Wilmington Downtown Sundown Concert Series 2012
The Downtown Sundown Concert Series has announced their concert schedule for 2012.
Every Friday evening beginning May 4th and running through August 31st starting at 6pm you can hear some of the area’s best original and cover bands playing at Riverfront Park. The park is located on Water Street between Princess and Market Streets.
Food and beverages will be available for purchase during the performances. The concerts will take place rain or shine.
2012 Concert Schedule:
May 4 – Coconut Groove Band
May 11 – The Voltage Brothers
May 18 – UV (U2)
May 25 – Spare Change
June 1 – SVRT (Stevie Ray Vaughan Tribute Band)
June 8 – Funky Monks (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
June 15 – Girlz Girlz Girlz (80′s Hair Tribute Band)
June 22 – Frontiers, (Journey)
June 29 – Zoso (Led Zeppelin)
July 6 – 42 (Coldplay)
July 13 – Satisfaction (Rolling Stones)
July 20 – Madonna Nash
July 27 – Who’s Bad (Michael Jackson Tribute Band)
August 3 – Yellow Dub Marine (Beatles Reggae)
August 10 – The Breakfast Club (1980′s Tribute Band)
August 17 – Tuesday’s Gone (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
August 24 – The Dave Matthews Tribute Band
August 31 – Slippery When Wet (Bon Jovi)
This is a fund raising event. Wilmington Downtown, Inc. (WDI) teams up with local charities and nonprofits to bring these concerts. WDI will be selling $1. Wristbands at each concert and will split the proceeds with that week’s nonprofit or charity, a different one each concert. For a list of participating local charities and nonprofits please visit the event website at www.wilmingtondowntown.com/downtownsundown
Pleasure Island Chowder Cook-off 2012 – And the winner is…
The weather was great on Saturday for the 16th Annual Pleasure Island Chowder Cook-off.
Hungry chowder fans lined up early to get a sample of chowder from their favorite restaurants. Lines to get into the cook-off and at each of the stations were long but moved along quickly.
It was a day of fun for the whole family. In addition to the chowder competition there was live music and a Kidz Zone with face painting and an inflatable bouncing house.
Seven local chefs competed in the contest. The people’s choice winner this year was Havana’s while the judges chose O’Charley’s. With so much good chowder it was hard to select only one as a winner.
Did you make it to the cook-off and if so who was your favorite? If you didn’t make it this year, make sure to put the 17th Annual Pleasure Island Chowder Cook-off on your calendar for next year.
Here is a short video of the fun at Carolina Beach Lake Park this past weekend.
The 65th Annual North Carolina Azalea Festival In Wilmington North Carolina April 11-15 2012
It’s almost here. The 65th Annual North Carolina Azalea Festival kicks off tomorrow Wednesday April 11th and runs through Sunday April 15th.
At last year’s 64th Annual Azalea Festival spectacular and fun was had by all. This year’s Annual Azalea Festival promises to be all that and more. Some of the planned events include the Queen’s Coronation, concerts, street fair, art show, circus, garden tour, parade, visiting ships and more. Many events are free of charge.
If you are hoping to take in one of the top name concerts, tickets for Scott McCreery’s Friday concert have been sold out for some time now. There are still tickets available for the Kenny Loggins concert on Thursday. If the circus is a favorite of yours be sure to catch the Cole Brothers Circus at the Wilmington Airport, with shows running Thursday through Sunday.
2 other perennial favorites each year are the Azalea Festival Parade, kicking off at 9:30 am on Saturday and the Street Fair with over 200 arts and craft vendors, 40 food vendors, 4 stages where you can catch live music and other performances.
For a complete list of events, times and costs please visit the North Carolina Azalea Festival website.
The weather promises to be great during the event, so be sure to come back each day for something different.
They’re Back! Britt’s opens their doors for 2012.
The magic is back on the Carolina Beach Boardwalk. On March 30th Britt’s reopened for the season.
People head to the boardwalk each year from all over just to eat one or maybe a dozen of these delicious confections. When you order yours don’t expect sprinkles or filings. They only make one type of donut, glazed, but they make it so well.
Established in 1939, Britt’s is a must stop for visitors to our area each year. . Be sure to add a visit to Britt’s to your itinerary this year or at the very least put it on your bucket list.
Britt’s is open from March 30th to October 1st. You can get your donut fix on a limited basis (Friday – Sunday) until Memorial Day Weekend when they resume a 7 day a week operation until Labor Day Weekend. After that it will go back to limited operations until it closes for the season on October 1st.