Wilmy Weekly: October 29th

What's Happenin' in Wilmington 👀

Thursday, Oct 29

• 🎤 Indigo Girls: Wilson Center at CFCC, 7pm. Tickets are through AXS.

• 🍷 The Art of Food & Wine Dinner: With a Southern Accent: Cameron Art Museum, 6pm, $150. A curator-led tour of the exhibition, then a five-course dinner from CAM Cafe chef Chip Pridgen with a wine pairing for each course. Reserve by phone at (910) 777-2363.

• 🍸️ Master Cocktail Class: End of Days Distillery, 6–8pm. Learn to shake and stir like a pro. Tickets are through the distillery.

• 🔥 Blankets & Bonfires Music Series: Carolina Beach Pier, 7–10pm. Live music on the pier presented by High Tide Lounge & Tiki Bar. Bring a blanket.

Friday, Oct 30

• 🤠 Western Party @ End of Days: End of Days Distillery, 11am–9pm, free. An all-day western party with line dancing from Connection Dance Co (6:30–8:30pm), a mechanical bull (7–9pm) and a Cowboy Cocktail Menu.

• 🔪 Films on Tap: Friday the 13th: Flytrap Brewing, 7pm. Movie night in the pumpkin patch with free popcorn.

• 🎃 Hidden Ships Halloween Party: Hidden Ships Distillery, 6–11pm, free. Costume contests at 7 and 9pm, Halloween cocktails and candy for trick-or-treaters of all ages.

• 😂 Brittany Schmitt at Dead Crow Comedy: Dead Crow Comedy Room, 7 and 9:30pm Friday and Saturday. The LA comic has opened for Theo Von and Chris Redd. Tickets are through Dead Crow.

• 🕯️ Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics: The Elia, doors 8pm, music 8:45pm, $40. A string quartet plays Danse Macabre and themes from Psycho, Beetlejuice and The Addams Family.

• 👻 Battleship NORTH CAROLINA Ghost Hunt & Tour: Battleship North Carolina, 8pm–2am, $149. An overnight ghost hunt run by Haunted Rooms America. Tickets are limited and the Saturday hunt is already sold out.

Saturday, Oct 31

• 🐕️ Paws in the Park Adoption Event: Long Leaf Park, 10am–noon. Meet adoptable pets from It Takes A Village Rescue NC. Apply ahead of time if you want to take your new friend home the same day.

• 🎣 Stoked Ty Cobb King Mackerel Tournament: Stoked Restaurant, 1–5pm. The tournament wraps up with weigh-ins from 2 to 5pm, live music, raffles and a silent auction benefiting the Carolina Beach Inlet Association.

• 🎨 Art Haus Halloween: Tap Yard, 4–10pm. A local arts festival with a blacklight visual art show featuring 15 artists plus Port City Ukuholics, Mars in Spring and a community drum circle.

• 🛶 Halloween Spooky Paddle: Greenfield Lake Amphitheater, 6pm, $64. A one-hour guided kayak trip with ghost stories as the sun goes down. Kayak, paddle and life jacket are included.

• 👻 Halloween Paranormal Ghost Tour at Poplar Grove: Poplar Grove Historic Plantation, tours at 6 and 8pm, $25. A 90-minute tour of the manor house, tenant house and grounds. Advance online booking is required and it may not suit children under 12.

• 🔍️ Wilmington True Crime Tour: Triangle Walking Tours, 5pm, $15. A one-hour walk through Wilmington's darker history, from 1840s murders to WWII-era spying.

Sunday, Nov 1

• 🎷 Sunday Jazz Jam at Fermental: Fermental, 5–8pm. Hosted by local artist Jay Killman with a house band, and performers of all levels are welcome.

• 🎸 Open Mic at Leland Brewing: Leland Brewing, 6–8pm.

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Live Music 🎸

Thursday

• The Bend | MACKENZIE MORRIS | 6pm–9pm

• Wilson Center at CFCC | Indigo Girls | 7pm

• Carolina Beach Pier | Blankets & Bonfires Music Series | 7pm–10pm

• The Blind Elephant | Jazz with Adam Fenton, Riley Ball & Dillon Goodson | 8pm–10pm

Friday

• Hi-Wire Brewing | Live Music at Hi-Wire | 6pm–9pm

• GPrime Steakhouse | Jazz with Randy Johnston & Dillon Goodson | 6:30pm–9:30pm

• The Bend | OC3ANS | 7pm–10pm

• Bowstring | Whiskey Glasses: Morgan Wallen Tribute | 7pm–10pm

• The Palm Room | Churchyard Ghost | 10pm

Saturday

• Bowstring | Given to Fly: Pearl Jam Tribute | 7pm–10pm

• The Bend | JA_X_SON | 7pm–10pm

• Waterline Brewing | Tomato Basil The Band | 7pm–9pm

• The Rusty Nail | Rocker's Halloween Bash | 7pm

• SeaWitch Tiki Bar | MGB | 8pm

Sunday

• Fermental | Sunday Jazz Jam | 5pm–8pm

Food Trucks 🚛

EASTSIDE
October 29 | Biggers Market | 5pm–8pm
October 30 | Trask Family Farms (Castle Hayne) | 5pm–7pm

PORT CITY QUE
October 29 | NAPA Auto Parts (Burgaw) | 11am–2pm
October 30 | Hudson's Hardware (Castle Hayne) | 11am–2pm

WILMYWOODIE
October 29 | LBC Bottle Shop (Hampstead) | 4pm–8:30pm
October 30 | LBC Bottle Shop (Hampstead) | 4pm–9:30pm

WASABI WHEELS
October 29 | The Eagle's Dare | 6pm–9pm
October 30 | Freya's Haus | 6pm–9pm

GUSTU PERUANO
October 29 | Flytrap Brewing | 5pm–8pm

2 BROS COASTAL CUISINE
October 30 | DrumTrout Brewing Co. | 5pm–8pm

COASTAL 523
October 30 | Nightmare on the Pier | 5pm–10pm

LEO'S PIZZA
October 30 | Mad Mole Brewing | 5pm–8pm

PEPE'S TACO TRUCK
October 30 | Flytrap Brewing | 6pm–10pm

Truck schedules can change, so check their socials before you head out.

Wilmington News and Updates

Opa by Giorgios opens Monday on the Cape Fear River: Giorgios Bakatsias' newest restaurant, a coastal Greek and Mediterranean spot at 14 Harnett St. downtown, held its soft opening Oct. 28 with a ribbon cutting alongside Mayor Bill Saffo. The official opening is Nov. 2, and you can reserve a table at opabygiorgios.com starting then.

Free mulch is yours for the loading: The city's final mulch giveaway of 2026 is Friday, Oct. 30, from 8am to 2pm or until supplies run out. Head to the overflow lot behind Legion Stadium at 2149 Carolina Beach Road and enter from West Lake Shore Drive (right turn only). Bring a shovel because loading is on you, and leave commercial trucks at home. It is open to all area residents, not just folks inside city limits.

Last call for early voting: In-person early voting ends at 3pm Saturday, Oct. 31. Bring a photo ID and check New Hanover County's wait time tracker before you go.

Fall back this weekend: Daylight saving time ends at 2am Sunday, Nov. 1, so you get an extra hour of sleep. Phones and computers adjust on their own, but appliance and car clocks may need a manual change.

CFCC's research vessel is headed for a second life as a reef: Cape Fear Community College plans to donate the R/V Cape Hatteras to the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries. The ship would be sunk about 18 miles off Wrightsville Beach as habitat for marine life and a spot for fishing and diving. Preparation will take three to four months, with deployment tentatively planned for spring.

Brunswick Nuclear Plant emergency zones are being redrawn: The number of zones grows from 13 to 20 inside the same 10-mile planning area, so some properties will get new zone numbers. Duke Energy's updated interactive map goes live Monday, Nov. 2 and postcards go out in early November. Questions can go to Brunswick County Emergency Management at 910-253-5383.

Looking Ahead

Friday, Nov 6 | Celebrate Downtown, Riverfront Park (5–8:30pm, Hocus Pocus at 6:45pm, moved from Oct 30)
Nov 6–8 | Cape Fear Kite Festival, Fort Fisher State Recreation Area (free)
Nov 6–8 | Port City Blitz punk fest, Waterline Brewing
Friday, Nov 6 | Drake Milligan: Tumbleweed Tour, Bowstring
Friday, Nov 6 | The Electric Light Orchestra Experience, Wilson Center
Saturday, Nov 7 | Switchfoot with Anberlin, Greenfield Lake Amphitheater
Nov 7–8 | Monty Python's Spamalot
Sunday, Nov 8 | Two Eagles Oyster Roast, The Eagle's Dare

Weather 🌡️

Friday
57🌡️79 | ☀️1% | 💨NE 7 mph
Saturday
57🌡️77 | 🌤️6% | 💨NE 12 mph
Sunday
61🌡️77 | 🌧️40% | 💨E 13 mph
Monday
62🌡️78 | 🌧️44% | 💨NE 9 mph

🌊🌡️ Ocean temperature = 69°F