Ideas

Celebrate Charlotte’s creativity and innovation through SHOUT!’s Ideas pillar.

Discover, learn, and share new ideas through forums, podcasts, and workshops. Ideas bring together people from all walks of life to converse and learn from each other.

Visit or attend one of our ideas events to learn more about Charlotte SHOUT! creatives and big ideas happening in our community.

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Discovery Place Science

  • Art
  • Ideas
  • Family
Outdoors

First Ward Park

  • Art
  • Food
  • Music
Concert

Victoria Yards

  • Art
  • Food
  • Main Area
Outdoors

Wells Fargo Atrium: Pianodrome

  • Art
  • Music
Arts & Culture

Carolina Theatre

Food

The Market at 7th St

  • Food
Classes / Learning

McColl Center

  • Art
Classes / Learning

VAPA Center

  • Art
Community

St. Peter's Episcopal Church

  • Music
Classes / Learning

Charlotte Ballet Academy

  • Art
  • Music

Founders Hall

  • Art
  • Ideas
  • Music
Outdoors

The Green

  • Art
  • Main Area
Outdoors

Bank of America Plaza

  • Art
  • Music
Community

The Dubois Center at UNC Charlotte Center City

  • Ideas
Events

ImaginOn

  • Art
  • Family
Visit

HUB at Overstreet Mall

  • Art
  • Fashion
  • Main Area
Arts & Culture

Levine Avenue of the Arts

  • Art
  • Music
  • Main Area
Arts & Culture

Queen's Greens Mini Golf

  • Art
  • Installation
  • interactive art
Arts & Culture

Easter Eggs on Parade

  • Art
  • Installation
  • Main Area
Arts & Culture

e/motion

  • Art
  • Seesaws
  • Family
Arts & Culture

Mi Casa, Your Casa 2.0

  • Art
  • Installation
  • Sculpture

WFAE Uptown

  • Art

UNCC Co-Lab

  • Art
  • Main Area

Luminous Lane

  • Art
  • Main Area

Truist Plaza

  • Art

Gateway Village

  • Food
Landmark

Disc Plaza

  • Art
  • Food
Arts & Culture

Oracle

  • Art
  • Installation
Arts & Culture

!cons

  • Art
  • Installation

Fifth Third Bank Lobby

Family

SHOUT! Lounge

  • Art
  • Ideas
  • Family

Charlotte Ideas Festival

The Charlotte Center is hosting its second annual Festival of Ideas as part of Charlotte SHOUT! April 3 to April 8.

The Charlotte Ideas Festival is a 5-day festival within the larger 3-week Charlotte SHOUT! festival that celebrates Food-Music-Art-Ideas. The Charlotte Ideas Festival features a range of thinkers, innovators and audience members, all sharing wisdom and exploring topics—from the hard and necessary work of citizenship to finding joy in our lives to the latest developments in artificial intelligence. 

We hope you’ll join us for an interactive, collaborative, and inspiring weekend of events to further the flourishing of our city.

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