Events

Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki and Cultural Affairs Director Tina Betz invite residents and visitors to enjoy the return of the City’s annual Independence Day fireworks show on Monday, July 4 starting at 9:15 p.m. (Rain date Tuesday, July 5.) The July 4th Freedom Celebration Fireworks Show by Pyrotecnico will be choreographed to recorded music at Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Park and […]

Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki, City Cultural Affairs Director Tina Betz, and Jerry duPhily of Out & About Magazine are excited announce the return of the first in-person Art Loop Wilmington in twenty months. Shuttered last spring due to the coronavirus pandemic, the rejuvenated Art Loop returns Friday, January 6, 2023. The popular FREE art exhibition, […]

Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki, City Cultural Affairs Director Tina Betz, and Jerry duPhily of Out & About Magazine are excited announce the return of the first in-person Art Loop Wilmington in twenty months. Shuttered last spring due to the coronavirus pandemic, the rejuvenated Art Loop returns Friday, December 3. The popular FREE art exhibition, now […]

Rescheduled due to COVID 19, New Date to be Announced

The Freedom Celebration Fireworks Show by Pyrotecnico will be livestreamed from Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Park; rain date is July 5 Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki and Cultural Affairs Director Tina Betz invite residents and visitors to enjoy the return of the City’s annual Independence Day fireworks show on Monday, July 4 starting with festivities beginning at 2pm with […]

As we continue to transition from a pandemic state to normalcy, the Riverfront Blues Festival will be taking another year of hiatus with hopes to return in 2023. Stay tuned! The Riverfront Blues Festival is a two-day, outdoor music festival held on the Wilmington waterfront. The longstanding blues festival has featured memorable performances from notable […]

Rodney Square THE FESTIVAL  The first multi-day jazz festival was held in 1988 on the open lawn in the center of the city.  Taking the name of Wilmington’s Clifford Brown several years later, the Clifford Brown Jazz Festival has grown into the largest free jazz festival on the East Coast. The City of Wilmington, city […]