Catching Up With Cameron: Events On Cinco De Mayo Weekend In Charlotte!

FRIDAY

Plaza Midwood Food Truck Friday

• Resident Culture Brewing Company
• Live music, special performances and six food trucks and stands.
• Check in weekly for musical and food line-ups.
• 5-11 p.m.
• Free

Cinco De Mayo Food Truck Friday

• Sycamore Brewing
• Eight of the city’s best local food trucks will be preparing unique Mexican dishes, plus they’ll have special beer releases and live music by The Hwy.
• 5-10 p.m.
• Free

SATURDAY

1 Year Anniversary Party

• Daily Mews Cat Café
• Daily Mews Cat Cafe is turning one, and they want to celebrate their first year of business and 100+ successful adoptions with a day filled with fun activities like cat toy crafting and a guided wine tasting, special giveaways, a silent pawction, cat-themed drink specials and more.
• 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
• $12.

Cinco De Mayo Fiesta

• Sycamore Brewing
• Celebrate with a Mariachi band, tacos, Cervezas con lima and margarita frosé.
• Noon to 10 p.m.
• Free.

Tacos & Margs Crawl

• Uptown
• Tickets include cover and specials at all participating locations, plus giveaways along the way.
• 4-10 p.m.
• $23

Midwood Mania

• Plaza Midwood
• The two-day party is one of their biggest of the year and will include live music, boot camp workouts, the pet parade, kids activities and more.
• 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
• Free.

SUNDAY

Cinco de Puppo 5K Run/Walk

• Ballantyne Village Way
• Grab your pup to help raise funds for CMPD Animal Care & Control and North Meck Animal Rescue.
• 9 a.m.
• Free to attend, $30 to run/walk.

Cinco de Mayo

• Queen Park Social
• They’re partnering with Casamigos to celebrate Cinco de Mayo in style with $2 Tacos, margarita specials, music by DJ View Beats, Tequila Shotskis, a photo booth and more.
• 2-6 p.m.
• Free

Cinco De Mayo Block Party

• Hot Taco
• Hot Taco, All American Pub, Slate Charlotte and Oak Room are teaming up to throw an epic block party delicious Mexican food, frozen margaritas, Cornita flips and live music.
• 10 a.m. to midnight.
• Free

Cinco de Mayo Front Porch Sundays Market

• 2161 Hawkins St
•  In addition to the usual puppies and 65 vendors, they’ll have festive food and a Cinco-de-Mayo-inspired beer from Sycamore Brewing.
• 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Free

Iliza Elder Millenial Tour

• Knight Theatre
• 7pm

ALL WEEKEND

Wells Fargo Championship

• Quail Hollow Club
• Dozens of the world’s best golfers are coming to Charlotte and you can see them up close and personal (thanks to the new jumbo video board). The Wells Fargo Championship is the sporting and social event of the year. Bring family and friends and follow your favorite pros, enjoy official food and drink like the Champion Chips and Country Club Cooler plus seven local food trucks and a Kid’s Village.
• All day.
• $55+.

20th Anniversary

• Tyber Creek Pub
• Enjoy live music, drink specials and special events all weekend long. Friday will be an Old School Tyber Jam, Saturday is a Derby party, and Sunday they’ll turn back the clock with traditional Irish performances.
•  6 p.m. to 2 a.m.
• Free

Charlotte SHOUT!

• Uptown
• Featuring more than 75 concerts, installations (including lighted seesaws and giant bunnies) and performances in Uptown’s public space and theaters. While most attractions are free, tickets will also go on sale for the larger acts closer to the festival date.
• All day.
• Most attractions are free.

Whitewater River Jam

• USNWC
• Enjoy live music from all different genres, bring a picnic, or enjoy the large craft beer and food selection. They’ll also have yoga before the performance.
• 7-10 p.m.
• Free