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Today: Sunday, January 12, 2025
Tomorrow: Monday, January 13, 2025
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
| Event | Time | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discounts for National Pizza Week | All Day | Discounted | Various locations |
| Half Price Bays at Topgolf (2 locations) | All Day | $15.00-30.00 | Various locations |
| Outdoor ice skating at Birkdale Village (time varies) | All Day | $16.00-18.00 | Birkdale Village |
| Library Mobile Food Pantry with Hope Street Food Pantry (click to see location each week) | 10:00 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | Various locations |
| Free Public Tour of Innovation Barn | 1:00 pm | FREE | Innovation Barn |
| Ice skating at Union County Ice Rink | 2:00 pm to 9:15 pm | $12.00 | Union County Ice Rink, Indian Trail |
| Mugs, Jugs, and Suds: Tap it Tuesdays | 3:00 pm to 10:00 pm | $6.00 | Sugar Creek Brewing |
| $2 Off Tuesdays | 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Discounted | Petty Thieves Brewing Co. |
| Sensory-friendly evening at Main Street Children's Museum | 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Main Street Children’s Museum, Rock Hill, SC |
| Song Request Night | 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Primal Brewery Belmont |
| Bring Your Own Vinyl Night | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Divine Barrel Brewing |
| Pirates Christmas at High Seas Miniature Golf | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | $10.00-15.00 | High Seas Miniature Golf |
| Nature Trivia with Charlotte Wildlife Stewards | 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm | FREE | Sugar Creek Brewing |
| Name the Music at Wobbly Butt Tap Room & Eatery | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | Victory Lanes, Mooresville |
| Comedy Open Mic at Starlight on 22nd | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Starlight on 22nd |
| Charlotte Checkers' Throwback Prices | 7:00 pm | $1.86-2.86 | Bojangles Coliseum |
| Singer Songwriter Night at WiredCoffeeEspress | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | WiredCoffeeEspress, Kannapolis |
| Hatties' Bingo Night -- free to play, with prizes | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Hattie’s Tap and Tavern |
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
| Event | Time | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students: buy one ticket get one free at Independent Picture House on Wednesdays | All Day | Discounted | Independent Picture House |
| 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 |
| Free Heartfulness Meditation Sessions at South County Regional Library | 10:30 am to 11:30 am | FREE | South County Library |
| Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Service at Marshall Park | 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm | FREE | Marshall Park |
| Ice skating at Union County Ice Rink | 2:00 pm to 9:15 pm | $12.00 | Union County Ice Rink, Indian Trail |
| Wednesday Night Live: Free admission to Uptown museums | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Various locations |
| Pirates Christmas at High Seas Miniature Golf | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | $10.00-15.00 | High Seas Miniature Golf |
| Novels & Needles – yarn craft enthusiast meet up | 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | That’s Novel Books |
| Silent Book Club at Troubadour Booksellers | 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm | FREE | Troubadour Booksellers |
| Stitch N Bitch Craft Circle | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Petty Thieves Brewing Co. |
| MLK Wreath Laying in Concord | 6:00 pm | FREE | Grace Lutheran Church, Concord |
| Film Screening: Daughters of the Dust | 6:00 pm | FREE | Mint Museum Uptown |
| Community Tax Talk with Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy: Tax Topics for Immigrants (in Spanish) | 6:00 pm | FREE | Virtual |
| Brewhouse Yoga | 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm | $5.00 | Sugar Creek Brewing |
| Yoga for Mental Health | 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm | FREE | HopeWay |
| Cinergy's Trailer Fest: watch trailers, get free popcorn, win prizes | 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm | $2.00 | Cinergy Dine-In Cinemas |
| Open Mic at Summit Coffee Basecamp | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Summit Coffee, Basecamp, Davidson |
| Drag Bingo | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Red Clay Ciderworks |
| Puzzle Race and Half-Priced Wine | 7:00 pm | Discounted | Middle James Brewing |
| OTPH Jazz Night | 7:30 pm to 10:30 am | FREE | Old Town Public House |
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 |
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