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By CLTure September 8, 2026 Monday, September 7 Tickets: Free Tickets: $12.50 The 48 Hour Film Project returns to Charlotte, challenging local filmmakers to write, shoot, edit and score an original short film in just 48 hours before bringing their work to the big screen for premiere screenings. Audiences can catch four screening blocks across two nights, featuring dozens of locally made films spanning comedy, drama, horror, thriller and more.

By CLTure August 31, 2026 Monday, August 31 Tickets: Free Tickets: Free The Charlotte Crown are the inaugural UPSHOT League champions, defeating the Jacksonville Waves 81-76 behind a stellar 29-point performance from Tar Heel Deja Kelly, who also recorded six rebounds, three assists, and two steals to earn the Ann Meyers Drysdale Trophy as league MVP.

By Cameron Lee August 27, 2026 When we talk about storytelling today, the conversation often centers on algorithms, engagement, and the challenge of distilling stories into digestible, minutes-long clips. But few formats capture the emotional depth and intimacy of storytelling quite like short films experienced together in a theater.

By Cameron Lee August 26, 2026 Photo: Jo Hayes / CLTure In just a few years in Charlotte as a restaunteur, Chef Robin Anthony, a native of the Indonesia, has built a remarkable résumé, earning recognition as a James Beard Foundation Award semifinalist for Best Chef: Southeast, while his restaurant concepts, Prime Fish and Omakase by Prime Fish, have received Michelin Guide recommendations. Anthony is the only sushi chef in the Carolinas to earn both distinctions.

By CLTure August 25, 2026 One of R&B and soul’s most distinctive modern voices, Yebba, has announced her first-ever headlining tour, with stops in Charlotte at The Fillmore on Saturday, November 7, and Raleigh at The Ritz on Sunday, November 8.

By CLTure August 25, 2026 Monday, August 24 Tickets: $40.50 plus Tickets: $35 plus Mustang Week takes place in Charlotte, bringing a full week of high-octane automotive events for Mustang and Ford enthusiasts.

By CLTure August 19, 2026 CLTure, in partnership with the Knothole Foundation, Truliant Federal Credit Union, SportsLink, WeGo Golf, Charlotte Knights, and Carolinas Asian American Chamber of Commerce, will bring the inaugural Charlotte Sandlot Festival to The Stick Williams Dream Fields on Saturday, September 19, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The family- and dog-friendly festival will take over all three baseball fields at The Stick for a full day of sports, games, and activities for all ages.

By CLTure August 18, 2026 Monday, August 17 Tickets: $48.30 plus Tickets: $13 plus Tickets: $27.50 plus Motley Crue, featuring founding members Nikki Sixx and Tommy Lee, longtime frontman Vince Neil, and guitarist John 5, brings their glam-metal spectacle to Charlotte’s Truliant Amphitheater with Sacramento hard-rockers Tesla and Boston metal band Extreme.

By Cameron Lee August 13, 2026 The full 2026-27 NBA schedule has been revealed, and with all but six of the Hornets’ nationally televised games airing locally on WSOC Channel 9 and TV64, there will be plenty to cheer about following an offseason that saw the team trade its most marketable player, LaMelo Ball, along with Josh Green, to Minnesota in exchange for Naz Reid and significant draft capital.

By Cameron Lee August 12, 2026 Steve Lacy, the Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist known for his work with hip-hop, jazz, funk and alternative R&B collective The Internet, has announced a U.S. tour, coming to Charlotte’s Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre on October 22 and Raleigh’s Red Hat Amphitheater on October 23. Lacy released his latest studio album, Oh Yeah?, in July, marking a stylistic evolution from his 2022 breakthrough, Gemini Rights.