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PLAY BALL: OCTOBER’S HOME GAMES Ahhh: The sauna portion of the season is over. This month, root for Charlotte’s pro sports teams under cooler conditions:
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CAROLINA PANTHERS, BANK OF AMERICA STADIUM vs. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES OCT. 10, 1 p.m. vs. MINNESOTA VIKINGS OCT. 17, 1 p.m. Find a list of bars for any NFL team you root for on p. 44. CHARLOTTE HORNETS (PRESEASON), SPECTRUM CENTER vs. MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES OCT. 7, 7 p.m. vs. DALLAS MAVERICKS OCT. 13, 7 p.m.
Hit the Lawn for Zac Brown Band Zac Brown Band embarked on The Comeback Tour this past summer, and it arrives at PNC Music Pavilion at 7 p.m. on OCT. 16. Expect classic tunes and more recent cuts from their latest record, 2019’s The Owl. That LP made headlines for Brown’s collaborations with pop producers like Shawn Mendes, Max Martin, and even Skrillex.
IMMERSIVE VAN GOGH EXTENDED The popular exhibition, which blends projections of Van Gogh works and an absorbing soundtrack, now runs through OCT. 31 at Camp North End. Blumenthal Performing Arts sold more than 200,000 tickets before it announced the extension in August. President Tom Gabbard says out-of-towners accounted for 35% of them—a remarkable figure in a difficult year for live entertainment.
Don’t Flip Out, But Simone Biles Is Back The Gold Over America Tour (OCT. 27 AT SPECTRUM CENTER) mixes live gymnastics and dance, and it’s headlined by Biles, the most decorated gymnast of all time. She’s joined by fellow Olympians Laurie Hernandez and Jordan Chiles, among others.
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CHARLOTTE CHECKERS, BOJANGLES COLISEUM vs. HERSHEY BEARS OCT. 22, 7 p.m. vs. HERSHEY BEARS OCT. 23, 6 p.m. CHARLOTTE INDEPENDENCE, AMERICAN LEGION MEMORIAL STADIUM vs. LOUDOUN UNITED FC OCT. 3, 7 p.m. vs. NEW YORK RED BULLS II OCT. 9, 7 p.m. vs. CHARLESTON BATTERY OCT. 16, 7 p.m. vs. LOUDOUN UNITED FC OCT. 27, 7 p.m.
The resurgence of COVID in late summer meant the same kind of uncertainty for live events as in 2020. All dates and times were confirmed as of mid-August.
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