★ This Weekend in Port City ★

THE WEEKEND

MAY 8 - MAY 10

79 Events · Local Bars & Live Music · Family-Friendly · Food & Drink Events · Theater & Performing Arts

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Isaac Hadden Trio

Asheville guitar phenom + Jeff Sipe + Taylor Lee — jazz-funk fireworks

Friday · May 8 Waterline Brewing · 7pm – 10pm $10
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⭐ Don't Miss

Autumn Bruewer

National headliner Autumn Bruewer brings two nights of stand-up to Dead Crow

Friday · May 8 Dead Crow Comedy Room · 7pm & 9:30pm Ticketed
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Waylon Wyatt — Everywhere Under The Sun

Rising country phenom takes the Greenfield Lake stage Saturday night

Saturday · May 9 Greenfield Lake Amphitheater · 7pm Ticketed
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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band — The Farewell Tour

60 years of country-rock royalty — the Farewell Tour stops at Wilson Center

Sunday · May 10 Wilson Center · 7pm Ticketed
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Concerts

7 events
  • Lakeview w/ Cody Lee

    Bowstring Wilmington · 7pm Ticketed Tickets ↗
  • Let's Sing Taylor

    Taylor Swift live-band tribute

    Wilson Center · 7pm Ticketed Tickets ↗
  • Waylon Wyatt — Everywhere Under The Sun

    Greenfield Lake Amphitheater · 7pm Ticketed Tickets ↗
  • Tray Wellington Band

    Doors 7pm, ages 10+

    Live at Ted's · 8pm $27.50 Tickets ↗
  • SoDown w/ AYCH

    Bowstring Wilmington · 7pm Ticketed Tickets ↗
  • Nitty Gritty Dirt Band — The Farewell Tour

    Wilson Center · 7pm Ticketed Tickets ↗
  • Rising Appalachia

    Greenfield Lake Amphitheater · 6pm Ticketed Tickets ↗

Theater & Performing Arts

7 events
  • Dolly!

    Thalian Hall Main Attraction Series

    Thalian Hall · 7:30pm Ticketed Tickets ↗
  • Serial Mom (1994)

    Cult Series, also showing May 9

    Thalian Hall · TBD Ticketed Tickets ↗
  • This Land, These Voices

    Wilmington Voices America250 program

    St Paul's Episcopal Church · 7:30pm Free
  • Salute to Veterans: A Celebration of the Great American Songbook

    Leland Cultural Arts Center · 6pm Ticketed
  • Marriage and Other Atrocities: A Horror Cabaret

    21+, doors 7:30pm

    Bourgie Nights · 8pm – 10:30pm $20 adv / $25 DOS
  • Wilmington Voices Spring Concert

    America250 'This Land, These Voices' program

    Cameron Art Museum · 3pm Free Tickets ↗
  • This Land, These Voices

    Cameron Art Museum · 3pm Free

Comedy & Magic

2 events
  • Autumn Bruewer

    Dead Crow Comedy Room · 7pm & 9:30pm Ticketed Tickets ↗
  • Autumn Bruewer

    Dead Crow Comedy Room · 7pm & 9:30pm Ticketed Tickets ↗

Local Bars & Live Music

32 events
  • Isaac Hadden Trio

    Food: 2Bros Coastal Cuisine 6-9pm

    Waterline Brewing · 7pm – 10pm $10 Tickets ↗
  • Aaron Wolf 'Still in Motion Tour' w/ Oc3ans

    Doors 6pm, weather permitting

    Reel Cafe · 7pm – 10pm Ticketed Tickets ↗
  • Live Music: Port City Bossa Nova

    Food truck: Salita Pizza

    Fermental · 7pm Free
  • Delia & Friends

    The Bend · 7pm – 10pm Free
  • The Motos

    Seven Mile Post · 7pm Free
  • The Righteous Dudes

    70s-2000s hits

    SeaWitch Tiki Bar · 8pm – Midnight Free
  • Three Chord Cory

    Wheelz Pizza on-site 5-9; $4 off 4-packs

    Outer Dunes Brewing · 6pm – 9pm Free
  • Free Live Music

    Hi-Wire Brewing · 6pm Free
  • Free Concert Friday • Fake Happy: Tribute to Paramore

    The Eagle's Dare · 6pm Free
  • Taylor Lee Trio

    Cloud 9 Rooftop Bar · 6pm Free
  • CMB - Sunset Live Music Series

    Marina Grill · 6pm Free
  • DJ Slim Deluxe

    Wilmington Distillery · 9pm Free
  • Resurrector Album Release w/ Deceptor + Disenthralled

    The Barzarre · 7pm Ticketed
  • Live Music with Tom Choiniere

    Brunswick Beer XChange · 6pm Free
  • The Cut

    90s/00s cover band

    SeaWitch Tiki Bar · 8pm – Midnight Free
  • Live Music: Blarney Brogues Irish Band

    Food truck: Leo's Pizza 5pm

    Fermental · 7pm Free
  • Divergent Soundz

    The Bend · 7pm – 10pm Free
  • Konnection

    Seven Mile Post · 7pm Free
  • Nate Van Winkle & The Cape Fear Riders — Mom's Night Out

    $4 drink specials, Carolina Hibachi 5-8

    Outer Dunes Brewing · 6pm – 9pm Free
  • Juno

    Cloud 9 Rooftop Bar · 6pm Free
  • Port City Shakedown — Sunset Live Music Series

    Marina Grill · 6pm Free
  • Sips & Songs: Jesse Stockton

    Wilmington Distillery · 2pm Free
  • Steadfast Reggae

    Wilmington Distillery · 9pm Free
  • Gage Saylor & The Creekside Boys Album Release

    The Rusty Nail · 8pm Ticketed
  • Wilmington Goth Night: Star Wars Party

    The Barzarre · 8pm Free
  • Weekly Jazz Jam hosted by Jay Killman

    Fermental · 5pm Free
  • JV Flanagan

    SeaWitch Tiki Bar · 6pm – 9pm Free
  • Joe Copple

    Seven Mile Post · 5pm Free
  • Brandon Tise Live

    Wilmington Distillery · 3pm Free
  • Grateful for Mama's Sunday w/ Paul from Dirty Dead

    Wilmington Distillery · 7pm Free
  • Doomer Post-Punk Night

    The Barzarre · 6pm Free
  • JHAD (Justin Heter's Almost Dead) — Dead on the Deck

    Katy's Grill & Bar · 2pm Free

Festivals

1 event
  • NC Folk Festival Goes East

    EOD Distillery · 1pm – 5pm Free

Food & Drink Events

8 events
  • Friday Lunch — Wilmington's Longest Happy Hour

    South Front Tavern · 12pm Free
  • Mother's Day Flower Arranging Class

    With Sweet Serendipity Flowers

    EOD Distillery · 2pm $75
  • MOMosa Brunch — Mother's Day Celebration

    Waterline Brewing · 12pm – 4pm Free
  • Mom-umental Mother's Day

    Mimosas + cocktails specials

    Fermental · 11am Free
  • Mother's Day Brunch at Little Dipper

    Little Dipper Fondue · 9am Ticketed
  • Mother's Day Oceanfront Brunch

    Live music by Ethan Hanson

    Bonita Latin Fusion · 4:30pm Ticketed
  • Mother's Day Brunch at South Front Tavern

    South Front Tavern · 10am Ticketed
  • Mother's Day $4 Mimosas

    $4 Mimosas + $4 Intracoastal Blonde Ale

    Outer Dunes Brewing · TBD Free

Family-Friendly

17 events
  • Wilmington Historic Happy Hour Tour

    21+, drinks not included

    Wilmington Walking Tours · 4:30pm – 6:30pm $30
  • Women's Climbing Night

    Wilmington Rock Gym · 5:30pm – 9pm $25
  • Movies in the Park: Shrek

    Bring lawn chair or blanket

    Soundside Park · Sundown Free
  • Boundless Tour in the PNC USCT Park

    Cameron Art Museum · TBD Ticketed Tickets ↗
  • Pub & Pucks Fundraiser

    Hockey-themed contests, DJ, food truck, raffles benefitting Polar Ice

    Pour Fella's Pub · 12pm – 5pm Free
  • Everyone Counts Spring Festival

    Family fundraiser benefitting E1C

    The Eagle's Dare · 11am – 3pm Free
  • Wagon Tails Adoption Fair

    Adoptable pups + kittens onsite

    Hi-Wire Brewing · 1pm – 3pm Free
  • FBAR Pre-Adoption Event

    Flytrap Brewing · 1pm – 4pm Free
  • Rock the Spectrum Fundraiser

    Autism Awareness fundraiser w/ live music + food truck

    Brunswick Beer XChange · 2pm – 8pm Free
  • Mother's Day Vendors Market

    Broomtail Brewing · 12pm Free
  • Pickle Wood Derby

    Good Hops Brewing · TBD
  • Read to a Dog (Love on a Leash)

    Ages 5-11

    Main Library — NHC · 11am – 12pm Free
  • Mother's Day Vendors Market

    Broomtail Brewing · 12pm Free
  • Weekly Yoga

    Hi-Wire Brewing · 11am – 12pm Free
  • Outlander in the Cape Fear River Cruise

    Wilmington Water Tours · 10am, 12pm, 2pm $40
  • Mother's Day Skate — Moms Skate Free

    Wilmington · 2pm Free
  • Yoga in the Garden

    Perennial Harbor · 10am Free

Farmers Markets

2 events
  • Riverfront Farmers Market

    Riverfront Farmers Market · 8am – 1pm Free
  • Wilmington Farmers Market at Tidal Creek

    Wilmington Farmers Market · 8am – 1pm Free

Sports & Outdoor

1 event
  • USA Beach Wrestling Nationals

    Continues May 10

    Wrightsville Beach Strand · TBD Free

Weekly Fun

2 events
  • Karaoke Night

    Award-winning karaoke every Friday

    Katy's Grill & Bar · 9pm Free
  • Luck of the Draw

    Brunswick Beer XChange · 3pm Free

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