | $0-30.00 | Fifth Third Bank, Downtown Concord |
Charlotte Doodle Meetup | 10:00 am to 11:00 am | $5.00 | Skiptown |
VHS Fitness Potluck at VisArt Video: free workouts to vintage fitness tapes | 10:00 am to 11:00 am | FREE | VisArt Video |
Visit Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society Museum | 10:00 am to 3:00 pm | FREE | Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society & Museum |
Pawsitively Matthews | 10:00 am to 3:00 pm | FREE | Stumptown Park, Matthews |
Rural Hill Sheepdog Trials and Dog Festival | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | $8.00-18.00 | Historic Rural Hill |
Tours at Elmwood Pinewood Cemetery after Drop Dead 5K (available to everyone, not just runners) | 10:00 am | FREE | Elmwood/Pinewood Cemetery |
Free Saturday Yoga | 10:00 am | FREE | Sycamore Brewing |
Kids 1 Mile Fun Run | 10:00 am | FREE | Elmwood/Pinewood Cemetery |
Charlemos Charlotte Language Exchange Program | 10:30 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | South Boulevard Library |
Day of the Dead Celebration at Gaston County Museum | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | FREE | Gaston County Museum |
Free Admission with "I Voted" sticker | 11:00 am to 6:00 pm | FREE | Mint Museum Uptown |
Free Admission with "I Voted" sticker | 11:00 am to 6:00 pm | FREE | Mint Museum Randolph |
Drop off pumpkin (for donation to farm) and get a free Pilot Brewing gift card | 11:00 am to 10:00 pm | FREE | Pilot Brewing |
Family First: Architect for a Day | 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm | $10.00 | Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture |
Super Saturday: Let's Vote (kids' activities) | 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm | FREE | ImaginOn |
Día de los Muertos Festival | 12:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Resident Culture Brewing Plaza Midwood |
Day of the Dead celebration at Camp North End | 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Camp North End |
VAPA Center Open Studios, including Art Market | 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | VAPA Center |
Alchemy of Autumn Festival | 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm | FREE | Urban District Market |
Maker's Market | 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm | FREE | Heist Brewery & Barrel Arts |
Dia De Los Tacos | 2:00 pm to 11:59 pm | FREE | Monday Night Garden Brewing Co. |
Live Music: LSD does JBG | 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Triple C Brewing Co. |
Whiskey, Wine & Fire Festival (save 20% with promo code -- plus a chance to win tickets!) | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | $69.00 | Ballantyne’s Backyard |
Santa Arrival Parade and Tree Lighting | 5:00 pm | FREE | Various locations |
Stein Holding Competition | 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Gilde Brewery |
Live Music | 7:00 pm | FREE | Cabarrus Brewing Company |
Comedy Open Mic at The Landing | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | The Landing at 4th Ward |
Book Buyers' Fall Poetry and Fiction Reading and Open Mic | 7:30 pm | FREE | Book Buyers |