Skip the hotel headache: Book now for Lovin’ Life and Kendrick Lamar weekend in Charlotte

By Chyna Blackmon

March 28, 2025 5:00 AM

One of the Lovin’ Life fixtures at Lovin’ Life Music Fest. Alex Cason CharlotteFive

It’s almost time for what will likely be one of the busiest weekends in the city.

Lovin’ Life Music Fest returns to uptown Charlotte May 2-4 — which also happens to be the same weekend hip hop icon Kendrick Lamar and SZA bring the “Grand National Tour” to Bank of America Stadium about two miles away.

Even on an average weekend, the bustling city center packed with restaurants, bars and museums can get pretty packed.

To give context, about 80,000 people total attended Lovin’ Life Music Fest last year, CharlotteFive previously reported. According to a spokesperson for Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority, uptown occupancy rates for on the festival’s opening day was 89.9%, 82.7% on its second and 76.3% on the the final day.

Imagining that crowd combined with the one that the 75,037-seated Bank of America stadium can hold, it’s an understatement to say the music double header weekend will be packed.

The CRVA told us that three of the county’s four highest hotel occupancy rates happened in the past year, and all four were attributed to events at BoA Stadium:

July 10, 2024 (Colombia vs. Uruguay in Copa America semifinal at BoA): 28,706 rooms sold
Oct. 19, 2024 (Morgan Wallen concert at BoA): 28,667 rooms sold
Sept. 4, 2021 (Duke’s Mayo Classic at BoA): 28,622 rooms sold
Oct. 26, 2024 (Concert for Carolina at BoA): 28,437 rooms sold

If you’re traveling from out of town for either event, you’ll want to book a room fast if you haven’t already done so.

This year, Hilton Charlotte Uptown and Omni Charlotte Hotel will both be offering fans attending Lovin’ Life Music fans a 15% special discount rate, organizers told CharlotteFive.

If those are already booked up, there are more than a dozen other hotels near the concert and festival. Here is a list of uptown hotels compiled by Center City Partners:

Chyna Blackmon

The Charlotte Observer

Chyna Blackmon was a service journalism reporter for The Charlotte Observer. A native of the Carolinas, she grew up in Columbia, SC, and graduated from Queens University of Charlotte. She’s also worked in local television news in Charlotte, NC, and Richmond, VA. Support my work with a digital subscription

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