Matthews Alive Labor Day Festival 2024
MATTHEWS ALIVE LABOR DAY FESTIVAL 2024
Labor Day Weekend 2024 is upon us and if you’ve lived in the Charlotte area for any period of time, you know it’s almost time for the annual Matthews Alive Festival.
Starting Friday, August 30th through Labor Day, September 2nd, you’ll not only have a ton of fun at the Matthews Alive Festival, you’ll be helping the Town of Matthews contribute to local non-profit organizations. 100% of the proceeds from the festival go to local non-profits, living up to the festival’s “motto” of: “good times funding good works.”
Matthews Alive is true Labor Day Weekend tradition in the Greater Charlotte area since 1992. $2+ million have been contributed to the local community by the Town of Matthews from funds raised by this festival since 1992. As many as 125,00 people have attended in past years.
What can Matthews Alive Festival visitors expect to find at the festival?
- Small Shops Pavilion with 140+ arts and crafts vendors.
- Cultural Center with handmade quilts, woodworking, fiber spinning, woven baskets, and more on display.
- Food Court featuring some 30+ vendors.
- Labor Day Parade (the largest Labor Day Parade in the Southeast) on Saturday, August 31st at 9:30 am. The parade lasts about 1-1/2 hours.
- Tons of games and rides for kids and adults alike
- Main Stage in Stumptown Park, featuring a variety of music throughout the event, from beach, to country, to classic rock, and everything in between.
- Kid’s Stage, featuring lots of fun-filled children’s entertainment.
- Petting zoo.
When: Labor Day Weekend 2024: August 30-September 2, 2024
Festival Hours:
Friday: 4:00 pm till 10:00 pm
Saturday: 10:00 pm till 10:00 pm
Sunday: 1:00 pm till 10:00 pm
Monday: 9:00 am till 5:00 pm
Admission: Free. Ride tickets: $2 for 1 ticket; $33 for a sheet of 25 tickets; $60 for a sheet of 50 tickets. On Friday night, you can buy an all you can ride ticket/wristband for $25. Multiple booths will accept credit cards and there will also be ATMs on site.
Where: Historic Downtown Matthews (at the corner of John & Trade Streets) | Directions and Parking
PLEASE NOTE: Pets are not allowed at the Festival unless they are service animals. No alcohol permitted on festival grounds.
WHAT MAKES MATTHEWS SUCH A SPECIAL PLACE TO CALL HOME
The Matthews Alive Festival is just one thing that makes the Town of Matthews a special place. Matthews, North Carolina has been named “the best town in North Carolina,” “one of the 10 best cities in North Carolina,” a “best North Carolina town for young families,” “one of the 50 safest cities in North Carolina,” and one of “Charlotte’s Top 12 Suburbs.”
Matthews is known far and wide in the Greater Charlotte area for lots of great local events and festivals. There’s also the weekly Matthews Farmer’s Market drawing shoppers from all over the Charlotte metro area. The town enjoys an active Chamber of Commerce, a Heritage Museum, a Playhouse, a Public Library, the McDowell Arts Center, the Levine Senior Center. The 9-acre Stumptown Park in the heart of Matthews is the center of many town events and the recently completed Sportsplex featuring five multi-purpose fields, playground equipment and shelter.
If you’ve been thinking about buying a home in Matthews, contact Nina Hollander with Coldwell Banker Realty. I’ve been opening doors for Matthews home buyers and sellers since 1999. I’d love to help you and to introduce you to the best town in North Carolina, as well as to show you why experience matters and how:
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