Check www.charlottesgotalot.com for a calendar of events. The Charlotte region has several huge festivals that draw crowds worldwide annually.
Downtown Charlotte
- Carolina Panthers Stadium
- Charlotte Hornets Arena
- Charlotte Checkers
- Charlotte Knights (minor league baseball)
- Discovery Place/IMAX Dome Theatre
- Levine Museum of the New South
- Betchler Museum of Modern Art
- NASCAR Hall of Fame
- Children’s Theater of Charlotte
- Blumenthal Performing Arts Center
- Charlotte Ballet
- Charlotte Symphony
- Opera Carolina
- Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts & Culture
- Mint Museum
- Billy Graham Library
Charlotte-Other
- SouthPark Mall (high-end shopping) 4400 Sharon Road South
- US National Whitewater Center
- UNC-Charlotte Botanical Gardens
- Charlotte Nature Museum
- PNC Music Pavilion (University area)
- Carowinds
- Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens
Kannapolis
- Kannapolis Cannon Ballers (minor league baseball)
- NC Music Hall of Fame
- Gem Theater
- The Dale Trail
- Parks and Recreation
Concord
- Concord Mills (shopping)
- Charlotte Motor Speedway
- Reed Gold Mine (first documented gold discovery in the US)
- Great Wolf Lodge
Huntersville/Cornelius/Lake Norman
- Lake Norman
- Ramsey Creek Park (beach)
- Birkdale Village (high-end shopping/dining)
- Carolina Raptor Center
- Historic Latta Plantation
- Zootastic
- Discovery Place Kids
Regional
- NC Zoo-Asheboro
- Riverbanks Zoo-Columbia, SC
- Day trips to NC mountains (2 hour drive)
- NC Museum of Natural Sciences
- NC Museum of History
- NC Museum of Art
- Marbles Kids Museum (Raleigh)
