Primal Brewery, at 52 Ervin Street, Belmont, hosts frequent events, including live music, holiday parties and more. To see all of their events, visit Primal Brewery Belmont’s Facebook page or the Primal Brewery website calendar.
This page lists the events at the Belmont location. If you’re looking for events at the Huntersville location of Primal Brewery, go here.
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Music Bingo Wednesdays (scheduled through February 4, 2026) 6:30 to 9 p.m. Free
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Line Dancing with Amanda is presenting Dance With Me at Triple C. This event takes place Mondays from 6 to 10 p.m. at The Barrel Room at Triple C Brewing Co., 2832 Griffith Street, Charlotte, North Carolina.
It’s currently scheduled every Monday from January 5 to February 9, 2026.
It costs $5. No RSVP. Just show up!
There will be beginning line dance lessons from 6 to 7 p.m. and then an open dance from 7 to 10 p.m. There will be music and space for line dancing, 2-stepping and other partner styles.
No experience necessary. Learn modern line dances in a fun, relaxed environment. This is a fun way to get active and kick off your week.
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Dance With Me: Line Dancing — beginning lesson and open dance
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Weekly on Monday @ 6:00 pm-10:00 pm (January 5, 2026 – February 9, 2026)
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Dance With Me: Line Dancing — beginning lesson and open dance
The first Nerd Nite Charlotte takes place Friday, January 9, 2026, at 7 p.m., at Southern Strain Plaza Midwood, 1800 Central Avenue, Charlotte, North Carolina. This is a free event. Age 21.
Nerd Nite will be a recurring event.
The first Nerd Nite focuses on Swords and Sorcery, featuring presentations by Jessie Harrigan and Heather Freeman, and is hosted by Michael E. Murray.
Jessie Harrigan: She started fencing at 14 years old, competing in sabre. This continued through college before becoming a sabre and footwork coach for UTK’s fencing club until graduation. She took a hiatus from swords to dabble in other contact sports, including BJJ and kickboxing. However, the siren song of stabbing people drew her back into sword fighting, wherein she discovered Historical European Martial Arts. She’s been learning and teaching about all manner of pointy weapons ever since.
Heather Freeman: Professor of Art in Digital Media at UNC Charlotte, and my research has focused on sharing humanities and social science scholarship on religious studies, spirituality, and ‘occulture’ with lay audiences. Heather’s last big project was the NEH-funded, PRX podcast series Magic in the United States.
Michael E. Murray: Local Voiceover Talent. He holds a Master’s in Ethics and Applied Philosophy from UNC Charlotte, and graduated Summa Cum Laude with Departmental Honors in Art History, also from UNCC. He was a faculty Teaching Assistant as both Graduate and Undergraduate, for Philosophy and Art History and now he’s the Host and Boss of Nerd Nite Charlotte.
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Recently, a posting for a job as a “Public Relations Specialist” for Sycamore Brewing popped up online.
The listing, now classified as “expired,” described one of the job duties as “maintaining” — (italics are mine) — “a positive public image for the company,” and noted a pay range of $150,000 to $250,000 per year.
I didn’t apply.
But to those who did, or gave it at least halfway-serious consideration, I’m sure you must have thought in your heart of hearts that the notion of restoring a positive public image to the company seems not just daunting but impossible.
For anyone. For any amount of money.
The damage is done, and the damage appears to be darn-near apocalyptic.
That’s what being arrested on charges of statutory rape involving a 13-year-old girl will do to a business, especially if the individual being accused — in this case, Justin Tawse Brigham — happened to be a co-founder and co-owner of said business.
Look, I’m a journalist, not a publicist. But there’s a reason so many journalists transition mid-career into public relations jobs: the money. Oops, I meant: because no one better understands how to deal with the media — to manipulate the media — than people with a lot of journalism experience.
I wonder whether whoever has been handling the PR for Sycamore up to this point ever worked in a newsroom. I feel like the answer might be “no.”
I say this because a truly media-savvy PR person would have realized what to do in a situation this horrific days if not weeks ago.
It’s a very old way of thinking, when you’re trying to do damage control amid a nuclear-level public-relations disaster, to hide the person at or near the center of the firestorm — in this case, Sarah Taylor, the other co-founder, who is now apparently the brewery’s sole owner (as well as in the process of divorcing Brigham).
To warn them, Keep your mouth shut. You can only make things worse.
In the modern, social-media-driven world — which we’ve now lived in, by the way, for quite a long time — you make things worse by staying closed-off when you’re getting lit up for a public mistake, failure, or scandal. Because then you’re allowing the internet, and the comments section, and idiots on X to control the narrative.
What is the prevailing narrative? Well, it involves perceptions along the lines of these, for starters:
We know Taylor has claimed that Brigham has “divested all of his interest” in the company, but we find it hard to believe that he’s not still benefitting from Sycamore’s profits.
We thought the initial response made Taylor look pretty self-centered. Only after the backlash did she express sympathy for the victim and her family.
Was she REALLY not aware of her husband’s inappropriate behavior? And boy, now those risqué can designs are taking on a whole new meaning for us…
And these days, prepared statements have a very hard time shifting the narrative. These days, prepared statements — like the one Taylor put out Tuesday afternoon, to announce that the flagship taproom in South End is closing next week but “reopening in the new year” — don’t feel like they come from the heart so much as they feel like they come from ChatGPT.
Besides, at this point, Sycamore could issue a thousand statements expressing compassion for the 13-year-old victim and the girl’s family, and a thousand mea culpas for Taylor’s clumsy initial reaction, and a thousand assertions that Taylor doesn’t have the business-first mentality that critics think she has. But it’s difficult to imagine any of that changing the casual observer’s current perceptions.
The brewery’s brand has been sullied by Harvey Weinstein-level ick that the PR response so far has just made worse.
It’s for that reason, I think — strictly from a public-relations perspective — she can only benefit from coming out from behind the statements, from being open, and honest, and dignified, and from demonstrating humanity, and humility, and empathy.
(By the way: Yes, like many reporters in town, I’ve attempted to reach out to Taylor unsuccessfully.)
Here’s a great, recent example: Kristin Cabot, of Coldplay couple fame.
She didn’t owe the world an explanation. It was her personal business, albeit unfortunately made public world-wide. She didn’t have to talk to The New York Times about her indiscretions and the tailspin it sent her professional and personal lives into. But she did, and I’m sure I’m not the only one who read the story and now has a newfound (and tremendous amount of) empathy for her; and now feels at least a little bit of remorse for laughing along with all the memes and parodies.
Cabot’s granting of access to that Times reporter, her show of vulnerability, that’s how you turn yourself into a human being, and begin to truly pivot away from being a punching bag.
I have another example, too, and it’s one that hits even closer to home.
Back during the height of covid, the Olde Mecklenburg Brewery thumbed its nose at social-distancing recommendations and crammed upwards of a thousand people into its beer garden for its annual Mecktoberfest.
And they got hammered.
In the aftermath, I persuaded owner John Marrino — who did NOT initially want to discuss the foul-up with anyone, for any reason — to talk to me about how it all unfolded, and what he was doing about the brutal backlash.
When he sat down with me in the taproom (separated by six feet, of course), he told me this:
“The business was built to benefit the community, in many ways. We’re a manufacturing company. We take raw materials and add value to them to make beer here. We sell that beer in town. All that money that comes to us, most of it gets pumped right back into the local community, through our employees’ salaries and benefits.
“We deal with dozens of local vendors. All that money goes to them and goes into their families and gets recycled in the community. So, having local companies — local manufacturing companies like the breweries here in town — is great for the local community, in so many ways. And it’s a shame to have that tarnished because we screwed up.
“I regret it,” Marrino said, “and I hope over time, people forget about it. I mean, I don’t expect coronavirus to go away anytime soon, but once it does, I hope people remember the good things we’ve done, and not so much that one incident on a Saturday night.”
Now, despite the situation involving a brewery and an alarming error in someone’s judgment, there are all kinds of ways his situation was different from Sycamore’s.
It’s apples and oranges. Or, pilsners and stouts.
So why bring this up? Because when I sat down to write this, I thought about Marrino almost immediately. Because he could have just put that all in a statement. But if he’d put it in a statement, I wouldn’t have been able to see the tear spilling down his cheek as he told me all that.
Anyway, Sarah Taylor, this is all just my completely unsolicited opinion. If you really are trying to keep Sycamore going, opening yourself up at least gives you a chance at swinging people back over into your corner.
Hopefully, whoever you’ve decided to pay $150,000 to $250,000 will, in return, give you the same two cents.
Théoden Janes has spent nearly 20 years covering entertainment and pop culture for the Observer. He also thrives on telling emotive long-form stories about extraordinary Charlotteans and — as a veteran of three dozen marathons and two Ironman triathlons — occasionally writes about endurance and other sports. Support my work with a digital subscription
Rice Family Community Events presents A Wicked Evening at Cabarrus Brewing Company, 329 McGill Avenue NW, Concord, North Carolina, on Saturday, January 10, 2026, from 5 p.m. until close (11 p.m.)
This is a FREE Wicked-themed event.
Enjoy:
Free meet and greets with Glenda and Elphaba
Wicked themed snack and drinks for purchase
This is a family-friendly event. There will even be kid versions of the themed drinks!
Costumes are encouraged! Be ready for the photo ops!
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FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Across the country, a trend is brewing as people are swapping beers and cocktails for nonalcoholic drinks. At Colorado State University (CSU), students and staff in the fermentation and food science program are aware of the rise and what the future of the industry can look like.
“I think there’s so many different things that we study in this program, like so many different forms of science, and it’s just kind of all encompassing,” Olivia Duque, senior in the program, said.
Denver7 went 360 in-depth, taking a look at how Coloradans are embracing the rise of mocktails and how local businesses have embraced the shift. Last month, we listened to brewers at the Great American Beer Festival on changes they are seeing in the industry.
Jeff Biegert, New Belgium Brewing sponsored CSU fermentation & food science professor and brewmaster, explained there is a key distinction between non-alcoholic beer and alcohol-free beer.
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“There is nonalcoholic beer, which is defined as beer that is one-half of 1% alcohol or less,” said Biegert. “Then alcohol-free beer is absolutely 0% alcohol. These are identified differently by the Tax and Trade Bureau, which is the overreaching administration that looks at fermented beverages and alcohol in the marketplace. So an alcohol free beer, that administration, the TTB, will actually measure and qualify and make sure like there’s absolutely no alcohol in it.”
Students in the program have learned about the fermentation process in cheese, yogurt, and kombucha. Last year, Biegert said students worked on a nonalcoholic hop seltzer.
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“There is absolutely no alcohol in this. It is essentially carbonated water, some citric acid to lower the pH on it, and then some extract to bring in some wonderful hop aromas into it,” Biegert said.
Biegert explained the different processes for making non-alcoholic beer, which include vacuum distillation, membrane filtration, and engineered yeast. He said the vacuum distillation technique can be used when heating the beer and removing the alcohol under a vacuum, whereas the membrane filtration puts the membrane under high pressure to separate alcohol and water.
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“The third way, which we plan on doing here in the lab next semester, is play around with some engineered yeast. So there’s bioengineered brewer’s yeast out there that is engineered not to ferment the typical sugars that are in your standard beer. You make a very low-density beer to start out with, and you put this in, and it consumes the real simple sugars, which are not many in that substrate,” Biegert said.
Even though trends are constantly evolving in the spirit world, students are grateful for the foundation of fermentation in Fort Collins.
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PORTLAND, OR – As of Friday, Rogue Ales & Spirits ceased operations, and locations in Portland, Astoria, Salem, and Newport were abruptly shutdown. This follows the closing of two other locations in Portland, one in 2020 and the other in 2024.
Rogue has experienced a significant drop in sales since the COVID pandemic, and they owed $545,000 in back rent to the Port of Newport and up to $30,000 in taxes to Lincoln County, according to the Lincoln Chronicle. In October, a portion of the Newport facility was leased to a seafood company.
Reportedly, Port of Newport officials were told by Rogue executives that three employees would stay on long enough to help close the brewery there, but social media posts indicate other employees were let go without notice and did not immediately receive a final paycheck.
Rogue was founded in 1988 and became a well-known craft brewery, with its flagship location in Newport and a global distribution reach.
Get a head start on Thanksgiving meal planning with a FREE pie tasting!
Thoughtful Banking Co. will be offering sweet samples on Thursday, October 16, 2025, from 5 to 7 p.m. (while they last), at Birdsong Brewing Co., 1016 N Davidson Street, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Make sure to get there early to have the most options to sample!
One pie has been made to pair with Birdsong’s Wake Up Porter, a seasonal release made with locally roasted coffee and vanilla beans.
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Free Thoughtful Banking Co. Pie Tasting at Birdsong Brewing
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October 16, 2025 @ 5:00 pm-7:00 pm
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Free Thoughtful Banking Co. Pie Tasting at Birdsong Brewing
The Chamber by Wooden Robot, at 416 E 36th Street, Charlotte, North Carolina, is in NoDa, steps away from the 36th Street Station Light Rail stop. The Chamber features a rotating selection of draft and packaged beer, with a focus on farmhouse ales and sours.
You can find The Chamber by Wooden Robot’s events on their Facebook page and we are listing them below.
If you’re looking for events at Wooden Robot Brewery’s South End location, they are listed here.
Bring your healthy plants, cuttings, or plant-y treasures to trade—or just come browse, sip a drink, and connect with fellow plant lovers. They’ll have delicious food, a full drink menu, and plenty of leafy surprises!
Big O Bingo Friday, October 24, 2025 8 to 11 p.m. Free
Bring your healthy plants, cuttings, or plant-y treasures to trade—or just come browse, sip a drink, and connect with fellow plant lovers. They’ll have delicious food, a full drink menu, and plenty of leafy surprises!
This page lists the events at the Huntersville location of Primal Brewery. If you’re looking for events at the Belmont location of Primal Brewery, go here.
Wristbands will be available for purchase, with 100% of proceeds donated directly to the Triple T Foundation for Breast Cancer. Every wristband sold helps support research, advocacy, and those currently battling this disease. Wear your pink, raise a glass, and say cheers to hope, strength, and finding a cure.
Halloween Bash Friday, October 31, 2025 4 to 10 p.m. Huntersville Free
Get into the spooky mood at Primal’s Halloween Bash! There will be costume contests for humans and for pups, a pumpkin carving contest, live music, delicious food and drinks, and more!
Recurring Events
Music Bingo Mondays (scheduled through February 9, 2026) 6:30 to 9 p.m. Huntersville Free
Dart League Tuesdays (scheduled through February 3, 2026) 7 to 9 p.m. Huntersville Free
21+ only. All skills levels are welcome.
Makers Market CLT Every first Friday and third Saturday (scheduled through 2025) Fridays: 6 to 9 p.m. Saturdays: 2 to 7 p.m. Huntersville Free to attend
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Muddy River Distillery, at 250 N. Main Street, Mount Holly, North Carolina, is North Carolina’s oldest legal rum producer. It was originally located in Belmont, and is now located in the historic Mount Holly Cotton Mill.
The distillery’s Carolina Run line consists of Silver, Spiced, Coconut, Basil and Coffee, using all natural ingredients. Its Queen Charlotte line is barrel aged for 1, 4, and 8 years.
Muddy River Distillery hosts frequent events, which you can find on their website or Facebook page. Read on to learn about a few of the events.
Middle James Brewing Company, 400 N Polk Street, in Pineville, is a family-friendly brewery where you can enjoy great beer, great food, and watch your team play.
Middle James also hosts frequent events. You can see them all on their Facebook page.
Middle James is throwing it back to the early 2000s with a trivia night packed full of nostalgia, neon, and nineties-kid vibes. Break out your best retro references and join them for a night of laughs, memories, and prizes!
Recurring Events
Puzzle Race and Half-Priced Wine Wednesdays 7 p.m. Free to attend + wine discount
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Percent Brewing at The Nook, hosted at 363 Church Street North, Suite #100, Concord, North Carolina, is a new location by Percent Brewing. Their upcoming events can be viewed on their Facebook page.
Step into the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at this festive market event! All ages are welcome and encouraged to wear their best costumes! Alongside plenty of festive vendors, there will be a costume contest, Harry-Potter-themed 360 and Digital Selfie photo booths, butterbeer (alcoholic and non-alcoholic), kid-friendly Quidditch, and other games and activities.
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Charlotte Blues Society is presenting their first Southern Resonance Roots Festival on Sunday, September 7, 2025, from 12 to 7:30 p.m., at Heist Brewery and Barrel Arts, 1030 Woodward Avenue, Charlotte, North Carolina.
This is a FREE festival, showcasing Carolina artists performing many styles of American blues and roots music.
Music will be on both indoor and outdoor stages, with an open blues jam after the last act.
The festival also features an artisan market. Food and beverages will be available for purchase.
Bring a plant to swap or just come to shop! Plant accessories and swag encouraged!
MØHØBERFEST Friday, September 19, 2025 11 a.m. Free
Come celebrate the Oktoberfest season at Traust Brewing’s Mohoberfest event! There will be German-inspired food specials, live music, and all sorts of fun events and games to participate in!
Get your groove on at this Drinksgiving Twerky Party! There will be a live DJ all night, themed drink specials, and “best twerk” shout-outs and photo ops.
Get into the winter vibe with this Winter Night Festival that has all sorts of treasures such as local handmade art, candles, metaphysical wares, and divination reading services.
