LAST CALL: The Ledger's '80s party is Thursday

Time is running out to get in on this fun and definitely not stuffy celebration

The Charlotte Ledger team is putting the finishing touches on Thursday’s fun 1980s-movie-themed party — will we see you there?

Grab your +1 or some friends and get your tickets!

Charlotte Ledger 40 Over 40 Awards, Presented by U.S. Bank

• When? Thursday, April 27, 6-9 p.m.

• Where? Charlotte Museum of History, 2500 Shamrock Drive, Charlotte

• What? Come celebrate this year’s winners of The Ledger’s 40 Over 40 Awards — people aged 40+ who are making a big difference in our community — with a lively and definitely not stuffy party with a 1980s movie theme. Food, drinks, entertainment, costume contest, concert ticket giveaways and a few surprises.

• How much? $95. ($85 for Ledger members with offer code here.)

• What your ticket includes:

  • Food stations from the Charlotte company behind Mama Ricotta’s, Yafo Kitchen and Paco’s Tacos & Tequila (Plate Perfect Catering)

  • Open bar (beer and wine)

  • DJ pumpin’ out totally awesome ’80s tunes

  • Entertainment

  • Entry to the museum’s first-floor exhibits — including “Charlotte: Signs of Home,” which features iconic Charlotte signs from decades past that once adorned Dilworth, Plaza-Midwood, uptown, Oakhurst and east Charlotte. (We’ve arranged for the curator of the Charlotte signs exhibit, Christopher Lawing, to be on hand to talk about the signs and his Charlotte Signs Project.)

◼️ No tickets will be available for sale at the door — don’t delay, get them today!

This is no snooze-fest in a hotel ballroom — that’s not how we roll. This is a fun and dynamic celebration, with a costume contest and lively entertainment, in a spot that is distinctively Charlotte. (And there is plenty of free parking.)

Many thanks to our event sponsors:

• Presenting sponsor: U.S. Bank

• Gold sponsors: Catapult and Ducie Stark - Residential Real Estate Broker with Dickens Mitchener

• Silver sponsors: The Charlotte Museum of History and CLT Public Relations

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➡️ Want to know more about the winners? You can find the full descriptions and backgrounds on the 40 winners online.

➡️ Find out more about The Ledger’s 40 Over 40 awards here, including photos and videos from previous celebrations.

—Tony Mecia, executive editor, The Charlotte Ledger