Things to Do: May 7 - May 13

All Week

Truist Championship at Quail Hollow
One of eight PGA TOUR Signature Events at Quail Hollow all week. Kids 15 and under get in free with a ticketed adult, and strollers, diaper bags, and baby bottles are all allowed on the course. We took Jamie last year and I wrote up exactly how to make it work with little ones, including the parking situation nobody warns you about.
📍 Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte
🕒 May 6-10, all day (varies by round)
👶 Best For: All ages
💡 Parent Tip: Download the PGA TOUR app and register for a free PGA TOUR Pass before you go. You'll get a $5 food and beverage credit on-site, which covers a snack and feels like free money.
Cost: Varies
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Strawberry Picking at Hall Family Farm
Strawberry season is here and Hall Family Farm is open for u-pick daily. No admission fee to pick, play on the free playground, or order from Hall's Kitchen. Ticketed activities like the hayride, Kid Zone, and ropes courses are also available.
📍 Hall Family Farm
🕒 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. (hot food and activities open 12:30 p.m. on weekdays)
👶 Best For: all ages
💡 Parent Tip: Call or text 704-562-4021 before you go. They close u-pick mid-day when berries need time to ripen, and they try to give an hour's notice.
Cost: Free admission, strawberries $4/lb, ticketed activities extra
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Thursday, April 30

Preschool Ballet Classes
Free ballet class for preschoolers at Mallard Creek Rec Center. It's imaginative games and simple steps, not a recital track. And it's free, so if your kid hates it, you're out nothing but 45 minutes.
📍 Mallard Creek Recreation Center, 2530 Johnston Oehler Rd
🕒 9:30 – 10:15 a.m.
👶 Best For: Preschoolers (ages 3–6)
💡 Parent Tip: "Twirl, leap, and dance" is the marketing version. The reality is more like controlled chaos with occasional graceful moments. Still fun!
Cost: Free
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Toddler Time at Big Air
Open jump for the little ones with a calmer, slower-paced vibe than the regular sessions. If your toddler has energy to burn and you've already done every playground in a 10-mile radius, this works.
📍 Big Air Charlotte, 2408 Sardis Road North
🕒 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
👶 Best For: Toddlers (ages ~1–3)
💡 Parent Tip: Grip socks are required!
Cost: $23+
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Storytime in the Park: Squirrel Lake Park
Matthews Library staff does storytime outside with stories, songs, and movement activities. Same format as last week, same great park for running around after.
📍 Squirrel Lake Park, 1631 Pleasant Plains Rd, Matthews
🕒 11:00 – 11:30 a.m.
👶 Best For: all ages
💡 Parent Tip: Bring something to sit on. Storytime will be cancelled if the weather doesn't cooperate. Call 704-416-5000 ext. 2 if you're unsure.
Cost: Free
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Free Art Kit: Kuba Collage 
Pick up a free art kit inspired by the woven raffia cloth in the Kuba Textiles exhibit. Cut, paste, and assemble a textural collage at home. Available for four days starting today.
📍 Mint Museum Randolph, 2730 Randolph Road
🕒 Available 11 AM - 6 PM
👶 Best For: All ages
💡 Parent Tip: No appointment needed. Grab it on the way to or from another Randolph Road errand and you have an at-home activity ready to go.
Cost: Free
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KiddieCade Happy Hour
Two hours of supervised play for $35 while you sit in actual lounge seating with a real cup of coffee and catch up on emails. High-speed Wi-Fi, charging stations, open-concept layout so you can see your kid the whole time.
📍 The Kiddie Cade
🕒 1-3 PM
👶 Best For: Ages 2 and up
💡 Parent Tip: Book ahead. This is not a walk-in situation and Thursday slots fill fast. (Note: listed as a Thursday recurring event; confirm current Friday availability at the link.)
Cost: $35 for a 2-hour visit
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Free Community Night at Daniel Stowe Conservancy
Duke Energy sponsors a free evening at the gardens once a month. Tonight you can walk the Adventure Trail, play at the Prairie Castle Playground, and see the spring blooms without paying admission. Pre-registration is required even though it's free.
📍 Daniel Stowe Conservancy, Belmont
🕒 4-7pm
👶 Best For: All ages; great for toddlers
💡 Parent Tip: Consider this a scout run before you bring the grandparents on Mother's Day Sunday. The playground alone is worth the drive.
Cost: Free
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SouthPark After 5
This week's theme is the Truist Championship Tee-Off, with free game stations from U.S. Bank, free sunflowers for the first 500 visitors, and On the Border (an Eagles tribute band) on stage. Food trucks and drinks on-site. No outside beverages per ABC law, but outside food is fine.
📍 Symphony Park, 4400 Sharon Road, Charlotte
🕒 5-9pm
👶 Best For: All ages
💡 Parent Tip: Bring a blanket or low chairs. Paved paths work for strollers. Get there by 5:15 if you want the sunflowers.
Cost: Free
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Fresh Air Hour at Anne Springs Close Greenway
First Thursday of every month, the Greenway opens to non-members for free at the Lake Haigler entrance. Live music (Dustin Yager tonight), the Canteen is open, and the trails are yours. This is the right way to try it before committing to a membership.
📍 Lake Haigler Entrance, Anne Springs Close Greenway, Fort Mill
🕒 5:30-8pm
👶 Best For: All ages
💡 Parent Tip: The Canteen has food and drinks and the vibe is genuinely relaxed. Look up the shorter trail loops before you go if you're coming with a stroller or a kid who hits a wall fast.
Cost: Free
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Music on Main in Pineville
Free live music on the Town Hall Lawn tonight. Shop and dine along Main Street before or after, and enter the raffle for a Margaux's gift card. Bring a blanket.
📍 Town Hall Lawn, 505 Main Street, Pineville
🕒 6:30-8:30pm
👶 Best For: All ages
💡 Parent Tip: Main Street Pineville is walkable and low-key. Good option if you live south and want something easy on a school night.
Cost: Free
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Friday, May 1

Betty Bookworms: Storytime + Coffee
Weekly storytime at Betty on Thomas Ave. Kids get books and songs, you get coffee. Honestly the coffee is the main draw.
📍 Betty by Moxie Mercantile, 1219 Thomas Ave
🕒 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.
👶 Best For: Babies, toddlers, and preschoolers
💡 Parent Tip: Get your coffee first, then settle in. It's a much better experience caffeinated.
Cost: Free
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Mothers Day Brunch at The Bunny Hive
A small-group Mother's Day brunch with a craft activity, light bites, and drinks. Two time slots available. This one fills up, so if you're going, book it now.
📍 The Bunny Hive, Charlotte
🕒 10am and 11am
👶 Best For: Babies and toddlers with their moms
💡 Parent Tip: Good pick if your kid is still in the stage where a restaurant Mother's Day brunch is more stressful than fun. Contained space, low stakes, cute craft.
Cost: $40
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Splash About and Explore
A free water playgroup for babies and preschoolers at Charlotte Aquatics with purposeful play stations in the water including floating toys, bubble activities, gentle slides, and pour-and-play sensory bins. This runs every Friday through the rest of 2026, so if this week doesn't work, bookmark it.
📍 Charlotte Aquatics, 7835 Little Avenue
🕒 10 to 10:30 AM
👶 Best For: 6 months to 5 years
💡 Parent Tip: Registration is required and space is limited. Do not assume you can just show up. Book it in advance like you would any class.
Cost: Free
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Free Breastfeeding Support Group
A free group for postpartum breastfeeding moms led by a licensed therapist from Charlotte Parent Therapy. Babies are welcome, toddlers have to stay home, and you can ask the questions you've been Googling at 3 a.m.
📍 New Mom School Ballantyne
🕒 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
👶 Best For: Breastfeeding moms
💡 Parent Tip: Space is limited, so register before you forget.
Cost: Free
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Strawberry Picking
Hunter Farm is officially open for the season! Strawberry picking, wagon rides, petting barn, concessions, and a market barn. Farm Fridays include live music and food trucks starting April 17.
📍 Hunter Farm, Weddington
🕒 Fridays 4:00 – 7:00 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
👶 Best For: all ages
💡 Parent Tip: Walk-ins are welcome when space allows, but turn on notifications so you know when weekday picking opens up. Kids under 2 ride free; everyone else needs a ticket for the wagon ride.
Cost: Free admission, $14/person for wagon ride to petting barn
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Matthews Summerfest (Friday Night)
The festival opens Friday night with Hard 2 Handle (Black Crowes tribute) from 6:30-8pm, then Jim Quick and Coastline for beach and dance music from 8:30-10pm. All-you-can-ride carnival wristbands are $30 Friday night.
📍 Stumptown Park, 120 S. Trade Street, Matthews
🕒 6pm-10pm
👶 Best For: Ages 5 and up (no pets; service dogs always welcome)
💡 Parent Tip: The $30 carnival wristband is worth it if you have a kid who will ride everything twice. Buy it at the gate and let them go.
Cost: Free admission; $30 carnival wristband available
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Movie Night: IF 
Outdoor movie on the Rea Farms lawn. Bring blankets and grab food from the on-site restaurants before it starts.
📍 Rea Farms
🕒 7-9 PM
👶 Best For: All ages (best for kids who can stay awake past 8)
💡 Parent Tip: Bring a blanket you do not mind getting damp. The grass gets dewy at night.
Cost: Free
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Saturday, May 2

Breakfast with the Birds at Carolina Raptor Center
Early access to the Raptor Trail with a continental breakfast and a live avian ambassador program. You watch the birds eat breakfast. The birds watch you right back. Spaces are limited and this one sells out.
📍 Carolina Raptor Center, Huntersville
🕒 8:30-10am
👶 Best For: Ages 3 and up
💡 Parent Tip: This is the splurge pick of the weekend and it is worth it. A raptor up close will be the thing your kid talks about for the next two weeks. Book before it closes.
Cost: $35 adults / $25 ages 12 and under / $5 off for CRC members
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Family Storytime: Mothers! at ImaginOn
A Mother's Day storytime with books, songs, and movement activities for babies through preschoolers, celebrating moms, grandmothers, and mother figures everywhere.
📍 ImaginOn, Charlotte
🕒 10:30-11am
👶 Best For: Babies through age 5
💡 Parent Tip: A genuinely sweet 30 minutes and a nice way to start the Mother's Day weekend before the rest of the day picks up.
Cost: Free
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Mind and Motion Family Field Day
A free community event hosted by Charlotte Angels during National Foster Care Month. Wellness zones, skills and drills, bounce houses, food trucks, and community activities at Johnson C. Smith University. Open to the public.
📍 Irwin Belk Complex, Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte
🕒 10am-1pm
👶 Best For: All ages
💡 Parent Tip: This one does not get the attention it deserves. The bounce houses alone will buy you a solid hour. Good backup if your Saturday plans fall through.
Cost: Free
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Kaleidoscope Fest in Waxhaw
Waxhaw's annual spring festival runs all day with global performances on the main stage: Irish dance, mariachi, Tahitian and Hawaiian hula, steel drums, Bollywood, live speed art, and Afro-Caribbean dance. Food trucks covering cuisines from multiple continents, plus face painting, henna, jugglers, a pump track, and a passport scavenger hunt.
📍 Downtown Park, Waxhaw
🕒 10am-6pm
👶 Best For: All ages
💡 Parent Tip: Make the drive. The Dumpling Girls food truck and the steel drum set are the highlights. Bring cash for vendors.
Cost: Free
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Mothers Day Market at Commonwealth Plaza Midwood
Commonwealth Plaza's first-ever Mother's Day Market with a curated marketplace, live music, giveaways, and photo moments. Midwood location. Runs through early afternoon.
📍 Commonwealth Plaza, Midwood, Charlotte
🕒 10am-2pm
👶 Best For: All ages
💡 Parent Tip: Midwood has good food and coffee nearby. Make a full morning of it before the afternoon events kick in.
Cost: Free
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Matthews Summerfest (Saturday)
Full day of live music: Save Tonight (90s/2000s) at 2:30, Remington Cartee (country) at 4:30, Motown Revue at 6:30, Rock the 90s at 8:30. Carnival runs all day. Craft beer vendors on-site for adults.
📍 Stumptown Park, 120 S. Trade Street, Matthews
🕒 10am-10pm
👶 Best For: Ages 5 and up (no pets; service dogs always welcome)
💡 Parent Tip: The Motown set is the one to stay for. If you're coming for a specific act, plan around parking on South Trade Street and give yourself extra time.
Cost: Free admission
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Carolina Clay Matters Pottery Festival
Over 100 local ceramic artists at Camp North End's Ford Building: kitchen pieces, wall art, garden ceramics, and everything in between. Good Mother's Day gift sourcing if you haven't figured that out yet. Camp North End has shops, restaurants, and bars in the same complex.
📍 Ford Building, Camp North End, 400 Camp Road, Charlotte
🕒 10am-5pm
👶 Best For: All ages
💡 Parent Tip: Camp North End has enough going on that you can let the kids roam while you actually look at the pottery. HEX Coffee is on-site. There is a raffle.
Cost: Free admission, free parking
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Hippie Daze Festival at Dallas Lavender Farm
Mother's Day weekend festival at a working lavender farm: live bands, stilt walkers, vendors, fairy hair, face painting, food trucks, a petting zoo, a bounce house, and a VW Bug show. The whole field is blooming lavender. Fresh lavender available for purchase on-site. Overnight camping is available.
📍 Dallas Lavender Farm, 937 Old Will School Road, Dallas, NC
🕒 10am-7pm (also open Sunday, May 10, same hours)
👶 Best For: All ages
💡 Parent Tip: Ten dollars a carload is genuinely a deal. Bring cash for the gate. It's about 45 minutes from Charlotte and worth it if lavender fields and petting zoos are your family's thing.
Cost: $10 per car (cash at gate)
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Cardboard Boat Regatta
Teams race homemade boats built from cardboard and duct tape on Lake Norman. Awards for Best Decorated, People's Choice, and the Titanic Award for best sinking, which is the one everyone is actually there for.
📍 Jetton Park, Cornelius
🕒 10:30 AM - 12 PM (first race at 11 AM)
👶 Best For: All ages (best for kids 4 and up who can follow what is happening)
💡 Parent Tip: Jetton Park has a solid playground right there. Come early, let them play, watch the race. Easy two-hour outing.
Cost: Free to watch
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The Bowl in Bloom at Ballantyne
Free wildflower seed bomb making, botanical crown crafting, a flower truck, a live DJ, and a local market running 10am-3pm. The first 100 guests get a complimentary bouquet from Bentley's Buds Flower Truck. There is also a giveaway for Yacht Rock Revue tickets that evening.
📍 The Bowl at Ballantyne, Charlotte
🕒 11am-1pm (market runs 10am-3pm)
👶 Best For: All ages
💡 Parent Tip: Get there early for the free bouquet. The crown-making will take longer than you expect and your kid will want one too. Budget the time.
Cost: Free
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Play Date with Mom at Kidcreate Studio
You and your kid make a clay heart bowl together. It is a real thing you will actually keep. Ages 18 months through 7 years.
📍 Kidcreate Studio, Charlotte
🕒 11am-12pm
👶 Best For: Ages 18 months to 7 years
💡 Parent Tip: Book in advance. This class fills and it is exactly the right size for a Mother's Day morning activity before a bigger afternoon outing.
Cost: $25
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Makers Market at Optimist Hall
A curated indoor and outdoor market featuring local artisans selling fashion, home goods, skincare, decor, and more. Inside the Fonta Flora Brewing location at Optimist Hall.
📍 Fonta Flora Brewing at Optimist Hall, Charlotte
🕒 12-5pm
👶 Best For: All ages
💡 Parent Tip: Optimist Hall has food options throughout the building. Let one adult shop while the other handles food. You will both be happier.
Cost: Free
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Best Dam Food Festival in Tega Cay
Fish, tacos, pizza, burgers, and more from a range of food vendors at Catawba Park by the dam. Ballfields, walking trails, and a large event lawn on-site.
📍 Catawba Park, New Gray Rock Road, Tega Cay
🕒 2-10pm
👶 Best For: All ages
💡 Parent Tip: This park is newer and genuinely nice. If you live in the Tega Cay or Fort Mill area, this is an easy Saturday afternoon with no major planning required.
Cost: Free admission
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Mothers Day Market at Pasta and Provisions
Park Road location hosting a Mother's Day market with barbecue, charcuterie, wine tasting, live music, and locally sourced gifts. Good afternoon stop if you're already out on the south side of Charlotte.
📍 Pasta and Provisions, Park Road, Charlotte
🕒 3-6pm
👶 Best For: All ages
💡 Parent Tip: Wine tasting plus charcuterie plus live music is a solid Mother's Day combination. The Park Road location has easy parking and you can make it a quick stop or a whole afternoon.
Cost: Free
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Y2K Kids Concert at Rea Farms
Free outdoor concert series at Rea Farms. Bring a lawn chair or blanket, order from the on-site restaurants, and enjoy the music. Happens the second Saturday of the month from May through July.
📍 Rea Farms, 9855 Sandy Rock Place, Charlotte
🕒 7-9pm
👶 Best For: All ages
💡 Parent Tip: Low-lift Saturday night option. The restaurants are right there, the vibe is relaxed, and you do not need to plan anything beyond showing up with chairs.
Cost: Free
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Sunday, May 3

Mothers Day at Daniel Stowe Conservancy
Live music, a vendor market on the Four Seasons Lawn, a Mother's Day card craft for families, and a natural view art show. The first 500 moms get a free starter bloom to take home, and all moms get 30% off in the retail spaces. Pre-register for admission before you go.
📍 Daniel Stowe Conservancy, Belmont
🕒 10am-4pm
👶 Best For: All ages
💡 Parent Tip: Pre-register now. The first 500 moms get the plant and 500 goes faster than you'd think. This is the call for Mother's Day if you want something genuinely beautiful and not a restaurant situation.
Cost: Adult $16.95 / Senior (60+) $14.95 / Child (2-12) $9.95 / Under 2 free
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Hippie Daze Festival Day 2 at Dallas Lavender Farm
Day two of the Mother's Day weekend festival at the lavender farm. Same deal: live music, vendors, petting zoo, bounce house, food trucks, full field of blooming lavender.
📍 Dallas Lavender Farm, 937 Old Will School Road, Dallas, NC
🕒 10am-7pm
👶 Best For: All ages
💡 Parent Tip: If you missed Saturday or want another round, same entry: $10 a carload, cash at the gate.
Cost: $10 per car (cash at gate)
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Mothers Day Flower Truck Pop-Up at The Bowl
Bentley's Buds parks outside Flower Child at The Bowl at Ballantyne on Mother's Day. Build a custom bouquet on the spot.
📍 The Bowl at Ballantyne, Mid Street next to Flower Child, Charlotte
🕒 10:30am-3pm
👶 Best For: All ages
💡 Parent Tip: If you forgot flowers (it happens), this is your save. The location is right next to brunch spots so you can make a full morning out of it.
Cost: Free to attend; bouquets priced separately
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Free Admission for Mothers at Mint Museum Uptown
Moms get in free at Mint Museum Uptown today. The Caravaggio exhibit is $10 for moms with this offer (normally $25). Use promo code MOM26 in-person or online for $15 off memberships through May 10. Jewelry is also 20% off in the shop May 8-10.
📍 Mint Museum Uptown, 500 S. Tryon Street, Charlotte
🕒 1-5pm
👶 Best For: All ages
💡 Parent Tip: The Caravaggio exhibit at $10 is a steal. If you have even a passing interest in art history, do not skip it today.
Cost: Free admission for moms; Caravaggio exhibit $10 for moms (promo code MOM26)
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Monday, May 11

Baby Storytime: Mothers! at ImaginOn
A Mother's Day-themed baby storytime with books, songs, and rhymes for the 0-2 crowd. Part of ImaginOn's ongoing storytime series, running a few days after the holiday so you can extend the celebration.
📍 ImaginOn, Charlotte
🕒 9:30-10am
👶 Best For: Babies ages 0-2
💡 Parent Tip: One of the better free Monday morning options for babies in Charlotte. Street parking usually opens up after 9.
Cost: Free
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Story Time and More at Wing Haven
Seasonally themed stories followed by a craft, then free roam of the SEED Wildlife and Children's Garden. Recommended for kids under 10. Space is limited and registration is required in advance.
📍 Wing Haven SEED Wildlife and Children's Garden, Charlotte
🕒 10am-12pm
👶 Best For: Ages 10 and under
💡 Parent Tip: The garden time after the storytime is the whole point. Kids can actually roam and explore. Register ahead or you will show up to a full session.
Cost: $10 per family
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Baby and Me Yoga
Prenatal, postnatal, and beyond yoga class where baby comes with you. Relaxed format with community time, meditation, and a slow strengthening flow. Feeding and diaper changes welcome mid-class.
📍 Palestra Spa
🕒 10:45 - 11:45 AM
👶 Best For: Babies and their caregivers
💡 Parent Tip: Pricing is not listed online. Check the link before you go so there are no surprises at the door. I have a question out to the owners and will update pricing if/when I hear back.
Cost: TBD
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Muffins with Mom Storytime at Allegra Westbrooks Regional Library
Stories, dancing, and breakfast treats celebrating the important women in kids' lives. A multigenerational event for ages 0-5 and older adults. Registration is required.
📍 Allegra Westbrooks Regional Library, Charlotte
🕒 11am-12pm
👶 Best For: Ages 0-5 and older adults
💡 Parent Tip: Bring grandma. This one is specifically designed to work across generations and is a genuinely sweet way to extend Mother's Day into Monday.
Cost: Free
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Tuesday, May 5

Babies on the Boardwalk 
A library-hosted walking group for new parents on the UC boardwalk. The point is fresh air, light movement, and adult conversation with other people who get it. Stroller-friendly by definition.
📍 University City Regional Library
🕒 2 to 3 pm
👶 Best For: Babies and their grownups
💡 Parent Tip: If you're running late, just meet the group on the boardwalk. Weather permitting, so check the forecast before you load up.
Cost: Free
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Free Admission Tuesdays at Schiele Museum
Second Tuesday of every month, the Schiele Museum in Gastonia is completely free thanks to Duke Energy. No tickets, no reservation needed. Planetarium shows are $5 extra.
📍 Schiele Museum, Gastonia
🕒 4-8pm
👶 Best For: All ages
💡 Parent Tip: The planetarium show is the move. Five dollars per person and your kid will be riveted for the full show. Check the calendar for the current show description before you drive out.
Cost: Free; planetarium shows $5 per person
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Wednesday, May 6

Little Learners
A short nature activity for little ones at the Wildwoods area of Whitewater Center. The class itself is solid, but the real win is using it as an excuse to explore Wildwoods after.
📍 Wildwoods at Whitewater Center
🕒 10:00 a.m.
👶 Best For: ages 1–5
💡 Parent Tip: Bring shoes they can get dirty. You'll end up in mud, guaranteed.
Cost: $5/child, adults free (included with some passes)
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Early Bird Bug Hunt at Stevens Creek Nature Center
Staff-led arthropod hunt using sweep nets and log rolling. Crawling, flying, and jumping creatures. All ages welcome but best for ages 5 and up. This is the third and final spring bug hunt date after April 10 and April 28.
📍 Stevens Creek Nature Center, Charlotte
🕒 11am-12pm
👶 Best For: Ages 5 and up
💡 Parent Tip: Closed-toe shoes and clothes you do not care about. Kids will be on the ground and in the leaves. Guaranteed.
Cost: Free
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Birkdale Buds
Weekly preschool play series kicks off for the season. This week: bubble play, glitter tattoos, snacks & crafts, and an animal rescue pop-up! Free, no registration, just show up.
📍 Birkdale Village, The Plaza
🕒 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
👶 Best For: preschool age
💡 Parent Tip: Crafts and activities are while supplies last, so earlier is better. Parking is available near Regal, Dick's, and Midwood Smokehouse.
Cost: Free
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Active Reading Family Workshop at South County Regional Library
A workshop on Active Reading: reading aloud with your child while asking questions, building vocabulary, and connecting to their world. Geared for ages 2-5. All families who attend get three free books to keep.
📍 South County Regional Library, Charlotte
🕒 2-3pm
👶 Best For: Ages 2-5 and their caregivers
💡 Parent Tip: The free books alone make this worth going. The Active Reading method sounds obvious until you actually try it, and it changes how you read together at home.
Cost: Free
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Wednesday Night Live 
Free admission and live programming across the Mint Museum, Bechtler, Gantt Center, and Knight Theater every Wednesday through the season. Programming rotates each week.
📍 Levine Center for the Arts
🕒 5-9 PM
👶 Best For: All ages
💡 Parent Tip: Takes five seconds to look up this week's specific programming. Some weeks lean kid-friendly, others do not. Worth knowing before you load everyone in the car.
Cost: Free
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Bark in the Ballpark at Truist Field
Bring your dog to tonight's Knights game for free. Free caricature by Lonnie on the concourse. Knights vs. Norfolk Tides.
📍 Truist Field, Charlotte
🕒 6:35pm first pitch
👶 Best For: All ages; dog-friendly
💡 Parent Tip: A dog, a kid, and a baseball game is logistically a lot. The caricature stand on the concourse is a good anchor point to return to between innings. Worth it only if your dog is actually good in crowds.
Cost: $20 and up
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