Schedule:
Azalea Festival Boxing Tournament
The North Carolina Azalea Festival Boxing Tournament will be held Saturday, April 6 - Sunday, April 7 from 2 pm - 5 pm, with weigh-ins on Friday, April 5.
The event showcases some of the finest boxers from the National and International level of competition & from the military branches. Boxers age 8-16 and 17-34 and Master Boxers 35-up compete in six divisions from 55lb-201lb+. Participation in the past has come from North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, New Jersey, Maryland, Washington D.C., Pennsylvania, and more from around the country. This is a USA Boxing Sanctioned Tournament.
Queen Azalea & VIP Invited Guests have been coming to the event since 1978. The tournament is open to all states and all boxers who would love to come to Wilmington and enjoy the excitement of the North Carolina Azalea Festival.
Boxing Registration Click Here
Cost: Free
Location: Wilmington Convention Center
Beauty And The Beast Presented By Thalian Association
Thalian Association Community Theatre presents Disney’s Beauty and the Beast!
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Friday April 5, 2024 - Sunday April 14, 2024
Friday - Saturday Time: 7:30 pm
Sunday Time: 2:00 pm
Step into the enchanted world of Broadway’s classic, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, an international sensation that has been produced in 37 countries worldwide. Based on the Academy Award-winning animated feature, the stage version includes the wonderful songs written by Alan Menken and the late Howard Ashman, along with new songs by Mr. Menken and Tim Rice. The classic story tells of Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, and the Beast, who is really a young prince trapped under the spell of an enchantress. If the Beast can learn to love and be loved, the curse will end, and he will be transformed into his former self. But time is running out. If the Beast does not learn his lesson soon, he and his household will be doomed for all eternity.
Azalea Garden Tour
Friday, Apr 05 - Sunday, Apr 07
The Cape Fear Garden Club’s 2024 Azalea Garden Tour, April 5th through 7th, will open at 10am – 5pm each day. The garden tour theme is “Beyond the Garden Gate”. Plein Air Artists will be painting in the 10 private gardens all weekend.
Airlie Gardens will be open on Saturday and Sunday only during the tour. Proceeds from the Azalea Garden Tour will be given away as grants to local nonprofit organizations for beautification, conservation and educational projects in New Hanover County.
Street Fair
The Street Fair provides an array of shopping and food opportunities with over 250 Vendors along the streets of historic downtown. The Street Fair will also feature plenty of entertainment with special areas such as the Children’s Area and a Performing Arts Stage featuring multicultural and children's performances!
Sunday 10 am – 6 pm
Performing Arts Stage
FREE family-friendly multicultural and children’s performances. This takes place Saturday & Sunday, April 6 & 7, 2024.
Street Fair Children’s Area
The Street Fair Children’s Area is a family-friendly part of the Street Fair made just for kids! Guests enjoy family-friendly vendors, and hands-on activities. This is a FREE event that takes place Saturday & Sunday, April 6 & 7, 2024.
Mini Golf Party With Alex Highsmith Presented By Perry’s Emporium At Jungle Rapids
Attend a Mini Golf Party with NFL Pittsburgh Steeler and Wilmington hometown celebrity, Alex Highsmith!
Each player receives 18 holes of mini golf at Jungle Rapids; at one of the holes Alex Highsmith will be available to take photographs, sign autographs, and putt around with you! You also will receive a $5 Jungle Rapids Arcade Card and fun swag! Ticket price is the same for adults or children; children must be supervised by a parent/guardian at all times.
Only individuals with paid tickets will have access to the course. Adults must purchase a ticket to chaperone their children.
Participants will sign up in advance for a specific time slot to play:
9 am – 10 am
10:30 am – 11:30 am
12 noon – 1 pm
Participants must complete the course in their time slot. There will be four participants on a hole at a time; individual ticket holders will be paired with others. In order for a party of four to play together, please register all tickets under one name.
This is a rain or shine event.
Fifty percent of this event’s proceeds will be donated to the Alex Highsmith Family Foundation.
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