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Most Recent Update: June 27, 2025

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Through June 27: VISUAL: Barnyard Follies at Cathryn O’Donnell Gallery
Through June 28: THEATRE: Shakespeare On The Green with Cape Fear Shakespeare
Through June 28: THEATRE: Gypsy with Opera House Theatre Company
Through June 28: THEATRE: Aladdin Jr. with Wilmington Performing Arts
Certified Arts Friendly: Through June 28: THEATRE: The Outsiders with Performance Club Theatre Company
Certified Arts Friendly: Through June 28: THEATRE: End Days with Brunswick Little Theatre
Through June 30: GRANT OPPORTUNITY: Grassroots Arts Program Grants with Arts Council of Wilmington & NHC
Certified Arts Friendly: Through July 18: VISUAL: 2026 Summer Regional Show at Franklin Square Gallery
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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June 27: SOCIAL DANCE: Cape Fear Contra Dance
June 27: SOCIAL DANCE: Social Dance with Cape Fear Swing Dance Society
June 27: VISUAL: An Evening Of Local Art at River’s Edge Art Supplies
June 27 – 28: PERFORMING: Celebrate America with Sea Notes Choral Society
June 28: PERFORMING: Wartime USO Jazz with Benny Hill
Certified Arts Friendly: June 29: LECTURE: Art Lecture on Andy Warhol by Ben Billingsley at Franklin Square Gallery
July 2: PERFORMING: North Carolina Symphony Presents Stars & Stripes at Wilson Center
July 3 – 5: PERFORMING: 16th Annual Ocean City Jazz Festival
July 4: PERFORMING: USO Social Dance with Cape Fear Swing Dance Society
July 4: PERFORMING: America 250: Fourth of July Symphony Pops Concert with Wilmington Symphony Orchestra
July 7 – 11: LITERARY: Young Writers Workshop at UNCW
July 8: PERFORMING: Crescent Moon at Jazz at the Bellamy Mansion
July 9 – 12: THEATRE: PTPT APPRENTICE THEATRE presents Carrie: The Musical at Thalian Hall
July 9 – 16: THEATRE The Shark Is Broken with Big Dawg Productions at Thalian Hall
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 16 – 26: THEATRE COME FROM AWAY with Opera House Theatre Company
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 18: SOCIAL DANCE Cape Fear Contra Dance
July 18: Jurassic Park In Concert at Wilson Center
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
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August 1 – 15: Echoes Of Place – Artist’s Reflections On New Hanover County
Certified Arts Friendly: 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 12: FROG Project at Jazz at the Bellamy Mansion
August 15: Social Dance with Cape Fear Swing Dance Society
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)

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 12: American Craft Walk
Certified Arts Friendly: September 17: 2nd Annual MuralFest Reception & Auction
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
September 24 – 26: EXHIBITION: Into The Wild with Wildlife Artists of the Carolinas
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: FUNDRAISER: 12th Anniversary Bootlegger’s Ball Casino Night with Theatre For All
September 26: Cape Fear Contra Dance
September 27: Chamber Music Wilmington
September 28 – October 4: The Wolves with UNCW Theatre

OCTOBER 2026

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Certified Arts Friendly: 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 10 – 11: Art In The Arboretum
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 22 – 24: Abstracts In America
October 23: Fourth Friday Gallery Walk (Visit Arts Council of Wilmington for Official List of Participants)
October 24 – May 23: EXHIBITION: Echoes of Us: North Carolina Storykeepers at Cameron Art Museum

NOVEMBER 2026

Cucalorus Festival
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November 6: USO Veterans Social Dance with Cape Fear Swing Dance Society
November 12 – 25: The Reunion in Tauris with UNCW Theatre
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 15: Chamber Music Wilmington
November 27: Fourth Friday Gallery Walk (Visit Arts Council of Wilmington for Official List of Participants)

DECEMBER 2026

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Certified Arts Friendly: December 3 – 20: Yes Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus with Brunswick Little Theatre
December 10 – 20: BIG DAWG THEATRE COMPANY presents Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol at Thalian Hall
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)

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 31: Chamber Music Wilmington

FEBRUARY 2027

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February 11 – 24: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Enchanted Edition) with UNCW Theatre

MARCH 2027

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March 7: Chamber Music Wilmington

APRIL 2027

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April 15 – 25: By the Bog of Cats with UNCW Theatre

MAY 2027

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JUNE 2027

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