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🗓️ Wilmington Events 5/15 - 5/18 2025

🗓️ Wilmington Events 5/15 - 5/18 2025

Surfing Dogs, Kidstock, Greek Festivals, and more!

Megan Rowe
May 15, 2025

Top 3 Events this Weekend
More Unique Events
Plan Ahead - Upcoming Events You Should Know About …

Top 3 Events this Weekend

Wilmington Greek Festival

(Fri - Sun) 33rd Annual Greek Festival with authentic food, traditional music and dancing, cooking demonstrations, and lively marketplace and more.

Spring Pop Culture Fest

(Sat) 40 + vendors who specialize in all things Pop Culture. From comic books, anime , Pokémon cards to Vinyl Records!

Surf Dog at Carolina Beach

(Sat) Your dog can learn to catch at wave or hang out and enjoy watching the pups hang ten

More Unique Events

Thursday (5/15)

Perennial Harbor (Open for the Weekend): Enjoy a picnic in their garden or get your hands dirty with a herb and flower workshop. They’re open all weekend for drinks and curated workshops.
Rooftop Live Music: One of the best places to catch sunset that you have been overlooking. Head to aView downtown for live music, food, and drinks.
String Cheese Incident: One-of-a-kind live experience, blending bluegrass, rock, electronic, and world music into a captivating and improvisational performance at Greenfield Lake Amp.

Friday (5/16)

Free Concert Friday - Enjoy a tribute to Sublime at Eagles Dare weekly summer concert series
Legally Blonde - Opening night for Legally Blonde at Thalian Hall
Jourdain Fisher - Comedian Jourdain Fisher, a writer and actor with viral "Gangster Chef" fame, two Tonight Show standing ovations (leading to a writing job), and a debut album, regularly performs at NYC's Comedy Cellar and Gotham Comedy Club.

Saturday (5/17)

Pier to Pier Swim: The annual Stoked To Go Out (STGO) open water swim, inspired by Grey Liston and benefiting the UNCW Grey Liston Scholarship, is a 1.7-mile pier-to-pier challenge off Wrightsville Beach, NC, for enthusiastic participants.
Vintage Market: Head to The Starling for an afternoon of vintage shopping, handcrafted cocktails, and vinyl vibes.
Bridgerton Themed Tea Party: Queen Esther Teas invites you to a vintage spring tea party at Poplar Grove Plantation, featuring a build-your-own-bouquet station, finger sandwiches, scones, pastries, fine teas, and encourages vintage spring attire.
Margarita Crawl: Drink around the Brooklyn Arts District and vote on the BEST margarita

Sunday (5/18)

Kidstock Festival - Wrightsville Beach Brewery will have Reptile Rescue, Fairy Hair, Face Painting, and live music with Mark Herbert and Dave Harvey!
Smoothie Jazz Summer Series - (postponed from last week) Enjoy live music, paella, and more at Coco Pipa
Boogie in the Park Concert Series - Bring your beach chair or blanket and enjoy free, live music by the sea at Kure Beach Oceanfront Park

Tidbit of the Week: Last fall I tried Sail Club in Wrightsville Beach & it was a game changer.

The owner, Matty, grew up in WB and never sailed until after college because of how exclusive it is.

Now he owns Soundside & is committed to making sailing more accessible… this has been such a fun way to get out on the water and connect with nature.

I highly recommend signing up! It’s $150 for unlimited access to sailing, kayaks, and SUPs.

(this isn’t sponsored, you can find out more here!)

Plan Ahead - Upcoming Events You Should Know About

5/2 - 7/25 - Free Concert Friday: Eagles Dare will host your favorite acts followed by a DJ every Friday night

5/25 - 8/31 - Summer Movies at the Lake: Every Sunday at dusk bring your chair or blanket for a family friendly movie projected on the masssive outdoor screen at Carolina Beach Lake

6/7 - Carolina Beach Music Festival: Enjoy the longest- running beach music festival in the US that is still held on the beach AND they’ve added an additional day this year for Reggae

6/21 - Juneteenth Jamboree: WilmingtoNColor Heritage Tours invites the community to an unforgettable celebration of culture, resilience, and joy.This family-friendly festival is a vibrant tribute to freedom and Black excellence, featuring: Dazzling entertainment including magicians, fire breathers, and a fireworks finale, food, art activities, black history tours, and more.

7/21 - Brooklyn Arts District Music and Arts Festival: Outdoor stages featuring bluegrass, reggae, house, and more. Along with blocked off streets for arts, crafts, vendors, live