FabFest, Charlotte's Beatles Festival, Is This Weekend. Saturday Is Free.
FabFest, Charlotte's Beatles festival, returns Oct. 2 and 3: a ticketed tribute concert Friday night at the Knight Theater and a free Saturday of…
Jack Beckett·Sep 28, 2026
Around Town
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Charlotte BookPalooza Brings 86 Authors to Truist Field on Oct. 10. Kids 15 and Under Get In Free.
Charlotte BookPalooza fills Truist Field on Saturday, Oct. 10, with 86 indie authors, local booksellers and a day of activities for readers.
Jack Beckett·Sep 28, 2026
Events & City Life
Mecklenburg Makes Sept. 25 Dolly Parton Day. Here's Where to Celebrate.
Three weeks after Dolly Parton's death, Mecklenburg County has named Friday, Sept. 25, Dolly Parton Day.
Jack Beckett·Sep 16, 2026
Secret Gardens of Fourth Ward Tour Returns May 16-17
Jack Beckett·May 7, 2026
Charlotte SHOUT! Opens Today: 17 Days, 200 Events, and Most of Them Are Free
Charlotte SHOUT! returns April 3–19 with more than 200 events across Uptown, from all-day jazz and whole-hog barbecue to 20-plus art installations…
Jack Beckett·Apr 3, 2026
Mecklenburg County ABC Labor Day Hours 2025: Eight Charlotte-Area Stores Open 11 a.m.–4 p.m., One MXB-Only
Mecklenburg County ABC will open eight select stores on Labor Day, Sept. 1, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., with one MXB-only site for bars and restaurants.
Jack Beckett·Aug 23, 2025
Glory Days Apparel Warehouse Sale: Full Discount Breakdown, Free Hat Promo
Glory Days Apparel slashes prices for one day only: $10 tees, $25 hoodies, free hats with purchases of $100, and permanent discounts for brave…
Jack Beckett·Jul 25, 2025
Summer 2025 Is Officially One of Charlotte's Hottest Summers Yet
Charlotte has sweated through one of its hottest summers on record. Daily highs, warm nights, and sweltering streaks prove it: 2025 is not your…
Jack Beckett·Jul 24, 2025
Waxhaw Banker Draws 15-Year Sentence in $17 Million Loan-Fraud Case
Waxhaw's Kotto Paul gets 15 years after steering a $17 million loan fraud that snagged 17 banks and eight allies, federal judges say.
Jack Beckett·Jul 10, 2025
12,000 Watch Fireworks in Uptown Charlotte as CMPD Seizes Guns, Cash, and Weed
SkyShow 2025 drew 12,000 to uptown Charlotte. CMPD reported no major incidents, unless you count the $5,000 in seized cash, guns, weed, and "drug…
Jack Beckett·Jul 4, 2025
Arts & Culture
A Smithsonian Baseball Exhibition Opens Saturday at the Charlotte Museum of History. See the Part of the Story We Missed.
The Smithsonian's "¡Pleibol!" opens Saturday at the Charlotte Museum of History, in partnership with the Charlotte Knights, and runs through October…
Jack Beckett·Jul 17, 2026
Fifty Thousand Secondhand Books, Almost None Over $8: The Book Rack's Quiet 30-Year Run
Fifty thousand secondhand books, almost none over eight dollars, and a trade that keeps them moving reader to reader.
Jack Beckett·Jul 1, 2026
Business
The Charlotte Startup Turning Used Wheels Into a Real Marketplace
WheelPrice, built by college friends, has spent three years making the enthusiast wheel trade less sketchy, bootstrapped, five people, and an…
Jack Beckett·Jun 3, 2026
A Charlotte Startup Got to Unveil BBS's First-Ever Truck and SUV Wheel
WheelPrice's founders previewed BBS's first-ever truck and SUV wheel for a NASCAR Sundays crowd, the first time the storied German manufacturer has…
Jack Beckett·Jun 3, 2026
Atrium Moves to Take Control of WakeMed in $2 Billion Combination. Wake County's Vote Monday Is the First Real Test.
Atrium Health and WakeMed announced a strategic combination Friday that would make Atrium the sole corporate member of the WakeMed nonprofit.
Jack Beckett·May 1, 2026
SMBC Group Commits to 2,000 Charlotte Jobs in $76 Million Incentive Deal
SMBC Group, the banking arm of one of Japan's three largest financial institutions, has committed to 2,000 jobs in Charlotte over six years in…
Jack Beckett·Apr 20, 2026
Why Scout Motors Picked Charlotte For Its U.S. Hub And What Mecklenburg County Put On The Table
Scout Motors picked Charlotte's Plaza Midwood for its U.S. hub, promising 1,200 high-wage jobs and $200 million in investment in exchange for…
Jack Beckett·Dec 3, 2025
Wells Fargo's $10 Million Fine Vanishes: A Charlotte Perspective on Accountability
Wells Fargo's last fake‑accounts case ends with a $0 fine for a former executive, drawing outrage from a Charlotte writer duped by the bank.
Jack Beckett·Oct 24, 2025
Tito's Tops, Tequila Surges: Mecklenburg County Hits Record $71M in Liquor Sales
Mecklenburg County liquor sales hit $71M, with tequila climbing and whiskey sinking. Tito's still king.
Jack Beckett·Jul 7, 2025