Freebies abound for you -  and mom -  this weekend – all over the Charlotte metro area!

Here are just a few events during the next few days posted on ‘CharlotteOnTheCheap.com:

Today:

Teachers and nurses can enjoy free pasta through tomorrow at Buca di Beppo!  Yup – stop by for lunch,  get a FREE portion of baked marinara, fettuccine or baked ziti at Buca di Beppo at Carolina Place in Pineville. through tomorrow, Friday, May 11th . You will need an ID and coupon – click here for that.

Join your friends from K104.7 and Renaissance Plastic Surgery for another ‘Alive After 5′ at the Epicentre Pavilion today and every Thursday starting at 5pm!  Music on the BudLight Stage tonight from ‘Rubberband!’

Across town, it’sMETLIVE Music on the Greenway mixes free live music with a great view of Uptown Charlotte this and every Thursday night starting at 6:30pm at 1111 Metropolitan Avenue. Park free, and you’ll have a chance to take a nice walk along the Little Sugar Creek Greenway, too.  Music tonight is from ‘Craven Melons.’

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Whitewater River Jam is back at the U.S. National Whitewater Center with  FREE concerts through September. The concerts are free, but keep in mind that parking is $5 per car. Concerts start at 7pm – on stage tonight ‘Packway Handle.’

Friday:

Alive After Five at Piedmont Town Center -  with the band ‘Simply Irresistible‘…fun starts at 7pm.

Also kicking off at 7pm, the Stonecrest Summer Concert Series, featuring the  Kimberly Carper Trio

Saturday:

Take care of your pets!  Starting at 7am, you can get free rabies shots for dogs and cats in Mecklenburg County

(Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Starting at 7:30am, it’s ‘Ask a Master Gardener at Charlotte Regional Farmers Market‘

At 10:00am get questions answered with Free music recording workshop at Guitar Center

Also at 10am, it’s the kick off to family fun with Hello Huntersville!

Sunday:

Ok – Saturday and Sunday, you can take your mom to enjoy  “Picasso: Select Prints and Ceramics,” featuring a series of lithographs, etchings and ceramics by Pablo Picassoat the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art , and she’ll get free admission and 10% off all purchases in the museum store!  Everyone else pays the regular price…sorry.

If you’re mom is either active or wild and crazy, , moms get into Ray’s Splash Planet for free from 1pm to 6:30pm!  Splash Planet, in case you didn’t know,  features a three story slide, a vortex, lap swimming, interactive water play area, and other crazy extras – fun!

Moms get into Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden for free on Sunday, too!

Click here for more fun freebies!