• HEARTS Irish Connections '25: Jane's Famous Ride

    HEARTS Irish Connections '25: Jane's Famous Ride

    Saturday, March 22nd, 2025 from 2:00pm-5:00pm at historic Cedar Grove

    The hope for liberty pushed Jane Parks McDowell, a young mother and patriot with Scots-Irish roots, to make a perilous ride to help the Continental Army. Join us for an afternoon of history, nature, and art as historian Hugh Dussek returns along with Irish music and dance to share Jane’s heroic role in the Revolutionary War.

  • HEARTS May Day '25

    HEARTS May Day '25

    Saturday, May 3rd, 2025 from 2:00pm-5:00pma at the historic Hugh Torance House and Store and historic Cedar Grove

    Honoring the history of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence with living history demonstrations, live music, a community Maypole dance, fresh flowers and local artisan gifts.

  • HEARTS Let Freedom Spring

    HEARTS Let Freedom Spring

    Saturday, May 24th, 2025 from 2:00pm-5:00pm at Pioneer Springs Community School

    On land once part of Alexandriana, the massive plantation estate of John McKnitt Alexander, learn about the group of Princeton scholars who met at Freedom Spring to concoct a plan for freedom from British Rule, which prompted the creation of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence.

  • HEARTS Junion '25: Revolutionary Descent

    HEARTS Junion '25: Revolutionary Descent

    Saturday, June 16th, 2025 at historic Cedar Grove

    The 4th anniversary of Junion features Co-Chair of HEARTS Reunion Project and SAR (Sons of the American Revolution) member Andre’ Kearns sharing his journey of discovering his Revolutionary War roots through Henry Johnston of Long Creek.

  • HEARTSongs '25: Poetry of Freedom

    HEARTSongs '24: Poetry of Freedom

    Saturday, February 22nd, 2025 from 2:00pm-5:00pm at historic Cedar Grove

    Sharing poems from the Revolutionary period through the 21st period, in keeping with tradition, the fourth annual HEARTSongs includes the life and work of 19th century enslaved poet George Moses Horton and his fascinating connection to the Torrance family of Huntersville.

  • HEARTS Spring Community Service Day '25

    HEARTS Spring Community Service Day '25

    Sunday, March 9th, 2025 from 10:00am-12:00pm at the Hugh Torance House & Store

    Attention volunteers! Grab your gardening gloves, spades, and trimmers and join us on February 9th for Community Service Day at the Hugh Torance House and Store! All ages of adults and students as well as individuals and groups are welcome!

Regional Events Calendar


Regional Events Listing

Please be advised: HEARTS is not host or the organizer of all events listed on our Regional Events Calendar. Please contact the organization listed as the event host, organizer, or source linked for a each specific event for questions, reservations, ticketing, or other event-specific inquiries. The views expressed at events listed here are those of the events’ host or organizer and do not necessarily reflect the views of HEARTS.


Filtering by: “Performance Arts”
HEARTS Happening: May Day
May
3

HEARTS Happening: May Day

  • Historic Hugh Torance House and Store & Historic Cedar Grove (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

A thrilling outdoor event featuring the important stories that lead up to the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence on May 20th, 1775 as well as live cooking, blacksmithing, spinning, basket weaving and other demonstrations, plus a HEARTS Eco Minutes Update, and fresh flowers from Blackberry Ridge Farm. Join in on HEARTS’ annual community Maypole dance, enjoy live music performances, and shop a curated selection of 18th century mercantile goods on the historic grounds of Cedar Grove and the Hugh Torance House and Store.

This event is free and open to the public, and event registration is highly encouraged!

Parking will be limited. Event guests are requested to park either at the Torrance Creek Greenway parking lot across the street from Cedar Grove (located at
8200 Gilead Rd, Huntersville, NC 28078) or in the Lake Forrest Church parking lot (located at 8519 Gilead Rd, Huntersville, NC 28078).

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HEARTS Happening: Let Freedom Spring
May
24

HEARTS Happening: Let Freedom Spring

Join us for a very special HEARTS Happening event featuring historians and authors Scott Syfert and David Fleming on land that was once part of Alexandriana, the massive plantation estate of John McKnitt Alexander. Presented at Pioneer Springs Community School, the program features the historic Freedom Spring, where a colonial group of Princeton scholars met to discuss freedom from British Rule which prompted the creation of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence on May 20, 1775.

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Immediate Family
Jul
29
to Aug 31

Immediate Family

  • Booth Playhouse at Blumenthal Arts Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

In the Bryant family’s Hyde Park home, prodigal son Jesse shows up for a family wedding and turns the family reunion into a family showdown. Evy can’t understand why her younger brothers are so mysterious and distant; Jesse is afraid to be true to himself and honest with his family; and no one can understand why Tony is so eager to get married. Modern Family meets Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner as these siblings try to bridge their differences with a little help from God, card games and their Immediate Family.

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Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox - Magic & Moonlight Tour
Aug
7

Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox - Magic & Moonlight Tour

Concertgoers can expect to enter a parallel musical universe where modern- day earworms and iconic pop hits alike are reimagined in classic genres like 1920s jazz, Swing, Doo-wop and Motown, and brought to life by a cast of some of the world’s best singers, dancers, and instrumentalists. Think “The Great Gatsby” meets “Sinatra at the Sands” meets “Back! …To The Future”.

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Jazz Legacy Project presents Billie Holliday - God Bless the Child
Feb
22

Jazz Legacy Project presents Billie Holliday - God Bless the Child

Billie Holiday's unique vocal approach and advanced sense of rhythm made her one of the most important and influential vocalists in American history. Her relentless fight to be treated as an equal - as a musician, a female, and an African-American - made her one of the most important American figures in the 20th century. Join us as we detail how she developed her unique vocal style and how she blazed a trail for women and African-Americans that would pave the way for future generations.

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Broadway In Love
Feb
21

Broadway In Love

Discover the laughter, thrills and chills of Broadway’s greatest songs as shared by real-life Broadway married couple, Libby Servais (Glinda from “Wicked”) and Stephan Stubbins (“Mary Poppins”). Featuring songs from “The Sound of Music,” “My Fair Lady,” “Phantom of the Opera” and more.

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