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- Through July 6: Hairspray with Opera House Theatre Company
- Through July 19: 2025 Summer Regional Art Show at Franklin Square Gallery
- Through July 27: Janice Castiglione at The Bellamy Mansion Museum
- Though July 27: “Yana Slutskaya & the Durham Art Guild Exchange” Exhibit at Art in Bloom
- Through July 28: CALL FOR PREFORMANCES: 31st annual Cucalorus Film Festival
- Through July 31: Veterans Creative Arts Program at 24 South Coffeehouse
- July 6: Ocean City Jazz Festival
- July 8: Family Art Night at Halyburton Park with DREAMS
- July 8: Diana Krall at Wilson Center
- July 8 – 31: Ellen McNair Exhibition at Leland Cultural Arts Center
- July 9: Artist Reception – Printed Belle at Luna Caffe
- July 9: Jazz at the Bellamy Mansion
- July 10: Opening Reception Ellen McNair at Leland Cultural Arts Center
- July 10 – 20: A Ride Through The Country with Big Dawg Productions
- July 11: First Friday Art Walk in Southport & Summer Show at Franklin Square Gallery
- 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 12 – 13: SUMMER ART SHOW AT BALD HEAD ISLAND
- July 17: Artist Reception at Silver Coast Winery
- July 17: CAM After Dark: Artist Talk with Jerrell Gibbs
- 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 24: CAM After Dark: Gallery Talk with Kirah Van Sickle
- July 25: Fourth Friday Gallery Walk (Visit Arts Council of Wilmington for Official List of Participants)
- Acme Art Studios: Words of Inspiration with Cape Fear Literacy Council
- July 25 – 27: One Upon A One More Time with Performance Club Theatre Company
- July 26: AUDITIONS: Spamalot (Young@part) with Thalian Association Community Theatre
- July 26: Cape Fear Contra Dance
- June 26: Wilmington Big Band at Eagles Dare
- July 27: Sal Vulcano at Wilson Center
- July 30 – August 10: Vivace International Music Festival
- July 31: Theatre for All Radio Show: Danger Duck and the Purloined Masterpiece
- July 31 – August 17: The Hallelujah Girls with Brunswick Little Theatre
AUGUST 2025
- Oak Island Art Guild Arts & Crafts Festival
- Through August 1: CALL FOR ART: 2025 CFCC Alumni Art Exhibition
- Through August 1: CALL FOR ART: Brunswick Arts Council Annual Show
- Through August 11: CALL FOR ART: 29th Annual Art In The Arboretum
- Through August 1: Serious Play at Wilma Daniels Gallery at CFCC
- 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: Henry Cho at Wilson Center
- August 2 – 27: Instructor Showcase Exhibition at Leland Cultural Arts Center
- August 4 – 15: Brunswick Arts Council 2025 Annual Arts Show
- August 5 – 15: 25th Annual Brunswick Arts Ccouncil Art Show
- August 7: CAM After Dark: Artist Talk with Jean Gray Mohs
- August 8: Opening Reception – Sarah Meyers Soucier at bottega
- August 8: Burgaw Blueberry Jam Concert with Pender Arts Council
- August 8: Chris Isaak at Wilson Center
- August 8 – 10: Into The Woods Jr. with Performance Club Theatre Company
- August 9: Museum School Open House at CAM
- August 9: The Powers of Poetry: Personal Experiences
- August 9 – 10: THE SARUS FLOW & DRIFT: CONTACT IMPROV MINI RETREAT
- August 10: AUDITIONS: Grease with Untitled Theatre Productions
- August 13: Jazz at the Bellamy Mansion
- August 14: Southport Concert Series with Jazz Adjacent
- August 14: Three Dog Night at Wilson Center
- August 14: CAM After Dark: Artist Talk with Carmen Neely and Ayana Jackson
- 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 18 – 19: AUDITIONS: Avenue Q with Panache Theatrical Productions
- August 21: Roots & Boots at Wilson Center
- August 21: Sunset Performance Series: Living Rhythms at CAM
- August 21 – 31: AUDITIONS: Mercury with Big Dawg Productions
- 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 23: FUNDRAISER: 4th Annual DREAMS COME TRUE Benefit Concert
- 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 1: 2025 Studio Art Faculty Biennial at CAB Gallery
- Through September 7: We Belong Here: The Gutierrez Collection Exhibition at Cameron Art Museum
- Through September 21: Unleashed at Gallery Citrine
- September 2 – October 17: 2025 CFCC Alumni Art Exhibition
- 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 9: One Night of Queen at Wilson Center
- September 10: Tower Of Power at Wilson Center
- September 10: Fundraiser with CB Mural Project & Island Arts Council
- 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: The Robert Cray Band at Wilson Center
- 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: A New Era: Opening Night with Peter Askim with Wilmington Symphony Orchestra
- September 20 – 21: Art in the Yard with Island Arts Council
- September 23: Avatar: The Last Airbender In Concert at Wilson Center
- September 24 – 27: WAOTC 3rd Annual Into the Wild Open Fall Exhibition & Sale
- September 25: Opening Reception for Mauricio Naya at CAB Gallery
- September 25 – October 29: Mauricio Naya at CAB Gallery
- September 26: Mark Twain Tonight at Wilson Center
- 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
- Writers’ Week with UNCW Creative Writing
- Big Annie’s Annual Bluegrass Festival at Humphry Farms
- Through October 5: The Game Changers: Diebenkorn, Frankenthaler, and Rauschenberg Exhibition at Cameron Art Museum
- Through October 12: Space Makers: Art and Disability in North Carolina (Opening Reception June 6)
- Through October: Venus Flytrap On Parade
- 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 6 – 11: Wild About Art – a joint exhibition with Wildlife Artists Of The Carolinas & Waterway Art Association
- 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 11: The Voice of Whitney at Wilson Center
- October 11: Arty Party with Arts Council of Wilmington & NHC
- October 14: Empty Bowls 2025 Southport
- October 16: Here Come the Mummies at Wilson Center
- October 17: Dusty Slay at Wilson Center
- October 17 – 19: HOME at Thalian Halil
- 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
- Arts By The Shore with Oak Island Art Guild
- Coastal Carolina Clay Guild Annual Pottery Sale and Show
- November 1: Colberg’s Viola Concerto with Wilmington Symphony Orchestra
- 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 8: Il Divo at Wilson Center
- November 11: Veterans Day Dance at the USO with Cape Fear Swing Dance Society
- November 12: The Life & Music of George Michael at Wilson Center
- 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 13 – January 7: Seasons Tweetings with Wildlife Artists Of The Carolinas
- November 14: Mrs. Doubtfire at Wilson Center
- 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 19 – 23: Cucalorus Festival
- November 28: Fourth Friday Gallery Walk (Visit Arts Council of Wilmington for Official List of Participants)
- November 28 – 29: Thanksgiving – Smith Island Art League Art Show & Sale
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 18: Young People’s Concert with Wilmington Symphony Orchestra
- January 30: Three American Troubadours at Thalian Hall
FEBRUARY 2026
- 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 5 – April 26: Legends & Landmarks by Jim Horton at Bellamy Mansion
- February 6 – 15: THALIAN ASSOCIATION COMMUNITY THEATRE presents Murder on the Orient Express at Thalian Hall
- February 7: Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons with Wilmington Symphony Orchestra
- February 12: Cordâme – Fabula Femina at Thalian Hall
- February 17: CHICAGO: The Musical at Wilson Center
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 5: Mamma Mia! at Wilson Center
- March 7: Mutts Gone Nutts at Thalian Hall
- Mary 12 – 15: 1776 The Musical with Thalian Association Community Theatre & Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts
- March 14: Classical Connections with Wilmington Symphony Orchestra
- March 31: Jazz At Lincoln Center – Great American Crooners at Thalian Hall
- March 20 – 22: Uptilt Film Festival
APRIL 2026
- North Carolina Black Film Festival
- 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
- April 25: Orff’s Carmina Burana with Wilmington Symphony Orchestra
- April 28: Kinky Boots at Wilson Center
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
- May 29: BEETLEJUICE at Wilson Center
- May 31 – June 9: Port City Music Festival
JUNE 2026
- June 12: Six at Wilson Center
JULY 2026
- Ocean City Jazz Festival
AUGUST 2026
SEPTEMBER 2026
OCTOBER 2026
NOVEMBER 2026
- Cucalorus Festival
DECEMBER 2026
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