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Certified Arts Friendly: Through July 18: VISUAL: 2026 Summer Regional Show at Franklin Square Gallery
Through July 20: CALL FOR ART: Gallery Citrine
Through July 26: VISUAL: Quilters by the Sea Guild – “A Year of Fiber Art” at Bellamy Mansion
Through July 26: VISUAL: Perspectives – Art by Joanne Geisel at Art In Bloom Gallery
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July 7 – 11: LITERARY: Young Writers Workshop at UNCW
July 8: PERFORMING: Crescent Moon at Jazz at the Bellamy Mansion
July 9: GALLERY TALK: The Shape Of Air with A.V. Rankin at Cameron Art Museum
July 9 – 12: THEATRE: PTPT APPRENTICE THEATRE presents Carrie: The Musical at Thalian Hall
July 9 – 19: THEATRE The Shark Is Broken with Big Dawg Productions at Thalian Hall
Certified Arts Friendly: July 10: VISUAL: Gallery Reception at Franklin Square Gallery
July 11: SOCIAL DANCE Social Dance with Cape Fear Swing Dance Society
July 11: Closing the Gap: Summer Intensive Workshop for Educators at Cameron Art Museum
July 11: Straight No Chaser at Wilson Center
July 12: Open House at Cathryn O’Donnell Gallery
July 14: LITERARY: Books & Beers with Best Selling Authors at Floodplain Books
July 16 – 26: THEATRE COME FROM AWAY with Opera House Theatre Company
July 17: Opening Reception – Living Room by Jordan Grace Owens at Fried Fruit Art Space
Certified Arts Friendly: July 17 – 19: VISUAL: Carolina Art Show
July 17 – 26: PERFORMING Puccini’s Suor Angelica – Mascagni’s Cavelleria Rusticana with Opera Wilmington
July 17 – August 14: VISUAL: Living Room by Jordan Grace Owens at Fried Fruit Art Space
July 18: SOCIAL DANCE Cape Fear Contra Dance
July 18: Jurassic Park In Concert at Wilson Center
July 19 – 20: AUDITIONS: The Addams Family Musical with Wilmington Performing Arts
Certified Arts Friendly: July 20: AUDITIONS: Dracula with Thalian Association Community Theatre
July 20 – 21: AUDITIONS: Avenue Q with Panache Productions
Certified Arts Friendly: July 20 – August 30: CALL FOR ART: Abstracts In America 2026
July 24: VISUAL Fourth Friday Gallery Walk (Visit Arts Council of Wilmington for Official List of Participants)
July 24 – 26: THEATRE PERFORMANCE CLUB THEATRE COMPANY presents Once Upon a Mattress – Youth Edition at Thalian Hall
Certified Arts Friendly: July 25: AUDITIONS: How To Train Your Dragon Jr. with Thalian Association Community Theatre
June 26: GATHERING Creative Mornings
Certified Arts Friendly: July 29 – August 9: PERFORMING Vivace International Music Festival
July 30 – August 2: THEATRE Splintered Stage presents “Love/Sick”
July 31 – August 2: THEATRE Mean Girls with Opera House Theatre Company at Thalian Hall

AUGUST 2026

Through August 1: CALL FOR ART: Into The Wild with Wildlife Artists Of The Carolinas
Through August 16, 2026: CAM: The Collection at Cameron Art Museum
Through August 17: CALL FOR ART: 30th Annual Art in the Arboretum
Through August 22: CALL FOR ART: “After the Masters“ at Cathryn O’Donnell Gallery
Certified Arts Friendly: Through August 31: Visual Art by Neon Crow Studio at Home Plate Provisions
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August 1: Graham Nash at Wilson Center
August 1 – 15: Echoes Of Place – Artist’s Reflections On New Hanover County
August 1 – October 31: Juried Exhibition at Gallery Citrine
Certified Arts Friendly: August 6 – 23: Same Time Next Year with Brunswick Little Theatre
August 7: The Oak Ridge Boys at Wilson Center
August 13 – 14: Brit Floyd – The Moon, The Wall, and Beyond
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 12: FROG Project at Jazz at the Bellamy Mansion
August 14: *FUN*Raiser for Forward Motion Dance
August 15: Social Dance with Cape Fear Swing Dance Society
August 15: LeAnn Rimes at Wilson Center
August 19: Cape Fear Contra Dance
August 21: The Age Of Eve: A Brittany Yearion Art Exhibition
August 25 – 27: 2026 Landfall Foundation Art Show
August 27: Night Of 1,000 Andys at Cameron Art Museum
August 28: Fourth Friday Gallery Walk (Visit Arts Council of Wilmington for Official List of Participants)
August 29: Cape Fear Contra Dance
August 30: Forward Motion Dance Company: A Preview of Cape Fear Arts in Motion

SEPTEMBER 2026

Through September 6: EXHIBITION: Fresh Air: Inflatable Sculptures at Cameron Art Museum
Through September 27: EXHIBITION: Andy Warhol: Silver Clouds at Cameron Art Museum
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September 5: Social Dance with Cape Fear Swing Dance Society
September 9: Burning Bridges at Jazz at the Bellamy Mansion
September 10: Meeting of the Art League of Leland
September 12: American Craft Walk
September 13: Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs at Wilson Center
September 16: Pixies at Wilson Center
Certified Arts Friendly: September 17: 2nd Annual MuralFest Reception & Auction
September 17 – 18: Cape Fear Arts in Motion: Winds, Rhythm, and Soul with Forward Motion Dance
September 17 – 27: Avenue Q with Panache Theatre
CERTIFIED ARTS FRIENDLY: September 19 – 20: Art In The Yard with Island Arts Council
September 19 – April 15: EXHIBITION: With a Southern Accent at Cameron Art Museum
Certified Arts Friendly: September 24: Wilmington Big Band at Eagle’s Dare
September 24 – 26: EXHIBITION: Into The Wild with Wildlife Artists of the Carolinas
September 24 – 26: THEATRE: The Addams Family Musical with Wilmington Performing Arts at North Front Theatre
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)
Certified Arts Friendly: September 25 – October 4: THALIAN ASSOCIATION COMMUNITY THEATRE presents Dracula at Thalian Hall
September 26: FUNDRAISER: 12th Anniversary Bootlegger’s Ball Casino Night with Theatre For All
September 26: Cape Fear Contra Dance
September 26: Wilmington Symphony Presents Barber Violin Concerto + Dvořák Symphony No. 9 at Wilson Center
September 27: Chamber Music Wilmington
September 28 – October 4: The Wolves with UNCW Theatre

OCTOBER 2026

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October 2 – 4: Waitress at Wilson Center
October 6: Wilson Center Presents Vitamin String Quartet & Girl Named Tom
October 8: Meeting of the Art League of Leland
Certified Arts Friendly: October 8 – 25: On Golden Pond with Brunswick Little Theatre
October 9: Cape Fear Contra Dance
October 9: Wilson Center Presents Whitney Cummings
October 9: LIVE AND LET DIE: The Music of Paul McCartney at Thalian Hall
October 10: Social Dance with Cape Fear Swing Dance Society
October 10: Wilson Center Presents Jordan Klepper
October 10 – 11: Art In The Arboretum
October 11: BARRICADE BOYS: Broadway Party at Thalian Hall
October 11: Wilson Center Presents Indigo Girls
October 14:
October 15: Daniel Tosh at Wilson Center
October 15 – 25: BIG DAWG THEATRE COMPANY presents Chemical Imbalance A Jekyll and Hyde Play at Thalian Hall
Certified Arts Friendly: October 16: FUNDRAISER: Island Arts Council Casino Night Fundraiser
October 16: Wilson Center Presents Little River Band
October 19 – 20: Wilson Center Presents Book of Mormon
October 21: Wilson Center Presents The Carpenters Songbook
October 22: Mística – Ballet Nepantla at Thalian Hall
October 22 – 24: Abstracts In America
October 23: Fourth Friday Gallery Walk (Visit Arts Council of Wilmington for Official List of Participants)
October 23: Wilson Center Presents Nurse Blake
October 24: Wilson Center Presents Ghostbusters in Concert
October 24 – May 23: EXHIBITION: Echoes of Us: North Carolina Storykeepers at Cameron Art Museum
October 30: Capitol Fools at Thalian Hall

NOVEMBER 2026

Cucalorus Festival
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November 5: Meeting of the Art League of Leland
November 5: ABBAMANIA at Thalian Hall
November 6: USO Veterans Social Dance with Cape Fear Swing Dance Society
November 6: Wilson Center Presents THE ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA EXPERIENCE
November 12: AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE STUDIO COMPANY at Thalian Hall
November 12 – 25: The Reunion in Tauris with UNCW Theatre
November 12 – December 11: Fall 2026 Senior Exhibition at CAB Art Gallery
November 13: Wilson Center Presents Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives
November 14: Cape Fear Contra Dance
November 14: THE DRIFTERS at Thalian Hall
November 14: Wilmington Symphony Presents Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony at Wilson Center
November 15: 4th Annual Open House Art Show with Bradley Carter
November 15: Wilson Center Presents Blade Runner Live
November 15: Chamber Music Wilmington
November 21: Wilson Center Presents A Drag Queen Christmas
November 27: Fourth Friday Gallery Walk (Visit Arts Council of Wilmington for Official List of Participants)
November 30: CELTIC ANGELS at Thalian Hall

DECEMBER 2026

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December 1: Rhythm Streets Movement’s WHO BROUGHT THE HUMBUG? at Thalian Hall
December 3: The Unauthorized Hallmark(ish) Parody Musical at Thalian Hall
Certified Arts Friendly: December 3 – 20: Yes Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus with Brunswick Little Theatre
December 4: Ballet for Young Audiences: THE NUTCRACKER at Thalian Hall
December 10 – 20: BIG DAWG THEATRE COMPANY presents Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol at Thalian Hall
Certified Arts Friendly: December 11 – 20: THALIAN ASSOCIATION COMMUNITY THEATRE presents Meredith Willson’s Miracle on 34th Street The Musical at Thalian Hall
December 12: Social Dance with Cape Fear Swing Dance Society
December 17: Wilson Center Presents Leslie Odom, Jr.
December 18: Fourth Friday Gallery Walk (Visit Arts Council of Wilmington for Official List of Participants)

JANUARY 2027

Through January 24: EXHIBITION: Rooted in Memory: The Gullah Geechee Vision of Jonathan Green at Cameron Art Museum
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January 16: Wilmington Symphony Presents Bernstein Chichester Psalms + Still Symphony No. 1 at Wilson Center
January 21: Shayne Smith at Thalian Hall
January 22 – 24: Wilson Center Presents A Beautiful Noise
January 24: Pirates of Penzance NYGASP at Thalian Hall
January 29 – 31: Salty Swirl with Cape Fear Contra Dancers
January 31: Chamber Music Wilmington

FEBRUARY 2027

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Certified Arts Friendly: February 5 – 14: THALIAN ASSOCIATION COMMUNITY THEATRE presents Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Thailan Hall
February 6 – 7: Wilson Center Presents The Wiz
February 11: Wilson Center Presents RuPaul’s Drag Race Werq the World Tour
February 11 – 24: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Enchanted Edition) with UNCW Theatre
February 20: Cape Fear Contra Dance
February 23 – 24: Wilson Center Presents Water For Elephants
February 24: Jessica Fichot – PARIS TO SHANGHAI at Thalian Hall

MARCH 2027

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March 6: TWITTY & LYNN at Thalian Hall
March 10: GIVE ‘EM HELL, HARRY! at Thalian Hall
March 12: WHITNEY: One Moment in Time at Thalian Hall
March 13: Wilmington Symphony Presents Brahms Symphony No. 2 at Wilson Center
March 7: Chamber Music Wilmington
March 26 – 27: Wilson Center Presents Mystic Pizza
March 27: Cape Fear Contra Dance

APRIL 2027

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Certified Arts Friendly: April 9 – 18: THALIAN ASSOCIATION COMMUNITY THEATRE presents Disney’s Frozen at Thalian Hall
April 15: Mike Wiley’s ONE NOBLE JOURNEY: A Box Marked Freedom at Thalian Hall
April 15 – 25: By the Bog of Cats with UNCW Theatre
April 20: THE CHASE BROCK EXPERIENCE at Thalian Hall
April 23: Wilson Center Presents Jeff Arcuri

MAY 2027

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May 1: TAP INTO SOUL with Solomon Jaye at Thalian Hall
May 1: Wilmington Symphony Presents Schumann Cello Concerto + Selections from The Planets at Wilson Center
May 7: JOHN WATERS at Thalian Hall
Certified Arts Friendly: May 14 – 23: THALIAN ASSOCIATION COMMUNITY THEATRE presents Sweeney Todd – The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – A Musical Thriller
May 22 – 23: Wilson Center Presents Shucked

JUNE 2027

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July 9 – 11: Wilson Center Presents Jersey Boys

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