Know what Interplay is?? Come to "Interplay??" to find out!! Tom and Amanda will guide you through different Interplay forms with several points in the performance for audience participation.

Join UNC Charlotte students for an unforgettable cultural experience, featuring music, dance, and tradition. 

Step into the world of Doubting Thomas, a band of poets and storytellers whose music captures the spirit of today’s world.

Kolam is a Tamil ritual art form drawn each morning at the threshold of the home a living prayer in line and pattern.

Join Drew all day on Saturday as they lead community members in weaving We Are the Web—a physical work of art to serve as a message and reminder to everyone who calls Charlotte home.

Join Play More Charlotte at Boom for the Ball Pit Meet Cute experience. Two ball pits, two strangers, and a tin-can telephone. You’ll pull a question from your pit to ask the person on the other end of the line, and vice versa. 

Corbin “Dall Pìobaire” McKinnon (Gaelic for “blind piper”) is an accomplished Highland bagpiper with over 15 years of performance experience and numerous awards in solo competitions. 

Experience an intimate set with Mashiyah, where soulful vocals and heartfelt lyrics blend R&B, pop, and acoustic gospel. 

Join us for a series of solo acts featuring our performers on aerial silks and lyra, choreographed by performance troupe leader Mandy Elledge. 

Fairy Godmother brings an enchanting musical adventure with melodies of magic, joy, and a sprinkle of wonder. Weaving story and song, she reminds her listeners to slow down and enjoy being the hero of their own story. 

Join Gyansi Naik Kathiriya for a showcase of Bharatanatyam, an Indian classical art form featuring a variety of body postures, intricate dance footwork with unique rhythms, and expressive storytelling through the eyes. 

Jessica Moreno and Claudio Ortiz create an immersive, participatory performance that blends live music, poetry, and collective expression. Rooted in rhythm and voice, their work transforms everyday objects—like 5-gallon buckets and found materials—into instruments of connection, inviting audiences to move from spectators to participants.

"Peruvian Beats" is a vibrant cultural dance experience that brings the rhythms, colors, and traditions of Peru to the stage. 

Lisa De Novo's music can be best described as "Bubblegum blues" - a blend of soul, pop, and rock.

Join us for a series of solo acts featuring our performers on aerial silks and lyra, choreographed by performance troupe leader Mandy Elledge. 

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Zines are do-it-yourself booklets. We explore ways to improve our communities using zines. Come browse our free zine library and take some home! Grab a template to make your own!

Rooted in traditional Indian art, "Rooted Together" invites audiences into a hand-drawn world of symbols, stories, and shared meaning.

The Indian Performing Arts Association of Charlotte invites you into the immersive world of North Indian Classical Music, where melody and rhythm become reflections of nature itself.

For this interactive experience, audiences will experience the work as a living, participatory act of peace, emerging in direct response to the current state of global chaos and instability. 

Ella will be throwing live on the pottery wheel, allowing the audience to witness the quiet intensity of creation in real time. Viewers will see clay evolve from a lump of earth into a functional vessel—each movement deliberate, each imperfection embraced.

For this interactive experience, audiences will experience the work as a living, participatory act of peace, emerging in direct response to the current state of global chaos and instability. 

Ella will be throwing live on the pottery wheel, allowing the audience to witness the quiet intensity of creation in real time. Viewers will see clay evolve from a lump of earth into a functional vessel—each movement deliberate, each imperfection embraced.

Experience the vibrant sounds of Lui Quantum, a Peruvian singer-songwriter who brings LatinAfro beats and heartfelt lyrics to the stage. Enjoy an engaging performance featuring original songs that blend pop, Afrobeats, and EDM, accompanied by live guitar and percussion.

Southern Eagle is a Contemporary Southern Singing drum group that originates from Maxton, North Carolina.

Join vocalist and sound practitioner Ana Lucia Divins and guitarist Carlos Crespo for an immersive healing music experience that invites you to slow down, breathe, and reconnect.

Travel back in time with Kimora Julius as she brings the energy and nostalgia of the early 2000s to the stage.

Southern Eagle is a Contemporary Southern Singing drum group that originates from Maxton, North Carolina.

“Initiation” is a dynamic 45-minute West African dance and drum experience that follows the sacred journey from girlhood to womanhood. Through powerful rhythms, bold movements and rich cultural storytelling, the audience is invited to witness transformation in motion.

Mythos is an immersive, dramatic chorepoem that explores the real women behind four iconic North American urban myths: La Llorona, the Lady in Red, the Bell Witch, and Marie Laveau.

The show opens with a captivating acapella verse before diving into high-energy performances, personal storytelling, and powerful spoken word poetry. 

Experience the vibrant energy of Charlotte Plein Air as a group of talented local artists transform the festival grounds into a dynamic open-air studio.

This street circus performance takes audiences on a dynamic journey across cultures using acrobatics, dance, and physical storytelling. Each moment highlights a different way humans move, celebrate, struggle, and connect, revealing how much we share despite our differences.

Award-winning playwright Abhisek Bhattacharya’s “Empty Night” is a story of our time, when forests are dwindling and habitats are shrinking —and despite their ferocious strength and immense pride, the tigers can only survive as long as humans allow them to.

“Manobhojanam” — the feast of the mind is a thought-provoking Bharatanatyam production that blends philosophy and artistry. It portrays how our choices — in food, thought, and action — reflect the three energies of life: passion, inertia, and purity.

“The Great Maximilian” is a thrilling sci-fi adventure that follows Max, a young boy whose imagination becomes reality when he’s pulled through a mysterious portal into the futuristic world of Melrah—a dazzling city of flying cars, glowing technology, and hidden danger. 

Brass Band is an 8-person brass band playing your favorite hits from the past few decades in a way you've never experienced!

The "Adventures of Mystery Green" is a staged reading about the adventures of your favorite soulful sleuth you just found out about. Playwright Dasan Ahanu blends humor, cleverness, poetics, and soul music, all with the intent of creating a whole vibe. 

"Resurrection" is a powerful spoken word performance that explores what it means to rise after being broken—to rebuild yourself piece by piece when the world tries to silence you.

Join us for a series of solo acts featuring our performers on aerial silks and lyra, choreographed by performance troupe leader Mandy Elledge. 

Feel the pulse of the world through an electrifying mix of R&B, Motown, house, and hip-hop. Join the party for a celebration of unity, culture, and rhythm that brings everyone to the dance floor.

Tchinweizu is redefining Afrobeat for a new generation, and his live show proves it. This is Afrobeat with attitude, authenticity, and a story worth hearing. Don't miss it.

Step onto the Boardwalk and meet Emily Little, a visual artist and poet, as she creates personalized poems for BOOM attendees on her typewriter based on your chosen topic. 

Award-winning playwright Abhisek Bhattacharya’s “Empty Night” is a story of our time, when forests are dwindling and habitats are shrinking —and despite their ferocious strength and immense pride, the tigers can only survive as long as humans allow them to.

"Color Theory" invites audiences into a vivid, collaborative dance work that explores how our paths intertwine in both seen and unseen ways, and whether this is through fate or happenstance. Created in partnership with the artists, each showing unfolds differently, shaped by the voices and choices of the artists in the room, as well as time itself.

Jumping Dreams is bringing Double Dutch back to the Queen City with a dynamic performance that highlights the athleticism and teamwork of its youth members! 

This street circus performance takes audiences on a dynamic journey across cultures using acrobatics, dance, and physical storytelling. Each moment highlights a different way humans move, celebrate, struggle, and connect, revealing how much we share despite our differences.

Charlotte Department of Dance presents a selection of faculty and student choreography as part of BOOM CLT.

"Are you a feminist?" Four beauty contestants answer their interview questions onstage. As the pageant progresses, the stage becomes a confession booth.

With the rise of A.I. in art, we feel as if creativity is dying and we have lost what started as our only form of expression: art. But this is no Memento Mori. We can explore where art comes from and how it can never be taken away. Our art will never die. 

Two Selves: A duet inspired by a sculpture with the same name by Rose B. Simpson explores umbilical connections in sensation, emotion, and philosophy.

Dads are noisy. We joke about it, and there's humor in the noise. But behind the stereotypes lies a shifting category of identity shaped at the intersection of media, tradition, history, family, and self.

Experience a live blend of music, storytelling, and performance that delves into identity, healing, and the quiet resilience within mixed-race womanhood. 

Tosco Music presents live music by local and regional musicians performing a variety of music genres.

Colorful Spark – Intersection of Us is a live interactive art experience where community and creativity meet. This evolving artwork invites participants to co-create an abstract map of North Carolina using vibrant, color powder and natural pigments.

Based on a single suggestion from the audience (the title of a musical that has never been done before), Swell will launch into the opening number of a completely improvised mini-musical, with piano accompaniment.

With bursts of cardio, "Pump" pushes dancers through an open and energized space. With "perfect" lines, "flawless" technique, and "ideal" imagery, the choreography investigates how Western concert dance has historically gone where no one asked them to go before

A new moon presents an opportunity for rebirth. Under the new moon, dancers first find themselves holding tightly to old patterns that cause isolation and tension.

A cultural representation of Mexican folklore 

The NC Brazilian Arts Project (NC BAP) is a community-rooted organization dedicated to deepening our knowledge of Afro-Brazilian dance, music, and culture. 

This street circus performance takes audiences on a dynamic journey across cultures using acrobatics, dance, and physical storytelling.

Southern Eagle is a Contemporary Southern Singing drum group that originates from Maxton, North Carolina.

Earthen Light is a calm and creative art experience at Boom site specific. This workshop merges visual art, sound, ritual, and sustainability into a meditative yet playful environment where creativity becomes a form of relaxation and collective expression. 

Mangle is an embodied exploration of the intersections between the environmental fragility of the Caribbean mangle (mangrove) and the diasporic grief that stems from migration. The mangle mirrors diasporic migration through the displacement of its seedlings, which drop from its branches, in a process akin to live birth, only to be swept away by the currents of the waters in which it grows.

“Manobhojanam” — the feast of the mind is a thought-provoking Bharatanatyam production that blends philosophy and artistry. It portrays how our choices — in food, thought, and action — reflect the three energies of life: passion, inertia, and purity.

The "Adventures of Mystery Green" is a staged reading about the adventures of your favorite soulful sleuth you just found out about. Playwright Dasan Ahanu blends humor, cleverness, poetics, and soul music, all with the intent of creating a whole vibe. 

Enjoy a dynamic presentation of song, dance, theatre arts and spoken word by past & present KUUMBA Performing Artists!

The Kevin Jones Experience offers a rich blend of R&B, Jazz, Pop, Country, and Blues, diverse dance music that transcends generational & racial boundaries.

"Echo Chamber" is a C3 creative choreography that explores the female competitive nature in the dance community.

"despite, because" is a dance about what it feels like to stay too long (physically, emotionally, or mentally) when something has already started to shift. 

Do you know who you really are ? Can you tell someone who you are? “Who Are You?” is a powerful performance presented by the dancers of BeYou Creative Arts Academy. 

Twinnation Dance Crew presents a new and improved, one-of-a-kind act that showcases their evolution from hip hop to a more theatrical and versatile dance group.

Born Under an Azalea Bush: An Ode to Southern Gothicism shows a compelling journey into the heart of Southern life. Exploring how history, spirituality and tradition shape our identities today and even how we relive stories of those before us.

Beatfreaq: Frequencies of Self is a live producer showcase exploring how sound reveals who we are. Each artist performs a set that tells their personal story through rhythm, tone, and texture — transforming beats into emotional frequencies.

“Initiation” is a dynamic 45-minute West African dance and drum experience that follows the sacred journey from girlhood to womanhood. Through powerful rhythms, bold movements and rich cultural storytelling, the audience is invited to witness transformation in motion.

"In Fields Where We Bloom" is an immersive solo performance that transforms Black women's stories into a lush botanical garden where poetry, movement, and actual scents invite you into an intimate exploration of resilience, ancestral wisdom, and the power we cultivate when we choose to bloom.

Get ready to dance through dystopia with M4TR's high-energy electro-busking performance - synthpop, nu-disco, and funk that gets your body moving while your mind stays engaged. 

Nathan Harris & the Flood is a groove-rock band of some of Charlotte’s finest musicians. The setlist is centered around Harris’ originals, using the music as a platform for the jams.

Southern Eagle is a Contemporary Southern Singing drum group that originates from Maxton, North Carolina.

Born Under an Azalea Bush: An Ode to Southern Gothicism shows a compelling journey into the heart of Southern life. Exploring how history, spirituality and tradition shape our identities today and even how we relive stories of those before us.

Award-winning playwright Abhisek Bhattacharya’s “Empty Night” is a story of our time, when forests are dwindling and habitats are shrinking —and despite their ferocious strength and immense pride, the tigers can only survive as long as humans allow them to.

"Color Theory" invites audiences into a vivid, collaborative dance work that explores how our paths intertwine in both seen and unseen ways, and whether this is through fate or happenstance. Created in partnership with the artists, each showing unfolds differently, shaped by the voices and choices of the artists in the room, as well as time itself.

“Initiation” is a dynamic 45-minute West African dance and drum experience that follows the sacred journey from girlhood to womanhood. Through powerful rhythms, bold movements and rich cultural storytelling, the audience is invited to witness transformation in motion.

"Crosscurrents" is a captivating duet as two classically trained ballet dancers blend contemporary and classical styles in a dynamic performance.

Fairy Godmother brings an enchanting musical adventure with melodies of magic, joy, and a sprinkle of wonder. Weaving story and song, she reminds her listeners to slow down and enjoy being the hero of their own story. 

Inspired by the principles of EMDR therapy, the performance traces the fractured relationship between mind and body in survival mode, moving through patterns of dissociation, repetition, and fragmentation before gradually rebuilding trust.

Get ready for a high-energy pop spectacle where powerful vocals meet electrifying choreography. Inspired by iconic American girl groups like the Spice Girls and the precision and charisma of global K-pop acts, this dynamic four-woman performance celebrates unity and diversity.

Twinnation Dance Crew presents a new and improved, one-of-a-kind act that showcases their evolution from hip hop to a more theatrical and versatile dance group.

Know what Interplay is?? Come to "Interplay??" to find out!! Tom and Amanda will guide you through different Interplay forms with several points in the performance for audience participation.

"In Fields Where We Bloom" is an immersive solo performance that transforms Black women's stories into a lush botanical garden where poetry, movement, and actual scents invite you into an intimate exploration of resilience, ancestral wisdom, and the power we cultivate when we choose to bloom.

Memories Live: Stories of Family is an invitation to pause, reflect, and reconnect with your inner self, your history, and one another through the power of language and love.

Experience the soulful sounds of David "Musiclover" Gibson as he takes you on a musical journey with his captivating vocals, masterful guitar, and rhythmic percussion.

Through original music, storytelling, and shared moments of reflection, Enacense guides the audience through themes of healing, self-discovery, and emotional resilience.

Tre. Charles is an Alternative/Indie Soul artist who doesn't just make music—he carves out soundscapes from the depths of his being. With raw lyricism, haunting croons, and warm, soul-drenched textures, he pulls listeners into an immersive experience—equal parts vulnerability and power.

"Color Theory" invites audiences into a vivid, collaborative dance work that explores how our paths intertwine in both seen and unseen ways, and whether this is through fate or happenstance. Created in partnership with the artists, each showing unfolds differently, shaped by the voices and choices of the artists in the room, as well as time itself.

Do you like magic, Indiana Jones, and just hint of crime? Well then, we’ve got a show for you! Having performed all across America, N8 the Magician is here to bring you a fully interactive, adventuring show! 

For the first time ever, multidisciplinary artist Jinna Kim will perform "Korean American Medley, an immigrant anthology"—a combination of original poetry, monologues, and music.