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Axios
14-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Axios
Weekender: 37 things to do in Charlotte this Valentine's Day weekend
The city is filled with love this weekend. This list features plenty of Valentine's Day-themed events perfect for last-minute date plans, Galentine's outings and speed dating for singles. Friday, February 14 🍴 Treat your beau to a dinner at Sweet Pea's Specialty Shop. | $65 | 5:45pm | Details 💔 Celebrate with friends at an anti-Valentine's Day bash with music and themed drinks at Seaboard South End. | $13.42 | 8-11:30pm | Details 👥 Spend Valentine's Day mingling and networking with local professionals over appetizers, music, and drinks. | $23-$33 | 7-11:30pm | Details 🍻 Toast to the single life at Wooden Robot's party with DIY Valentine's Day card-making or craft a burn book. | Free | 5pm | Details 🕯️ Create a massage oil candle with your date at Market at 7th Street. | $60 per couple | 6pm | Details 🤣 Comedians will share their wildest crushes in a powerpoint slideshow at Protagonist. | Donation based | 7pm | Details 🍻 Take your date to Sycamore Brewing, which will have conversation starters meant to spark a romantic conversation scattered throughout the space. | Free | 7pm | Details 🌹 Grab a free red rose at Disc Plaza in Uptown and stay to view the larger-than-life ice heart. | Free | 11:30am-1:30pm | Details ❤️🔥 Connect with other science lovers at Science on the Rocks, where you can do hands-on labs, vibe to music, and enjoy drinks in the museum without the kids. | Prices vary | 6-10pm | Details 🌃 Enjoy a sultry pre-fixe dinner with live music and drinks at Merchant and Trade. | $222 | 8pm | Details 🎤 Listen to poetry live and create custom shirts at Mack Fly Fresh Printing Co. | $23.18 | 7-10pm | Details 🍺 Test your toss in a beer pong competition at Resident Culture Brewing South End. | Free | 7pm | Details 🎶 Vibe to the 7th Annual Queen City Blues Festival at Bojangles Coliseum. | $82+ | 8pm | Details Saturday, February 15 📚 "Bridgerton" author, Julia Quinn, will host a Q&A session at Queens University's Sarah Belk Gambrell Center for the Arts and Civic Engagement. | Free | 11am | Details 🍵 Celebrate Galentine's Day with high tea, treats and live music at The Ballantyne. | $35-$70 | 1-4pm | Details ⚾️ Learn how to pitch from MLB instructors at Players Athletic Club. | Free | 3pm | Details 🏒 Cheer on the Charlotte Hornets as they take on the Hartford Wolf Pack at Bojangles Coliseum. | $38+ | 4pm | Details 🍫 Grab a beer flight paired with chocolates at Sugar Creek Brewery for their Lovers Fest featuring live music and other drink specials. | Free | 11am | Details 🎶 Ditch the romance and party at Goldie's for their Anti- Valentine's Day Party. | Free | 9pm | Details 💘 Find your love match in a speed dating session at Resident Culture South End. | Free | 1-3pm | Details 🐶 Spend the weekend with your pup at Whitewater Center's Dog Days of Winter event, including a 5K trail race, adoptions, ice rink access, vendors, and clinics. | Prices vary | 10am-10pm | Details 🎤 See Frankie Valli as he makes a tour stop in Charlotte at Ovens Auditorium. | $82+ | 8pm | Details 🤣 Laugh the night away at jokes from comedian Martin Lawrence at Spectrum Center. | $58+ | 8pm | Details 🍾 Vibe to an R&B party at Harold's Chicken & Ice Bar with music from a live DJ. | $25+ | 9pm | Details Sunday, February 16 🥅 Catch a hockey game between the Charlotte Checkers and Hartford Wolf Pack at Bojangles' Coliseum. | $29+ | 4pm | Details 📚 Grab your novel and pull up a chair to a silent book club at Camp North End. | Free | 10-11am | Details 🎤 Listen to Kash Doll perform live at The Fillmore. | $68 | 7pm | Details 🎊 Keep partying with Kash Doll Superstarz. | $20+ | 10pm-2am | Details 🍽️ Enjoy a special Valentine's Day-themed dinner menu and live music at El Puro Cuban Restaurant. | Prices vary | Runs through Sunday | Details 🍷 Plan a wine dinner with your partner at Dilworth Tasting Room Plaza Midwood or SouthPark. | Prices vary | Runs through Sunday | Details 🤠 Seoul Food Meat Co. is celebrating its second anniversary at its Optimist Park location with a rodeo-themed party featuring with a mechanical bull, a petting zoo, a karaoke contest and $1 beer from LaBARatory. | Free | 12pm-close | Details Monday, February 17 🤣 Heckle away at Triple C Brewing in a comedy mic session where the audience can chime in with their own quick wit. | Free | 7pm | Details 🍸 Taste Folia's take on a range of espresso martinis with a friend if you have President's Day off. | Prices vary | 1-5pm | Details 🧶 Learn how to knit a vest at Thrift Pony in Camp North End. | $150 | 7-9pm | Details 🤼 See WWE's Monday Night Raw Live at Spectrum Center. | $58+ | 7:30pm | Details 🍣 Learn how to make sushi rolls at Armored Cow Brewing. | $60 | 6:30-8:30pm | Details 🧘 Grab a yoga mat and take the kids to a yoga session at Urban District Market. | Free | 11:30am-12:30pm | Details Check out more upcoming events on our Event Board. Hosting an event? Reach more Charlotteans through an Event Listing, which includes placement on our Event Board and in our weekday newsletter. Have a scoop about a cool event? Submit your event.
Axios
10-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Axios
Valentine's week events in Charlotte: Themed pop-up bars, singles mixers, curated dinners and more
Happy week of love, Charlotte! Whether you're toasting with friends, a Valentine, or flying solo, here are the best ways to celebrate this week—from festive pop-ups to Galentine's parties and even anti-Valentine's bashes. Monday, February 10 💡 Stroll through nine nature-inspired light installations during South End's Rail Trail Lights, on display through Feb. 23. | Nightly after sunset | Free | Details ❤️ Mix and mingle with other singles at Dilworth Tasting Room's Single Night Mixer, happening at all locations. | 6pm | Free | Details 💃🏻 Sip a themed cocktail with your valentine or galentine at Billy Sunday's Moulin Rouge pop-up. | 5-10pm | Prices vary | Details Tuesday, February 11 🎶 Catch pop trio "Almost Monday" at Amos' South End | Doors open at 6:30pm | $20-$25 | Details 🧠 Play music bingo at Sycamore while enjoying half-priced wine and $8 pizza. | 6:30pm | Free | Details 💘 Cross another Valentine's pop-up off your list with a trip to BackStage Lounge's "Cupid," happening through Feb. 23 | 5pm-midight | Prices vary | Details 🍷 Sip three paper-bag pours of wines, and try to guess where they're from, at Substrate's mystery wine tasting, hosted by Wine is Confusing. | Tastings at 7pm, 7:30pm and 8pm | $24.86 | Details Wednesday. February 12 🎀 Gather your girls for a Galentine's night out at Vaulted Oak Brewing. | 5pm | Free | Details 💝 Keep the good vibes going with another Galentine's Day celebration, featuring local vendors, drink specials and more at The Chamber by Wooden Robot. | 6pm | Free | Details 😂 Don't miss an all-women stand-up night with Shameless Society at Thrift Pony. | 7pm | $13.42 | Details 🧩 Put your problem-solving skills to the test at puzzle night at Monday Night Brewing. | 6pm | $21.45 | Details Thursday, February 13 🎂 Make a cake for Valentine's Day at Sweet Spot Studio's cake decorating workshop.| 6:30pm | $90 | Details 🕯 Or, make a custom scented candle at The Market at 7th Street's Bestie-tine candle-making class. | 6pm | $35 | Details 🧖♀️ Shop skincare products, sip champagne and enjoy live music and more at the grand opening of holistic med spa Vela Aesthetics and Mercantile in South End. | 5pm | Free | Details 👯♀️ Celebrate sisterhood with drinks, treats, pampering and more at Must Be Nice's Galentine's night. | 6-9pm | $17.79 | Details Friday, February 14 🪩 Dance the night away with Two Friends at The Fillmore | 7pm | $145 | Details 🏳️🌈 Celebrate love and community at Girls Room Valentines 2025 at Clutch, featuring local LGBTQ+ DJs and artists. | 8pm | $13.42 | Details ❤️🩹 Ditch the romance for Seaboard South End's Anti-Valentine's Bash. | 8pm | $15 | Details 🫱🏽🫲 Meet and mingle at Intricate Soirées Immersive Valentine's Mixer in Uptown. | 7pm | $33+ | Details 💕 Grab your besties and a pint and toast to being single (AF) at Wooden Robot's Single AF Valentine's Party. | Free | 5-11pm | Details 🍽 Enjoy a curated Valentine's dinner at Sweet Pea's Specialty Shop. | Reservations beginning at 5:30pm | Prices vary | Details 🇨🇺 Continue the celebrations all weekend long with an exclusive Valentine's dinner menu at El Puro Cuban Restaurant. | Reserve on Open Table | Prices vary | Details Check out more upcoming events on our Event Board. Hosting an event? Reach more Charlotteans through an Event Listing, which includes placement on our Event Board and in our weekday newsletter. Have a scoop about a cool event? Submit your event.
