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As the first winter storm of 2026 threatens to change weekend plans across Charlotte, local business owners and event planners are already preparing to put things on hold.
Several local restaurants, shops, and businesses have announced early closings or delayed openings for Friday, Jan. 23, Saturday, Jan. 24 and beyond. Many weekend events are also being postponed to keep everyone safe and off the icy roads.
Are you a business owner? If you would like to be added to our list, please email your adjusted hours or closing details to charlottefive@charlottefive.com.
Here is a running list of Charlotte businesses and events making adjustments due to the weather:
🛒 Grocery stores with limited hours
Harris Teeter
Location: Multiple
Due to the winter weather, some local Harris Teeter grocery stores will be open with modified hours keep staff safe. Check Harris Teeter’s Inclement Hours link on its website for details about your store.
Publix
Location: Multiple
Status: Several Publix locations are closing early due to winter storm Fern. Check the website’s Inclement Closings map to learn about your local location.
🥡 Charlotte-area restaurants closing early, opening late or pivoting
The Accidental Baker
Location: 4416 Monroe Rd d, Charlotte, NC 28205
Status: The Accidental Baker will be closed on Saturday. Instead, a small batch of extras will be baked on Friday — first come, first served on the Friday goodies, so stop by early if you can (hours are 10 a.m-3 p.m.).
The Batch House
Location: 901 Berryhill Rd, Charlotte, NC 28208
Status: The Batch House will be closed Saturday, but stop by on Friday to pick up some snow day goodies, such as banana pudding cheesecake slices, cinnamon roll takes and bakes and more. “Consider supporting us on Friday so we don’t feel such a huge loss for choosing to close on Saturday!” the bakery posted on Instagram.
Brazwell’s
Location: 1627 Montford Dr, Charlotte, NC 28209
Status: Brazwell’s will be closed on Sunday due to the winter weather.
CHNO Coffee Co.
Location: 2838 The Plaza, Charlotte, NC 28205
Status: CHNO Coffee Co. will be closing early on Thursday (at 10 a.m.) and will be open Friday from 7 a.m.-10 a.m., then closed Saturday and Sunday. The February Tasting Menu will be postponed — if you bought a ticket, details will be emailed to you.
Customshop
Location: 1601 Elizabeth Ave., Charlotte, NC 28204
Status: Customshop is closed Saturday.
Dulce Dreams Cafe
Location: Myers Park Baptist Church Cornwell Center kitchen, 2001 Selwyn Ave., Charlotte, NC 28207
Status: Dulce Dreams is pivoting its weekend plans to Friday pre-order pickups instead. To get your order once you arrive Friday between 8 a.m.-2 p.m., text (704) 492-2390 and someone will pick it up.
Green Brothers Juice
Location: Multiple
Status: Green Brothers Juice locations are closing at 2 p.m. Saturday and remaining closed Sunday.
Higher Grounds Cafe
Location: 1501 Queens Rd, Charlotte, NC 28207
Status: Higher Grounds Cafe will be closed Saturday and Sunday.
Jon G’s Barbecue
Location: 116 Glenn Falls St., Peachland NC 28133
Status: Jon G’s is shifting its Barbecue Saturday service to breakfast, with limited items available and plans to close by 1 p.m. or earlier.
The Loyalist Market
Location: 435 N Trade St #102, Matthews, NC 28105
Status: The Loyalist Market will be open until 2 p.m. Sunday.
Napa restaurants
Location: Multiple
Status: “The forecast won this round,” Napa posted on Instagram on Friday. Napa restaurants will be closed this weekend, including Napa on Providence, Napa at Kingsley and Napa Bistro & Wine Bar Stonecrest.
Petty Thieves Brewing
Location: 413 Dalton Ave Suite B, Charlotte, NC 28206
Status: Petty Thieves is planning to close at 7 p.m. Saturday and has postponed its Jason Moss and The Hosses show. The brewery will likely close Sunday.
Renaissance Patisserie
Location: 6401 Carnegie Blvd #4a, Charlotte, NC 28211
Status: Renaissance Patisserie will adjust its Saturday hours to 8 a.m.-3 p.m and will close Sunday.
Rhino Market & Deli
Location: Multiple
Status: All locations will close at 6 p.m Saturday and remain closed Sunday.
Suarez Bakery
Location: 4245 Park Rd, Charlotte, North Carolina 28209
Location: 1115 N Brevard St Ste 4, Charlotte, NC 28206
Status: Suarez Bakery closed early on Saturday at Optimist Hall, and both locations will be closed Sunday. Check social media to see Monday updates.
VBGB
Location: 920 Hamilton St., Charlotte, NC 28206
Status: VBGB is closed Saturday.
⛔️ Charlotte-area businesses, services closing early or adjusting hours
Open this weekend for shelter: Block Love Charlotte
Location: 2738 N Graham St, Charlotte, NC 28206
Status: The nonprofit Block Love will open at 2 p.m. Saturday and remain open around the clock through 7 p.m. Monday to provide shelter and food for those in need.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Animal Care & Control
Location: 8315 Byrum Drive, Charlotte, NC, United States, 28217; 2700 Toomey Ave., Charlotte, NC 28203
Status: Shelters will close at 2:30 p.m. Saturday and remain closed Sunday.
DryBar
Location: 2120 South Blvd Unit 4, Charlotte, NC 28203
Location: 6401 Carnegie Blvd # 9A, Charlotte, NC 28211
Location: 14020 Stream Wy #116, Charlotte, NC 28277
Location: 16926-B Birkdale Commons Pkwy Suite 49, Huntersville, NC 28078
Status: DryBar’s local shops are closed on Sunday due to the inclement weather.
Freshlist Charlotte
Location: 1300 Pegram St, Charlotte, NC 28205
Status: Freshlist’s Monday market has been moved up to Friday, Jan. 23. Go to stock up on groceries from 2 to 5 p.m. Verdant Bread will be on site on Friday, too — first come, first served.
The Gem Theatre
Location: 111 Laureate Wy., Kannapolis, NC 28081
Status: The Gem is closed Saturday through Monday.
Mint Museum
Location: Levine Center for the Arts, 500 S Tryon St, Charlotte, NC 28202
Location: 2730 Randolph Rd, Charlotte, NC 28207
Status: Both Mint Museum locations are closed Saturday and Sunday.
The Schiele Museum of Natural History
Location: 1500 E. Garrison Blvd., Gastonia, NC 28054
Status: The Schiele will close early Saturday at 2 p.m.
St. John’s Baptist Church
Location: 300 Hawthorne Lane, Charlotte, NC, 28204
Status: St. John’s Baptist Church will be closed for in-person services on Sunday, and virtual worship will be provided on YouTube.
📢 Events postponed or canceled around Charlotte
Armored Cow Brewing’s Chili Cook-Off
Location: 8821 JW Clay Blvd #1, Charlotte, NC 28262
Status: Armored Cow Brewing’s Saturday Chili Cook-Off has been moved to Saturday, Feb. 7. Contestants and judges can shift to the new dates without further adjustment, but if you can’t make the new date, contact the brewery at (704) 277-6641.
Barrel and Fork Bourbon dinner
Location: 20517 N Main St, Cornelius, NC 28031
Status: Barrel and Fork has canceled Sunday’s Bourbon dinner due to the inclement weather threat. Its next planned event is a Tiki dinner in early March.
BIG HBCU Charlotte Battle Of The Bands
Location: Bojangles Coliseum, 2700 E. Independence Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28205
Status: The Battle Of The Bands has been postponed Saturday’s event until March 15. All previously purchased tickets and seat assignments will remain valid.
Black Girls Do Hike’s Grounded Intentions New Year Hike
Location: Latta Nature Preserve, 6211 Sample Road, Huntersville NC
Status: Black Girls Do HIke’s Grounded Intentions New Year Hike, originally scheduled for Saturday, will now be on Saturday, Feb. 21.
Bojangles Coliseum Winterjam
Location: 2700 E Independence Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28205
Status: Winterjam’s show scheduled for Sunday at Bojangles Coliseum has been canceled due to the winter weather.
Charlotte 49ers Men’s Basketball
Location: Halton Arena, 9201 University City Blvd #202, Charlotte, NC 28223
Status: This week’s Charlotte Men’s Basketball game against Tulane — originally scheduled for 2 p.m Sunday — has been moved to Friday at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for Sunday’s game will be honored for the new date and time. Fans with questions should contact the Ticket Office at niner@charlotte.edu or 704-687-4949. The game will also maintain its slot on ESPN+ and be broadcast through Charlotte49ers.com/watch.
Charlotte Comedy Theater
Location: 731 North College Street, Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Status: Charlotte Comedy Theater has canceled this weekend’s shows in anticipation of the inclement weather, the improv group posted on Instagram.
Charlotte Jewish Film Festival
Location: Multiple
Status: The Charlotte Jewish Film Festival screening of “SWEDISHKAYT: YidLife Crisis in Stockholm,” scheduled for Saturday at the Carolina Theatre, has been canceled. The screening of “Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire,” originally scheduled for Sunday, has been postponed until Feb. 5 in the Sam Lerner Center for Cultural Arts.
Charlotte Symphony
Location: Knight Theater at Levine Center for the Arts, 430 S Tryon St, Charlotte, NC 28202
Status: The Saturday evening performance of The Music of Motown has been moved up to 2 p.m. on Saturday.
Children’s Theatre of Charlotte
Location: ImaginOn: The Joe & Joan Martin Center, 300 E. 7th St., Charlotte, NC 28202
Status: The theater has canceled “Topsy-Turvy Cinderella” performances at 3 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Sunday. Shows have been added at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Feb. 1. Also canceled is “The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show” at 3 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. Sunday. New shows dates are 11 a.m. Feb. 14 and 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Feb. 15.
Councilman Malcolm Graham Town Hall
Location: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center Meeting Chamber, 600 E. Fourth St., Charlotte, NC 29202
Status: Councilman Graham’s meeting to discuss updates on Saturday has been postponed. A new date has not been released.
Down Syndrome Association of Greater Charlotte Snowflake Swing Dance
Location: Next Step Clubhouse, 4921 Randolph Road, Charlotte, NC 28211
Status: The nonprofit has canceled the event. However, the group is working with partner organizations to possibly reschedule.
Greater Charlotte Home + Landscape Show
Location: 4759 State Hwy 49, Concord, NC 28025
The Greater Charlotte Home + Landscape Show has been postponed until March 13-15.
Kite Festival
Location: Pleasant Grover Farm, 7132 Pleasant Grover Road, Charlotte, NC 28216
Status: Hindu Center of Charlotte has rescheduled the event to 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Feb. 7. Event confirmation and ticket sales will be announced five days prior.
Honky Tonk with Jason Moss & The Hosses
Location: Petty Thieves Brewing Co., 413 Dalton Ave., Charlotte, NC 28206
Status: The brewery said Saturday’s show has been postponed. A new date has not been announced.
‘Monty Python’s Spamalot’
Location: Belk Theater, 130 N. Tryon St., Charlotte, NC 28202
Status: Blumenthal Arts has rescheduled the 7 p.m. Saturday show to 7:30 p.m. Monday; the 1 p.m. Sunday show to 2 p.m. Tuesday; and the 6:30 p.m. Sunday show to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Ticket holder will receive an email with additional details.
Neighborhood Theatre
Location: 511 E 36th St, Charlotte, NC 28205
Status: At Neighborhood Theatre, Jump (Van Halen Experience) has been rescheduled from Saturday, Jan. 24, to April 19. Stephen Kellogg and the Homecoming, which was scheduled for Sunday, has been canceled.
NoDa Brewing Clothing Swap
Location: 150 W 32nd St, Charlotte, NC 28206
Status: NoDa Brewing’s New Year New Closet clothing swap originally scheduled for Sunday has been moved to Saturday, Jan. 31 from 1-5 p.m.
Primal Brewery Belmont comedy show
Location: 52 Ervin St, Belmont, NC 28012
Status: Saturday’s comedy show at Primal Brewery Belmont has been postponed to January 31. Meantime, the brewery says to come by and pick up some beer to go.
Primal Brewery Huntersville Grateful Dead Night
Location: 16432 Old Statesville Rd, Huntersville, NC 28078
Status: Saturday’s Grateful Dead Night at Primal Brewery Huntersville has been postponed.
‘The Prince of Egypt’ musical
Location: Matthews Playhouse, 100 E McDowell St, Matthews, NC 28105
Status: “The Prince of Egypt, The Musical,” performances scheduled for Saturday at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., as well as Sunday, at 2 p.m. have been cancelled. Tickets can be exchanged via your reminder email.
Queen City Art Live Painting with Don Yager
Location: Queen City Art, 4237 Raleigh St, Charlotte, NC 28213
Status: The nonprofit rescheduled Sunday’s event for 1-5 p.m. Feb 1.
Southern Range chili cookoff
Location: 151 S Stewart St, Monroe, NC 28112
Status: Southern Range has postponed its chili cookoff planned for Saturday. It’s been rescheduled for March 1.
Theatre Charlotte
Location: 501 Queens Road, Charlotte, NC 28207
Status: “Over the River and Through the Woods” weekend performance schedule has changed. Saturday’s show is canceled. Sunday’s tickets have been transferred to 2:30 p.m. Feb. 7. Ticket holders will be emailed with further instructions.
U.S. Airways Flight 1549 Passenger Talk
Location: Sullenberger Aviation Museum, 4108 Minuteman Way, Charlotte, NC 28208
Status: Tracey Wolsko (Seat 26 B) first-hand recount of her experience on the historic flight has been rescheduled from Saturday to 1-2 p.m. Feb. 21.
‘The Magicians Table’
Location: Blume Studios, 904 Post St, Charlotte, NC 28208
Status: Blumenthal Arts canceled the performances for Saturday and Sunday. Ticket holders will receive an email to select a new performance.
Zion Christian Center Youth Winter Jam
Location: Bojangles Coliseum, 2700 E. Independence Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28205
Status: The center has canceled Sunday’s event in Charlotte and is considering rescheduling it Feb. 27 in Raleigh.
This story was originally published January 22, 2026 at 5:00 AM.
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