Events

Enrich your stay in Wilmington, North Carolina, by attending some of the many unique and festive annual events listed in this section. Choose from cultural celebrations, civic events, fundraisers or festivities surrounding the area's abundant natural resources. You'll find more things to do than you can ever fit into your calendar.

The BizTech Conference & Expo is the Wilmington region's largest business gathering. The 2012 event at the Wilmington Convention Center featured a keynote lunch with PPD founder Fred Eshelman and former Gov. Jim Hunt, strategy seminars on a range of topics and more than 100 exhibitors in Expo Hall. A BizTech...read more

Date TBD. Sponsored by the Cape Fear Model Railroad Society, this annual weekend event has been chosen several times as oneof the top 20 January events by the Southeast Tourism Society. It is a must-see for both novice and experienced model-train enthusiasts. You'll be treated to awesome displays of operating model-train...read more

January 25-27, 2013. If you love antiques, this show is for you. Sponsored by North Carolina Junior Sorosis, two local women's clubs, the event hosts more than 35 from ten states who will tempt you with a large and diverse selection of quality antiques, including furniture, glass, silver, china, jewelry, Oriental...read more

January 21, 2013. Martin Luther King Jr. Day has special resonance to Wilmingtonians because (among other reasons) Dr. King was scheduled to travel to Wilmington for a speaking engagement on the day he was assassinated. Wilmington honors his memory on the third Monday of January with a commemorative parade from Fifth...read more