Entertainment
A slam-packed weekend for Wilmington events, and nightlife comes to Castle Street
Welcome to the weekly Port City Life newsletter brought to you by me, StarNews reporter John Staton.
I went over to Castle Street last night to see Wilmington band Tercel crush the inaugural Tiny Caffe show at Luna Caffe. Inspired by NPR’s Tiny Desk concert, it’s going to be a monthly showcase for Wilmington bands.
The show was great, but it was also great to see a little nightlife coming to Castle Street. Crowds also gathered at Lil CBD at Fourth and Castle and at Sip N Chill next to Luna, and there were even a few people at the new mini-golf bar at Sixth and Castle.
With hundreds of new residential units coming to Castle Street, the nightlife is only going to pick up, so stay tuned.
Weekend weather outlook
It should be decent weather for Riverfest in Wilmington, with partly cloudy skies, a slight chance of rain, highs in the low 80s and lows in the mid 60s. We’ll take it!
Go | See | Do
Happy Riverfest weekend, everyone.
It’s an absolutely slam-packed entertainment calendar, because in addition to Riverfest, which is downtown Wilmington’s biggest fall festival, there’s also Fire In the Pines at Halyburton Park, Bark in the Park at Wrightsville Beach and Pets in the Park at Carolina Beach.
In terms of performances, it’s the last weekend for musical comedy “Young Frankenstein” at Thalian Hall (read our review), the Groove & Grub fundraiser for Wilmington nonprofit DREAMS Center for Arts Education and the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra has its first concert in retiring conductor Steven Errante’s final season.
Plus, Sunday will be a big day for music in Carolina Beach, as nearly a dozen venues put on shows to raise money for recent flood victims there as part of Concerts for Recovery.
Happenings: 16 things to do for Riverfest weekend in the Wilmington area
The Dish with Port City Foodies
Food writer Allison Ballard has a big list of restaurant openings and closings, as well as a list of area food events for October. Plus, a Brunswick County chef opens a new hyper-local restaurant in Southport.
Getting to know Wilmington cemeteries
It’s officially spooky season, so we take a look at some off-the-beaten-path Wilmington-area burying grounds, many of them quite old, from the calm and peaceful to the overgrown and kinda creepy.
Local history: 5 historic cemeteries in the Wilmington area that are off the beaten path
News you can use
If you’re looking to see a movie this weekend, “Monster Summer,” a coming-of-age movie starring Mel Gibson as a grizzled investigator that shot in Southport in 2021 and 2022, opens in theaters nationwide Oct. 4.
Plus, a big-name actor joins the cast of Wilmington-shot TV series “The Waterfront,” and historic Thalian Hall in downtown Wilmington makes some big announcements about its future.
‘Monster Summer’: Movie starring Mel Gibson that shot in Southport and Wilmington gets trailer, release date
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