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Concerts, games, comedy, theater and more.
This weekend
See everythingSean Patton
Dead Crow Comedy Room · 9:30 PM
Potpourri
Thalian Hall · Through Nov 15
Sean Patton
Dead Crow Comedy Room · 9:30 PM
Wilmywood Market
Waterline Brewing Co. · 1:00 PM
Planetarium Show-Backyard Wilderness
Cape Fear Museum · 3:00 PM
Les Fontanelles
Live at Ted's · 4:00 PM
Blade Runner Live
Wilson Center · 7:00 PM
Kaleidoscope Play and Learn @ Main Library
Main Library (New Hanover County Public Library) · 10:30 AM
Planetarium Show-Back from the Brink
Cape Fear Museum · 3:00 PM
Open Mic Mondays at The Barzarre
The Barzarre · 7:00 PM
Hello Arts Festival: Celebrating CFCC Music and Arts
Wilson Center · 7:00 PM
Trivia Night Mondays
Ponysaurus Brewing Co. (Wilmington) · 7:00 PM
Family Storytime @ Main Library
Main Library (New Hanover County Public Library) · 10:30 AM
Planetarium Show-Worlds Beyond Earth
Cape Fear Museum · 3:00 PM
Tech Tuesdays @ Main Library
Main Library (New Hanover County Public Library) · 5:30 PM
Tuesday Drum Jam
The Barzarre · 6:30 PM
Music Bingo Tuesdays
Ponysaurus Brewing Co. (Wilmington) · 7:00 PM
Dirty Bingo
Waterline Brewing Co. · 7:00 PM
Trivia Tuesday
Bowstring Burgers & Brewyard · 7:30 PM
Inside the Hive
Cape Fear Museum · 1:00 PM
Community Connections & Conversations @ Main Library
Main Library (New Hanover County Public Library) · 3:00 PM
Planetarium Show-Secret Lives of Stars
Cape Fear Museum · 3:00 PM
Bell Tower Bourbon Club (Member/Guest Bar Opening)
Brooklyn Arts Center · 6:00 PM
Gruff Goat Comedy Showcase
Waterline Brewing Co. · 7:00 PM
Meeser Eddie's Funtime Trivia
Dead Crow Comedy Room · 7:00 PM
Laura McLean's Songwriter Showcase
Live at Ted's · 7:00 PM
Hooked On Sonics: Fall Explosion
The Barzarre · 8:00 PM
The Dead Crow Improv Show!
DareDevil Improv · 8:30 PM
Dare Devil Presents: Improv Night
Dead Crow Comedy Room · 8:30 PM
Bilingual Baby & Me @ Main Library
Main Library (New Hanover County Public Library) · 11:00 AM
Planetarium Show-Cape Fear Skies
Cape Fear Museum · 3:00 PM
Panko Shorts
Jengo's Playhouse · 5:30 PM
Dance-A-Lorus
Wilson Center · 7:00 PM
Thursday Open DJ Decks and Circus Social
The Barzarre · 7:00 PM
An Autumn Evening at the Marina
Wilmington Downtown Inc. events calendar · 7:00 PM
Nirvani: A Nirvana Tribute Experience
Bowstring Burgers & Brewyard · 7:00 PM
Family Feud Game Night
Waterline Brewing Co. · 7:00 PM
Open Mic Comedy
Dead Crow Comedy Room · 8:00 PM
Hot Wieners and Coffee Milk
Jengo's Playhouse · 9:00 PM
CAPE FOUR
Jengo's Playhouse · 11:15 PM
Azawakh Shorts: docs
Thalian Hall · 10:00 AM
Romare Bearden: A Life in Collage
Jengo's Playhouse · 10:15 AM
Pomeranian Shorts
Coastline Center · 10:30 AM
The Editing of Blue Velvet
GigSalad Lounge · 11:00 AM
Indie State of the State
GigSalad Lounge · 1:00 PM
CAITY
Coastline Main · 1:00 PM
Under a Million Stars
Coastline Center · 1:15 PM
Komondor Shorts
Jengo's Playhouse · 1:30 PM
Planetarium Show-Birth of Planet Earth
Cape Fear Museum · 3:00 PM
Camera Movement with Lighthouse Films
GigSalad Lounge · 3:00 PM
Löwchen Shorts
Jengo's Playhouse · 4:00 PM
Daughters of the Forest
Coastline Center · 4:00 PM
The Virgins
Coastline Main · 4:15 PM
Everything Else Is Noise
Thalian Hall · 4:15 PM
VR Salon
GigSalad Lounge · 6:30 PM
in love, in memory
Jengo's Playhouse · 6:30 PM
Nerdcore: Making it Anyway
Coastline Main · 6:45 PM
Dandie Dinmont Shorts
Coastline Center · 7:00 PM
Andy Forrester
Dead Crow Comedy Room · 7:00 PM
SUBCONSCIOUS SLIDESHOW
Jengo's Backyard · 7:00 PM
Live Music with the Justin Cody Fox Band
Waterline Brewing Co. · 7:00 PM
Hunter Flynn: Back To My Roots Tour w/ Peytan Porter
Bowstring Burgers & Brewyard · 7:00 PM
Capsized
Thalian Hall · 7:00 PM
13 JR.
Thalian Hall · Through Nov 22
Striking Copper Trio
Live at Ted's · 8:00 PM
REDDHEDD x Barzarre House Party 2
The Barzarre · 8:30 PM
Peekapoo Shorts
Jengo's Playhouse · 9:15 PM
Shirley Gnome: Children - You Can't Beat
GigSalad Lounge · 9:30 PM
Clovers
Coastline Center · 9:45 PM
Ten Will
Coastline Main · 10:00 PM
PG Hell & XXX PARTY!!!
Jengo's Playhouse · 11:45 PM
Friendsgiving Paddle & Potluck on Brunswick River
Belville Riverwalk Park · 8:00 AM
Cape Fear Book Festival - WriteOn! Morning Workshops
Main Library (New Hanover County Public Library) · 8:00 AM
Past Meets Pavement Walking Tour: African American Heritage
Bellamy Mansion Museum · 9:00 AM
Jackrabbit
Coastline Main · 10:00 AM
Planetarium Show-One World, One Sky: Big Bird's Adventure
Cape Fear Museum · 10:00 AM
What Will I Become?
Coastline Center · 10:15 AM
Xoloitzcuintli Shorts
Jengo's Playhouse · 10:30 AM
Read, Talk & Connect @ Main Library
Main Library (New Hanover County Public Library) · 10:30 AM
Dance for Actors
GigSalad Lounge · 11:00 AM
Ponysaurus Wonderland Lighting
Ponysaurus Brewing Co. (Wilmington) · 11:00 AM
Cape Fear Book Festival - WriteOn! Keynote - Teri M. Brown
Main Library (New Hanover County Public Library) · 11:30 AM
Melted: Mac & Cheese Fest
Waterline Brewing Co. · 12:00 PM
The Arrow at Rest at Every Instant of its Flight
Coastline Center · 1:00 PM
Shaped by Sound: Nerdcore Deconstructed
GigSalad Lounge · 1:00 PM
Joybubbles
Coastline Main · 1:15 PM
Cape Fear Book Festival - WriteOn! Afternoon Workshop
Main Library (New Hanover County Public Library) · 2:00 PM
Working Films Presents
GigSalad Lounge · 3:00 PM
Summer 2000: The X-Cetra Story
Coastline Main · 3:45 PM
Henry's Ebb
Thalian Hall · 4:00 PM
Klee Kai Shorts
Jengo's Playhouse · 4:30 PM
5 Killer Metal Bands for Just $5
The Barzarre · 6:00 PM
Dandie Dinmont Shorts
Jengo's Playhouse · 6:30 PM
White Lightning
Coastline Main · 6:45 PM
13 Demands
Coastline Center · 7:00 PM
Dirt Don't Hurt
Jengo's Backyard · 7:00 PM
Riptides
Thalian Hall · 7:00 PM
Bloody Mary Crawl
Wilmington Downtown Inc. events calendar · 7:00 PM
A Farewell to Kings: Tribute to Rush
Bowstring Burgers & Brewyard · 7:00 PM
The Roast of Wilmington Spectacular!
Azalea Station · 8:00 PM
Jeff Reid & Catesby Jones
Live at Ted's · 8:00 PM
Latimer House Night Tour
Latimer House Museum · 8:30 PM
Pomeranian Shorts
Jengo's Playhouse · 9:15 PM
The Party Robot Experience
GigSalad Lounge · 9:30 PM
There Should Be Flowers
Coastline Center · 9:45 PM
Bagworm
Coastline Main · 10:00 PM
Paulonious and the Glistening Vibro-Lounge
Jengo's Playhouse · 11:45 PM
Papertown
Coastline Main · 10:30 AM
Sisterhoodship, leanne rucker has cancer
Coastline Center · 10:45 AM
Film Conference Keynote with Emily Best
GigSalad Lounge · 11:00 AM
FBAR Dogfest and Mystic River Band
Waterline Brewing Co. · 1:00 PM
A City in the Forest
Coastline Center · 1:00 PM
The Snake
Coastline Main · 1:15 PM
Sam Lewis
Live at Ted's · 4:00 PM
Summer 2000: The X-Cetra Story
The Pointe 14 · 4:00 PM
Little Doors
Coastline Center · 4:15 PM
Can I Kick It? : Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle
Coastline Main · 4:30 PM
CAITY
The Pointe 14 · 7:30 PM
Girls Night Out
Waterline Brewing Co. · 6:00 PM
Wednesday Wide Open Karaoke Night
The Barzarre · 7:00 PM
Joe Zimmerman
Dead Crow Comedy Room · 7:00 PM
The White Loafers
Bowstring Burgers & Brewyard · 7:00 PM
Superb Futbol Oyster Roast
Waterline Brewing Co. · 9:00 AM
Brian Whitted's Very Merry Christmas
Thalian Hall · Through Nov 29
Ukrainian Festival and Borsch Cook-off
Waterline Brewing Co. · 2:00 PM
Really Cool Stuff Holiday Market
Wilmington Downtown Inc. events calendar · 7:00 PM
Urgent: A Tribute to Foreigner
Bowstring Burgers & Brewyard · 7:00 PM
The Odd Ball Drag Show
The Barzarre · 8:30 PM
Oscar Hokeah with Calling for a Blanket Dance
Floodplain Books · 2:00 PM
You Can See Everything
Thalian Hall · Through Dec 3
Celtic Angels Christmas
Thalian Hall · 4:00 PM
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
Thalian Hall · Through Dec 3
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Hannah Block Historic USO / Community Arts Center · 7:00 PM
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
Thalian Hall · Through Dec 5
Messy Hands @ Main Library
Main Library (New Hanover County Public Library) · 10:30 AM
Read to a Dog @ Main Library
Main Library (New Hanover County Public Library) · 3:30 PM
Candlelit Christmas Night Tour
Bellamy Mansion Museum · 7:00 PM
Hola, Hello
Main Library (New Hanover County Public Library) · 5:00 PM
UNCW Department of Music's Pop Rock Final Showcase
Bowstring Burgers & Brewyard · 7:00 PM
The Unauthorized Hallmark(ish) Parody Musical
Thalian Hall · 7:00 PM
The DareDevil Dynamo!
Waterline Brewery · 8:00 PM
Ballet for Young Audiences: The Nutcracker
Thalian Hall · Through Dec 5
Night of Laughter: Benefit for Jamey Stone
Thalian Hall · 7:00 PM
Special Event: Maddy Smith
Dead Crow Comedy Room · 7:00 PM
Fri Night Fight Riffs November Edition
The Barzarre · 7:00 PM
Wim Tapley & The Cannons + Tobacco Road
Bowstring Burgers & Brewyard · 7:00 PM
Night Tour at the Burgwin-Wright House
Burgwin-Wright House and Gardens · 7:00 PM
Jon Hill Quartet Holiday Special
Live at Ted's · 8:00 PM
Battleship Alive!
Battleship North Carolina · 8:00 AM
6 for 60 Tours
Battleship North Carolina · 8:00 AM
Holiday Gift Workshop
Cape Fear Museum · 1:00 PM
Old Wilmington by Candlelight Tour 2026
Latimer House Museum · Through Dec 6
The Broken Hearts: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Tribute
Bowstring Burgers & Brewyard · 7:00 PM
A Colonial Apparition River Cruise
Burgwin-Wright House and Gardens · 7:00 PM
Hannah Block Historic USO 85th Anniversary Celebration
Hannah Block Historic USO/Community Arts Center · 7:00 PM
Holidays on Water Drone Shows
Wilmington Riverwalk · 7:00 PM
Port City Trio
Live at Ted's · 4:00 PM
KAZHA with Cement Block Pillow Fight and Charlie Paso
The Barzarre · 6:00 PM
Pearl Harbor Commemoration
Hannah Block Historic USO / Community Arts Center · 7:00 PM
Ax and the Hatchetmen: The Late Checkout Tour 2026 w/ The 4411
Bowstring Burgers & Brewyard · 7:00 PM
STEAM Club LEGO @ Main Library
Main Library (New Hanover County Public Library) · 3:30 PM
Special Event: Kyle Kinane
Dead Crow Comedy Room · 7:00 PM
Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol
Thalian Hall · Through Dec 20
Holiday Light Spectacular
Wilmington Railroad Museum · 6:30 PM
Cardinal Talent Group Presents Comedian Shelly Belly
Brooklyn Arts Center · 7:00 PM
Colonial Wilmington & The Revolution Walking Tour
Burgwin-Wright House and Gardens · 7:00 PM
Meredith Willson's Miracle on 34th Street The Musical
Thalian Hall · Through Dec 20
Holiday Cards of Kindness! @ Main Library
Main Library (New Hanover County Public Library) · 1:00 PM
Polar Express Reading
Wilmington Railroad Museum · 3:30 PM
Rock The 90s: The Official 90's Rock Tribute
Bowstring Burgers & Brewyard · 7:00 PM
Holiday Open House
Burgwin-Wright House and Gardens · 7:00 PM
A Deep Dive into the Art of Monologue Writing
Hannah Block Historic USO / Community Arts Center · 7:00 PM
Maximum Overdrive Comedy Flick Roast
The Barzarre · 7:30 PM
CarolinAloha: Christmas in Hawaii
Live at Ted's · 8:00 PM
Voices Community Choir Christmas Concert
Hannah Block Historic USO / Community Arts Center · 7:00 PM
Unfinished
Thalian Hall · 7:30 PM
Nights of Lights
Bellamy Mansion Museum · 5:00 PM
Afroman
Bowstring Burgers & Brewyard · 7:00 PM
Laurie Kilmartin
Dead Crow Comedy Room · 7:00 PM
The Cargo District Comedy Powder Keg!
Azalea Station · 7:30 PM
Hardwired: A Tribute to Metallica
Bowstring Burgers & Brewyard · 7:00 PM
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Thalian Hall · 4:00 PM
The Nashville Nights Band: The Ultimate 90's Country Experience
Bowstring Burgers & Brewyard · 7:00 PM
The Full Monty
Thalian Hall · Through Jan 10
The DareDevil Theater Fundraiser 2026!
DareDevil Improv · 12:01 AM
New Year's Noon
Children's Museum of Wilmington · 9:00 AM
New Year's Eve Gala 2027
Thalian Hall · 6:00 PM
NYE 2027 with Tell Me Lies: A Celebration of Fleetwood Mac
Bowstring Burgers & Brewyard · Through Jan 1
Back to the Start: A Tribute to Coldplay
Bowstring Burgers & Brewyard · 7:00 PM
Special Event: Brian Posehn
Dead Crow Comedy Room · 7:00 PM
The Asheville Mountain Boys
Live at Ted's · 8:00 PM
Scholarship Pageant
North Carolina Azalea Festival · 6:00 PM
Dark Echoes: Pink Floyd Experience
Bowstring Burgers & Brewyard · 7:00 PM
Jon Shain & FJ Ventre
Live at Ted's · 8:00 PM
The Kennedys
Live at Ted's · 4:00 PM
Thurston Howell: Premier Yacht Rock Spectacular
Bowstring Burgers & Brewyard · 7:00 PM
Sam Robbins: Night 1
Live at Ted's · 8:00 PM
On now: exhibits and runs
Coming up at Thalian Hall
Potpourri
Azawakh Shorts: docs
Everything Else Is Noise
Capsized
13 JR.
Henry's Ebb
Riptides
Brian Whitted's Very Merry Christmas
You Can See Everything
Celtic Angels Christmas
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
Close by, in Wilmington
CAMmade Holiday Market
Cameron Art Museum
UNCW Department of Theatre Presents: The Reunion In Tauris
UNCW Mainstage Theatre
WSO Chamber Ensemble Concert
St. John's Episcopal Church
Erinys Quartet & Oskar Espina Ruiz
Beckwith Recital Hall
Creating Art in Community
City of Wilmington events
STEM & Stories
City of Wilmington events
Closing the Gap: Educator Professional Development
Cameron Art Museum
Live! at CAM Café: Raphael Namé
Cameron Art Museum
Preschool Park Pop-Ups
City of Wilmington events
Buzzy Hands, Kind Hearts - Acts of Kindness
City of Wilmington events
Adult's GAYme Night
LGBTQ Center of the Cape Fear Coast
The Second City Nut-Cracking Holiday Revue
UNCW Kenan AuditoriumPlaces in Downtown Wilmington
- Cucalorus Film FestivalFilm festival · 54 coming up
- Thalian HallHistoric theater · 42 coming up
- Dead Crow Comedy RoomComedy club · 36 coming up
- Bowstring Burgers & BrewyardMusic venue · 31 coming up
- Cape Fear MuseumMuseum · 27 coming up
- Main Library (New Hanover County Public Library)Library · 27 coming up
- The BarzarreBar and music venue · 26 coming up
- Live at Ted'sListening room · 18 coming up
- Children's Museum of WilmingtonChildren's museum · 12 coming up
- Bellamy Mansion MuseumHistoric house museum · 11 coming up
- Waterline Brewing Co.Brewery · 10 coming up
- DareDevil ImprovComedy troupe · 9 coming up
- Ponysaurus Brewing Co. (Wilmington)Brewery · 9 coming up
- North Carolina Azalea FestivalFestival · 8 coming up
- Wilmington Railroad MuseumMuseum · 8 coming up
- Battleship North CarolinaMuseum ship · 7 coming up
- Wilmington Downtown Inc. events calendarCommunity calendar · 6 coming up
- Latimer House MuseumHistoric house museum · 5 coming up
- Burgwin-Wright House and GardensHistoric house museum · 4 coming up
- Hannah Block Historic USO / Community Arts CenterCommunity arts center · 4 coming up
- Live Oak Bank Pavilion at Riverfront ParkAmphitheater · 4 coming up
- Floodplain BooksBookstore · 3 coming up
- Wilson CenterPerforming arts center · 3 coming up
- Brooklyn Arts CenterEvent venue (former church) · 2 coming up
- Cape Fear River WatchNonprofit · 1 coming up
- Big Dawg Productions (Cape Fear Playhouse)Theater company
- Riverfront Farmers MarketFarmers market
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