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Today: Sunday, February 2, 2025
Tomorrow: Monday, February 3, 2025
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
| Event | Time | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walgreens Senior Day: 20% off for rewards members age 55+ | All Day | Walgreens (multiple locations) | |
| Half Price Bays at Topgolf (2 locations) | All Day | $15.00-30.00 | Various locations |
| Black History Month Screening at Independent Picture House: Malcolm X (follow link for times) | All Day | $9.25 | Independent Picture House |
| Drop-In Dance Class from Charlotte Ballet: Senior Dance Class | 11:00 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | Sugaw Creek Recreation Center |
| Genealogy Basics: African American Roots & Resources | 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm | FREE | Virtual |
| Drop-In Dance Class from Charlotte Ballet: Jazz Fitness | 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm | FREE | Northern Regional Recreation Center |
| Free Public Tour of Innovation Barn | 1:00 pm | FREE | Innovation Barn |
| 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. |
| Teen Art Club: Artist Study — Jean-Michele Basquiat | 4:15 pm to 6:00 pm | FREE | Steele Creek Library |
| Hike For Your Health | 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm | FREE | Reedy Creek Nature Center and Preserve |
| 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 |
| Free class with Charlotte Cirque & Dance: Juggling 101 | 6:00 pm to 6:50 pm | FREE | Berewick Recreation Center |
| Teen Art Club: Brushstroke Painting with Alma Thomas | 6:15 pm to 7:15 pm | FREE | South Boulevard Library |
| Tosco Music Open Mic | 6:30 pm | $5.36 | The Evening Muse |
| Free class with Charlotte Cirque & Dance: African Dance | 7:00 pm to 7:50 pm | FREE | Berewick Recreation Center |
| Bunco at Hoptown | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Hoptown Brewing Company, Mooresville |
| An Unusually Lovely Open Mic | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Divine Barrel Brewing |
| Name the Music at Wobbly Butt Tap Room & Eatery | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | Victory Lanes, Mooresville |
| Open Mic Night | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Cavendish Brewing Company, Gastonia |
| Comedy Open Mic at Starlight on 22nd | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Starlight on 22nd |
| Kizomba Tuesdays After Work | 7:30 pm to 11:00 pm | $10.00 | Pearl Street Park |
| Piano Karaoke & Sing Along with Ryan Stamey | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | $5.00 | Petra’s |
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
| Event | Time | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students: buy one ticket get one free at Independent Picture House on Wednesdays | All Day | Discounted | Independent Picture House |
| Jewish Film Festival (various locations and times) | All Day | Various locations | |
| Black History Month Screening at Independent Picture House: Malcolm X (follow link for times) | All Day | $9.25 | Independent Picture House |
| Free Art Kits at Mint Museum Randolph: Silver Clouds | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | FREE | Mint Museum Randolph |
| Wednesday Night Live: Free admission to Uptown museums | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Various locations |
| Whoop! Whoop! Wednesdays: local artists pop-up and open mic | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Common Market OakWold |
| Free Yoga | 5:30 pm | FREE | Sycamore Brewing |
| Trivia Get Lit -- Trivia with Charlotte Lit | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | The Market at 7th Street |
| Stitch N Bitch Craft Circle | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Petty Thieves Brewing Co. |
| The OG Boot Camp | 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm | FREE | Lenny Boy Brewing Co. |
| 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 |
| Great Decisions Lecture: The Future of NATO and European Security | 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | UNC Charlotte Center City |
| Tommy's Trivia | 6:30 pm | FREE | Sycamore Brewing |
| Flights and Flies | 6:30 pm | FREE | Confluence, Cramerton |
| Writing Workshop Series | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | $15.00 | Confluence, Cramerton |
| Bunco! | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Eleven Lakes Brewing, Cornelius |
| Open Mic at Summit Coffee Basecamp | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Summit Coffee, Basecamp, Davidson |
| Puzzle Race and Half-Priced Wine | 7:00 pm | Discounted | Middle James Brewing |
| Student Night at Opera Carolina: Carmen | 7:00 pm | $10.00-15.00 | Belk Theater |
| Wednesday Night Yoga | 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm | $5.00 | Lenny Boy Brewing Co. |
| OTPH Jazz Night | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | FREE | Old Town Public House |
| Watch Party: Charlotte Episode of House Hunters | 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | Clutch Kitchen & Pour House |
Thursday, February 6, 2025
| Event | Time | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Frozen Yogurt Day | All Day | Various locations | |
| Black History Month Screening at Independent Picture House: Malcolm X (follow link for times) | All Day | $9.25 | Independent Picture House |
| Drop-In Dance Class from Charlotte Ballet: Senior Dance Class | 11:00 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | Sugaw Creek Recreation Center |
| Free Art Kits at Mint Museum Randolph: Silver Clouds | 11:00 am to 6:00 pm | FREE | Mint Museum Randolph |
| Drop-In Dance Class from Charlotte Ballet: Senior Ballet | 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | Northern Regional Recreation Center |
| Hope Street Food Pantry Food Distribution | 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Hope Street Food Pantry |
| Free class with Charlotte Cirque & Dance: Partner Acrobatics | 6:00 pm to 6:50 pm | FREE | Berewick Recreation Center |
| Black Genealogy: Moving Beyond the 1870 Census | 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm | FREE | Mountain Island Library |
| The Charlotte Post Presents: Legends and Legacy | 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm | FREE | Allegra Westbrooks Regional Library (formerly Beatties Ford Regional Library) |
| Nature Trivia Night | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Free Range Brewing |
| 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 |
| Name the Music at Rhino Market & Deli South End | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Rhino Market South End |
| Board Game Night | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | Hi-Wire Brewing Charlotte |
| Open Mic Night | 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Cabarrus Brewing Company |
| Bingo w/ Shane | 6:30 pm | FREE | Model A Brewing, Tega Cay |
| Bechtler Museum of Modern Art's Curators' Conversation | 6:30 pm | FREE | Bechtler Museum of Modern Art |
| Free class with Charlotte Cirque & Dance: Breakdancing | 7:00 pm to 7:50 pm | FREE | Berewick Recreation Center |
| Trivia | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Common Market OakWold |
| Trivia at Pilot Brewing | 7:00 pm | FREE | Pilot Brewing |
| Mooreoke Karaoke w/ KJ Notorious J.A.M. | 8:00 pm | FREE | Tommy’s Pub |
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