Get those calendars ready because there is a positive correlation between how far we get into the holiday season and how many events pop up in the Queen City. Over the next week, we’ve got Golden Girl puppets, comics, Christmas markets, kickbacks, farmers markets, bourbon bashes, ornament workshops… the list goes on and on and doesn’t even include Thanksgiving!

Local Comic Shop Day – November 23 @ Heroes Aren’t Hard To Find

Excelsior and long live the local comic shop! Local Comic Shop Day is a day focused on celebrating (you guessed it) local comic shops. Our “go-to comic cave” is the #OGclt Heroes Aren’t Hard To Find in Elizabeth. It’s a place where you can find the classics, the new stuff and indie comics. Opened by comic shop legend Shelton Drum in 1980, Heroes will guide you to unique art styles and stories of countless artists and writers. This Saturday, Heroes is the place to be, with exclusive “Local Comic Shop Day” comics available for purchase and the fellas behind Cartoonist Kayfabe, Ed Piskor and Jim Rugg, signing autographs. For more information, click here.

Make plans to return to the scene of the crime on November 30 for their Toys For Tots Annual Superhero Toy Drive. Donate and be a child’s very own superhero this Christmas.

Thank you for being a puppet! Your heart is true, you’re a pal and made of feeeeeeellllllttttt.
The Golden Girls Show: A Puppet Parody
November 21-23 – Booth Playhouse

When’s the best time to open a Christmas Village? A week before Thanksgiving apparently.
Charlotte Christmas Village – Christkindlmarkt
November 22 to December 24 – Corner of N. Tryon and 7th

Bring your Thanksgiving feast to the next level.
National Farm City Week
November 23 – Charlotte Regional Farmers Market

Add some homemade flair to this year’s Christmas Decorations.
Handmade Ceramic Ornament Workshop
November 23 – The Little Studio 

Instead of giving your money to Best Buy and Walmart next Friday, support over 20 local vendors this Sunday.
Hot Stuff Holiday Market
November 24 – Petra’s

If you like your tunes like you like your food — “southern fried” — then this is the Sunday kickback you need to be at.
The Southern Fried Kickback
November 24 – Recess CLT

Let Charlotte’s master mixologist make you a drink. Then, ask him to make you another.
Bob Peters Bourbon Bash
November 24 – Skylark Social Club