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Through May 17: Waterway Art Assoc 34th Annual Judged Spring Art Show and Sale
Through May 25: Legally Blonde with Thalian Association Community Theatre
Through May 26: CALL FOR ART: 3rd Annual “Wild & Free” with Wildlife Artists Of The Carolinas
Through May 28: CALL FOR ART: Gallery 906
Through May 30: Natalie Campbell and Doris Jean Young at Sweet Nectar’s Florist
Through May 31: Five Brush Strokes Exhibition at Leland Cultural Arts Center (Opening Reception May 8)

May 17: Community Day at Thalian Hall
May 17: Triple Threat at Jengo’s Playhouse
May 17: Art-Full Home Show and Sale
May 17: MC Sha-Rock Day
May 17 – 18: Sea Jam 2025 with Cape Fear Swing Dance Society
May 17 – 18: Muralfest with Carolina Beach Mural Project
May 18: Tool Swap & Meeting of Coastal Carolina Clay Guild
May 18: Lost And Found with Wilmington Symphonic Winds at Kenan Auditorium
May 19: Meeting of the Quilters By The Sea Guild
May 19 – June 9: Industry Dance Workshop with Kevin Lee-y Green
May 20: Meeting of the Cape Fear Camera Club
May 21: Urban Sketchers at Carolina Beach State Park Marina
May 21: Napoleon Dynamite Live! at Wilson Center
May 22: Brownie Harris Photography Retrospective 1970-2020
May 22: Cathy Ladman at Thalian Hall
May 22 – June 1: What The Constitution Means To Me with Big Dawg Productions
May 22 – September 1: 2025 Studio Art Faculty Biennial at CAB Gallery
May 23: Mix & Mingle with Council For The Arts
May 23: Fourth Friday Gallery Walk (Visit Arts Council of Wilmington for Official List of Participants)
- ACES Gallery:
- ACME ART STUDIOS: “I ❤️ Wilmington”
- theArtWorks:
- Bryand Gallery:
- Burgwin Wright House & Garden: Coastal Medley by Barbara Bear Jamison and Cathy Poulos
- Gallery Citrine:
- MC Erny Gallery @ WHQR: “Dance With Me”
- MoMentum Companies / Art In Bloom:
- New Elements Gallery: BF Reed & Katie Antonazzo
- Port City Pottery & Fine Crafts: Flora & Fauna
- Project 8179: Mary Riley Photography
- Soda Pop Gallery:
- The Wilma W. Daniels Gallery @ CFCC:
- Fried Fruit Art Space: Desolate Microcosm by Jave Yoshimoto
- Bellamy Mansion: “The Art of Janice Castiglione”
May 23 – 24: Descendants: The Musical with Laney High School Performing Arts
May 24: May Paint Out with Onslow Outdoor Painters Society
May 24 – 25: 29th Annual Orange Street ArtsFest
May 25 – June 1: CALL FOR ART: Unleashed at Gallery Citrine
May 25 – June 30: CALL FOR ART: 2025-2026 NC First in Freedom Festival Regional Art Contest with Pender Arts Council
May 29: Open Mic Night at Cameron Art Museum
May 29 – 31: It’s ALL Art 2025 Show and Sale with Art League of Leland
May 30: Spring Love – A body of work by artist Mandy Scott
May 30: The Great American Songbook with Cape Fear Chorale
May 30 – June 27: Cape Fear Shakespeare On The Green – Macbeth & Taming Of The Shrew
May 31: Art Pop-Up with Wilmington Art Association
May 31: Cape Fear Contra Dance
May 31 – June 1: Sleeping Beauty with City Ballet

JUNE 2025

Through June 6: CALL FOR ART: Summer Regional Art Show at Franklin Square Gallery
Through June 8: Fibrage a Trois at Art In Bloom
Through June 9: Waterviews by Gwen Pikul at The Community Gallery
Through June 13: GRANT DEADLINE: Grassroots Arts Program with Arts Council of Wilmington and NHC
Through June 15: Renewal at Gallery Citrine
Through June 27: CALL FOR ART: Carolina Art Show
June 1: City Ballet presents The Sleeping Beauty
June 1 – 2: AUDITIONS: The Hallelujah Girls at Brunswick Little Theatre
June 1 – 8: Port City Music Festival
June 3 -25: Marybeth Bradbury Exhibition at Leland Cultural Arts Center
June 4: Ledisi – Love You Too at Wilson Center
June 5: Meeting of the Art League of Leland
June 5: 17th Annual Port City Music Festival 2025 at Cameron Art Museum
June 5: Opening Reception Marybeth Bradbury at Leland Cultural Arts Center
July 5: 7th annual Lumbee Film Festival
June 5 – 22: More Fun Than Bowling with Brunswick Little Theatre
June 6: Opening Reception for Space Makers at Cameron Art Museum
June 7: AUDITIONS: Cape Fear Chorale
June 7: YOU BELONG HERE Free Community Day at Cameron Art Museum
June 7: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe with Wilmington Conservatory of Fine Arts
June 7 – October 12: Space Makers: Art and Disability in North Carolina (Opening Reception June 6)
June 8: Film Screening – “Full Circle: Fiber Art by Rebecca Yeomans”
June 11: Jazz at the Bellamy Mansion
June 12: CAM After Dark: Conversation with the collectors of The Gutierrez Collection
June 13: Burgaw Blueberry Jam Concert with Pender Arts Council
June 14: 21st Annual Docutime Film Festival
June 14: Bluegrass In The Grove
June 15: Wynonna Judd at Wilson Center
June 16: Meeting of the Quilters By The Sea Guild
June 17: Meeting of the Cape Fear Camera Club
June 18: New Member Coffee at Cameron Art Museum
June 19 – June 21: Leanne Morgan at Wilson Center
June 19 – July 6: Hairspray with Opera House Theatre Company
June 20: Jengo’s Summer Series – The Secret Life Of Bees
June 21: Fundraiser – Cabaret & Silent Auction with United Theatre Productions
June 21: ALMOST QUEEN: A Tribute to Queen at Kenan Auditorium
June 21: Make Music Day Solstice Festival
June 21: Social Dance with Cape Fear Swing Dance Society
June 22: Afloat, The Buoy Project Workshop with Island Arts Council
June 24: Juneteenth Jamboree
June 26: Book Launch with Dina Greenberg at Pomegranate Books
June 26 – July 9: Summer Regional Art Show at Franklin Square Gallery
June 26 – July 28: 3rd Annual “Wild & Free” with Wildlife Artists Of The Carolinas
June 27: Fourth Friday Gallery Walk (Visit Arts Council of Wilmington for Official List of Participants)
- June 27: Opening Reception – WAA @ ACES 12 x 12 Small Works
- June 27: Opening Reception – Janice Castiglione at The Bellamy Mansion Museum
June 27 – 29: Diary Of A Wimpy Kid The Musical with Performance Club Theatre Company
June 28: Gladys Knight at Wilson Center
June 28: Social Dance with Cape Fear Contra Dance
June 28: Triple Threat at Jengo’s Playhouse
June 28 – 29: A Tribute To All Our Heroes with Sea Notes Choral Society

JULY 2025

Summer Show with Smith Island Art League
Lumbee Film Festival
Through July 27: Janice Castiglione at The Bellamy Mansion Museum
July 2: Stars & Stripes with North Carolina Symphony
July 4 – 6: Ocean City Jazz Festival
July 8: Diana Krall at Wilson Center
July 8 – 31: Ellen McNair Exhibition at Leland Cultural Arts Center
July 9: Jazz at the Bellamy Mansion
July 10: Opening Reception Ellen McNair at Leland Cultural Arts Center
July 11: Latin Social Dance at Leland Cultural Arts Center
July 11: Burgaw Blueberry Jam Concert with Pender Arts Council
July 12: Jaws In Concert at Wilson Center
July 17 – 27: 9 to 5 The Musical with Opera House Theatre Company
July 18 – 20: Summer Art Market at Sunset River Gallery
July 18, 20, 25 and 27: Mozart’s Don Giovanni with Opera Wilmington
July 19: Social Dance with Cape Fear Swing Dance Society
July 19: Summer Art Market at Leland Cultural Arts Center
July 21: Meeting of the Quilters By The Sea Guild
July 21: Jason Isbell and the 400 unit at Wilson Center
July 22: Todd Rundgren at Wilson Center
July 25: Fourth Friday Gallery Walk (Visit Arts Council of Wilmington for Official List of Participants)
July 25 – 27: One Upon A One More Time with Performance Club Theatre Company
July 26: Cape Fear Contra Dance
July 27: Everything’s Fine at Wilson Center
July 30 – August 10: Vivace International Music Festival
July 31 – August 17: The Hallelujah Girls with Brunswick Community Theatre

AUGUST 2025

Oak Island Art Guild Arts & Crafts Festival
Through August 1: CALL FOR ART: Brunswick Arts Council Annual Show
August 1 – 10: SARUS FESTIVAL for Site-Specific & Experimental Arts
August 1 – 3: Bye Bye Birdie with OHTC Apprentice Theatre
August 2: Open House at Leland Cultural Arts Center
August 2 – 27: Instructor Showcase Exhibition at Leland Cultural Arts Center
August 4 – 15: Brunswick Arts Council 2025 Annual Arts Show
August 8: Opening Reception – Sarah Meyers Soucier at bottega
August 8: Burgaw Blueberry Jam Concert with Pender Arts Council
August 8 – 10: Into The Woods Jr. with Performance Club Theatre Company
August 13: Jazz at the Bellamy Mansion
August 14: Southport Concert Series with Jazz Adjacent
August 14 – 24: Oklahoma! with Opera House Theatre Company
August 15 – 17: Carolina Art Show
August 16: Cape Fear Contra Dance
August 18: Meeting of the Quilters By The Sea Guild
August 21: Roots & Boots at Wilson Center
August 22: Fourth Friday Gallery Walk (Visit Arts Council of Wilmington for Official List of Participants)
August 23: Social Dance with Cape Fear Swing Dance Society
August 25: Brit Floyd – Wish You Were Here at Wilson Center
August 28: Reception for 2025 Studio Art Faculty Biennial at CAB Gallery

SEPTEMBER 2025

Write Wilmington! with UNCW Creative Writing
Through September 7: We Belong Here: The Gutierrez Collection Exhibition at Cameron Art Museum
September 3 – October 2: Andy Alvarez Exhibition at Leland Cultural Arts Center
September 6: Opening Reception Andy Alvarez at Leland Cultural Arts Center
September 6: Up Your Arts’ 4th Annual Cool & Fancy Gala Fundraiser
September 11: Choir Choir Choir at Wilson Center
September 13: American Craft Walk
September 13: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark at Wilson Center
September 15: Meeting of the Quilters By The Sea Guild
September 17 – 20: Landfall Art Show & Sale
September 18 – 19: CAPE FEAR ARTS IN MOTION with Forward Motion Dance Company
September 19: ZIGGY MARLEY & BURNING SPEAR at Wilson Center
September 19: Jazz at the Bellamy Mansion
September 20: 2025 Pender Arts Council Community Connections Quarterly Membership Meeting
September 20: Social Dance with Cape Fear Swing Dance Society
September 20 – 21: Art in the Yard with Island Arts Council
September 25: Opening Reception for Mauricio Naya at CAB Gallery
September 25 – October 29: Mauricio Naya at CAB Gallery
September 26: Fourth Friday Gallery Walk (Visit Arts Council of Wilmington for Official List of Participants)
September 26 – October 5: The Rocky Horror Show with Thalian Association Community Theatre at Thalian Hall
September 27: Cape Fear Contra Dance
September 29: Soweto Gospel Choir at Wilson Center

OCTOBER 2025

Through October 5: The Game Changers: Diebenkorn, Frankenthaler, and Rauschenberg Exhibition at Cameron Art Museum
Through October: Venus Flytrap On Parade
Writers’ Week with UNCW Creative Writing
Big Annie’s Annual Bluegrass Festival at Humphry Farms
October 1: Mohamed Abozekry at Thalian Hall
October 2: Anjelah Johnson-Reyes at Wilson Center
October 4 – 30: Lourdes Rosas Rasdall Exhibition at Leland Cultural Arts Center
October 9: Opening Reception Lourdes Rosas Rasdall at Leland Cultural Arts Center
October 9: The Capitol Fools at Thalian Hall
October 9 – 16: Red Velvet with Brunswick Little Theatre
October 10: Art In The Arboretum 2025
October 11: Social Dance with Cape Fear Swing Dance Society
October 11: 2025 Brunswick County Intercultural Festival
October 11: Carling Gunhild & Benny Hill Orchestra at Thalian Hall
October 14: Empty Bowls 2025 Southport
October 16: Here Come the Mummies at Wilson Center
October 17: Dusty Slay at Wilson Center
October 20: Meeting of the Quilters By The Sea Guild
October 21: Haunted Illusions at Thalian Hall
October 21: Twilight in Concert at Wilson Center
October 23: Chanticleer at Thalian Hall
October 24: Fourth Friday Gallery Walk (Visit Arts Council of Wilmington for Official List of Participants)
October 25: Cape Fear Contra Dance
October 28: Ailey II at Thalian Hall
October 31: Cameron Carpenter – Music to the 1925 Silent Film Phantom of the Opera at Thalian Hall

NOVEMBER 2025

Cucalorus Festival
Arts By The Shore with Oak Island Art Guild
Thanksgiving Show with Smith Island Art League
Coastal Carolina Clay Guild Annual Pottery Sale and Show
November 1 – 25: Art League of Leland Exhibition at Leland Cultural Arts Center
November 2: Jamie deRoy & Friends at Thalian Hall
November 6: Opening Reception Art League of Leland at Leland Cultural Arts Center
November 11: Veterans Day Dance at the USO with Cape Fear Swing Dance Society
November 13: Opening Reception for Fall 2025 Senior Exhibition at CAB Gallery
November 13: Electric Avenue: The 80’s MTV Experience at Thalian Hall
November 13 – December 12: Fall 2025 Senior Exhibition at CAB Gallery
November 15: Cape Fear Contra Dance
November 16: Mass in Troubled Times with Cape Fear Chorale
November 17: Meeting of the Quilters By The Sea Guild
November 28: Fourth Friday Gallery Walk (Visit Arts Council of Wilmington for Official List of Participants)

DECEMBER 2025

December 1: A Christmas Carol at Thalian Hall
December 2 – 20: Kristen Dorsey Exhibition at Leland Cultural Arts Center
December 4: Opening Reception Kirsten Dorsey at Leland Cultural Arts Center
December 4: Seán Heely’s A Celtic Christmas at Thalian Hall
December 4 – 6: 2025 UNCW Honor Band Festival
December 4 – 21: Greetings with Brunswick Community Theatre
December 5 – 6: Ballet For Young Audiences: The Nutcracker at Thalian Hall
December 6: Social Dance with Cape Fear Swing Dance Society
December 6: Holiday Art Market at Leland Cultural Arts Center
December 12 – 21: Ebenezer! A Musical Christmas Carol with Thalian Association Community Theatre at Thalian Hall
December 26: Fourth Friday Gallery Walk (Visit Arts Council of Wilmington for Official List of Participants)

JANUARY 2026

CFCC Humanities International Film Festival
Purlie Victorious with The Willis Richardson Players
January 17 – 18: Salty Swirl with Cape Fear Contra Dance
January 30: Three American Troubadours at Thalian Hall

FEBRUARY 2026

North Carolina Jazz Festival
Fundraiser for Forward Motion Dance Company
Annual Boundless Lecture with Daniel Jones at CAM
Joy of Art Show & Sale
February 5 – 7: North Carolina Jazz Festival
February 6 – 15: THALIAN ASSOCIATION COMMUNITY THEATRE presents Murder on the Orient Express at Thalian Hall
February 12: Cordâme – Fabula Femina at Thalian Hall

MARCH 2026

Spring Art Show at Oak Island Recreation Center
March 3: Pilobolus at Thalian Hall
March 5: Three Italian Tenors at Thalian Hall
March 7: Mutts Gone Nutts at Thalian Hall
March 31: Jazz At Lincoln Center – Great American Crooners at Thalian Hall
March 20 – 22: Uptilt Film Festival

APRIL 2026

April 10 – 19: THALIAN ASSOCIATION COMMUNITY THEATRE presents The Wizard of Oz at Thalian Hall
April 16: Joshua Kane – Borders of the Mind at Thalian Hall
April 20: Women of Americana at Thalian Hall
April 23: The Chase Brock Experience at Thalian Hall

MAY 2026

May 2: Wizard of Oz on ICE! at Thalian Hall
May 8: Dolly! at Thalian Hall
May 15 – 24: THALIAN ASSOCIATION COMMUNITY THEATRE presents Hello, Dolly! at Thalian Hall

JUNE 2026

JULY 2026

Ocean City Jazz Festival

AUGUST 2026

SEPTEMBER 2026

OCTOBER 2026

NOVEMBER 2026

Cucalorus Festival

DECEMBER 2026

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