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Southport announces Winterfest 2026 with holiday events, Christmas parade and flotilla
SOUTHPORT, NC (WWAY) — The City of Southport is preparing to kick off the holiday season with the return of Winterfest 2026, featuring more than 20 festive events throughout historic downtown. The celebration will run from Dec. 4-12, bringing holiday traditions, family-friendly activities, live entertainment, shopping and community gatherings...
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Massive Wilmington music festival will bring five dozen bands downtown
One of Wilmington's biggest annual music festivals is set to return. On Nov. 6-7, the Port City Blitz music festival will bring some five dozen rock bands of various genres to Waterline Brewing beneath the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge downtown. The lineup includes not just local and regional acts, but national and internationally known bands. The Port City Blitz is organized by Wilmington musician Mike Grindstaff, who plays in the band Rocket 77 and started the festival in 2018 at The Barzarre on Castle Street. The Blitz then moved to midtown rock club Reggie's 42nd Street Tavern for a few years before moving to Waterline in 2024. This year marks the biggest Blitz yet, Grindstaff said, with 60 bands (up from 52 last year) over two days on a half-dozen stages. Headliners Veteran North Carolina thrash metal band Corrosion of Conformity, or CoC, is set to headline the Port City Blitz on Saturday, Nov. 7. Known for its iconic skull logo and for its influence on so-called "stoner metal" bands, including Wilmington stalwarts Weedeater , CoC has been coming to the Port City since the days of the Mad Monk in the '80s, though they last played here some 15
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Residents remember 1898 massacre with film screening, community discussions
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — A day of remembrance and reflection brought community members together Monday to confront one of Wilmington’s darkest chapters. A screening of the short documentary “Red Cape” was held at the Northeast Library, highlighting the deadly Wilmington coup of 1898, when white supremacists violently overthrew a democratically elected multiracial government.
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One Historic Battleship And A Year End Salute to the United States' Original 13 Colonies
Wilmington, NC, Nov. 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Thirteen colonies helped give birth to a nation. Now, 250 years later, the Battleship North Carolina Memorial, part of the North Carolina Department
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One Historic Battleship: A Year End Salute to the United States' Original 13 Colonies
Wilmington, NC, Nov. 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Thirteen colonies helped give birth to a nation. Now, 250 years later, the Battleship North Carolina Memorial, part of the North Carolina Department
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The 45,000-Ton Battleship On A North Carolina River That Hits Harder Than Any History Book
Across the river from downtown Wilmington, a gray steel giant sits so still that it almost looks like part of the skyline. It once carried 16-inch guns through World War II, and today it carries something just as heavy: the everyday stories of the sailors who lived inside it. You...
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Harrington Repertory to bring four original plays to Thalian Hall in November
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Harrington Repertory is bringing a collection of four theatrical productions to Thalian Hall this November, offering audiences a mix of history, social commentary, comedy and drama. The production, titled “Potpourri,” will run from Nov. 13 through Nov. 15 at Thalian Hall’s Ruth and Bucky Stein...
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‘Elf The Musical JR.’ coming to Hampstead Annex in December
HAMPSTEAD, NC (WWAY) — A holiday musical is coming to Pender County next month as Untitled Theatre Productions prepares to perform “Elf The Musical JR.” at the Hampstead Annex. The production will run from December 9 through December 13, with six performances scheduled over five days. Based...
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Wilmington National Cemetery Black Soldiers Section in Wilmington, North Carolina
In 1865, the 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 10th, 27th, 37th and 39th United States Colored Troops (USCT) regiments fought in the Wilmington Campaign to liberate that city from the Confederates. When USCT soldiers fell, their comrades buried them in small cemeteries on the several battlefields where they had died or near the hospitals where they had drawn their last breath. Over the next two years, after the army had left Wilmington, some of the graves were lost and more were desecrated by returning Confederate veterans who were particularly angry that they had been defeated by former slaves. In 1867 a new cemetery was opened where Union dead would be buried securely. Black and white Union soldiers were buried here. Some died in the Wilmington Campaign and others died from disease afterwards while occupying the city during the early phases of Reconstruction. In addition, since some USCT lived their post-war lives in Wilmington, these Union veterans would be buried in this section even though they died long after the war.
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Filmmakers: "Seabreeze should be a documentary, it more than deserves it."
One of the filmmakers is Nuri Majidah, a direct descendant of Alexander and Charity Freeman, free people of color who began acquiring land in the southern part of the county in the mid-nineteenth century. This land would later become known as ‘Seabreeze’. Their son, Robert Bruce Freeman, amassed even more land, but the family’s holdings later began to diminish.
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Alabama women’s golf finishes 14th at the Landfall Tradition
Freshman Alvidla Wiberg posted a season-best 30th-place finish as the Alabama women’s golf team finished 14th in the Landfall Tradition at the Country Club of Landfall in Wilmington, North Carolina. The team finished 47-over par and had a 54-hole score. Wiberg recorded a 9-over par 225 with a 54-hole...
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Before the United States existed, this Wilmington tree was already standing tall
Wilmington’s garden world you haven’t found yet. Sixty-seven acres of live oaks, freshwater lakes, azaleas, and art sit right where Bradley Creek meets Wrightsville Sound on the North Carolina coast. More than 200,000 people find their way here every year, and most of them come back. The grounds...
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From ‘Talladega Nights’ to ‘The Exorcist,’ Hollywood East Brewseum collects film history
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - From “The Exorcist” to “The Crow,” horror films have deep ties to southeastern North Carolina. Now a new Wilmington taproom is giving fans a chance to see memorabilia from those productions up close. Hollywood East Brewseum opened on Market Street a few...