Entertainment in Wilmington runs on arts, live events, media and popular culture, and coverage here follows all of it. Reporting focuses on cultural happenings, major performances and the industry trends that shape local offerings.
The New Hanover Community Endowment award will fund an education pavilion and an art park as attendance hit a record high.
Live Poll
Should local governments and donors fund community arts institutions like museums?
The Wilmington exhibition highlights eastern North Carolina's sporting and fine art heritage.
The inaugural festival at the 1898 Memorial brought together vendors, historians, genealogists and descendants ahead of the massacre's anniversary.
Veteran stunt performer John Gilbert discusses his decades-long career and new memoir at the WECT Digital Studio.
Live Poll
Would you tune in to watch a new weekly local programming block on your television?
The new family-friendly programming block debuts in Wilmington on September 27, 2026.
The band closed their encore in Wilmington with a rare rendition of the 1983 hit Burning Down The House.
Wilmington reporting spans arts, live events, media and cultural happenings. Coverage reaches across the city and the communities around it. Seasonal festivals and public venue schedules create unique patterns of local activity throughout the calendar year. Public interest in large-scale productions and the economic impact of the arts remain the most consistent drivers of this coverage.
