Divine Barrel Brewing

The Gaming Lounge video gaming pop-up
2026-03-25 18:00 - 22:00, 2026-04-01 18:00 - 22:00, 2026-04-08 18:00 - 22:00, 2026-04-15 18:00 - 22:00, 2026-04-22 18:00 - 22:00, 2026-04-29 18:00 - 22:00, 2026-05-06 18:00 - 22:00, 2026-05-13 18:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) and 1 more date | Divine Barrel Brewing, 3701 North Davidson Street, Charlotte, NC, 28205, United States
Get your game on at Divine Barrel every Wednesday from 6-10pm with The Gaming Lounge! With a catalog of hundreds of video games spanning generations old and new, there’s always something to play. Keep an eye out for special Guitar Hero & Rock Band nights where you can be the star of the show!
About The Gaming Lounge
The Gaming Lounge is a Non-Profit Organization focused on creating more 3rd Spaces within our cities. We host 5-6 events per week bringing Video Games and Board Games across generations! You can expect to see us at Arcades, Food Halls, Bars and Breweries where each event is open everyone regardless of Sexual Identity, Gender Identity, Race, and Cultural Background with most events being open to all Ages and some restricted to ages 21 and up. Be sure to check out our Socials for more information about when our next event is happening.

AGH! A Variety Show with a Purpose
2026-03-27 19:00 - 22:00
AGH! A variety show for a cause:
Ali Forrest and Anna Goldstein bring together their favorite musicians, comedians, puppets, weirdos, and general aficionados to raise money for a cause they care about. Join us Friday, March 27th for A Good Hang to raise money for a good cause.

Mindless Minutia Trivia Night
2026-03-30 19:00 - 22:00, 2026-04-06 19:00 - 22:00, 2026-04-13 19:00 - 22:00, 2026-04-20 19:00 - 22:00, 2026-04-27 19:00 - 22:00, 2026-05-04 19:00 - 22:00, 2026-05-11 19:00 - 22:00, 2026-05-18 19:00 - 22:00 and 1 more date
Mindless Minutia Trivia Night
Every Monday is trivia night at Divine Barrel! Assemble your team for four rounds of trivia – the top teams win brewery prizes and compete for the year-end DBB Trivia Championship trophy! Expect rounds of general knowledge, wordplay, themes and more brain-burners that will get everyone on the team thinking. Grab your table, pens and brainpower for weekly trivia at DBB!

Crokinole Night with Queen City Crokinole
2026-04-01 19:00 - 22:00, 2026-04-15 19:00 - 22:00, 2026-05-06 19:00 - 22:00, 2026-05-20 19:00 - 22:00
Every first and third Wednesday is Crokinole Night with Queen City Crokinole! Come learn the best flickin’ game in town for free, and join in our rolling Crokinole League to compete for big prizes!

LEGO planter workshop with Art By SAS
2026-04-04 14:00 - 17:00
Brick & Bloom: LEGO Head Planter Workshop
Change up your weekend plans and get creative—just in time for Earth Day! In this fun, hands-on pottery workshop, you’ll create a playful planter inspired by the iconic LEGO head.
After forming your planter, you’ll apply a bright yellow underglaze and add facial details to design the LEGO character of your dreams. Once finished, your planter will be ready for your favorite plant—using greenery as the “hair” to bring your LEGO creation to life in a whole new way.
This workshop is perfect for beginners and anyone looking to change up their weekend plans and get creative with clay. No experience needed—just bring your imagination!
Please arrive early to grab a bevie and get settled in before we have some muddy fun!
What to expect:
This hands on experience is perfect for beginners and anyone looking to change up their weekend plans and get creative with clay. No experience needed—just bring your imagination!
In this hands-on pottery workshop, you’ll learn the ancient pinch pot handbuilding method, transforming a simple ball of clay into a pot shaped like the iconic LEGO head.
After forming your planter, you’ll apply a bright yellow underglaze and add facial details to design the LEGO character of your dreams. Once finished, your planter will be ready for your favorite plant—using greenery as the “hair” to bring your LEGO creation to life in a whole new way.
What happens after?
After the workshop, your project will head back to SAS Studios to completely dry out before going in the kiln. The entire process generally takes about 4 weeks, depending on the season and the clay used.
Once completed your planter will be wrapped up and return to Divine Barrel in a bag with your name on it. You will receive an email notifcation your piece is ready for pick up!
When? Saturday, April 4th. 2p-4p
Where? Divine Barrel Brewing, Charlotte, NC 28205
Cost? $46, all materials included
Spots are limited—reserve yours today!

Free live music: Jackson Harden
2026-04-04 15:00 - 18:00
Jackson Harden is a singer-songwriter from Utah and currently based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Combining elements from traditional folk, alt-country, and chamber pop, his music has a timeless quality that creates an airy, open atmosphere tinged with imagery of the vast desert landscapes and towering mountains of the western United States. His gentle vocal style, intimate songwriting, and intricate guitar picking are often compared to the likes of and .
From the moment Harden picked up a guitar at age 8 to attaining his bachelor’s degree in music from Snow College in 2019, his sights have always been set on writing songs and making records. In elementary school, he regularly put together groups for school talent shows. As a teenager, he formed the instrumental post-rock group to explore experimental sounds and recording techniques, featuring reverb drenched guitars and lush soundscapes. While in college, Harden played guitar in indie rock/alternative group , during which time the musician flourished in a space that honed his skills and nurtured his confidence in his own singing and songwriting.
In 2022, Harden left his home state of Utah behind and moved across the country to North Carolina. Now showcasing his chops as a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, singer, and producer, Harden ventures out on his own to explore a new, profound sound with his debut EP .
www.jacksonharden.com

NERD NITE Charlotte
2026-04-17 19:00 - 22:00
Nerd Nite Charlotte is BACK! Our next show is scheduled for April 17th at Divine Barrel in NoDa. Doors open at noon, show starts at 7pm!
April’s Fools… I mean our brilliant presenters!
Amanda Brock Morales, Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a PhD in Anthropology/ Archaeology. Amanda’s research is based in the North Central Andes of Peru in a highland community called Huaylas. I collaborate with community members to document oral histories of place and excavate the archaeological site of Chupacoto to gain a deeper understanding of the past.
“When Places Are People: Stories From Work at the Archaeological site of Chupacoto in the Peruvian Andes”
In the Peruvian Andes, an archaeological site is not just a pile of stones, rather it can be a person with moods, preferences, obligations, and a long memory. Chupacoto, the 4,000-year-old archaeological ceremonial center where I work, is one of these beings. Families still live on its ancient platforms, build their houses atop its bedrock foundations, and interact with it through rituals, stories, and offerings. In the town of Huaylas, people don’t talk about Chupacoto, they talk with it.
In my talk, I will explore what it means to live alongside a huaca, which is a place in the Andes that has agency to act, feel, and respond to humans. I’ll share local lore, including tales of midnight bulls with bells ringing, ghosts appearing in the night, tunnels that lead to the heart of the site, and encounters with the devil, to explore how these stories encode relationships of respect, reciprocity, and care with the archaeological site. We’ll look at how descendant communities that live on and near the site continue to co-exist with Chupacoto as a present-day force in their daily lives and also examine how archaeologists work in a landscape that is not only inhabited by people, but by places with agency.
Margarita Nigmatullina, Founder MindMatter LLC. Margarita is a systems thinker working at the intersection of technology, behavior, and decision-making. She previously worked as a Senior Business Intelligence Engineer at Truist, focusing on data analytics, governance, and AI-driven solutions. She is the founder of MindMatter, where she explores how attention, cognition, and patterns shape the way we think, act, and interact. Her work integrates insights from psychology, neuroscience, and systems thinking, combined with real-world observation, to better understand modern behavior. Margarita is also the creator of Who Are We, Mom?, a children’s book series exploring cultural identity and belonging.
“Games People Play: Why a 60-Year-Old Psychology Book Explains Modern Behavior So Well.”
In 1964, psychiatrist Eric Berne introduced the concept of psychological “games” in his book Games People Play: recurring interaction patterns with hidden payoffs that keep people stuck while feeling completely justified. In this talk, I will briefly introduce Berne’s framework, explain what a psychological “game” is and why these patterns exist, and then focus on one specific game:
“Why Don’t You — Yes, But.”
This is not therapy and not a lecture.
It’s pattern recognition for people who like systems, with slides, visuals, and probably some uncomfortable laughter when you realize you’ve played this game before.
Eric Hoenes del Pinal, Associate Professor, Religious Studies, UNCC. Religion and culture; ethnography of religion; language and communication. Eric Hoenes (B.A. Boston University; Ph.D. University of California, San Diego) joined the UNC Charlotte faculty in 2013. Trained as a cultural and linguistic anthropologist, his approach to the study of religion is strongly ethnographic, with an emphasis on the role of language and non-verbal forms of communication in shaping human interaction. His research interests include the study of global Christianity, the politics of language and culture, and the ethnography of Latin America with special emphasis on indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica.
“When Places Eat People: Stories About the Relationships between People and Landscape in Latin America”
Guatemala’s Q’eqchi’-Maya people understand the world as being inhabited by a broad range of other-than-human beings whose lives and fates are variously interconnected to the natural and social geography of the country. This talk will examine stories collected in 2024 about one such being— a body of water who occasionally feeds on human flesh to sustain itself. I’ll explain how stories about this and some other related figures illustrate some of the key cultural and ethical values around food and feeding and how that helps us understand Q’eqchi’-Maya people’s understanding of their place in the world.

Sunday Jazz with Charlotte Pride Band
2026-04-19 17:00 - 20:00
Join Charlotte Pride Band for a jazz jam from 5-8pm on Sunday, April 19th. A great way to end the weekend with smooth jazz vibes.

BINGO Night with Palmer
2026-04-23 19:00 - 22:00
It’s time for BINGO Night with Palmer! Get your daubers ready for four rounds of free-to-play BINGO starting at 7pm.

Silent Book Club at Divine Barrel
2026-04-28 18:00 - 21:00, 2026-05-26 18:00 - 21:00
Read alone, together! Join the Silent Book Club at Divine Barrel on the fourth Tuesday, every month starting at 6pm! Each month, bring a book you’re currently reading (or borrow one from our Little Free Library) for a quiet reading group with the Nodahood community. We’re also thrilled to welcome the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library each month for free book giveways & book swaps!
A typical SBC night goes like this –
6pm: Welcome, meet, grab a drink & mingle!
6:30pm: Read silently with the club.
7:30pm: Break to chat, discuss, or… keep reading!
We’re open nightly ’til 10pm, so the rest of the evening is yours!
What is a Silent Book Club? Click here for more information!
Silent Book Club at Divine Barrel is a member chapter of Silent Book Club®. Silent Book Club® is a registered trademark of Silent Book Club LLC. All rights reserved. Want to know more? Visit the website at https://silentbook.club/ for more information!
