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Out On The Town

Out on the Town is a Blumenthal-sponsored social club for arts lovers in the LGBTQIA+ community.

Members enjoy special discounts as well as FREE mixers before or after select performances throughout the year. It’s the perfect place to network with fellow arts lovers. There are no dues, no officers, and no membership requirements. You can become a member by simply signing up!

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Oct 2022

The beloved musical @anastasiabway opens at Ovens Auditorium in EXACTLY ONE WEEK and we have a fun opportunity for you to WIN FOUR TICKETS to the show! We’re thrilled to announce the Queen City Crown Making Contest! Craft your own crown for the chance to win! In today’s blog (link in bio), we have everything you need to know to get started – including a great tutorial video by professional wig and makeup designer Jason Estrada! To participate, you’ll have to get that regal caboose moving quickly: ALL ENTRIES ARE DUE BY THIS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9!

TRICK OR TREAT?! We’re treating our Instagram friends with PRIORITY ACCESS to tickets to @beetlejuicebway one “Day-O” ahead of the public on sale! Beetlejuice plays Belk Theater March 28th – April 2nd! To unlock this special presale offer NOW, click the link in our bio!

BRAVO to the entire company of @wecomefromaway who closed a brilliant, record-breaking Broadway run last night! 🌎 The production played 25 previews and 1,670 regular performances at the time of closing - making it the 49th longest-running show in Broadway history and the longest tenant in the 105-year history of the iconic Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre! Cannot wait for the National Tour to make its highly anticipated return to Charlotte, playing our beautiful Belk Theater March 7th - 12th! #repost • 5 days. 19 animals. 7000 strays. 1 small town that welcomed the world. 1670 performances. 25 previews. 5 remarkable years on Broadway. Thank you, Broadway! 💛💙

Jumping for joy as we get closer to Blue Lapis Light’s special ENCORE performance TONIGHT (10/3) on the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center at 7:30pm as the grand finale to our inaugural Charlotte International Arts Festival! 4th Street between Alexander and Davidson Streets closes at 6:30pm – so bring your friends, family and a blanket! This event is FREE and open to the public! #cltartsfest

We are mere HOURS away from our special ENCORE performance of @bluelapislight’s “Reflection” on the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center TONIGHT (10/3) at 7:30pm as the grand finale to our inaugural @cltartsfest! We’ll close 4th Street between Alexander and Davidson Streets starting at 6:30pm – so bring your friends, family and a blanket! This event is FREE and open to the public! #cltartsfest

Spooky season is HERE and it’s the perfect time to announce tickets to @beetlejuicebway, playing our Belk Theater March 28th – April 2nd, go on sale to the public OCTOBER 5th at 10am!

Ready to FLY?! This is your final boarding call for @bluelapislight’s performances *ON* the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center building TONIGHT (10/2) at 7:30pm and 9pm as part of the Charlotte International Arts Festival! ALSO - don’t miss your FINAL encounters with the beloved Birdmen – visiting the crowd at 6:45pm and 8pm! We’ll also have a special ENCORE performance of Blue Lapis Light Monday evening (10/3) at 7:30pm! 4th Street between Alexander and Davidson Streets will be closed starting at 6:30pm both nights (10/2 & 10/3) – so bring your friends, family and a blanket! This event is FREE and open to the public! #cltartsfest

Who else is SO FLIPPING EXCITED for @bluelapislight’s performances *ON* the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center building TONIGHT (10/2) at 7:30pm and 9pm as part of the Charlotte International Arts Festival?! ALSO - don’t miss your FINAL encounters with the beloved Birdmen – visiting the crowd at 6:45pm and 8pm! We’ll also have a special ENCORE performance of Blue Lapis Light Monday evening (10/3) at 7:30pm! We’ll close 4th Street between Alexander and Davidson Streets starting at 6:30pm both nights (10/2 & 10/3) – so bring your friends, family and a blanket! This event is FREE and open to the public! #cltartsfest

Goodnight from DAY SWEET SIXTEEN of the @cltartsfest! We are SO BEYOND GRATEFUL for our incredibly dedicated team who worked so hard and so quickly today to reactivate the beloved installations out at Ballantyne’s Backyard following the storm - for arts lovers to enjoy for one last weekend! We were also OVERJOYED our Birdmen friends were able to do one last surprise strut around this great space before their FINAL FESTIVAL SHOW tomorrow night (10/2) at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center in between performances by Blue Lapis Light at 7:30pm and 9pm! #cltartsfest

Tonight, we’re shining the spotlight on the digital artists featured on the video loop we have projected onto the Mint Museum during the inaugural Charlotte International Arts Festival! Curated by Blumenthal Performing Arts’ Director of Artistic Experiences Bree Stallings, this rotating loop celebrates local and visiting artists working in a wide variety of fields – including stop motion, documentary filmmaking, digital animation and MORE! BRAVO to all! List of artists: Wonderworld’s The People’s History of Charlotte (a Blumenthal Fellows project by Dorne Pentes and Ivi Bilich), Marcus Kiser, Mike Silverberg Wirth, Will Jenkins, Kar Lita (Mexico City, Mexico), ArtPop Street Gallery and its many artists (Wendy L. Hickey), Eric Mullis, HNin Nie, Taylor Lee Nicholson, Naji Al-Ali (Amman, Jordan), Had Chosen: Jalen Weddington, Rebecca Lipps, Maleek Loyd of Loyd Visuals, Gloria Zavaleta with footage of the META (Mural Entrepreneurial Training Academy) artists, and a behind-the-scenes commercial of our very own CIAF exclusive beer, Brush Stroke, being made at Heist Brewing!

BREAKING NEWS! Birdmen will do one final walk through Ballantyne’s Backyard TONIGHT (10/1) at 5:30pm! Come on out and enjoy this @cltartsfest favorite and all the other incredible installations on display in this beautiful space NOW through Sunday! REMINDER - Birdmen’s FINAL #cltartsffest appearance is TOMORROW (10/2) at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center in between Blue Lapis Light's performances at 7:30pm & 9pm!

Let’s give our inaugural @cltartsfest the celebratory send-off it deserves! Join us TOMORROW NIGHT (10/2) for two performances of @bluelapislight on the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center building at 7:30pm & 9pm – and your FINAL CHANCE to encounter the beloved Birdmen! We’ll also have a special ENCORE performance of Blue Lapis Light Monday evening (10/3) at 7:30pm! We’ll close 4th Street between Alexander and Davidson Streets starting at 6:30pm both nights (10/2 & 10/3) – so bring your friends, family and a blanket! This event is FREE and open to the public! The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center is located at 600 E. Fourth Street. Paid parking is available at the Government Center building parking garage at 232 S. Davidson Street! #cltartsfest

Goodnight from DAY FIFTEEN of the Charlotte International Arts Festival! #cltartsfest

“I wanted to make sure it was human and that it felt that way. I really wanted to bring that forth and make people contemplate how wonderful it is to exist.” In today’s blog (link in bio), meet Charlotte-based composer and sound designer Jason Hausman (@sonic_samurai), the man behind the Music of Man - the incredible soundtrack that accompanies one of the most beloved, larger-than-life installations at our inaugural @cltartsfest! #DidYouKnow This is the FIRST-TIME music has ever accompanied one of @parerstudio’s works?! Enjoy! #cltartsfest #parerstudio #amandaparer #Man

Goodnight from DAY FOURTEEN of the @cltartsfest! Words fail to describe @bluelapislight’s incredibly moving rehearsal this morning at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center as the windy weather was just starting to roll in - before we had to eventually make the heartbreaking decision to cancel tonight and tomorrow night’s performances to ensure the safety of these AMAZING dancers/athletes! We hope you enjoy this beautiful time-lapse and behind/above-the-scenes pics and be sure to keep a close eye on our social media channels this weekend! We’re still holding out hope that weather conditions will improve and they will be able to perform for you all to help us close out the inaugural #cltartsfest! 📷 🎥 : @earlmcgehee & @shootbt

Bloom! 🌺 made the big move to the mall today and after a great afternoon rehearsal – we are READY to start performances TOMORROW MORNING! Join us at SouthPark Mall Friday, Saturday and Sunday for back-to-back FREE, indoor performances of Bloom! 🌺 by SWAY and Polyglot Theatre’s Bees 🐝 as part of the @cltartsfest! #cltartsfest Friday (9/30) 🌺🐝: 10:30am 🌺🐝: 12pm 🌺🐝: 2pm Saturday (10/1) & Sunday (10/2) 🌺🐝: 12pm 🌺🐝: 2pm 🌺🐝4pm

Weather Update - Saturday, October 1st - 11:30am Ballantyne’s Backyard, including Architects of Air’s Luminarium, is OPEN this weekend! Blue Lapis Light will have two performances this Sunday (10/2) at 7:30pm and 9:00pm at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center with a special appearance by Birdmen, and a bonus performance on Monday (10/3) at 7:30pm! Continue to keep an eye on CharlotteArtsFest.com and our social media accounts for further updates!