Budding Blooms
From parades to concerts, it’s Azalea Festival time
(Photo courtesy of Azalea Festival)
The seventy-seventh North Carolina Azalea Festival returns to Wilmington in April. Taking place April 3-7, the festival covers many different corners of the city with events ranging from the festival parade and street fair in downtown Wilmington to small, niche interest events.
Community events, such as a fashion show as well as a art show and sale take place in March leading up to the main weekend.
Concerts at Live Oak Pavilion are a large draw, typically spanning different music genres over the multi-night shows. The headlines for this year, as of press time, are T-Pain on April 4 and Chase Rice on April 5.
Other popular ticketed events are the Garden Party at Airlie Gardens and tours of featured homes and gardens. But dozens of other events are planned around the festival. For a full list of them and updates, go to ncazaleafestival.org.
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