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It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing! Join your CSO and Resident Conductor Christopher James Lees as we open the Summer Pops series with a tribute to the big band era with jazzy favorites from George Gershwin, Duke Ellington, and more. You won't be able to stay in your seat!

On Tap makes its way back to Concord this summer! This quintet of CSO woodwind players presents a fun and engaging orchestral experience with classical and contemporary selections in the Beer Garden of Cabarrus Brewing Co.

Please note: This venue is general admission with limited seating available on a first come, first served basis. Patrons are welcome to bring lawn chairs. On Tap performances are special events with limited ticket availability.

What’s better than live music outside on a summer evening?

The Shelby Alive annual summer concert series has been held in Uptown Shelby for more than 25 years, and this year promises to be bigger, better, and full of fun! Shelby Alive will take place on Third Thursdays this summer at the Bobby Bell Pavilion, located at 126 W Marion St, Shelby, NC 28150.

Concertgoers are encouraged to dress up to match the theme of each event! The lineup for this year’s events are as follows:

May 19: Darby Wilcox - Cowboy Glam
June 16: The Dancing Fleas - Beach Party/Luau
July 21: 80z Nation - 80s/Retro
August 18: Java Band - Disco Night
September 15: Donna the Buffalo - Music Festival

The concerts are free thanks to the generosity of these sponsors: American Restoration, City of Shelby, Steffes, BWF, Nissan of Shelby, Go Big Print, HomeTrust, and Cormetech.

Charlotte 's Beer, Bourbon & BBQ Festival returns May 21, 2022, at a new location: Ballantyne’s Backyard, 11611 N. Community House Rd., Charlotte, North Carolina 28277.

The 15th annual affair offers up the pleasures that true Southerners live by – beer, bourbon, barbecue, boots, bacon, biscuits, bluegrass and smoked beasts! It’s a great day of beer sippin’, bourbon tastin’, music listenin’ and barbecue eatin’. Your admission buys you a sampling glass so you can enjoy an "all you care to taste" sampling of beer and bourbon. You can sample over 60 beers and over 40 bourbons.

Ballantyne’s Backyard is a beautiful setting for this 15th Annual affair, featuring over 100 acres of lush green space.

Shrine of Swine is back!: Enjoy whole hogs and maybe some other surprises during each session. There is a VIP Session from 12pm-6pm and a General Admission Session from 2pm-6pm. Enjoy seminars in the Tasting Theater with master distillers, brewmasters and pit masters. Dance or rock out to the bands playing your favorite tunes throughout the day. Enjoy games, such as, Giant Jenga, Connect 4 and more. Browse and shop the brewerania, hot sauces and BBQ accessories. There will be other delicious food from the food trucks and restaurants to purchase.

Admission: VIP: $75.00 and General Admission: $42.00
VIP Admission Includes: 12pm-6pm - Includes two extra hours of sampling, a souvenir tasting glass, unlimited beer and bourbon tastings, a BBQ Dinner Plate and all live entertainment. Access to the Shrine of Swine. All other food is available A La Carte.
General Admission Includes: - 2pm-6pm - Includes a souvenir glass and unlimited beer and bourbon tastings. Access to the Shrine of Swine. All other food is available A La Carte.

Web: https://charlotte.beerandbourbon.com/#

About Drink Eat Relax Events: Producers of Fine Wine, Beer, and Spirits Events. Our signature events include Beer, Bourbon, BBQ Festivals, Wine & Food Festivals, Tacos N’ Taps, Das Best Oktoberfest, Das Best Oktoberfest and Mac + Cheese Festivals, and many more throughout the East Coast.

Sol Nation will be welcoming the USCAN Annual meeting attendees to Charlotte! This community-centered and family friendly event will be full of fun and education. It is a party with a purpose! Come meet, greet, and network with our friends from USCAN while also learning about environmental justice and Sol Nation's work.

HOT TOPIC TECH TALK! Lets talk all things Telecom, Cybersecurity & System Engineering with CEO & Inventor Chasity Wright!
About this event

Libations & Liberation

6 – 8 PM

The Dubois Center at UNC Charlotte Center City

320 E 9th St, Charlotte, NC 28202

5 pm Setup

6:00 Welcome – Henry Rock & Rashaan Peek

6:07 Networking & Vendors (Black Owned Libation samples)

6:20 Cybersecurity is an issue for crypto, nfts, and blockchain...what can we do about it? with Chasity Wright CEO & Inventor.

Chasity's tech experience started in the USAF with Aerospace, Telecommunications, Cybersecurity, and System Engineering. She has expertise in cloud architecture, blockchain and a certification in quantum computing with a Bachelor's in Cyber Policy and Information Assurance Management. Her startup, Infiltron Software Suite prevents catastrophic cyber events and security breaches before they happen and mitigates bias around gender and race in biometric technology, specifically facial recognition

Https://www.infiltron.net

7:00 pm Fireside Chat with Ollie Crooms & Shawn “Black Ferris Bueller” Allison

For one night only in the heart of Charlotte NC, join Micheal Gungor for a moment of shared life and energy through the power of music and presence.

Multi-grammy nominated musical artist Michael Gungor is best known for creating inclusive and eclectic spiritual music. “I don’t think we all need to believe in the same things,” he has said. “It’s possible to see all of life as sacred.” This sort of pluralism shows up in Gungor’s musical stylings almost as much as in his philosophy. From synthesizers and drum machines to french horns and classical guitar; from singable, post-rock anthems to identity-deconstructing mantras whispered in odd time signatures—this “Psychedelic Gospel” artist loves to experiment with any and all of the tools at his disposal to accomplish his mission of creating music that helps open the heart to the fullness and beauty of life.

Violet
Music by Jeanine Tesori and Book by Brian Crawley
Directed by Jeremy DeCarlos
Music Direction by Charlene Thomas
June 17 – July 3, 2022
Winner of the Drama Critics' Circle Award and Lucille Lortel Award for Best Musical when it premiered Off-Broadway in 1997, and then nominated for a Tony for its Broadway debut in 2014 in a revised version, Violet is a moving, North-Carolina set musical about one young woman’s healing quest for fulfillment. It features show-stopping anthems ranging from American roots to folk to gospel. With a score from Tony-winning composer Jeanine Tesori (Caroline, or Change; Thoroughly Modern Millie; Shrek; Fun Home) and book and lyrics by the acclaimed Brian Crawley (A Little Princess), Violet is inspired by the short story, The Ugliest Pilgrim by Doris Betts, astounding critics and audiences alike for more than 25 years. Violet is a powerhouse piece of theatre that needs no more than a few chairs and a company of talented performers to take an audience's breath away.

Barbecue
By Robert O’Hara
Directed by Donna Bradby
July 15 – 31, 2022
Barbecue centers around the O’Mallerys, a dysfunctional group of siblings who come together for a park barbeque in order to stage an emergency intervention for their sister Barbara, whose drug habit has gotten out of hand. However, there are in fact two O’Mallery families, one white and one black. Each appear in different, yet hilariously similar, scenes that juxtapose to create a provocative dialogue about racial and family politics.

ISSA CONJUNCTION FUNCTION! International CoLab. Makers Space. Vendors. Networking and More!

The Abbey Players are very pleased to present the premiere production of a new play: Dr. Rocket’s Last Night on Earth or THE TRIAL OF WERNHER VON BRAUN by Charlotte playwrights Albert Dulin and Arthur “Duke” Ernsberger. The play is a dream with music, both a surreal look at the German scientist who was instrumental in the development of the Apollo moon program for NASA and a harrowing examination of his work prior to his reinvention after World War II.

Von Braun oversaw the development of the V2 rocket for Nazi Germany, an unstoppable weapon that rained destruction and death upon London during the last year of World War II. The work on the rocket program was expedited by concentration camp prisoners. They worked under intolerable conditions, which caused the deaths of 20,000 through illness, starvation, hangings and beatings. Von Braun admitted he knew of their treatment, but was helpless to change it. At the end of the war Von Braun and his team of scientists and engineers were brought to the United States to work on the fledgling missile program. But after the launch of Sputnik by the USSR, his efforts shifted to the space race that resulted. Thanks in large part to his work, Apollo 11 landed on the Moon in 1969.

Dr. Rocket is narrated by Lola, a character based upon Marlene Dietrich. Von Braun hallucinates that he is on trial for his association with the Nazis; in reality he is dying of cancer. Each actor in the play plays several roles. Jim Eddings is Music Director. The play is being staged by Director of Abbey Theatre Simon Donoghue. He also portrays Von Braun.

Performances are June 10, 11, 16, 17 and 18 at 8pm. Tickets are available at the door just prior to each show. The cost for off-campus patrons is $10. Reservations: 704-461-6786.

Bring your pup out for HSC’s first ever Dog Days of Summer! We are so excited to welcome the public to our new Animal Resource Center. This event series will be held outside and our adoption center will be open throughout the event if you’re looking for a new furry friend.

What to expect:

Food Trucks
Midnight Mulligan Brewery
Live Music
Live Trivia

Campers (Rising 3rd, 4th and 5th Graders) will get the opportunity to explore their creativity while helping animals! Kids will experiment with a variety of different mediums including photography, collage and 3D architecture! Campers will come home with their own unique artwork and stories about the dogs and cats they’ve met.

When*:
– Week 1: Monday, July 25th – Thursday, July 28th 9:00AM-12:00PM
– Week 2: Monday, August 1st – Thursday, August 4th 9:00AM-12:00PM
Who: Rising 3rd , 4th and 5th Graders
Where: HSC’s Brand New Animal Resource Center – 1348 Parker Drive
Cost: $250 per camper, covers all materials and supplies

WE OUTSIDE! Game Truck. Food Trucks. Music. Vendors. Face Painting. Drummers. And More!

This month, The White Ribbon Project founder, Heidi Nafman Onda, along with Chris Draft, will join the meeting while the group signs and labels ribbons created for The White Ribbon Project. In addition, nurse navigators and social workers from Atrium Health/Levine Cancer Institute and Novant Health/Buddy Kemp Support Center have been invited to join the meeting to answer questions and share information about their programs.

Join us on Sept 10, 2022 in the heart of South End for the 9th Annual South End Shuffle 5K & Mile Run, the event that has become a South End neighborhood tradition!

Presented by Skufca Law, Wooden Robot Brewery, and Beacon Partners, the 5K starts on W Summit Ave in front of Wooden Robot Brewery and heads into Charlotte's South End and Wilmore neighborhoods. There is also a 1 Mile Run for those looking for a shorter distance.

Registration includes a finisher medal and beer (21+) from Wooden Robot Brewery or kid's ice cream(under 21). Shirts included for the 5K, and available as an upgrade for the 1 Mile.

Enjoy FREE Kemps Moose Tracks Ice Cream to help raise $10,000 for The Salvation Army of Greater Charlotte. The event will take place downtown Charlotte at the corner of Trade and Tyron on Thursday, June 16 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.



10,000 scoops of Moose Tracks will be served as a part of the largest ice cream social around: the 10,000 Scoop Challenge. For each scoop served, Moose Tracks will donate $1 to The Salvation Army of Greater Charlotte, with the hopes to raise $10,000 for vital community programs.

If you're visiting Blowing Rock this summer, come meet 25 talented regional artists at Edgewood Cottage during free weekly art shows. From Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day, artists will present their work to include oil, fiber, clay, leather, wooden furniture, folk, photography and much more. Learn about the artist processes and buy a new treasure of original art! Check http://www.artistsatedgewood.org for the weekly schedule.

Tatiana Eva-Marie spends an hour speaking to us about the world of gypsy jazz from her perspective. She will share her knowledge of its history and the ways she feels the roots of this music are as important today as when it was created.
Gypsy jazz is a style of music begun in France in the 1920s, coming out of WWI, as a much-needed expression of joy and celebration. This JAZZ ROOM weekend of music and conversation pay tribute to one of the fathers of the music, Django Reinhardt.
“The gypsy jazz warbler” – New York Times describes rising jazz star Tatiana Eva-Marie.
Tatiana Eva-Marie’s singing is inspired by her own French and Gypsy heritage; a love for the Parisian art scene of the 1920s through the 60s; a fascination for New Orleans Jazz; and a deep connection to the Great American Songbook. In conjunction with this month’s JAZZ ROOM, Tatiana Eva-Marie Sings Django’s Caravan shares with Charlotte her life-long passion and study.
Through free panels, discussions, and workshops, JazzArts Charlotte is committed to bringing nationally acclaimed artists to Charlotte to enhance the experience of the music.
Join us in one-on-one conversation for a glimpse at the joyous world of gypsy jazz.

Join We Rock CLT as campers play their original songs! Throughout the week, Teen campers aged 12-16 have learned how to play an instrument, form a band and write their own original songs!

Our summer camp curriculum teaches these diverse individuals to learn, create, and collaborate through musical exploration. We provide lessons, workshops, and activities that build allyship and empower campers to find their voice. By uniting musical education with social justice programs, We Rock Charlotte teaches campers to stand up for themselves and each other as artists, activists, and allies.