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April 2019
School Visit
Each year the Azalea Festival Queen Azalea, Celebrities, and Official Party visit a local school to share the Festival spirit. The school works year-long to prepare a program and showcase their school pride to our Festival special guests. Past School Visits include: 2010: Cape Fear Academy 2011: Myrtle Grove Christian 2012: Snipes Elementary 2013: Roland Grise Middle School 2014: Pine Valley Elementary 2015: Forest Hills Elementary 2016: Ogden Elementary 2017: Parsley Elementary 2018: Blair Elementary
Find out more »Hospital Visit
Each year the Azalea Festival Queen Azalea, Celebrities, and Official Party visit the Betty H. Cameron Women's & Children's Hospital to help spread the Festival spirit.
Find out more »Tyler Farr
Tickets on Sale Saturday, January 26, 2019 at 10:00 AM! Purchase Tyler Farr Tickets Here Purchase Flower Pack Main Stage Concert Combo Pass Here The Azalea Festival is proud to bring Tyler Farr to the Main Stage! Tyler Farr's a thinker, an observer of the human condition, a man in the middle of a surging testosterone country movement in today's Nashville who insists on digging a little deeper, getting a little more real and owning how hard it can be.…
Find out more »Airlie Luncheon Garden Party
The premier event in Wilmington, the Airlie Luncheon Garden Party is one you can’t miss! Join us and 2,500 of our closest friends as we kick off Spring with big hats, seersucker, bow ties, and the networking event of the year all on the beautiful grounds of Airlie Gardens. Come early so you don’t miss the Citadel Summerall Guards performance! The Airlie Luncheon Garden Party is a private function for partners of the Azalea Festival. Partner With Us
Find out more »Cape Fear Garden Club Azalea Garden Tour
The Cape Fear Garden Club Azalea Garden Tour © is sponsored by the Cape Fear Garden Club, Inc. The tour has been featured in SOUTHERN LIVING and is one of the longest-running and most popular garden tours in the South. Profits from the Cape Fear Garden Club Azalea Garden Tour© are reinvested in the community as beautification and horticultural grants within New Hanover County, scholarships at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and Cape Fear Community College, and conservation efforts…
Find out more »Waterfront Street Fair Presented by Wells Fargo
The Waterfront Street Fair features plenty of entertainment with special areas such as the Children’s Area, Multicultural Area, and Music & Beer Garden! The Waterfront Street Fair provides an array food options and shopping opportunities with over 250 Vendors. 2019 Street Fair Presented by Wells Fargo Waterfront Street Fair Multicultural Stage The Multicultural Stage is a FREE multicultural event, family-friendly celebration that showcases different cultures. This event takes place Saturday & Sunday, April 6th & 7th, 12:30 PM - 5 PM.…
Find out more »Damn Yankees Performed by Thalian Association Community Theatre
The North Carolina Azalea Festival is proud to be an Executive Producer of the 2018-2019 Thalian Association Community Theatre Season! Thalian Association Community Theatre, the Official Community Theatre of North Carolina presents Damn Yankees on the Main Stage of Historic Thalian Hall April 5 -14, 2019 Fri - Sat 7:30 pm with Sun matinees at 3:00 pm Tickets $32 with special discounts available Call 910-632-2285 or visit thalian.org (link) About Damn Yankees: Faust meets professional baseball in the Broadway send…
Find out more »After Garden Get Down
The After Garden Get Down at Bluewater is a fun dockside party open to the public immediately following the Airlie Luncheon Garden Party. Guests are invited to Bluewater’s waterfront bar & patio to enjoy live music, food and drink specials, and the best view on the Intracoastal. Attendees also receive a special guest appearance by the Queen Azalea herself! This event is FREE to attend; drinks and food may be purchased separately.
Find out more »Wilmington Grill Music & Beer Garden
The Wilmington Grill Music Stage & Beer Garden is a great place to catch tunes day and night. Entry is FREE. Beverages available for purchase and outdoor games on site. Listen to your favorite local and regional musicians playing a variety of rock, blues, and folk. Wilmington Grill is hosting a raffle all weekend on one of their Cape Fear Deluxe Grills with a value of $2287.00. **NEW in 2019** Game Area provided by Port City Lawn Games This year…
Find out more »Hank Williams Jr. with Frank Foster
Purchase Hank Williams Jr. Tickets Here Purchase Flower Pack Main Stage Concert Combo Pass Here The Azalea Festival Main Stage is proud to introduce Randall Hank Williams, commonly known as Hank Williams Jr. By the age of 10, Hank never had much in the way of a career choice. The choice wasn’t whether he’d sing, but what, how, and why. “Other kids could play cowboys and Indians and imagine that they’d grow up to be cowboys,” he wrote in his…
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