Featured Events

Open Every Sunday 1:00-4:00pm

Guided Tour at 2:00pm

Tickets required, donations appreciated. Step back in time and experience life in the home of Hugh and Isabella Torance and their son, James Torrance's mercantile store. Our experienced docents guide visitors on a living history adventure as they tour the c.1779 homesite and visit the Torance Store.

Multiple Dates Available

Do you think the oldest store in North Carolina is haunted? Join us for an authentic ghost tour led by the experienced experts at the Charlotte Area Paranormal Society and scour this historic 18th century homesite and mercantile store for spirits using professional investigative tools and equipment.

Multiple Dates Available

Step inside the Historic Sharpe House for a charming afternoon where history and hospitality meet. Guests are invited to enjoy a traditional cream tea service followed by a guided tour of the home’s beautifully preserved first floor.

Multiple Dates Available

Enjoy an afternoon of tea and history at the Historic Sharpe House. Guests are invited to enjoy a traditional cream tea service and a tale of local history, exploring the people, traditions, and moments that shaped the Sharpe House and the surrounding community.

October 9th and 10th, 7:30-9:30pm

Do you think the historic Cedar Grove plantation home of James G. Torance is haunted? Join us for this once-a-year chance to partake in an authentic ghost tour led by the experienced experts at the Charlotte Area Paranormal Society as the team scours this historic 1831 homesite for spirits using professional investigative tools and equipment.

Saturday 9/12/26, 6:00-9:00pm

Our 5th annual HEARTS Circle Membership Gala welcomes event guests to tour all three floors of the 1831 historic Cedar Grove home and features a farm to table dinner served al fresco and a special private concert by Charly Lowry, a soulful powerhouse enchanting audiences with velvety vocals, heartfelt compositions, and commanding stage presence.

Saturday 9/26/26 - Seatings at 12:45pm and 2:30pm

Celebrate the 160th Anniversary of the Historic Sharpe House with our traditional and famous afternoon tea served Gilded Age-style in the garden by our charming Footmen with their authentic livery. Guests are also welcome to tour the newly refreshed and refined first floor of the Sharpe House.

Saturday 9/26/26, 6:00-8:00pm

Exclusively free for 2026 Friends of the Historic Sharpe House, we invite you to join or renew your Friends of the Sharpe House membership today to secure your invitation to this special evening. Guided tours of the newly refreshed first floor will be provided and enjoy an elegant selection of hors d'oeuvres and beverages served in the Sharpe House garden.

Saturday 10/17/26, 2:00-5:00pm

Join us at historic Cedar Grove for an unforgettable afternoon with the Catawba Nation featuring history, ecology, live music and dance, artisan crafts, and jewelry.

Saturday 10/24/26 at 6:00pm

Join us at The Historic Sharpe House for an immersive Murder Mystery Dinner where elegance and suspense intertwine. While unraveling clues & questioning suspects, each guest will become part of this experience by observing, investigating, and perhaps even discovering that not everything is as it seems during this spooky dinner.

Sunday 10/25/26, 1:00-4:00pm

The origin of Halloween comes from the Festival of Samhain in Ireland’s Celtic past. This year’s annual event at the Hugh Torance House and Store highlights six unique Irish Halloween traditions we bet you never knew! Step back in time with us to the Celtic tradition of Samhain with a special Living History Day.

Saturday 11/14/26, 2:00-5:00pm

HEARTS Harvest features the “E” in HEARTS for Ecology, sharing our region’s agricultural history, natural resources, and how working with the land reaps more benefits than working against it.

Saturday 11/21/26 - Seatings at 11:00am and 12:45pm

Join us as we start our Holiday Season at THE place to be! Delicacies from our kitchen will be served with our traditional and famous freshly brewed Black loose leaf tea served Gilded Age-style by our charming Footmen with their authentic livery, with apple juice served for the children. Guests are also welcome to tour the newly refreshed and refined first floor of the Sharpe House.

Sunday 11/29/26, 1:00-4:00pm

Join us for our annual Hanging of the Greens and help us decorate the Historic Hugh Torance House and Store for the winter holiday! Partake in this delightful tradition and learn what the evergreens used symbolized and where the custom of kissing under the mistletoe comes from.

Friday 12/4/26, 5:00-8:30pm

The Sharpe House invites you to our annual tradition of welcoming the community to our historic homesite for a holiday open house in partnership with DSDC! Join us for a tour of our historic homesite decorated in a winter wonderland of holiday lights and adornments, live seasonal music on the illuminated grounds of our outdoor Pasture Stage, a baked goods sale, and a Christmas gift market.

Saturday 12/05/26, 2:00-5:00pm

We are excited to welcome back Margaret "Chuck" Basinger, who grew up in Historic Cedar Grove and is the great-great-great-granddaughter of Hugh Torance. She'll share her memories growing up in the house, what has changed, and what’s remained the same.

Sunday 12/06/26, 1:00-4:00pm

Step back in time, to 1779, and enjoy an incredible living history experience featuring traditional craft demonstrations. Watch as colonial-era crafters demonstrate their talents and participate in the making of their own traditional crafts to take home!

Sunday 12/13/26, 1:00pm-4:00pm

Join us for a seasonal treat! Watch a colonial cooking demonstration, taste traditionally prepared foods, and listen or sing along with live carolers sharing colonial-era holiday songs.

Saturday 1/16/27 at 6:00pm

The evening features a full Burns Supper ceremony complete with an address to the Haggis, Selkirk Grace, toasts, and readings of Burns' poetry set to music plus live Celtic music and bagpipes, a Scottish-themed dinner, silent auction, and bake sale supporting the Sharpe House's preservation efforts.