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PCJ Mon Sept 8: Celebrate 10 Years of Taming Manes + Bourbon & Brews Festival

Your weekend guide: Bourbon, BBQ, bluegrass, and a special 10-year celebration.

Taste, toast, and tap your toes! Wilmington’s Bourbon, Bluegrass & Brews Festival is back this Saturday at Waterline Brewing Co., featuring smooth bourbon, smokey BBQ, and bluegrass bands that will have you dancing. Plus, Tame the Mane celebrates 10 years of “taming manes” tomorrow—come join the fun!

Post Malone Joins Blake Shelton as 2026 Carolina Country Music Festival Headliner

[News 13] Post Malone has been announced as the second headliner for the 2026 Carolina Country Music Festival in Myrtle Beach. Fresh off his debut country album, F-1 Trillion, which hit #1 on the Billboard 200, Post is set to join Blake Shelton for a powerhouse lineup next summer. The festival, known for bringing major names to the beach, runs June 4–7, 2026. More artist announcements are expected soon, and fans can expect one of CCMF’s biggest years yet.

Tickets for the 3-4 day music festival start at $330. You can purchase them here. 

Don’t Miss

Bourbon, Bluegrass & Brews Festival

SAT SEPT 13: 1-6PM @ Waterline Brewing Company - DT

🎻🥃 Bourbon, Bluegrass, & Brews Festival 🍻🎶

Where the bourbon is smooth, the BBQ is smokey, and the bluegrass is kicking!!

Join us at Waterline Brewing Co. on Saturday, September 13th, from 1–6 PM for an afternoon packed with live music, smooth bourbon, ice-cold craft beer, delicious BBQ, and local vendors!

🎵 Live Music by:

  • 🎤 Massive Grass

  • 🎤 Folkstone Stringband

  • 🥃 Bourbon Tasting by:

  • 🥃 End of Days

  • 🥃 Cape Fear Distillery

  • 🥃 Momentum

🍖 BBQ by:

  • 🍗 Feelin’ Swine BBQ

  • 🍗 KT’s BBQ

  • 🍺 Plus — Waterline craft beer, curated cocktail list, vendors, and so much more!

📍 Waterline Brewing Co., Wilmington, NC

📅 Saturday, Sept 13 | 🕐 1–6 PM


Live Music

Monday

Harken Here Folk Ensemble

Noon @ WHQR - DT

Open Mic

7:00 PM-Midnight @ Bazarre - ILM

Open Mic with Delia Stanley

8-11:30 PM @ Mad Katz - MJ

Frank Grant’s Music Mondays

8:00-11:00 PM @ Wilmington Distillery - DT

Tuesday

Open Mic

6:00 PM @ Burgaw Brewing - BG

Tuesday Drum Jam

6:30 PM-11PM @ Bazarre - ILM

Stu Cru Jamaru

7:00 PM @ The Bend - OGD

Open MIc

7:00 PM @ Island Beverage - CB

One Night of Queen

7:00 PM @ Wilson Center - CFCC (sold out)

Cape Fear Blues Jam

8:00 PM @ The Rusty Nail - ILM

Open Mic

7:00-10:00 PM @ Lulua's, A Pub

Wednesday

Live Music w/ Caroline Lemley

6:00 PM @ Ponysaurus Brewing - ILM

D.R.I. with Paralysis and TBA!

7:00 PM @ Reggie's on 42nd Street - DT

Open Mic

7:00-10:00 PM @ Celtic Monkey - ILM

Moonbreeze Jazz Combo

7:00-10:00 PM @ The Rusty Nail - DT

Hump Day Ham Jam

8:00 PM-11:00 PM @ Wilmington Distillery - ILM

Open Mic Night

9:00 PM - Midnight @ Bottega - BAD

Tame the Mane is celebrating 10 years of “Taming Manes” in Wilmington tomorrow - Sept 9: from 5-8 PM. Come by their Ogden Barbershop on 7316 Market St. and enjoy the celebration with PT Grill & Professor Dub 1000

-Jason