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Today: Thursday, January 9, 2025
Tomorrow: Friday, January 10, 2025
Saturday, January 11, 2025
| Event | Time | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Outdoor ice skating at Birkdale Village (time varies) | All Day | $16.00-18.00 | Birkdale Village |
| Free Lagree Fitness Class with Day Booth Fitness (4 classes) | 8:00 am to 10:30 am | FREE | Optimist Hall |
| Free Rabies Clinic at Charlotte Mecklenburg Animal Care & Control | 8:00 am to 10:45 am | FREE | CMPD Animal Care and Control |
| 6th Annual Pajamas All Day 5K, fun run and festival | 8:00 am to 11:00 am | $0-45.00 | Blakeney Professional Park |
| Charlotte Doodle Meetup | 10:00 am to 11:00 am | $5.00 | Skiptown |
| Family Day at McColl Center | 10:00 am to 1:00 pm | FREE | McColl Center for Art + Innovation |
| 2nd Saturdays Open Studios | 10:00 am to 2:00 pm | FREE | ClearWater Arts Center & Studios |
| Carolina Value Pet Care Mobile Clinic | 10:00 am to 2:00 pm | Southern States Mooresville | |
| Visit Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society Museum | 10:00 am to 3:00 pm | FREE | Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society & Museum |
| Amazing Grace -- Stories of African American Courage, Strength and Resilience | 11:00 am to 6:00 pm | FREE | Mint Museum Uptown |
| NFL Playoffs Tailgate Parties | 11:00 am to 10:00 pm | FREE | Brewers at 4001 Yancey |
| Book Signing with Author Valencia Andrews | 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm | FREE | That’s Novel Books |
| More Than 250: Panel Discussion about the Catawba Nation | 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm | FREE | Charlotte Museum of History |
| Charlotte Cirque & Dance Center Open House | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | $15.00 | Charlotte Cirque & Dance Center |
| Free Public Tour of Innovation Barn | 1:00 pm | FREE | Innovation Barn |
| Bitcoin Social | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | Southern Strain Brewing Company, Plaza Midwood |
| Ice skating at Union County Ice Rink | 2:00 pm to 9:15 pm | $12.00 | Union County Ice Rink, Indian Trail |
| Free Street Hockey Clinic for Kids -- plus a free ticket for the Charlotte Checkers Game | 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm | FREE | Bojangles Coliseum |
| Pirates Christmas at High Seas Miniature Golf | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | $10.00-15.00 | High Seas Miniature Golf |
| The Chutes Winter Tubing at Crowder Springs | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Crowder Springs, Gastonia | |
| Live Music: Heidi Sidelinker and Edan Aldridge | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Neoteric Brewing Company |
| Live music: Michael Tracy | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | Primal Brewery, Huntersville |
| 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 |
| Live music: Requiem – goth night w/ DJ Velvetine & DJ Sanity Ana | 9:00 pm | FREE | Tommy’s Pub |
Sunday, January 12, 2025
| Event | Time | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| QC Fitness Games | 11:00 am to 12:15 pm | $5.00 | Veterans Park (Central Avenue) |
| NFL Playoffs Tailgate Parties | 11:00 am to 10:00 pm | FREE | Brewers at 4001 Yancey |
| Football Sundays | 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Discounted | Sugar Creek Brewing |
| Traust Plant Swap & Shop | 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | Traust Brewing Company, Mount Holly |
| Amazing Grace -- Stories of African American Courage, Strength and Resilience | 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm | FREE | Mint Museum Uptown |
| Family Fun Day -- Winter Edition | 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm | FREE | Gibson Mill Market |
| Ice skating at Union County Ice Rink | 2:00 pm to 9:15 pm | $12.00 | Union County Ice Rink, Indian Trail |
| Free Live Tunes | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | FREE | Free Range Brewing |
| Opening of Art Exhibit, Breaking Bread | 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm | FREE | VisArt Video |
| Soul Sundays (suggested $5 donation) | 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm | $5.00 | Starlight on 22nd |
| Jam with Charlotte Folk Society | 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | The Casual Pint (Rivergate) |
| Pirates Christmas at High Seas Miniature Golf | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | $10.00-15.00 | High Seas Miniature Golf |
Monday, January 13, 2025
| Event | Time | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Ice skating at Union County Ice Rink | 2:00 pm to 9:15 pm | $12.00 | Union County Ice Rink, Indian Trail |
| Margarita Mondays | 3:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Discounted | Sugar Creek Brewing |
| Pirates Christmas at High Seas Miniature Golf | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | $10.00-15.00 | High Seas Miniature Golf |
| Open Mic Night at Old Town Public House | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Old Town Public House |
| Open Mic Night | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Town Brewing |
| Puzzle Challenge | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Hi-Wire Brewing Charlotte |
| Karaoke at Starlight on 22nd | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Starlight on 22nd |
| Nerd Night + Free Pizza | 7:00 pm | FREE | Resident Culture Brewing Plaza Midwood |
| Find Your Muse Open Mic | 7:30 pm | $5.00 | The Evening Muse |
| The Bill Hanna Legacy Jazz Session | 7:30 pm | $7.00-10.00 | Petra’s |
| Movie Night Monday at The Cotton Room at Belfast Mill: The Avengers: Age of Ultron | 8:00 pm | FREE | The Cotton Room at Belfast Mill |
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