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Through November 15: 3rd Annual 2025 Southport Maritime Art Show
Through November 16: Orion’s Choice with Harrington Repertory at Thalian Hall
Through November 22: Art League of Leland Member Exhibit at Leland Cultural Arts Center
Through November 19: CALL FOR ART: 5th Annual Invitational Joy of Art Show & Sale
CERTIFIED ARTS FRIENDLY: Through November 23: Elf Jr. The Musical with Thalian Association Community Theatre
Through November 23: The Play That Goes Wrong with UNCW Theatre
Through November 24: Fluid Expressions by Lisa Cutler
Through November 25: Art League of Leland Exhibition at Leland Cultural Arts Center
Through November 28: Autumn Harvest at Port City Pottery & Fine Crafts
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November 15: Mrs. Doubtfire at Wilson Center
November 15: Holiday Craft Market at Burgwin-Wright House & Garden
November 15: Holiday Market Artist Show & Sale with Island Arts Council
November 15: Audition Workshop for Guys & Dolls SR at Community Arts Center
November 15: National Woodwind Day with UNCW Department of Music
CERTIFIED ARTS FRIENDLY: November 15: 3rd Annual Open House Art Show with Bradley Carter Art
November 15: Cape Fear Contra Dance
November 15 – 16: theArtWorks’ 5th Annual Holiday Cheer Market
November 15 – 16: CAMmade Holiday Market
November 16: Cape Fear Book Festival
November 16: Autumn Concert: Mystery And Magic with Coastal Carolina Community Orchestra
November 16: Mass in Troubled Times with Cape Fear Chorale
November 16: Beckwith Recital Series presents Argus String Quartet
November 17: UNCW Jazz Combo with UNCW Music Department
November 17: Meeting of the Quilters By The Sea Guild
November 17 – December 12: Drama Unmasked: The Art of the Stage at Wilma Daniels Gallery CFCC
November 18: ‘unDISCIPLINEd 3′ Arts Faculty Showcase at UNCW
November 19: UNCW Percussion Ensemble with UNCW Music Department
November 19 – 23: Cucalorus Festival
November 20: Dance-a-lorus
November 20: CAM After Dark: The Art of Glass and Light
November 20: ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH EXPERIENCE: A JOHN DENVER CHRISTMAS at Kenan Auditorium
November 21: UNCW Jazz Emsemble with UNCW Music Department
November 21: Campana sobre Campana: Christmas in Mexico at Kenan Auditorium
November 21 – May 24, 2026: Magic, Light, and Sacred Geometry: Glassworks by Frederick G. Kahl at Cameron Art Museum
November 21 – March 15, 2026: Nested: Where Light Gathers and Nature Holds at Cameron Art Museum
November 22: UNCW Seabelles
November 22: AUDITIONS (YOUTH): Little Women with Thalian Association Community Theatre
November 22: CFCC Dept. of Fine & Performing Arts presents Let The Right One In
November 23: Wilmington Symphony Youth Orchestras
November 23: UNCW String Ensemble with UNCW Music Department
November 23: The Renaissance String Quartet with Chamber Music Wilmington
November 25: RAIN – A Beatles Christmas Tribute at Wilson Center
November 28: Soft Opening – The Cathryn O’Donnell Gallery
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
November 28 – 30: Brian Whitted’s Very Merry Christmas with Opera House Theatre Company
November 29: Island Arts Council Holiday Market

DECEMBER 2025

Through December 1: CALL FOR ART: Scotts Hill Medical Center
Through December 4: Workshop – Big Bold Botanicals in Watercolor at Art In Bloom
Through December 12: Fall 2025 Senior Exhibition at CAB Gallery
Through December 18: CALL FOR ART: Business Journal’s 2026 Book On Business: Call For Artists
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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: A Charlie Brown Christmas with CFCC Department of Commercial, Fine, and Performing Arts
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 7: We Wish You The Merriest! Christmas Concert with The Sea Notes Choral Society
December 8: The Landfall Foundation 14th Annual Holiday Marketplace
December 11: The JOHNNYSWIM Christmas Show at Kenan Auditorium
December 11 – 21: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians with Big Dawg Productions
December 12 – 13: More Than Words – Theatre For All at Community Arts Center
December 12 – 21: Ebenezer! A Musical Christmas Carol with Thalian Association Community Theatre at Thalian Hall
December 13 – 14: Orange Street Pottery Annual Holiday Show
December 15: AUDITIONS: Murder On The Orient Express with Thalian Association Community Theatre
December 17: Wilmington Symphony Orchestra Holly Jolly [Mid-Season] Holiday Mixer: a kitschy fundraiser
Certified Arts Friendly: December 19 – 20: Songs Of The Season with Wilmington Voices
December 19 – 23: GAFA Studios present A Christmas Carol at Kenan Auditorium
December 19 – 23: GRINCH WHO STOLE CHRISTMAS! with Performance Club Theatre Productions at Thalian Hall
December 20: Music On Market – Wilmington Voices
December 26: Fourth Friday Gallery Walk (Visit Arts Council of Wilmington for Official List of Participants)
December 31: Rock Of Ages New Year’s Eve Gala at Thalian Hall
January 2 – 11: Rock of Ages with Opera House Theatre Company

JANUARY 2026

Through January 1: “2025 Annual Holiday Show” Featuring Clarence Mayo & Joan McLoughlin at Art In Bloom
Through January 1: Joyful Chaos by Karmen Hart at Museum of Beer & Art
Through January 7: Seasons Tweetings with Wildlife Artists Of The Carolinas
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CFCC Humanities International Film Festival
Purlie Victorious with The Willis Richardson Players
January 9: Donna the Buffalo at Kenan Auditorium
January 11: Curtain Call 26 – Wilmington Youth Theatre Honors at Wilson Center
January 12 – 14: AUDITIONS: 1776 with Thalian Association Community Theatre
January 17 – 18: Salty Swirl with Cape Fear Contra Dance
January 18: Young People’s Concert with Wilmington Symphony Orchestra
January 23: Beckwith Recital Series presents Cape Fear Brass Quintet
January 23 – February 1: Little Women with Thalian Association Community Theatre
January 24: AUDITIONS (YOUTH): How I Became A Pirate with Thalian Association Community Theatre
January 24: Trae Crowder at Wilson Center
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
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February 5: JUMP – America’s Van Halen Experience (VH1 Tour) at Kenan Auditorium
February 5 – 7: North Carolina Jazz Festival
February 5 – 15: The Scottsboro Boys with Techmoja Dance & Theatre Company
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 11: An Intimate Evening with David Foster and Katharine McPhee at Wilson Center
February 12: Cordâme – Fabula Femina at Thalian Hall
February 12 – 22: Little Women with UNCW Theatre
February 13: Caterina Jarboro Memorial Recital: Díana Thompson-Brewer at Beckwith Recital Hall
February 13: An Evening with Sutton Foster at Wilson Center
February 16 – 18: AUDITIONS: The Wizard Of Oz with Thalian Association Community Theatre
February 17 – 18: CHICAGO: The Musical at Wilson Center
To Kill A Mockingbird | Feb 19 – Mar 1, 2026
February 20: Fisk Jubilee Singers Kenan Auditorium
February 21 – 22: Music On Market – The Living Last Supper
February 21 – 22: 5th Annual Invitational Joy of Art Show & Sale
February 26: The Sixties Show at Kenan Auditorium
February 28: A Taste of Ireland – The Irish Music and Dance Sensation at Kenan Auditorium

MARCH 2026

Spring Art Show at Oak Island Recreation Center
Through March 25: CALL FOR MUSICIANS: Vivace International Music Festival
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March 1: Wilmington Symphony Youth Orchestras at Kenan Auditorium
March 3: Pilobolus at Thalian Hall
March 5: Three Italian Tenors at Thalian Hall
March 5 – 7: Mamma Mia! at Wilson Center
March 7: Mutts Gone Nutts at Thalian Hall
March 8: Chamber Music Wilmington: Wynona Wang and Friends
March 12 – 15: 1776 The Musical with Thalian Association Community Theatre & Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts
March 13: Playstation: The Concert
March 13 – 14: 1776 The Musical with Thalian Association Community Theatre and Thalian Hall Center For the Performing Arts
March 14: Classical Connections with Wilmington Symphony Orchestra
March 15: Beckwith Recital Series presents Virelai, Aaron Peisner
March 20 – 29: How I Became A Pirate with Thalian Association Community Theatre
March 21: AUDITIONS (YOUTH): Newsies Jr. with Thalian Association Community Theatre
March 21 – 22: Make a difference art show
March 23 – 25: AUDITIONS: Hello Dolly! with Thalian Association Community Theatre
March 27: Duo Karolina and Iwo at Kenan Auditorium
March 28: Samara Joy at Wilson Center
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
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April 7: From China to Appalachia at Kenan Auditorium
April 10 – 19: THALIAN ASSOCIATION COMMUNITY THEATRE presents The Wizard of Oz at Thalian Hall
April 12: Beckwith Recital Series presents Danijela Žeželj-Gualdi & Paolo Gualdi
April 14: The Capitol Fools at Thalian Hall
April 16: Joshua Kane – Borders of the Mind at Thalian Hall
April 16 – 26: Crimes Of The Heart with UNCW Theatre
April 18: Wilmington Dance Festival at Kenan Auditorium
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 25: World Ballet Company: Swan Lake at Kenan Auditorium
April 26: Wilmington Symphony Youth Orchestras at Kenan Auditorium
April 28 – 30: Kinky Boots at Wilson Center

MAY 2026

Through May 10: From Mountains to Sea at Cameron Art Museum
Through May 24: Living Waters at Cameron Art Museum
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May 1 – 10: Newsies Jr. with Thalian Association Community Theatre
May 2: Wizard of Oz on ICE! at Thalian Hall
May 8: Dolly! at Thalian Hall
May 10: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band at Wilson Center
The Wild Party | May 14 – 24, 2026
May 15 – 24: THALIAN ASSOCIATION COMMUNITY THEATRE presents Hello, Dolly! at Thalian Hall
May 16: Music On Market – The Benny Hill Jazz Quartet
May 29 – 31: BEETLEJUICE at Wilson Center
May 31 – June 9: Port City Music Festival

JUNE 2026

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Suor Angelica and Cavalleria Rusticana with Opera Wilmington
June 12 – 14: Six at Wilson Center
Gypsy | June 18 – 28, 2026

JULY 2026

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Ocean City Jazz Festival
Crazy For You | July 16 – 26, 2026
29 – August 9: Vivace International Music Festival

AUGUST 2026

Through August 16, 2026: CAM: The Collection at Cameron Art Museum
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West Side Story | Aug 13 – 23, 2026

SEPTEMBER 2026

OCTOBER 2026

NOVEMBER 2026

Cucalorus Festival

DECEMBER 2026

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