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Job Opportunity – Open Until Filled: Operations Manager with Arts Council of Wilmington & NHC
Job Opportunity – Open Until Filled: Director of Philanthropy & Assistant Technical Director with Thalian Hall Center For The Performing Arts
CALL FOR ARTISTS (OPEN UNTIL FILLED): 30th Orange Street ArtsFest
Through March 31: FUNDRAISER: Acts of Kindness Fundraiser for Theater For All
Through April 6: CALL FOR ART: It’s ALL Art Show & Sale
Through April 11: High School Art Show with The Associated Artists of Southport at Franklin Square Gallery
Through April 16: CALL FOR ART: Wild & Free with Wildlife Artists Of The Carolinas
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March 31: Jazz At Lincoln Center – Great American Crooners at Thalian Hall

April 1: Urban Sketchers at new NHC Public Library
April 1: Works In Progress Lab Showcase – Hazing at Jengo’s Playhouse
Certified Arts Friendly: April 1: April Concert with Wilmington Virtuosi Brass
April 2: Meeting of the Art League of Leland
April 2: Jazz at CAM: Gregg Gelb Jazz Quartet Tribute to Benny Goodman
April 2 – 12: The Hermit Of Fort Fisher with Big Dawg Productions at Thalian Hall
April 3: First Friday Gallery Walk in Southport
April 3: 22nd Annual ARTS SENSATION Variety Performance with Forward Motion Dance at Thalian Hall
April 3 – 12: 44th Annual Juried Spring Show & Sale with Wilmington Art Association
Certified Arts Friendly: April 6 – May 17: CALL FOR ART: Carolina Art Show
April 7: From China to Appalachia at Kenan Auditorium
April 9 – May 8: Spring 2026 Senior Exhibition at CAB Art Gallery
April 9 – 26: The Bikinis – A New Musical Beach Party with Brunswick Little Theatre
Certified Arts Friendly: April 10 – 19: THALIAN ASSOCIATION COMMUNITY THEATRE presents The Wizard of Oz at Thalian Hall
April 11: Social Dance with Cape Fear Swing Dance Society
April 11: CHURCHILL starring DAVID PAYNE at UNCW
April 12: Beckwith Recital Series presents Danijela Žeželj-Gualdi & Paolo Gualdi
Certified Arts Friendly: April 12: THE WILMINGTON JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL presents Against the Wind – The Fight to End Hate
Certified Arts Friendly: April 12 – 13: AUDITIONS: End Days By Deborah Zoe Laufer with Brunswick Little Theatre
April 14: The Capitol Fools at Thalian Hall
April 14: Taj Mahal & The Phantom Blues Band at Wilson Center
April 15: Artist Talk: alejandro t. acierto: open grounds for wholly indeterminate futures at Friday Annex UNCW
April 15 – 16: BERT KREISCHER at Wilson Center
April 16: Joshua Kane – Borders of the Mind at Thalian Hall
April 16 – 19: A Ride Through The County with Big Dawg Productions at Thalian Hall
April 16 – 25: CFCC Dept of Fine & Performing Arts presents Bacchae
April 16 – 26: Footloose the musical with Wilmington Performing Arts
April 16 – 26: Crimes Of The Heart with UNCW Theatre
April 17 – May 22: Opening Reception (04-17): alejandro t. acierto: open grounds for wholly indeterminate futures at Fried Fruit Art Space
April 17: Piff the Magic Dragon at Wilson Center
April 17 – 19: Peter Pan Jr. with Lion Theatrics
April 18: Port City Ukuholics at bottega
April 18: Porchfest
April 18: Cape Fear Contra Dance
April 18: Wilmington Dance Festival at Kenan Auditorium
April 18 – 19: The Snow Queen with City Ballet at Wilson Center
April 19: Tallis Chamber Orchestra Spring Concert
April 19: Gospel and R&B Brunch Fundraiser for Thalian Hall
April 19: 4th Annual Fancy Pants Croque Soiree with Carolina Beach Mural Project
April 20: Women of Americana at Thalian Hall
April 20 – 25: Waterway Art Association 35th Annual Spring Art Show & Sale
April 20 – May 24: CALL FOR ART: 2026 Landfall Foundation Art Show
April 23: The Chase Brock Experience at Thalian Hall
April 23 – 26: 4th Annual Wild & Free Exhibition with Wildlife Artists of the Carolinas
April 23 – May 3: Disaster! the Musical with Panache Theatrical Productions at Thalian Hall
April 24: Fourth Friday Gallery Walk (Visit Arts Council of Wilmington for Official List of Participants)
April 24: Jim Jefferies at Wilson Center
April 25: Orff’s Carmina Burana with Wilmington Symphony Orchestra
April 25: Social Dance with Cape Fear Swing Dance Society
April 25: World Ballet Company: Swan Lake at Kenan Auditorium
April 26: Wilmington Symphony Youth Orchestras at Kenan Auditorium
April 26: Lights, Camera, Music – Music From The Stage & Screen with Wilmington Choral Society at Wilson Center
Certified Arts Friendly: April 26 – May 6: Wilmington Jewish Film Festival
April 28 – 30: Kinky Boots at Wilson Center
April 29: The DareDevil Theater Fundraiser
April 30 – May 1: Design NC at Cameron Art Museum

MAY 2026

Review UNCW Arts
May & June: Cape Fear Shakespeare presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night, & Shakespeare’s Garden Of Dreams
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Through May 1: 2026 Student Art Exhibition at Wilma Daniels Gallery
Through May 10: From Mountains to Sea at Cameron Art Museum
Through May 24: Living Waters at Cameron Art Museum
Through May 24, 2026: Magic, Light, and Sacred Geometry: Glassworks by Frederick G. Kahl at Cameron Art Museum
Through May 27: Colorful Reflections by Janet Sessoms at Burgwin-Wright House & Gardens
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May 1 – 3: Aesop’s (Oh So Slightly Updated) Fables with Brunswick Little Theatre
May 1 – 3: North Carolina Black Film Festival
May 1- 9: THE VARSITY LINE by Opera House Theatre Company
Certified Arts Friendly: May 1 – 10: Newsies Jr. with Thalian Association Community Theatre
May 2: Meeting of the Art League of Leland
May 2: Wizard of Oz on ICE! at Thalian Hall
May 2: Ali Siddiq – The Custom Fit Tour at Wilson Center
May 7 – 9: Southport Plein Air Festival
May 8: Dolly! at Thalian Hall
Certified Arts Friendly: May 8 & 10: This Land, These Voices – Celebrating 250 Years Of Our Country with Wilmington Voices
May 9: Listen To Your Mother with Brunswick Little Theatre
May 9: Let’s Sing Taylor at Wilson Center
May 10: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band at Wilson Center
May 12: Visiting Artist & Scholar Series – Sarah Peoples with UNCW Dept of Art & Art History
May 12: David Lee Roth at Wilson Center
Mary 12 – 13: ARTS Day 2026
May 13: One Night of Queen at Wilson Center
May 14: John Crist Live at Wilson Center
May 14 – 24: The Wild Party with Opera House Theatre Company
May 14 – 24: Men On Boats with Big Dawg Productions at Thalian Hall
May 15 – 17: Sea Jam 2026 with Cape Fear Swing Dance Society
Certified Arts Friendly: May 15 – 24: THALIAN ASSOCIATION COMMUNITY THEATRE presents Hello, Dolly! at Thalian Hall
May 16: Music On Market – The Benny Hill Jazz Quartet
May 16: Judy Collins at Wilson Center
May 16 – 17: 2nd Annual Carolina Beach MuralFest
May 17: Leann Rimes at Wilson Center
May 21 – 31: Dear Evan Hansen with And Seen Theatrical Productions
May 22: Fourth Friday Gallery Walk (Visit Arts Council of Wilmington for Official List of Participants)
May 22 – 23: 𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗠𝗔𝗬-𝗻𝗶𝗮
May 22 – 23: THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL YOUTH EDITION with Laney Performing Arts
May 23: Jason Mraz: Still Yours Tour at Wilson Center
Certified Arts Friendly: May 23 – 24: Orange Street ArtsFest
May 27 – 30: It’s ALL Art Show & Sale
May 29 – 31: BEETLEJUICE at Wilson Center
May 31 – June 9: Port City Music Festival

JUNE 2026

Suor Angelica and Cavalleria Rusticana with Opera Wilmington
Lumbee Film Festival
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Certified Arts Friendly: Through June 1: CALL FOR ART: Echoes of Place – Artist’s Reflection of New Hanover County with Island Arts Council
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June 4: Meeting of the Art League of Leland
June 6: Wilmington Conservatory of Fine Arts Presents America250: Stars and Stripes at Wilson Center
June 11 – 28: End Days with Brunswick Little Theatre
June 12 – 14: Six at Wilson Center
June 12 – 14: Cape Fear Blues Festival
June 26: Fourth Friday Gallery Walk (Visit Arts Council of Wilmington for Official List of Participants)
June 27: Cape Fear Contra Dance
June 18 – 28: Gypsy with Opera House Theatre Company
June 27: Social Dance with Cape Fear Swing Dance Society

JULY 2026

Ocean City Jazz Festival
Add Art League of Leland Dates for Second Half of 2026
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July 4: USO Social Dance with Cape Fear Swing Dance Society
July 6: America250: Stars and Stripes at Wilson Center
July 9 – 16: The Shark Is Broken with Big Dawg Productions at Thalian Hall
July 11: Social Dance with Cape Fear Swing Dance Society
July 11: Straight No Chaser at Wilson Center
July 16 – 26: COME FROM AWAY with Opera House Theatre Company
Certified Arts Friendly: July 17 – 19: Carolina Art Show
July 18: Cape Fear Contra Dance
Certified Arts Friendly: July 20 – August 30: CALL FOR ART: Abstracts In America 2026
July 24: Fourth Friday Gallery Walk (Visit Arts Council of Wilmington for Official List of Participants)
July 29 – August 9: Vivace International Music Festival

AUGUST 2026

Through August 16, 2026: CAM: The Collection at Cameron Art Museum
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August 1 – 15: Echoes Of Place – Artist’s Reflections On New Hanover County
August 6 – 23: Same Time Next Year with Brunswick Little Theatre
August 13 – 23: West Side Story with Opera House Theatre Company
August 13 – 23: The Explorers Club with Big Dawg Productions at Thalian Hall
August 15: Social Dance with Cape Fear Swing Dance Society
August 19: Cape Fear Contra Dance
August 25 – 27: 2026 Landfall Foundation Art Show
August 28: Fourth Friday Gallery Walk (Visit Arts Council of Wilmington for Official List of Participants)

SEPTEMBER 2026

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September 5: Social Dance with Cape Fear Swing Dance Society
September 12: American Craft Walk
September 24 – October 28: Shabnam Jannesari at CAB Art Gallery
September 25: Fourth Friday Gallery Walk (Visit Arts Council of Wilmington for Official List of Participants)
September 26: Cape Fear Contra Dance

OCTOBER 2026

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October 8 – 25: On Golden Pond with Brunswick Little Theatre
October 9: Cape Fear Contra Dance
October 10: Social Dance with Cape Fear Swing Dance Society
October 15: Daniel Tosh at Wilson Center
October 22 – 24: Abstracts In America
October 23: Fourth Friday Gallery Walk (Visit Arts Council of Wilmington for Official List of Participants)

NOVEMBER 2026

Cucalorus Festival
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November 6: USO Veterans Social Dance with Cape Fear Swing Dance Society
November 12 – December 11: Fall 2026 Senior Exhibition at CAB Art Gallery
November 14: Cape Fear Contra Dance
November 15: 4th Annual Open House Art Show with Bradley Carter
November 27: Fourth Friday Gallery Walk (Visit Arts Council of Wilmington for Official List of Participants)

DECEMBER 2026

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December 3 – 20: Yes Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus with Brunswick Little Theatre
December 12: Social Dance with Cape Fear Swing Dance Society
December 18: Fourth Friday Gallery Walk (Visit Arts Council of Wilmington for Official List of Participants)

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