On Tap

The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra is bringing its On Tap series to NoDa Brewing Company on Tuesday, March 16, 2027. The night is a chamber music performance by a quartet, and it's part of a series the symphony runs to get classical music out of the concert hall and into neighborhood breweries. The trade-off is pretty straightforward: you swap the formal stage for a small ensemble playing in a relaxed setting, and you can listen with a beer in hand rather than in silence.

The program mixes classical and contemporary works from a diverse range of composers, and the quartet format keeps things intimate. Past On Tap shows have featured Mozart, Holst, and Haydn, and the series has even experimented with pairing the music with kombucha. It's designed as a low-pressure way to hear the symphony's musicians up close, without the dress code or the hushed atmosphere of a traditional hall.

If you're not usually a classical music person, this is a good place to start. You get the live performance in a space you already know, and the music is presented as something to enjoy alongside a drink and a conversation rather than as a formal event. It's a small-scale version of what the orchestra does on a larger stage, stripped down to a few players in a room full of people.

The performance starts at 7:30 PM at NoDa Brewing Company, 2921 North Tryon Street, Charlotte, North Carolina 28206. It's a Tuesday night, so it's a mid-week outing rather than a weekend thing.