Join the Winston-Salem based premium funk band for free live entertainment complete with good people, good beer and the best music. BadCameo is joined by a different incredible Charlotte-based band each Saturday so there will always be new music to discover.

Enjoy dinner and drinks and be ready to bid on some amazing raffle prizes with all proceeds going towards Cara’s Purpose.

A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Daniel began studying piano at age 6, made his concerto debut with the Fremont Symphony Orchestra at age 8, and gave his recital debut at the Steinway Society of the Bay Area at age 9, before being accepted into Curtis at the age of 10. Hsu is heavily awarded with honors from around the globe and is increasingly recognized for his easy virtuosity and bold musicianship. Get there early at 6:50 p.m. for a pre-concert lecture.

Compleat Rehab & Sports Therapy in Steele Creek is celebrating its grand opening by offering the community complimentary back pain screenings. Swing by during the event or call to schedule your screening sometime between March 18-22.

Taste your way through some of Charlotte’s most exquisite private homes with food, music and spirits. Tour-goers will enjoy small plates from Charlotte’s most celebrated chefs, sample creative cocktails, hear live music from the award-winning Charlotte Symphony Youth Orchestra and tour a carefully-curated selection of the city’s most beautiful private homes.

#hackathonCLT is back for the 7th year with even more interesting community problems to tackle and over $30,000 in prizes for the best solutions.

Join Hop Culture Magazine for an afternoon of basketball and beer with unlimited pours from some of the country’s best breweries, as well as screenings of March Madness games, and merch and glassware from designer Sam Taylor. Feel free to come supporting your favorite college basketball team.

The annual SEED20 program by Social Venture Partners identifies, highlights and connects the community to the region’s most innovative ideas for tackling pressing social challenges. This culminating event is more than a competition, it is a chance to network and support social entrepreneurs. Ten finalists will give fast-paced 3-minute pitches of their ideas to a panel of judges and a live audience. Ticket includes admission, drinks, dinner and mingling before and after.

Fashion and style lovers do not want to miss this exhibit on display now through next spring. Expect to be immersed in a dynamic and diverse dress tradition and explore increasingly interconnected fashion worlds that it inhabits.

Marvel at the delicate sculptures of Michael Sherrill featuring works of clay, glass, metal and floral forms.

Check out The Mint Museum’s first large-scale exhibition to explore the dynamic medium of collage. Charlotte native Romare Bearden is widely credited with rejuvenating and reinvigorating the technique. His work, which has long been a highlight of The Mint Museum’s collection, serves as the point of departure for this fascinating exhibition.

Experience the immersive world of bugs and their amazing abilities that inspire human innovation with larger-than-life bug models that guide you through hands-on activities and challenges. Explore four immersive chambers throughout the exhibition and get up close and personal with four insects and their amazing adaptations.

Grab your smartest friends and get in on this weekly trivia night complete with $1 off all draughts. Prizes include a $50 gift card and bragging rights for 1st place, a $25 gift card for 2nd place and a $10 gift card for third place.

Buy a shirt or start a team to help the Ronald McDonald House of Charlotte serve families of sick or injured children regardless of their ability to pay. Your support enables future families to find a safe and supportive respite at the House. Every year, thousands of people across NC participate in this unique casual Friday where participants “sport” a RMH t-shirt to “share” the cost of a family’s stay at the House. Start your team today, to be ready for “Wear Day” on April 26. 

Whether leading groups of people or working as an individual contributor, one of the greatest professional challenges for many professionals is struggling with conflict. This program focuses on the value of conflict, and how we can negotiate our way through a wide variety of situations when goals or priorities are not entirely aligned.

Ultimate Air Shuttles is adding a new Charlotte to Atlanta jet service beginning March 18 with $49 each way until April 12.

Snag 50% off all bottles of wine every Thursday with a carefully curated selection from Old World to California Classics plus some natural wines as well. While you sip, you can grab food from a rotating on-site food truck or one of Orrman’s Cheese Shop plates available for purchase.

Monica is ready to say goodbye. Rex is preparing for a reunion. Emily is seeking forgiveness. And Rene is hoping to provide answers that lie beyond this world. The Great Beyond is a heartbreaking paranormal comedy about family, loss, and forgiveness.

Join the Winston-Salem based premium funk band for free live entertainment complete with good people, good beer and the best music. BadCameo is joined by a different incredible Charlotte-based band each Saturday so there will always be new music to discover.

Enjoy dinner and drinks and be ready to bid on some amazing raffle prizes with all proceeds going towards Cara’s Purpose.

A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Daniel began studying piano at age 6, made his concerto debut with the Fremont Symphony Orchestra at age 8, and gave his recital debut at the Steinway Society of the Bay Area at age 9, before being accepted into Curtis at the age of 10. Hsu is heavily awarded with honors from around the globe and is increasingly recognized for his easy virtuosity and bold musicianship. Get there early at 6:50 p.m. for a pre-concert lecture.

Compleat Rehab & Sports Therapy in Steele Creek is celebrating its grand opening by offering the community complimentary back pain screenings. Swing by during the event or call to schedule your screening sometime between March 18-22.

Taste your way through some of Charlotte’s most exquisite private homes with food, music and spirits. Tour-goers will enjoy small plates from Charlotte’s most celebrated chefs, sample creative cocktails, hear live music from the award-winning Charlotte Symphony Youth Orchestra and tour a carefully-curated selection of the city’s most beautiful private homes.

#hackathonCLT is back for the 7th year with even more interesting community problems to tackle and over $30,000 in prizes for the best solutions.

Join Hop Culture Magazine for an afternoon of basketball and beer with unlimited pours from some of the country’s best breweries, as well as screenings of March Madness games, and merch and glassware from designer Sam Taylor. Feel free to come supporting your favorite college basketball team.

The annual SEED20 program by Social Venture Partners identifies, highlights and connects the community to the region’s most innovative ideas for tackling pressing social challenges. This culminating event is more than a competition, it is a chance to network and support social entrepreneurs. Ten finalists will give fast-paced 3-minute pitches of their ideas to a panel of judges and a live audience. Ticket includes admission, drinks, dinner and mingling before and after.

Explore the world of big cats with award-winning photographer Steve Winter, a determined explorer, who will lead you from the Asian jungles where resilient tiger populations persist to the Himalaya, home of the rare snow leopard. Follow him into the rainforests of Latin America to view the elusive jaguar – and to Hollywood in pursuit of the American cougar.

Hear from Bryn Chancellor herself about her award-winning novel Sycamore (chosen in 2017 for Oprah’s “O’s Top 20 Books to Read This Summer” and optioned for television) which transports you to a small town where a corpse of a missing teenage girl has been accidentally uncovered and leads the entire town to reflect on the victim and themselves, dredging up old memories and old hurts.

Join Leading on Opportunity Council Co-Chairs James Ford and Andrea Smith, Council Members and Community Partners to learn how we drive economic mobility for all. Hear the conversation about what’s been accomplished, what lies ahead and how you can help. Business and community leaders will share what they will do to support their vision for Charlotte-Mecklenburg and 15+ nonprofits will be available to talk about their work and how you can get involved.

SOCO Gallery presents an exhibition of new works by Georgia-based painter Holly Coulis. Coulis’s gouaches and oil paintings are iconic interpretations of traditional still lifes. The artist creates playful compositions that incorporate multiple points of view and complicate preconceived notions of space and transparency. Wednesday, March 27 is the Opening Reception and Thursday, March 28 is the Artist Walkthrough.

Join Shea Urban in the grand opening event of their new modern townhome neighborhoods in NoDa and Plaza Midwood. Enjoy brews and food, compliments of Shea Urban, and mingle while you get the skinny on the new urban communities. RSVP by March 20 to krystal.strickland@sheahomes.com.

The tidying trend is on the rise, and while it may seem overwhelming, it’s a process that anyone can achieve with a little guidance. This class will help remove the intimidation of decluttering by providing tips, tools and mindsets to move toward the implementation of this life-changing process. You’ll learn about what decluttering is, how to approach and move through the process, and what to do with the clutter once you’ve decided to let it go.

American Tire Distributors is excited to sponsor #ReinventTheWheel – a 24-hour data hackathon challenging 20 teams of the sharpest data science minds to solve a real-world problem and transform the tire industry (think Shark Tank for hackers).

The two-part festival includes daytime events featuring children’s authors along with fun kids’ activities such as creation stations (coloring, crafting, and character-building) and scavenger hunts and in the evening, welcome award-winning authors for a reception, readings, discussion, book signings and socializing. The festival aims to bridge the university and city through the literary arts and celebrate all the many ways we tell stories.

The annual Red Ventures 5K is back and bigger than ever with an all-new race course through the trails on campus and 100% of the proceeds will be donated to Girls on the Run and Let Me Run – two awesome nonprofit organizations that help develop young men and women through the power of running. Plus, prizes for men’s and women’s 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishers and a special award for the top fundraiser.

Enjoy art, food and wine during a tasting by Halcyon, Flavors from the Earth, and then take a guided tour of the Contemporary Art galleries.

The Queen City Sip Shop will be popping up at the brewery with 15+ vendors so grab your crew and shop local artisans and makers and sip some fabulously brewed beer.

Add a little culture and craft beer to your Sunday with WDAV and Free Range Brewing. Cellist Norbert Lewandowski will present music by Phillip Glass; Pulitzer-prize winner David Lang and the young American composer Andy Akiho. Lewandowski’s use of technology and recorded cellos will challenge your conception of chamber music. Your $12 ticket includes a beer and commemorative glass.

For more than 50 years, the Come-See-Me Festival has served as Rock Hill’s annual salute to spring featuring nearly 80 events and activities plus beautiful gardens, friendly folks, and plenty of festival fun like a parade, live music, food trucks, fireworks, a barbecue cook-off and entertainment for all ages.

Shop Wing Haven’s wide variety of plants, trees and shrubs assisted by their expert garden volunteers. All proceeds benefit Wing Haven gardens, programs and educational outreach. Also, enjoy the Nursery Shop with arts and related merchandise and stroll the 3+ acres of Wing Haven Garden & Bird Sanctuary before or after you purchase and plan for your dream garden.

This fun and exciting night for all alumni and friends of UNC Charlotte is a critical fundraising event that helps the university offer more than 1,000 student scholarships.

Enjoy a full live Grateful Dead set by Josh Daniel’s Grateful Band with tie-dye goodies from their very own ShamWattsOne. Food trucks will be from 5-9 p.m. and include The Dumpling Lady, TIN Kitchen, Strudelteig Food Truck, Streamline Kitchen, Thebodegafoodtruck and LiL’ Dunkers Mini Donuts. The concert runs from 7-10 p.m and is free and open to the public.

The Blue Jean Bash celebrates Habitat Charlotte’s accomplishments over the past year and raises funds to increase affordable homeownership in our community. Join friends for dinner, dancing, and an exciting live auction. Last year’s bash raised $325,000, helping Habitat serve 119 families in Charlotte.

Enjoy some of the best craft beverages in the Carolinas from breweries like Wicked Weed, Green Man, Foothills and more plus live music from The Smokin’ J’s and The Shana Blake Band by beautiful Winthrop Lake. Snag a VIP ticket for exclusive access to the VIP Sampling Garden with unlimited tastings or you can buy beer and wine in the general admission area for $5 each. Please no coolers or pets.

Lace up for a Fun Run, 5K or 10K with gift cards awarded to overall male and female winners in two age categories. The Fun Run is free, no registration required and open to strollers. Both 5K and 10K courses are USATF, require registration and for participants 21 and over, enjoy a complimentary beer (or soft drink) and pizza after the race. Runners are asked to bring a pair of old athletic shoes to be recycled.

Celebrate spring with Mrs. Rabbit, Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail and Peter himself! Family-focused activities include crafts, entertainment and more. Grab a bite from a food truck, enjoy a beverage in the Beer Garden and walk throughout the beautiful flowering Garden. Also register in advance for the Mad Hatter Tea Party or Spring Family Photos.

Connect for Charity is a GIANT Connect Four tournament hosted by Passport to raise funding for Project Scientist, an organization which provides STEM education to girls ages 4-12. This single elimination tournament will be accessible and fun for Connect Four amateurs and advanced professionals alike.

Join Ted Frank, MD, heart failure/transplant cardiologist, as he runs the distance for heart transplant patients at Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute. The Heart Transplant Run is both a virtual fundraising event and a marathon—open to all skill levels and with no running distance requirement. 100% of funds raised through the Heart Transplant Run will support Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute transplant patients with special healthcare and related needs.

Back for the 5th year, this epic bottle share raises money for Make-A-Wish Central & Western North Carolina. This year, the fundraising goal is $50,000 which is enough to 100% fund over 8 wishes for kids who need a little hope, strength and joy as they battle their conditions.

Bring your pup for a mile walk and indulge in some treats afterwards (humans too!) then spoil your pup with a pawdicure from All Dogged Up and homemade treats from Yappy Hour.

One of Charlotte’s largest business-to-business trade shows, Business Showcase hosts more than 160 exhibitors and attracts over 1,000 people annually. Spend the afternoon getting acquainted with businesses in the Charlotte region followed by a complimentary networking reception. This event is hosted by the Charlotte Regional Business Alliance, Greater Charlotte Hospitality and Tourism Alliance and CRVA Partners in Tourism.

Spread a blanket and enjoy a relaxing evening outside with family and friends for a free community picnic that celebrates local food and the importance of conservation complete with local beer and wine, live music and family-friendly activities. Bring your own food or purchase a picnic basket curated by local restaurants with 100% of the proceeds to benefit Catawba Lands Conservancy and Carolina Thread Trail.

DO GOOD Week powered by Duke Energy, will conclude with a pop-up hands-on volunteering event where you can help a variety of local nonprofits with hands-on activities while enjoying sips from one of Charlotte’s best breweries complete with The TIN Kitchen food truck and live music. This event is fun for kids, friends and families (furry friends are welcome outside)!

Celebrate spring, music, beer drinking weather and great beer! Expect live music and performances on two stages by local, regional and national talent including Of Good Nature, Zach Deputy, Falconheart and more plus indoor and outdoor beer and cider stations, Prosecco-Pops, Frosé and limited edition T-shirts and koozies.

Learn how to conserve and harvest water using a rain barrel. In this workshop (friendly for all ages), you will discover the importance of water conservation and explore ways to prevent water pollution through hands-on activities and story time.

Join an incredible group of cyclists traveling more than 180 miles on a three-day journey that raises funds exclusively to benefit the Adaptive Sports & Adventures Program at Carolinas Rehabilitation. The Adaptive Sports & Adventures Program provides competitive and recreational adaptive sports opportunities for individuals of all ages with physical disabilities.

Spring Works will show the beauty and power of our artists through British choreographer David Dawson’s Opus 11, a new commission by acclaimed choreographer Helen Pickett and, returning to the stage after resounding success and powerful audience response, Johan Inger’s stylistic game-changer Walking Mad.