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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 with Thalian Hall Center For The Performing Arts
CALL FOR ARTISTS (OPEN UNTIL FILLED): 30th Orange Street ArtsFest
Through February 5: CFCC Humanities International Film Festival
Through February 6: CALL FOR ARTISTS: Spring Show at Franklin Square Gallery
Through February 11: VOTE: 2026 Wilmington Theater Awards
Through February 11: Taro Takizawa: “Undercurrents” at CAB Art Gallery
Through February 15: CALL FOR ARTISTS: Carolina Beach MURALFEST 2026
Through February 15: CALL FOR ARTISTS: Sunset River Gallery Open Submissions Prospectus 2026
Through February 19: CALL FOR ART: 44th Annual Juried Spring Show & Sale with Wilmington Art Association
Through February 28: GRANT OPPORTUNITY: Arts & Culture Program of The Endowment with Arts Council of Wilmington
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February 3: AUDITIONS: The Hermit Of Fort Fisher with Big Dawg Theatre Company
February 4: Urban Sketchers at European Desserts and Tea at Chandlers Wharf
February 4: Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo at Wilson Center
February 5: Meeting of the Art League of Leland

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: Fundraiser for Brooklyn Arts Music Academy – Taste of Romance with Danijela Zezelj-Gualdi and Paolo André Gualdi
February 6: PORT CITY PLAYWRIGHTS presents February Films at Thalian Hall
February 6 – 8: AUDITIONS: 2026 Season with Opera House Theatre Company
Certified Arts Friendly: February 6 – 15: THALIAN ASSOCIATION COMMUNITY THEATRE presents Murder on the Orient Express at Thalian Hall
February 6 – 9: Memorial Art Show at Franklin Square Gallery
February 7: Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons with Wilmington Symphony Orchestra
February 7 – 8: Rising Starts Opening Weekend at Cameron Art Museum
February 8: AUDITIONS: Footloose the musical with Wilmington Performing Arts
February 8: Annual Bagpipe Festival at UNCW
February 8: Reception – Memorial Art Show at Franklin Square Gallery
February 11: An Intimate Evening with David Foster and Katharine McPhee at Wilson Center
February 12: Cordâme – Fabula Femina at Thalian Hall
February 12: Jazz at CAM: Keith Davis Trio
February 12 – 22: Little Women with UNCW Theatre
February 12 – 22: White Rabbit Red Rabbit with Big Dawg Productions at Thalian Hall
February 13: Caterina Jarboro Memorial Recital: Díana Thompson-Brewer at Beckwith Recital Hall
February 13: An Evening with Sutton Foster at Wilson Center
February 14: NPHC 2026 Homecoming Step Show at Kenan Auditorium
February 14: “I ILM” / Keith Haring Pop Up Gallery
February 14: Trey Kennedy at Wilson Center
February 15: Fundraiser for full-length play “Hysteria” at Dead Crow Comedy Room
February 15: The Clown: Vulnerability and Play with Christopher Marino and Daredevil Improv
February 15: Drum Tao at Wilson Center
February 16 – 18: AUDITIONS: The Wizard Of Oz with Thalian Association Community Theatre
February 16 – March 14: Spring Show at Franklin Square Gallery
February 17 – 18: CHICAGO: The Musical at Wilson Center
February 18: New Member Coffee at Cameron Art Museum
February 19: Opening Reception: Jovencio de la Paz: “Numbers in the Dark” at CAB Art Gallery
February 19 – 22: Come From Away with And Seen Theatrical Productions at Thalian Hall
February 19 – March 1: To Kill A Mockingbird with Opera House Theatre Company
February 19 – March 8: One Slight Hitch with Brunswick Little Theatre
February 19 – March 19: Jovencio de la Paz: “Numbers in the Dark” at CAB Art Gallery
February 20: Fisk Jubilee Singers Kenan Auditorium
February 21: Triple Threat Comedy at Jengo’s Playhouse
February 21: Crafting the American Story: Art, Identity, & History
February 21: Cape Fear Contra Dance
Certified Arts Friendly: February 21: Fundraiser – Divine Divas Legends & Icons with Thalian Association Community Theatre
February 21 – 22: Music On Market – The Living Last Supper
Certified Arts Friendly: February 21 – 22: 5th Annual Invitational Joy of Art Show & Sale
February 22: *RESCHEDULED* Floating Lantern Ceremony at Cameron Art Museum
February 24: CAM’s Volunteer Open House
February 26: The Art of Food: From Mountains to Sea at Cameron Art Museum
February 26: The Sixties Show at Kenan Auditorium
February 26 – March 1: Come From Away with And Seen Theatrical Productions at North Front Theatre
February 27: Fourth Friday Gallery Walk (Visit Arts Council of Wilmington for Official List of Participants)
- Bellamy Mansion: Legends & Landmarks – Paintings & Drawings by James Horton
- Burgwin-Wright House & Gardens: Salt Sisters – Marsh To Mellow
- Intracoastal Realty: Oh The Places You’ll Go with Chris Bloom
- MC Erny Gallery: Unique: A Rachard McIntyre Retrospective
February 27 – March 8: True Confessions of a Failed Debutante by FAILED DEB PRODUCTIONS at Thalian Hall
February 28: AUDITIONS: 22nd Annual ARTS SENSATION Variety Performance with Forward Motion Dance
February 28: Social Dance with Cape Fear Swing Dance Society
February 28: A Taste of Ireland – The Irish Music and Dance Sensation at Kenan Auditorium
February 28 – March 9: Brunswick Arts Council 26th Annual Art Show & Sale

MARCH 2026

Through March 1: AUDITIONS: Performance Club Theatre Company Summer Stock
Through March 1: “In Search of Memory” Angela Rowe & Karen Paden Crouch at Art In Bloom
Through March 2: DEADLINE: Grant applications for the FY2026-2027 grant cycle with NC Arts Council
Through March 8: The Grace of ALL Living Things by Wildlife Artists of the Carolinas at theArtWorks
Through March 15, 2026: Nested: Where Light Gathers and Nature Holds at Cameron Art Museum
Through March 15: CALL FOR MUSICIANS: Vivace International Music Festival
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March 1: Wilmington Symphony Youth Orchestras at Kenan Auditorium
March 1 – 13: Spring Art Show & Sale with Seacoast Artist Gallery
March 1 – April 6: CALL FOR ART: It’s ALL Art Show & Sale
March 3: Pilobolus at Thalian Hall
March 5: Meeting of the Art League of Leland
March 5: Jazz at CAM: Lynn Grissett Quartet
March 5: Three Italian Tenors at Thalian Hall
March 5 – 7: Mamma Mia! at Wilson Center
March 6: BASILE’S “BasileLicious World Tour” at Thalian Hall
March 7: Fundraiser – Art & Vine Party with Brunswick Arts Council
March 7: Cape Fear Contra Dance
March 7: Mutts Gone Nutts at Thalian Hall
March 8: Chamber Music Wilmington: Wynona Wang and Friends at Beckwith Recital Hall
March 9 – May 1: 2026 Student Art Exhibition at Wilma Daniels Gallery
March 10: Fundraiser for Floodplain Books at Seabird Restaurant
March 10 – 11: AUDITIONS: Guys & Dolls with Thalian Association Community Theatre
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: 42nd Jazz Fest Concert: Concert: Colleen Clark Quartet at UNCW
Certified Arts Friendly: March 13 – 15: 1776 The Musical with Thalian Association Community Theatre and Thalian Hall Center For the Performing Arts
March 14: Social Dance with Cape Fear Swing Dance Society
March 14: Classical Connections with Wilmington Symphony Orchestra
March 15: Beckwith Recital Series presents Virelai, Aaron Peisner
March 15: KC & The Sunshine Band at Wilson Center
March 16: Trio Sureño at UNCW
March 18: The Peking Acrobats at Wilson Center
March 19: Shenandoah at Wilson Center
March 20: ALY & AJ – PLACES TO RUN TOUR at Wilson Center
Certified Arts Friendly: March 20 – 22: M.A.D – Make A Difference Art Exhibition & Sale
March 20 – 22: Uptilt Film Festival
Certified Arts Friendly: March 20 – 29: How I Became A Pirate with Thalian Association Community Theatre
Certified Arts Friendly: March 21: AUDITIONS (YOUTH): Newsies Jr. with Thalian Association Community Theatre
March 21: Forest Of Dreams 10 Year Reunion & Renewal with DREAMS Center for Arts Education
March 21: Be Like Blippi Tour at Wilson Center
March 20 – 22: Uptilt Film Festival
March 21 – 22: Make a difference art show
March 22: Beethoven “Emperor” Piano Concerto with NC Symphony at Wilson Center
March 23 – 24: AUDITIONS: Dear Evan Hansen with And Seen Theatrical Productions
Certified Arts Friendly: March 23 – 25: AUDITIONS: Hello Dolly! with Thalian Association Community Theatre
March 25: The 2026 Wilmington Theater Awards
March 27: Duo Karolina and Iwo at Kenan Auditorium
March 27: Thalian Hall’s Bluegrass Bash
March 27: Fourth Friday Gallery Walk (Visit Arts Council of Wilmington for Official List of Participants)
March 27 – 29: Adult Musical Theater Camp Weekend with And Seen Theatrical Productions
March 28: Samara Joy at Wilson Center
March 31: Jazz At Lincoln Center – Great American Crooners at Thalian Hall

APRIL 2026

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April 2: Meeting of the Art League of Leland
April 2: Jazz at CAM: Gregg Gelb Jazz Quartet Tribute to Benny Goodman
April 2 – 13: The Hermit Of Fort Fisher with Big Dawg Productions at Thalian Hall
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
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
April 14: The Capitol Fools at Thalian Hall
April 14: Taj Mahal & The Phantom Blues Band at Wilson Center
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 – 26: Footloose the musical with Wilmington Performing Arts
April 16 – 26: Crimes Of The Heart with UNCW Theatre
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: 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: 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 23: The Chase Brock Experience at Thalian Hall
April 23 – 26: 4th Annual Wild & Free Exhibition with Wildlife Artists of the Carolinas
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: Music From The Stage & Screen with Wilmington Choral Society at Wilson Center
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 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
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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
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 7 – 9: Southport Plein Air Festival
May 8: Dolly! at Thalian Hall
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: David Lee Roth at Wilson Center
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)
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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June 4: Meeting of the Art League of Leland
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 9 – 16: The Shark Is Broken with Big Dawg Productions at Thalian Hall
July 11: Social Dance with Cape Fear Swing Dance Society
July 16 – 26: COME FROM AWAY with Opera House Theatre Company
July 18: Cape Fear Contra Dance
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 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 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 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 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 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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