Weekender: 37 things to do in Charlotte this Valentine's Day weekend

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

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