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PCJ Wed Feb 18: Eddie 9V Spins Stories & Soul Tonight at Bowstring 🎸

PCJ Wed Feb 18: Eddie 9V Spins Stories & Soul Tonight at Bowstring 🎸

A night of Southern soul, blues, and funk awaits at Bowstring. Don’t miss Eddie 9V tonight!

Jason @ Port City Pulse
February 18, 2026

Eddie 9V is in town tonight with the Justin Cody Fox Duo at Bowstring! Expect a live take on Saratoga, his November 2024 Ruf Records release, packed with Southern soul, blues, rock, and funk – plus stories that stick with you long after the last note. Show runs 7-10 PM.

Don’t Miss

Eddie 9V w/ Justin Cody Fox Duo

WED FEB 18: 7-10 Pm @ Bowstring - SPD
Eddie 9V has an endless stockpile of cool stories – and you’ll find twelve of them on his most recent studio album Saratoga, released in November 2024 on the fabled Ruf Records label. A thrilling mix of Southern soul, blues, rock, and funk, Saratoga proved to be a gamechanger: a road trip-ready record filled with razor-sharp observations, vintage textures, and raw humanity. $20

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Dave Matthews Tribute Band

FRI FEB 20: 7-10 PM @ Bowstring - SPD
DMTB is a celebration of the music of the Dave Matthews Band - a time machine to a funky tea party in the 90’s, a boisterous era of tape trading, sing-alongs, and exploration into a new sonic landscape spearheaded by complex guitar riffs, soaring violin melodies, smooth sax lines, and explorative-explosive drumming. $26.69

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Live Music

Wednesday

Eddie 9V	7:00 PM @ Bowstring - SPD
Stu Cru Jamaru	7:00 PM - 10:00 PM @ Pour Fellas Pub - OGD
Open Mic Night	7:00 PM-10:00 PM @ Wilmington Distillery - ILM
Open Mic Night	9:00 PM - Midnight @ Bottega - BAD

Thursday

Open Mic	6:30-9:3 0 PM @ Wilmington Wine - ILM
Open Mic	6:00 PM @ Grinders - ILM
Thursday Night Live	6:00-8:00 PM @ South Front Tavern - ILM
Robert Bosco	6:00 PM @ Cameron Art Museum - ILM
Cigarettes @ Sunset	7:00 PM@ Bowstring - SPD
Open Mic with Tatianna Matthews	7:00 - 11:00 PM @ Tempo.33 - DT
Fudge W/ Lawn Enforcement	7:00 PM @ Bowstring - SPD
Thelma And The Sleaze With Mikee Strongmen And Natalie Prauser!	7:00 PM @ Reggie's 42nd Street Tavern - DT
Drum Circle	7:00 PM @ Bottega - ILM
Open Mic	7-10:00 PM @ The Bend - OGD
Live Music Thursday: Harken Here Folk Ensemble - Fermental	7:00 PM @ Fermental - CD
Definitely Not Famous (Dnf) Presents: Love Hurts	7:00 PM @ Waterline - DT
Justin Cody Fox Duo	8:00 PM @ Seven Mile Post - OGD
Live Music: Jesse Stockton	8:00 PM @ Wilmington Distillery - DT
Open Mic with Delia Stanley	8 PM - 11:00 PM @ Tapyard - CD

Friday

Live Music	6:00 PM @ Hi-Wire - LIM
An Evening With Drekker Brewing: Fermental	4:00 PM @ Fermental - CD
Dave Matthews Tribute Band	7:00 PM @ Bowstring - SPD
Live Music Friday: Dead Intentions - Fermental	7:00 PM @ Fermental - CD
The Dew Drops	7:00 PM @ Seven Mile Post - OGD
Dave Matthews Tribute	7:00 PM @ Bowstring - SPD
Free Jazz Friday	7:30-10:30 PM @ Bottega Wine Bar & Art Gallery - DT
Open Mic	8-11:00 PM @ Rooted Kava
Open Mic with Wes Sayer	8-11 PM @ The Harp - GFL
Whqr Stnl: The Asheville Mountain Boys	8:00 PM @ Live at Ted's - CSD
Juno Live At Seawitch	8:00 PM @ Seawitch - CB
Dirty Dead Live	9:00 PM @ Wilmington Distillery - DT
Open Mic Night Fridays	9:00 PM @ Bottega - ILM

Can’t make it tonight? Mark your calendar for Friday: the Dave Matthews Tribute Band takes Bowstring on a time-travel trip to the funky ‘90s with soaring violin lines, smooth sax, and all the sing-alongs you remember. $26.69, 7-10 PM.

-Jason