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Join the folks at Fermental as they celebrate the pleasantry of pickles with pickle beers, pickle wine, and more.

It's a SUPER PICKLE PARTY.
Saturday July 19th, 11am-11pm

Cleopatra swore by them. So did Julius Caesar and Napoleon Bonaparte. Pickles got their start more than 4,000 years ago, when ancient Mesopotamians began soaking cucumbers in acidic brine, as a way to preserve them. Since then, they have been a staple in cultures around the globe, renowned for their heartiness, health benefits and delicious taste.

PICKLES!

This DILL-ICIOUS Saturday will be accompanied by live music, a local food truck, coffee cart, and plenty of pickle-related pageantry.

*PICKLE EATING CONTEST 3PM
*PICKLE BEER + PICKLE WINE ALL DAY!
*PICKLE COTTON CANDY!
*PICKLE MIMOSAS!
*PICKLE SWAG!
*PICKLE EVERYTHING!

Sips & Joy Coffee Cart 12pm

FOOD TRUCK: Lyne's Concessions - Smashburgers & more 5pm
LIVE MUSIC: Tail Light Rebellion 4pm
LIVE MUSIC: Andrew Kasab 7pm

Family friendly. Pet friendly.
FREE parking available throughout the Cargo District.
Call 910-821-0362 for details.

A coming-of-(old)-age film following an octogenarian woman named Ruth as she adjusts to assisted living, grappling with conflicting desires and shifting self-narratives amidst fading memories and evolving age identity.

Sarah Friedland's debut is an intimate and loving portrait that combines the physical language of caregiving and the precise choreography of Ruth's body to center the experience of living as an aging human. The film was created in collaboration with the residents and staff of a retirement community in Pasadena, California.

Familiar Touch screened twice at the 30th annual Cucalorus Film Festival. Gabe Elder, the cinematographer, taught an Intro to Film for Older Adults class during the festival as well!

The 2025 Vivace International Music Festival’s opening showcase presents virtuoso cellist Andrew Shulman, violin stars Dmitri Berlinsky and Amy Schwartz-Moretti and award-winning pianists Paolo Gualdi, Christopher Guzman, and Dmitri Vorobiev in a program of Debussy, Ravel, Piazzolla, and Mendelssohn. From the impressionism of Debussy to the passion of Piazzolla, this is chamber music at its finest.

Called the “Van Cliburn of today” by the BBC, pianist Alexander Kobrin has placed himself at the forefront of today’s performing musicians. In his sixth appearance with the Vivace International Music Festival, he presents a program of Schubert and Schumann. As New York Arts says, “Few listeners would fail to be… carried away by Kobrin’s brilliant technique and intuitive sense of Schumann’s poetry.”

Discover the stars of tomorrow – violinist Laurel Gagnon and pianist Yizhen Chen present a program that strikes a perfect balance between classical rigor and romantic spirit. Presenting such masterpieces as Bach Toccata in D and Schumann’s gorgeous Violin Sonata in a, this will be a memorable program full of revelations and surprises.

A piano-lovers dream recital from pianist Marc-André Hamelin of monumental works by Schumann, Weinberg, and Beethoven. Join the Vivace International Music Festival on August 8th to experience this “performer of near-superhuman technical prowess” (The New York Times) and one of the great artists of today.

The 2025 Vivace International Music Festival closes its Faculty Artist Series with a Vivace Extravaganza! Co-artistic directors Marina Lamazov and Joseph Rackers lead a dazzling display of multiple chamber music and piano ensembles, with Shostakovich’s Waltz from the Jazz Suite No. 2 as grand-finale!

Encore Magazine and Wilmington Peace Festival are teaming up to bring you Songs of Peace! Music, speakers, raffles, interactive activities, food, beer, and more! Free and open to the public!

Due to the tremendous success of last year’s inaugural event, Wilmington’s VegFest 2019 will span two days. An exciting lineup of speakers and vegan celebrities will be on hand to educate, showcase and inspire with a variety of family-friendly activities that focus on the vegan lifestyle. In addition to demos, speakers and some 50 vendors, attendees can look forward to food trucks, craft beer and live music. Education Day is set for Saturday, March 30th from 10 am until 5 pm at the venue Events! On Front which is located at 130 N. Front Street. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn all about the benefits and how-tos of a plant-based lifestyle. The festivities continue on Sunday March 31st at the Coastline Convention Center where vendors and demos will further showcase all things vegan. In case you missed it, 2019 was declared the “Year of the Vegan” by several major news outlets. Forbes predicts that 2019 will be the year that more people embrace a plant-based lifestyle and The Economist says that veganism will be this year’s most popular topic. Here’s your chance to discover what all the buzz is about! Tickets for the 2-day festival are $10. Kids under the age of 18 get in for free with a paying adult. Two nonprofits, Wilmington Vegan and North Carolina Farmed Animals Save are working directly with Helene Greenberg, the executive director and promoter of Triangle VegFest/NC Vegfests. For more information on Wilmington VegFest or how to become a sponsor, please visit: https://wilmingtonvegfest.com/ Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/ncvegfests/