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what’s happening this month on the azalea coast july
S u n day Mo n day T u e s day We d n e s day T h u r s day F r i day S at u r day
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4th of July
Riverfront
Celebration
5-9:30pm food and
music, Water Street
www.wilmington
recreation.com
15th Annual
Battleship Blast
Fireworks start at
9:05pm, downtown
10 12 13 15
Wilmington
www.battleship
nc.com
4th of July
Cruise aboard the
Henrietta III, boarding
begins at 6pm
Water & Dock Streets
www.cfrboats.com
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24/31 25 26 27 28 29 30
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WBM july 2011
Cape Fear
Blue Marlin
Tournament
Wrightsville Beach
Marina
www.capefear
bluemarlin
tournament.com
Airlie Gardens
Concert Series
Every 1st and 3rd
Friday
6 to 8pm through
Oct 1
www.airelie
gardens.org
Stars & Stripes
Concert
North Carolina
Symphony playing
to honor our nation’s
235th birthday
7:30pm, UNCW
Kenan Auditorium
www.nc
symphony.org
Pleasure Island
Independence
Day Fireworks
Extravaganza
9pm, free to public
Carolina Beach
www.pleasureislandnc.
org
WECT Sounds of
Summer Concert
6:30pm, Featuring
The 69 Ramblers
Wrightsville Beach
Park
Summer Jazz
Series at Bellamy
Mansion
Relax to the sound of
Melodius Thunk
6:30pm, Tickets
are $12 or $8 for
members
www.bellamy
mansion.org
29th Annual
Tri-Span Race
5k and 10k races
7am, starts in front of
the Cotton Exchange,
Water Street
www.trispan.
active.com
Classy-Chassis
Car Show &
Country Flea
Market
9am-4pm, Historic
Poplar Grove
www.poplar
grove.com
Jack’s
Mannequin
American alternative
rock band plays
Greenfield Lake
Amphitheater
Gates open 3:30pm,
show at 4pm
www.greenfieldlake
amphitheater.com
7th Annual Reef/
Sweetwater Pro-
Am Surf Fest (July
15-17), 8am daily,
4-9:30pm Sunday
Music Festival
$20,000 Pro Prize
purse
Oceanic Street
www.wblivesurf.com
NC Aquarium at Fort
Fisher’s Coastal
Crusaders
Summer Camp
8:30am-3pm, Campers
ages 13-14 learn to
investigate and preserve
the environment
www.ncaquariums.
com
WECT Sounds of
Summer Concert
Featuring Selah Dubb
6:30pm, Wrightsville
Beach Park
12th Annual
CFCC Boat Show
9:30am, Students in
CFCC’s Boat Building
program exhibit their
craftsmanship
Water Street
cfcc.edu/boatshow
Captain Eddy
Haneman
Sailfish
Tournament
(July 28 - August 1)
www.bridgetender
marina.com
(see page 13 for
details)
16th Annual
Cape Fear Blues
Festival
A 3-day celebration
of blues music
The Rusty Nail,
S. 5th Ave.
www.capefear
blues.org
3rd Annual
TJM Celebrity
Charity
Kayak Fishing
Tournament
Proceeds go toward
fighting Alzheimer’s
disease
www.hookline
andpaddle.com
Fourth Friday
Gallery Walk
Stroll through downtown
Wilmington’s
art galleries on a
self-guided tour from
6-9 pm.
www.wilmington
fourthfridays.com
Surf Movie
in the Park
2-10:30 pm
Sponsored by
Wrightsville Beach
Parks and Recreation
For more info call
(910) 256-7925
Black River
Nature Cruise
Four-hour Black River
adventure, July 13
and 27, narrated by
Audubon
North Carolina.
www.cfrboats.com
How To Fall In
Love in 10
minutes or less
10 new plays by
local playwrights
performed at
Thalian Hall
www.thalianhall.com
WBM FILE PHOTOS
Little Chapel on the
Boardwalk conducts
Sunday worship
on the Beach Strand
at Public Beach Access
No. 4 (the L shaped
lot) every Sunday
8-8:30 am
For more info dial
(910) 256-2819