Festival in the Park: Freedom Park’s Autumn Art Tradition Since 1964
Some Charlotte traditions are measured in generations, and Festival in the Park is one of them. Since 1964, this beloved autumn weekend has turned the...
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Talking Walls: Charlotte’s Mural Festival and the City as Canvas
Charlotte’s walls have learned to talk. Talking Walls, the city’s annual mural festival launched in 2018, invites local and international muralists to take over walls...
Independent Picture House and the Charlotte Film Festival: Cinema With a Local Accent
Charlotte’s film lovers finally have their clubhouse. The Independent Picture House, on the city’s east side, is a nonprofit arthouse cinema — three screens of...
Charlotte SHOUT!: The Uptown Festival of Art, Ideas and Food
Every spring, Uptown Charlotte takes off its tie. Charlotte SHOUT! — the city’s flagship festival of art, music, ideas and food — sprawls across downtown...
Theatre Charlotte: America’s Oldest Continually Producing Community Theatre
The ushers might be your neighbors; the leads might be your coworkers; the quality will surprise out-of-towners every time. Theatre Charlotte, founded in 1927, is...
Children’s Theatre of Charlotte: Half a Century of Young Hearts on Stage
Founded in 1948, Children’s Theatre of Charlotte has grown into one of the largest children’s theatres in the United States — reaching some 250,000 young...
McColl Center: Where Artists Live, Work and Change the City
A burned church became Charlotte’s beacon for living artists. McColl Center — housed since 1999 in a Gothic Revival church on North Tryon’s edge, its...
Knight Theater and the Levine Center for the Arts: Uptown’s Cultural Block
One city block holds Charlotte’s cultural crown jewels. The Levine Center for the Arts, on South Tryon Street, clusters the Knight Theater with the Mint...
Charlotte Ballet: Dancing Between the Classics and the Cutting Edge
Charlotte Ballet dances the city’s favorite double act: the classics, honored beautifully, and the new, commissioned boldly. From its Patricia McBride & Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux Center...
Opera Carolina: The Southeast’s Grand Opera Tradition
Since 1948, Opera Carolina has filled Charlotte’s stages with the grandest emotions ever composed — and it remains the largest professional opera company in the...
