# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Friends in Business EXPO 
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 16 Oct, 2026 at 12:00 pm – Fri, 16 Oct, 2026 at 05:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: 🌈 Don't miss the largest LGBTQ+ Business EXPO of the Southeast! 🌈

Join us for the Friends in Business Expo on Friday, from 12 PM - 5 PM at the Grady Cole Center! 🎉

This exciting event brings together small businesses, non-profits, and corporations from across the region, offering products, services, and employment opportunities for all. You’ll have the chance to connect with businesses and organizations from:
      🏳️‍🌈 Carolinas LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce
      🌎 Latin American Chamber of Commerce of Charlotte
      💼 Women’s Business Center of Charlotte
      🌏 Carolinas Asian American Chamber
       … and many more!

✨ Event Highlights:
🔹 Exhibition Hall – Explore a wide variety of businesses & organizations.
🔹 Resource Hall - find all types of resources available to you!
🔹 Breakout Sessions – Gain insights from industry experts.
🔹 Career Hub – Get help with employment, resumes, & headshots
🔹Health Hub- Get free health testing! 
🔹 Giveaways & Networking – Exciting prizes & opportunities throughout the day!
🔹Parking available onsite! 
🔹Free admission to the EXPO!

Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to connect, learn, and grow with the region’s top businesses and professionals! Register today! 🚀✨
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/charlotte/friends-in-business-expo/200030521293718
- **Event Categories**: exhibitions, business, health-wellness, lgbt-pride, job-fairs
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 16

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Charlotte
- **state**: NC
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Grady Cole Center
- **lat**: 35.219190029512
- **long**: -80.829279686621
- **full address**: Grady Cole Center, Charlotte, NC, United States

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: Friends in Business EXPO
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/69d6acb5438612ae22f20476d17ee5571b286d0ce4a08f8598e047e34fbe85eb-rimg-w1080-h1080-dcf8f8f8-gmir?v=1788374584

## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Friends in Business EXPO  being held?
  - **A:** Friends in Business EXPO  takes place on Fri, 16 Oct, 2026 at 12:00 pm to Fri, 16 Oct, 2026 at 05:00 pm at Grady Cole Center, Charlotte, NC, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Friends in Business EXPO ?
  - **A:** Friends in Business EXPO  is organized by Carolinas LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Friends in Business EXPO  is ideal for art lovers, trade professionals, collectors, and exhibition enthusiasts exploring the latest in their field. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Charlotte, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Friends in Business EXPO  sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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