Charlotte
At the very heart of National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) country, 14 miles northeast of Uptown, Charlotte’s prestigious motorsports…
Must-see entertainment in North Carolina
Asheville
Asheville’s premier live-music venue, downtown’s Orange Peel Social Aid & Pleasure Club has been a showcase for big-name indie and punk bands since 2002…
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Outer Banks
This tiny live venue (or room) inside a clapboard waterside house offers a chance to hang out with real locals, and experience the island's homegrown folk…
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Ocracoke Alive's Deepwater Theater
Outer Banks
Community theater showing amateur productions. Shows range from a comedic take on the story of Blackbeard (the pirate who took a liking to the island) to…
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Outer Banks
Staged between late May and August, this outdoor play, written by Pulitzer Prize–winning North Carolina playwright Paul Green, dramatizes the fate of 116…
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Charlotte
This huge complex on the northern edge of Uptown incorporates multiple entertainment venues, ranging from the open-air, 5000-seat Charlotte Metro Credit…
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Outer Banks
You can't miss this colorfully painted haunt in Kitty Hawk, where tourists are 'sometimes tolerated.' This place prides itself on being a 'local secret'…
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Coastal North Carolina
Dark, cramped, underground and in the heart of downtown, just like a comedy club should be. Stop in for improv, open-mic nights and touring comedians,…
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Charlotte
The Charlotte venue of choice for the biggest music tours, this 20,000-seat arena is also the home of the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets.
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Children’s Theater of Charlotte
Charlotte
Based in the dazzling high-tech Imaginon – a reinvented Uptown library complex that’s more relevant to local schoolkids than it is to visitors – the…
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Outer Banks
Movies take place once a night at this atmospheric old theatre, dating back to 1918. Built in English Tudor–style, it remains the oldest family-owned…
