
11/20-12/31: Cape Fear Festival of Trees – North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher
12/1: Island of Lights Christmas Parade – Lake Park Blvd, Carolina Beach
12/1-22: Enchanted Airlie – Airlie Gardens
12/1-3: The Holiday Flea at BAC – Brooklyn Arts Center
12/1-16: Star of Wonder, Star of Night – Poplar Grove Plantation
12/1-17: Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!) – Cape Fear Playhouse
12/1,2: Ballet for Young Audiences/ The Nutcracker – Thalian Hall
12/1, 2, 3, 9, 10: Christmas Toy & Train Show – Grissettown Longwood Fire & Rescue, Ocean Isle Beach
12/2: Battleship Alive! – USS North Carolina Battleship
12/2-3: Old Wilmington by Candlelight Tour – Latimer House
12/2,3: A Carolina Nutcracker – CFCC / The Wilson Center
12/2: Island of Lights Christmas Flotilla – Snow’s Cut to Carolina Beach Boat Basin
12/2-1/7: Art of Illumination: Lanterns at CAM – Cameron Art Museum
12/2, 9, 16, 17, 23: Train & Light Spectacular – Wilmington Railroad Museum
12/2, 9, 16: Christmas by the Sea – Carolina Beach Boardwalk
12/2: The Shallotte Christmas Parade – Main Street and HWY 130
12/3: Wilmington Holiday Parade – Front & Water St. Downtown Wilmington
12/8-10, 15-17: A Christmas Story: The Musical – Thalian Hall
12/8-9: Holly Jolly Holiday Stroll – Downtown Wilmington
12/8: Greenfield Tree Lighting and Holiday Movie – Greenfield Lake Park at the Hugh Morton Amphitheater & Rotary Garden
12/9: 5K Jingle Bell Run – Wrightsville Beach Museum of History
12/9: Island of Lights Tour of Homes – Carolina & Kure Beach
12/9: A Christmas Stroll Through the Past – Bellamy Mansion, Burgwin-Wright House & St. James Episcopal Church
12/9: A Charlie Brown Christmas – CFCC / The Wilson Center
12/9-10: Poplar Grove Arts & Crafts Festival – Poplar Grove Plantation
12/10: CAM Floating Lantern Ceremony – Cameron Art Museum
12/14: Cherish the Ladies: Celtic Christmas – Thalian Hall
12/14-17: Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol – Kenan Auditorium, UNCW
12/16-17: Santa by the Sea – North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher
12/16: Southport Ugly Sweater 5K – Waterfront Park, Southport
12/17, 28, 30: UNCW Men’s Basketball vs. Greensboro College – Trask Coliseum
12/20: The North Carolina Symphony: Holiday Pops – CFCC / The Wilson Center
12/22: Choral Concert: Christmas at St. Paul’s – St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
12/31: New Year’s Eve Gala – Thalian Hall
12/31: Children’s Museum New Year’s Noon – The Children’s Museum of Wilmington
12/31: Island of Lights 2017 New Year Celebration – Carolina Beach Boardwalk
12/31: New Year’s Eve Winner Party Boat Cruise – Royal Winner Princess II in Carolina Beach
12/31: New Year’s Eve 2017 Bacchanalia – TheatreNOW / Downtown Wilmington
12/31: Midnight in Paris – Le Catalan Café / Downtown Wilmington
1/1: Sunset Beach Day 1 Run – 5K & Polar Plunge – 1st and E. Main Sunset Beach