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Today: Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Tomorrow: Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Thursday, July 17, 2025
| Event | Time | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free Dilly Bar with $1 purchase (can redeem one time) | All Day | FREE | DQ (Multiple locations) |
| Free Tea Day at McAlister's Deli | All Day | FREE | |
| Gem Theatre's Summer Matinee | 10:00 am | $2.00 | Gem Theatre, Kannapolis |
| ArtBreak at Mint Museum Uptown -- free guided 30-minute lunchtime tour | 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm | FREE | Mint Museum Uptown |
| Gem Theatre's Summer Matinee | 12:30 pm | $2.00 | Gem Theatre, Kannapolis |
| MODA Digital Arts Open Studio Oasis (pre-registration required) | 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm | FREE | Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture |
| Hope Street Food Pantry Food Distribution | 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Hope Street Food Pantry |
| Industry Professional Night at Gardens at Stowe: Free admission for teachers | 4:00 pm | FREE | Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden |
| Paws and Pints | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Brewers at 4001 Yancey |
| Yappy Hour Thurstdays | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Southern Strain Brewing Company, Plaza Midwood |
| Pageland Watermelon Festival (family rides) | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Downtown Pageland |
| 5th Street Live | 5:00 pm | FREE | Truist Center Plaza |
| Music at the Met | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Metropolitan |
| Opening Reception for Nature Remains: Paintings by Barbara Schreiber (free, but a $10 suggested donation) | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | McColl Center for Art + Innovation | |
| Weekly Ping Pong Club | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Hi-Wire Brewing Charlotte |
| Craft & Yap -- Girls Night Out at Knowledge Perk Coffee Co. | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Knowledge Perk Coffee Company, Fort Mill |
| Speed Puzzle Tournament | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Petty Thieves Brewing Co. |
| LaLaCaboosa Downtown Music Series in Huntersville | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Veterans Park (Huntersville) |
| Anne Springs Close Greenway's Rooted Rhythm Concert Series: Thurston Howell | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | $7.00 | Anne Springs Close Greenway |
| Charlotte Fit Fam | 6:00 pm | FREE | HopFly Brewing Company |
| Name the Music at Rhino Market & Deli South End | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Rhino Market South End |
| LangTree Live Concert Series | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | LangTree Lake Norman (Mooresville) |
| Open Mic Night | 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Traust Brewing Company, Mount Holly |
| Bingo w/ Shane | 6:30 pm | FREE | Model A Brewing, Tega Cay |
| July Book Club: Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult | 6:30 pm | FREE | Neoteric Brewing Company |
| River Jam live music series (free admission; parking is $12) | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | U.S. National Whitewater Center |
| Trivia at Pilot Brewing | 7:00 pm | FREE | Pilot Brewing |
| July Gaston FolkSing | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Gaston Pour House |
| Crossroads Cinema at Camp North End: The Dark Knight | 8:30 pm | FREE | Camp North End |
Friday, July 18, 2025
| Event | Time | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free Dilly Bar with $1 purchase (can redeem one time) | All Day | FREE | DQ (Multiple locations) |
| Queen's Feast -- Charlotte Restaurant Week | All Day | $30.00-50.00 | Charlotte, NC (many locations throughout Charlotte region) |
| Krispy Kreme Birthday: Buy a dozen doughnuts and get another dozen for 88¢ | All Day | $0.88 | Krispy Kreme — Multiple locations |
| Free Birding Walks on trails of Stowe Conservancy | 9:00 am to 10:00 am | FREE | Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden |
| Friday Morning Hike | 9:00 am to 11:00 am | FREE | Latta Nature Preserve |
| Mecklenburg County OTC Medicine Giveaway and Community Event | 9:00 am | FREE | Greater Bethel AME Church, The Plaza |
| Free Public Tour of Innovation Barn | 9:00 am | FREE | Innovation Barn |
| Live Music: DJ Holla | 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Brewers at 4001 Yancey |
| Food Truck Friday at Resident Culture Brewing | 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Resident Culture Brewing Plaza Midwood |
| Indian Trail Food Truck Fridays | 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Crossing Paths Park, Indian Trail |
| University City Food Truck Friday | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Armored Cow Brewing |
| Pageland Watermelon Festival | 5:00 pm to 11:59 pm | FREE | Downtown Pageland |
| Free Water Ski Show by Carolina Show Ski Team | 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm | FREE | Windjammer Park, Tega Cay |
| Live Under the Oaks music series | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Birkdale Village |
| Friday Nights at Camp North End: Thrift Pony After Dark Market | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Camp North End |
| Live Music Fridays | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Olde Mecklenburg Brewery — LoSo |
| Live Music Fridays | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery & Biergarten — Ballantyne |
| Summer Residency Showcase at Goodyear Arts | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Goodyear Arts |
| Hot Glass Alley's Open Demo | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Hot Glass Alley |
| South End Food Truck Friday | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Hi-Wire Brewing Charlotte |
| Food Truck Friday at the Fountain in Rock Hill | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Fountain Park, Rock Hill |
| Doubles Mario Kart Tournament | 6:00 pm | FREE | The Chamber by Wooden Robot (NoDa) |
| Artist Talk & Closing Reception with Sisters in Artistic Liberation | 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm | FREE | VAPA Center |
| Drum, Sip, Repeat | 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm | $0-10.00 | Birdsong Brewing Co. |
| Opening Reception for Perspectives: A Lens in History at Cain Center for the Arts in Cornelius on July 18 | 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm | FREE | Cain Center for the Arts, Cornelius |
| Friday Night Live Music at Confluence | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Confluence, Cramerton |
| Live music: The Vel-Crows | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Old Town Public House |
| Music on the Green at Promenade on Providence | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Promenade on Providence |
| River Jam live music series (free admission; parking is $12) | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | U.S. National Whitewater Center |
| Friday Night Live Music | 7:00 pm to 11:30 pm | FREE | Hi-Wire Brewing Charlotte |
| Friday Night Flicks: Finding Nemo | 7:00 pm | FREE | McGee Park, Concord |
| The Comedy Market: Open Mic | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Common Market South End |
| Sundown Sounds: Too Much Sylvia | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | Ramsey Creek Park, Cornelius |
| Outdoor Movie: Mufasa: The Lion King | 7:30 pm | FREE | Seoul Food Meat Co., Mill District |
| Family Sunset Hike | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | Stevens Creek Nature Preserve and Center |
| Brews & Views | 8:00 pm | FREE | Heist Brewery & Barrel Arts |
| Village Park Movie: Twisters | 8:45 pm | FREE | Village Park, Kannapolis |
Saturday, July 19, 2025
| Event | Time | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free Dilly Bar with $1 purchase (can redeem one time) | All Day | FREE | DQ (Multiple locations) |
| Queen's Feast -- Charlotte Restaurant Week | All Day | $30.00-50.00 | Charlotte, NC (many locations throughout Charlotte region) |
| Pilates in the Park at Prosperity Village | 8:00 am to 9:00 am | FREE | The Green at Prosperity Village |
| Cars and Coffee Concord | 8:00 am to 11:00 am | FREE | Charlotte Motor Speedway |
| Cartoons & Coffee: Christmas in July: A Mickey Christmas Carol & Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas | 8:30 am to 10:30 am | FREE | Rea Farms |
| Free Tai Chi Class with Taiji Matthews | 9:00 am to 10:00 am | FREE | Stumptown Park, Matthews |
| Sunset Farm Open House: garden-to-go workshop, farm-to-table demo, more... | 9:00 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | Sunset Farm (The Park CDC) |
| Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Community Book Sale | 9:00 am to 1:00 pm | FREE | SouthPark Regional Library |
| Saturday Serve -- volunteer opportunity | 9:30 am to 12:30 pm | FREE | The Market at 7th Street |
| Charlotte Doodle Meetup | 10:00 am to 11:00 am | $5.00 | Skiptown |
| Saturday Morning Yoga | 10:00 am to 11:00 am | $5.00 | Lenny Boy Brewing Co. |
| Free yoga class at Blakeney | 10:00 am to 11:00 am | FREE | Blakeney |
| Family Day at Promenade on Providence | 10:00 am to 1:00 pm | FREE | Promenade on Providence |
| Copa Victoria: 4x4 Street Soccer Tournament (free to watch; cost to compete) | 10:00 am to 2:30 pm | FREE | Victoria Yards |
| Visit Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society Museum | 10:00 am to 3:00 pm | FREE | Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society & Museum |
| Mini Pop-Up Art Market at Native American Studies Center in Lancaster, SC | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | FREE | Native American Studies Center, Lancaster, SC |
| Colonial Day at Museum of the Waxhaws | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | $5.00 | Museum of the Waxhaws |
| Free Yoga | 10:00 am | FREE | Sycamore Brewing |
| Pageland Watermelon Festival Parade | 10:00 am | FREE | Downtown Pageland |
| Culture Market CLT | 11:00 am to 3:00 pm | FREE | Rozzelles Ferry Landing |
| Repair Pop-Up | 11:00 am to 4:00 pm | FREE | Patagonia Charlotte |
| Matthews Mainline Market | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | FREE | Stumptown Park, Matthews |
| Line Dancing Class | 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm | FREE | Steele Creek Community Place |
| Maker's Market CLT at Burial Beer Co. | 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | Burial Beer Co., Charlotte |
| 10th Anniversary Kick-Off Party | 12:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | Wooden Robot Brewery (South End) |
| Pageland Watermelon Festival | 12:00 pm to 11:59 pm | FREE | Downtown Pageland |
| Festival Colombiano | 12:00 pm | $23.57 | First Ward Park |
| Live Music: Kaden Thrower | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | FREE | NoDa Brewing North End |
| MODA Digital Arts Open Studio Oasis (pre-registration required) | 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm | FREE | Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture |
| 3rd Annual Citizen Con -- Post-Apocalyptic Cosplay Event | 1:00 pm to 11:30 pm | FREE | District 57 |
| Free Public Tour of Innovation Barn | 1:00 pm | FREE | Innovation Barn |
| World Snake Day (Drop-In) | 1:30 pm to 2:15 pm | FREE | Stevens Creek Nature Preserve and Center |
| Hopfly Bike and Brew | 1:30 pm | FREE | HopFly Brewing Company |
| Super Saturday: Shepherd Shakespeare's As You Like It | 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm | FREE | ImaginOn |
| Pickin' on the Porch -- free acoustic music series at Stowe Conservancy Trailhead Store | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | Trailhead Store at Daniel Stowe Conservancy, Belmont |
| The Gender Education Network Fundraiser | 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm | FREE | Pilot Brewing |
| Maker's Market CLT at Primal Brewery Huntersville | 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Primal Brewery, Huntersville |
| Christmas in July | 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm | FREE | Lost Worlds Brewing, Cornelius |
| Gilde Brewery's SommerFest | 3:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Gilde Brewery |
| Live Music: Heidi Sidelinker and Edan Aldridge | 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Neoteric Brewing Company |
| Concerts @ the Circles: Shot Thru the Heart | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Clean Juice, Davidson |
| Americana Chamber Concert at ClearWater Arts Center & Studios | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | ClearWater Arts Center & Studios |
| Live Music Saturdays | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Olde Mecklenburg Brewery — LoSo |
| Live Music Saturdays | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery & Biergarten — Ballantyne |
| Mint Hill Family Fun Night Concert: Ryan Trotti (Country) | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Mint Hill Veterans Memorial Park |
| Wrestling Pop-Up | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | NoDa Brewing North End |
| Music in the Park in Denver: Petty Rewind | 6:30 pm | FREE | Rescue Squad Park, Denver |
| One Of One: Solo Exhibition by Tevin Scott -- film, visual art and comedy | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | $10.00 | VisArt Video |
| 3rd Saturday: Pints and FREE Pinball | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | CityCade, Gastonia |
| Music on the Green at Promenade on Providence | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Promenade on Providence |
| Live Music: Obsidian Femmes | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Traust Brewing Company, Mount Holly |
| River Jam live music series (free admission; parking is $12) | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | U.S. National Whitewater Center |
| Stories Under the Stars: Dog Performances | 7:00 pm | FREE | Cabarrus County Library, Kannapolis Branch |
| Live music: Bullfrog Moon | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | Old Town Public House |
| Belmont Movies in the Park: Spy Kids | 8:30 pm | FREE | Stowe Park, Belmont |
| Open Mic Comedy Night at Dish Restaurant | 10:00 pm | FREE | Dish |
