Charlotte History Festival: This is Meck

Free Charlotte History Festival Featuring Local Artists, Live Music, Food & Beverages

Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation is turning 50 years old in 2024! Kick off the celebration at our first municipal park, Independence Park, at this Charlotte history festival.

Saturday, April 20: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Independence Park

300 Hawthorne Lane, Charlotte, NC 28204

In partnership with the Trail of History, this festival will feature history programming and education by local partners, community outreach organizations, and more:

Festival Participants

MeckRoots

Charlotte Trail of History

Charlotte Liberty Walk

City of Charlotte

Levine Museum of the New South

Historic Landmarks Commission

Partners For Parks

Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Daughters of the American Revolution

Charlotte Museum of History

Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society

UNC Charlotte Atkins Library Special Collections

Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail, NPS

Kings Mountain National Military Park, NPS

Central Piedmont Community College

NAACP

The Brooklyn Collective

Historic Rosedale

President James K Polk State Historic Site

Johnson C Smith University

Sullenberger Aviation Museum

International House

Performers, Speakers, Artists

David Fleming - Author

Lakeetha Blakeney - Actor

Tom Eure and Amelia Osborne - Musicians

Charlotte is Creative

Dan Nance

Food and Beverage

Lost Worlds Brewing

Thrashers Dawgs

Getting there:

Free Parking

Free parking is available in the CPCC Parking Deck 1 at 1321 Charlottetowne Avenue

Gold Line Streetcar

The streetcar is free and operates all day on Saturday, stopping at 8th & Hawthorne - one block from Independence Park. Click here to see all stops & the schedule.

Bus

Click here for CATS bus schedule