Kathy Knight, BROKER/REALTOR, ABR, CRS, GRI

Lots happening here in Wilmington and its Beaches weekend...

Beach to Battleship Triathalon - all day Saturday - will cut off traffic starts at Wrightsville Beach and then heads downtown to Battleship. They expect city traffic to be backed up all day. Watch out for runners and bikers.

11th Annual Festival Latino will take place Saturday at Hugh McRae Park from 11-8. Food, fun and entertainment. Sports Resale at Legion Stadium - all day 9-8pm. $1.00 to attend.

WineTasting at the Cape Fear Museum Benefit - $ 65.00. See www.capefearmuseum.org.

Soup for the Troops will take place at Mayfaire Town Center from 11 - 3 pm. $2.00 to attend.

Kite Festival at Wrightsville Beach all day Saturday and Sunday. Great event - huge kites of all kinds of things....

NEWSFLASH!! NEWSFLASH!! The town of Carolina Beach last night at the council meeting passed a resolution to build a new pier and AQUARIUM. The aquarium would be a joint effort between the city of Carolina Beach and NC Aquarium. This is great news for the central business district of Carolina Beach and the neighboring properties - namely the Beach Harbour subdivision pictured above. These several parcels of land are currently vacant having been purchased as part of the now defunct Arcadius project. This will certainly be a shot in the arm for the local economy that will need to build it and support but benefit from increased area traffic and business. By the way I have a condo for sale in the above building for $ 159,900. What a great buy and who can beat that location... Posted by WELCOMEtotheBEACH- BEACHES

Saturday, October 10, 2009

What's Happening this Weekend in Wilmington , NC and its Beaches

This weekend at Pleasure Island - Carolina and Kure Beaches is the Pleasure Island Seafood and Jazz Festival. There will be 15 bands including Delbert McClinton among the notables. There will be food, crafts, drinks and great views of the Cape Fear River. Don't miss this one. All info can be obtained on the Pleasure Island website- http://www.pleasureislandnc.org/. Tickets are $30.00 for this event.

ART IN THE ARBORETUM
The Arboretum located at 6206 Oleander Drive in Wilmington will be the site for two days of Art in The Arboretum. Price: $5.00 free for children 14 and under
Phone: (910) 798-7660
Age Suitability: All Ages
Saturday, October 10, 2009 - Sunday, October 11, 2009
Saturday, October 10th 10:00AM-4:00PM and Sunday, October 11th 10:00AM-4:00PM
The Arboretum located at 6206 Oleander Drive in Wilmington will be the site for two days of Art in The Arboretum. The event will feature many well-known local artists works displayed and for purchase, not only works on canvas but other potters, wood artists, all sorts of sculptures and basket weavers. It will be one of the largest gatherings of outdoor art in the area. The Ability Garden will also have a plant sale with small, reasonably priced fall plants. Live music will be provided by local area musicians. What better time to stroll the Arboretum's beautiful grounds and spend time by the dragon sculpture and water features or discover the japanese tea house and garden. It's two days of fun for the entire family. Children can explore the children's garden and cottage and there's even picnic tables and shade.
Delight in the warm beauty of Autumn in Southeastern North Carolina and get ideas for plants and shrubs you can plant at home--it's all at the Art in the Arboretum, Saturday, October 10th from 10:00am to 4:00pm and Sunday, October 11th from 10:00am to 4:00pm.
Admission is $5.00 and free for children 14 and under.

October 3-4 - Riverfest - one of Wilmington's biggest festivals is this weekend. Celebrating its 31 year history the festival sited alongside the Cape Fear is expected to draw 100,000 people this year. There are hundreds of crafters, shagging by the river, an 8k mile race, a benefit for Students, a kids zone, an advernture zone. a wakeboarding event on the river, fireworks on Saturday night, lots of free bands, skateboarding, food -great fair type food - fried dough, hot sausage, turkey legs etc. The 54-foot privateer Meka II of Beaufort will be docked just off the Coast Guard lot on Water Street. It comes "armed" with eight cannons and can be viewed on Saturday and Sunday.
Plan to come and enjoy the festivities and the great food.... Also there are great places to stay in town - quaint BandB's and hotels - let me know if you need a recommendation.

Also on Friday night , October 2, from 6- 9 pm, there is the 1st of the month artists tour of the WAWAs - Wrightsville Area Working Studios artists association. The First Fridays Studio Crawl is their special open house event held the 1st Friday of every month. Discover what the WAWAS are all about... WAWAS include Deborah Cavanaugh- folk artist and jewelry designer at 5028 Wrightsville Avenue, Mitzy Jonkeheer - metalsmith , 214 pine Grove Drive, Julia Jensen - handmade glass beads, 231 Dixie Ave and Gail Powell - oils and watercolors, 820 Macmillan Ave apt 9, Village green Apts. Come to see Wilmington talented artists in their own venues..

Festivals, Festivals and more festivals are what's going on in Wilmington NC and its surrounding area.... Saturday and Sunday there are competing festivals - the brand new Italian fest that will be held in Leland in the Cross Creek Commons in front of Walmart. There is to be food and more food, games, and music. I am sure you can even find a bocce game to play too. You can find our more information about this event at www.capefearitalianfestival.com

Also in Hampstead there is the Spot Festival. The spot fish is served at this event and although I have gone and not eaten the spot - people really tend to enjoy it. There will be all kinds of food, entertainment and crafters. This is on Hwy 17 in Hampstead where there will be lots of parking. You can check out more information at www.ncspotfestival.com.

Tonite in downtown Wilmington is the local 4th Friday Gallery Nights from 6- 9 pm. Downtown art galleries and studios open themselves to the public in a self guided after hours tour of the local arts community. This is a free event and the galleries participating can be found at wwww.fourthfridayswilmington.com.