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Celebrate the thriving craft beer culture of Wilmington and Island Beaches during Cape Fear Craft Beer Week.

Enjoy a series of events spotlighting area breweries, bottleshops, restaurants, and craft-centric businesses. The ten-day celebration includes new releases from local breweries, the Ultimate Brewing Championship, a Craft Bike Ride & Scavenger Hunt as well as tap takeovers at local bottle shops, live music at breweries and much more.

End the week with Cape Fear Craft & Cuisine, held in beautiful Airlie Gardens along the banks of Bradley Creek. An elegant evening perfect for foodies and craft beer aficionados alike, local chefs and participating breweries will serve inventive small plates paired with beer samples.

From the craft beer connoisseur to those new to the scene, Cape Fear Craft Beer Week is a great way to immerse yourself in the growing craft beer culture.

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Back in 2010, a local Wilmington resident with a penchant for craft beer decided to put together a beer festival to highlight the many blossoming micro-breweries in Wilmington and the Cape Fear area. What started as an ambitious idea following a few rounds of local craft beer has evolved into the premier beer festival in Wilmington, going on a decade.

Every year is a learning experience, and we take the feedback and suggestions from you, the attendees, to the make the next year better than the last. The festival brings together local residents (that are 21 and older) and local craft brewers for a day of fun and entertainment while highlighting the ever-expanding craft brewing culture in the Cape Fear region. With over 100 local and regional beers and wines to taste, it’s the perfect opportunity to indulge yourself in the Cape Fear craft beer brewing and winery culture.

From the beginning, the goal was to bring together the community, giving local brewers a chance to highlight their craft, and local residents a chance to taste a variety of local beers all in one place. The sense of community has been very important to us from the beginning, and each year we partner with a local non-profit organization to highlight the work they perform in the community. A portion of the festival proceeds will also go to the partner non-profit organization. Prior non-profit partners include the Wilmington Downtown Initiative and Bravo Alpha Foundation. This year we are teaming with the folks at the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce.  With the appropriate membership and support through benefits like this, the Chamber’s leadership can continue their focus on lobbying, community improvement, and economic development made that much harder in the wake of Hurricane Florence.

For more information visit their website https://www.capefearbeerfest.com

Come on out and join us for our Spring Oyster Roast Parking lot party at Waterman’s Brewing! We will be working with the North Carolina Oyster Growers Association to help bring awareness to the farms located here in North Carolina.

VIP tickets available for $55 thru 2/15 and then go to $65. VIP Tickets to include all you can eat raw oysters shucked from the growers themselves and all you can eat steamed oysters.

General Admission is $5 to the event and steamed oysters can be purchased for $12 per dozen. Live Music will be provided by Jared Michael Cline (12p-2p), Delia and Friends (2p-4p) and closing out with Folkstone String Bank (4p-6p)

Flytrap Family Fun Day at Carolina Beach State Park on March 30th, 2019 features a celebration of what Royal Governor Arthur Dobbs in 1759 described as a “catch fly sensitive found at Latitude 34” – the famous Venus Flytrap. The event includes crafts, games, face painting, interpreters in period costume, and carnivorous plant hikes. Meet at the Picnic Area at 10 am to 2 pm. Admission is free!

For more information, call the park office at 910-458-8206.

If you love live Jazz and Blues and don’t mind eating some of the best fresh local seafood you’ll ever put in your mouth then you need to be at The 25th Annual Pleasure Island Seafood Blues and Jazz Festival!