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PCP Wed May 21: 3. Free Music + Fireworks All Summer Long 🌊🎇

Fireworks, music, and beachside dancing—Carolina Beach just dropped its summer lineup.

Start your summer right—Carolina Beach just dropped the 2025 Boardwalk Blast lineup, and it’s packed with 15 weeks of free concerts and fireworks. Whether you’re into funk, soul, country, or Beatles covers, there’s something for everyone at the gazebo stage. Grab your crew, your lawn chairs, and maybe a frozen drink—it all kicks off this Friday with Port City Shakedown.

Don’t Miss

Sonic Duos

THUR MAY 22: 8PM @ Bazarre - ILM
For our May 22nd show, Hooked on Sonics will present a series of duos among a set of performers and invitees, a mixture of composed and experimental sounds. Performers include Meat Candy, Authorless, CTb, and Carl Kruger.

70’s Day Party

SAT MAY 24: 2-6Pm @ Ironclad Brewery - DT
Better is Possible CDC is throwing it back with a 70’s Day Party Fundraiser — and YOU’RE invited!

Bust out your bell bottoms, platform shoes, and best disco fits for a funky good time!

This isn’t just a party—it’s a PURPOSE. All proceeds support our continued efforts to help the youth in our community thrive.

Live Music

Wednesday

7:00 PM

Live Music

Ponysaurus Beer Garden - ILM

6:00 PM

Keeping It Country Live

Gio Fund Event Center - LL

7:00 PM

Shane Meacom Live

Larry’s Deli-Que - TS

7-10 PM

Open Mic

Celtic Monkey - ILM

7-10 PM

Open Mic

Palate - ILM

8-11 PM

Hump Day Ham Jam

Wilmington Distillery - ILM

7:00 PM

Open Mic Night

Bottega - BAD

Thursday

5:00 PM

Open Mic with Chris Nash

LIV DBD - ILM

6:00 PM

Champ St. Amand

Cameron Art Museum - ILM

6:30-9:30PM

Open Mic

Wilmington Wine - ILM

6:00 PM

Open Mic

Grinders - ILM

6:00 PM-8:00 PM

Live at Cam Cafe w/ Shamp St. Amand

Cameron Art Museum - ILM

6:00 PM

A Skylit Drive

The Eagle's Dare - DT

6:00 PM-9:00 PM

Joe Copple

Dockside - WB

6:00 PM

A Skylit Drive

The Eagle's Dare - DT

7:00 PM

Town Mountain W/ Dawn Landes

Bowstring - SPD

7:00 PM

Joey Blackburn Live

Larry’s Deli-Que - TS

7:00 PM

Drum Circle

Bottega - ILM

7:00 PM

Open Mic

The Bend - OGD

8:00 PM

Open Mic

Tapyard - CD

8:30 PM

Kind Hearted Strangers With The High Riders

The Palm Room - WB

FRIDAY

5:00 PM

Free Concert Friday: A Tribute To The Foo Fighters With Hey, Johnny Park & More!

The Eagle's Dare - DT

5:00 PM

Jeremy Mathews

Coquina Fishbar - MF

6:00 PM

Live Music

Hi-Wire - LIM

6:00 PM

Delia Stanley

Bigger's Market - ILM

6:00 PM

Live Music

Seagate Bottle Shop - ILM

6:00 PM

Tater-Pop

Brunswick Beer Xchange - LL

6:00 PM

Jesse Stockton Duo - Free Live Music @ Sunset Live Music Series

Marina Grill - ILM

6:00 PM

Live Music With Tater Pop & Well Fed Ed

Brunswick Beer Xchange - LL

6:00 PM

Back Flash Live

Gio Fund Event Center - LL

6:00 PM-9:00 PM

Delia Stanley

Bigger's Market - ILM

6:00 PM-9:00 PM

Leaf & Barrel (Hampstead)

Larry’s Deli-Que - TS

6:00 PM-9:00 PM

Tater-Pop

Brooklyn Arts Center - BA

6:00 PM

Jesse Stockton Duo

Pier 33 at Port City Marina - DT

6:30 PM-9:30 PM

Port City Shakedown

Boardwalk Blast Music Series - CB

6:30 PM-9:30 PM

6th Anniversary Celebration Featuring The Doorsman

Rooster & The Crow - DT

6:30 PM

The Doorsman

Rooster & The Crow - DT

7:00 PM

Will Maxwell L Live @ Cloud 9

Cloud 9 - ILM

7:00 PM

Beth Manning

Tapyard - ILM

7:00 PM

Jazz Friday

Bottega Wine Bar & Art Gallery - DT

7:00 PM

Shane Meacom Live

Larry’s Deli-Que - TS

7:00 PM

Dekker Road

Bowstring - SPD

8:00 PM

Spare Change Live At Seawitch

SeaWitch - CB

8:00 PM

Catesby Jones

Live at Teds - ILM

8:00 PM

Chessie & The Quitters

The Exchange Barbershop & Lounge - DT

8:00 PM

The Investigators

The Rusty Nail - DT

9:00 PM

Open Mic Night Fridays

Bottega - ILM

10:00 PM

Check Your Head

The Palm Room - WB

10:00 PM

Dirty Dead

Wilmington Distillery  - DT

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-Jason