Enjoy your stay in our town! Below are some of our favorite places, activities, and restaurants around Charlotte.
Charlotte's 4th of July Week events by Charlotte On The Cheap - this site continue to update and add more events to see!
Our favorite websites for all things Charlotte:
Charlotte Agenda
Charlotte Five
Charlotte On The Cheap
Charlotte's Got A Lot
Happenings Magazine
Fun readings about Charlotte:
City Notes 1 | City Notes 2 | City Notes 4 |
You Know You're New To Charlotte When...
Charlotte Date Nights @ $20
10 Best FREE Outdoor Activities in Charlotte (summer)
Below is a map that includes the locations to the events for our wedding, as well as our favorite Charlotte things to do, entertainment, activities, restaurant and brewery recommendations, shopping spots, etc.
*Select the arrow at the top left of the map to make the menu pop-out, then scroll down for more options.
Below is a list-version of the above map with links to their respective websites.
Our Recommendations...
Our Spartan Bar:
MSU Charlotte Spartans Alumni Bar - BlackFinn at the Epicenter
Summer Events:
- Charlotte Knights Baseball Games
- Charlotte Symphony Orchestra: Summer Pops Series
Activities & Things To Do:
- White Water Center
- Lazy 5 Ranch (drive-thru feeding and petting zoo)
- Food Truck Friday: Sycamore Brewery
- Studio Movie Grill
- Top Golf
- LumberJaxe (axe-throwing bar)
- Cycle Boating on Lake Norman
- The Show at 8.2.0 Karaoke Lounge
- The Funny Bus
- Walking Food Tours
- Park 10 Lanes (Bowling)
- Little Sugar Creek Greenway
- Tiger World: Thursday Evenings Carnivore Feeding Tour
- Cars & Coffee (1st Sat or Sun of the month, check date!)
- 4 Charlotte Parks Summer Events (outdoor concerts, movies, festivals)
- 4th Ward Walking Tour
Places:
- Freedom Park: Parked Steam Locomotive
- Queen Park Social & LoSo Breweries
- The Music Factory (concerts, bars, restaurants) including VBGBs
- Shopping: Concord Mills or SouthPark Mall
- Epicentre
Restaurants:
- Mama Ricottas (Italian)
- Luna's Living Kitchen (Vegetarian & Vegan)
- Crispy Crepe
- Duckworth's The Cellar ($$$)
- Pinky's West Side Grill (Garlic-parsley Dressing, YUM)
- Amelie's French Bakery
- Soul (Tappas)
- Bad Daddy's Burgers
- Sushi 101
- Chopt (Salads)
- Napa on Providence
- Viva Chicken (get the green sauce)
- Dressler's ($$$$)
- Cowfish (Sushi & Burgers)
- Alexander Micheals
Breweries:
- Lucky Dog Bark & Brew (you don't have to own a dog to go)
- Birdsong Brewery
- Sycamore Brewery
- OMB
- Unknown Brewery
- NoDa Brewery
- VBGBs
- Wooden Robot
Specific to Le Meridian Hotel:
- EVOkE
- City Lights Rooftop Bar
- Social Bar & Kitchen
- Craft City Social Club (& outdoor pool with cabanas)
Specific for Kids:
- Ray's Splash Planet
- Aquatic Center
- Carowinds Amusement Park
- Freedom Park Nature Center
- Discovery Place
- ImagineOn
- Carolina Raptor Center