Wilmy Weekly: October 10th

Fall Market at The Starling Bar, Touch-A-Truck, Haunted Laser Tag, Veg Out Festival, and more!

October 10, 2024

We’re already approaching the midpoint of October! Let Wilmy Weekly save you some time by offering suggestions and organizing your weekend, so you can get to the fun with just a click of a button!

In today's Wilmy Weekly:

  • 👀 What’s Happenin’ this weekend

  • 🍁 Cargo District’s Fall Festival

  • 🧋Local Spotlight: It’s Coffee Time

  • 🎸 Live Music Spots and Taco Trucks

  • 🎞️ Wilmington News: Cucalorus Film Festival

Let’s get to it!

What’s Happenin’ in Wilmington 👀

Thursday, October 10th

  • Taste of Golf at Shell Island Resort: Grab your tickets online for an exclusive, exquisite event featuring the top chefs from country clubs and restaurants around Wilmington. The Theme of the night is “Around The World.” Grab your tickets now online before they’re gone! 6pm to 9pm.

  • Paws4People Benefit: From 6pm to 9:30pm, reserve tickets now for wine tasting, a live auction, designer shoping, a fashion show, and more! Hosted at the Warwick Center at UNCW.

  • The Indie Night Market at Dram Tree Tavern: The Indie Night Market is back with a spooky theme! Live music, pet costume contest, Trick-or-Treat with vendors, and food and drink from the Dram kitchen! Swing by from 6pm to 9pm.

  • Empire Strikes Brass at The Palm Room: “Serious groove and thumping rhythm” starting at 10pm from Empire Strikes Brass, including Grammy Award-winning vocalists. We’ll see you there!

  • Live Music at Wrightsville Beach Brewery: Starting at 6pm! Grab a drink from the bar, and enjoy a lively start to your weekend!

Friday, October 11th

  • Wilmington Run Club: The October location for the Wilmington Run Club is Drift Coffee on Oleander. Grab your running shoes and join a perfect-for-any-level run club, starting every Friday at 6:30am. After your run, enjoy a discount at Drift Coffee!

  • Inside Out at Portia Hines Park: The next installment of Northside Movie Nights starts at 5:30pm with a vendor market and FREE food! Bring your family, chairs, and blankets for the movie beginning around sunset.

  • Golden Age Medium, Evening of Evidence: Spend 6:30pm to 9pm with Kathryn, a professional medium, taking you on a journey of messages and evidence. Hosted at Belle Vue Wilmington, with an open bar and light catering.

  • Torment Haunted Laser Tag: Drive over to Jungle Rapids with your older kids (12+) between 7pm and 9pm for a special Halloween edition of your favorite Laser Tag! Tickets are $20 per person.

  • Wilmington Boat Show: Running from the 11th through the 13th, along the Cape Fear River, stop by to witness boating, sailing, and fishing, as well as your favorite vendors! Find event times, and purchase your tickets online (starting at $5, $8 or $10).

Saturday, October 12th

Sunday, October 13th

  • Chopped by the Coast Fundraiser: Are you a fan of reality TV cooking? Join The Northside Food Co-ops live cooking competition at the Annex at the Harrelson Center. Four local chefs will create a two course meal, just like the Food Network Show Chopped. Sign up to attend online!

  • The Cargo District Fall Festival: From 12pm to 8pm family friendly fall festivities featuring food and drink specials, a scavenger hunt, local vendors, and more! Bring your friends and family for some fun to end your weekend!

  • Make Wilmington Weird Fear Fest: Starting at 12pm at Hi-Wire Brewery. Costumes, unique vendors, fire spinning, sword swallowing, petting zoo, belly dancing, henna, tarot readings, and more!

  • Historic Downtown Wilmington Artisan Market: Looking for new pieces to add to your home, early Christmas presents, or just a relaxing way to end your weekend? Swing by S Front Street and Dock Street for your local favorites between 10am and 3pm.

  • 16th Annual Touch-A-Truck: Bring your kids (of any age) to explore their favorite trucks and meet the people who drive them at this unique, educational event! Hosted by the Junior League of America at the UNCW Hamilton Lot from 11am to 3pm. The first hour (11am to 12pm) is horn and light free. Find more information online!

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LOCAL SPOTLIGHT OF THE WEEK🧋
It’s Coffee Time: Delicious Lattes and House-made Boba Tea

Since fall is here, it’s time for those seasonal pumpkin spice lattes, and if you’re like us, you like trying new local spots! It’s Coffee Time, located on Wrightsville Avenue, features a warm environment for studying, working, or hanging out with friends, as well as a menu that has a drink for everyone! Their fall specials include a to-die-for pumpkin spice latte, vanilla spiced chai, pumpkin cold brew with cold foam, and vanilla honey latte.

If you’re not a coffee person, It’s Coffee Time has signature drinks just for you (and baristas that will help you pick out the perfect drink)! Think you’ve tried all the boba places in Wilmington? Swing by and give them a try, you’ll probably be back tomorrow too!

Wilmy Weekly Tip: If you like fruit tea, milk tea, or spicing up your matcha, try their house-made strawberry purée for a refreshing drink you won’t forget! Trust us, it won’t disappoint.

LIVE MUSIC 🎸 

Friday

  • Blakeslee Air Force Recreation | New River Band | 6pm

  • Cloud 9 Rooftop Bar | Slick Mahoneys | 7pm

  • Bowstring Burgers and Brewyard | Perpetual Groove | 7pm

  • Seawitch Cafe & Tiki Bar | Spare Change | 8pm

Saturday 

  • Waterline Brewery | Cosmic Groove Lizards | 2pm

  • Live At Ted’s | The Paper Stars | 8pm

  • Cloud 9 Rooftop Bar | Brown Dirt Cowboys | 7pm

  • Mad Katz | Rose Rebellion | 9pm

  • Greenfield Lake Yacht Club | Croatoa | 10pm

Sunday

  • End of Days Distillery | Jim Ferris Duo | 3pm

  • Wrightsville Beach Brewery | Octubafest | 4pm

FOOD TRUCKS 
This Week’s Featured Food Trucks 🚛 

DONUT BUS:
October 10 — Hawthorne at the Bend — 4pm to 6pm
October 11 — Fort Fisher Air Force Recreation Area — 5:30pm to 8:30pm

ARABELLE:
October 10 — Outer Dunes Brewing Company — 6pm to 8pm

WELL FED ED:
October 10 — Flytrap Brewing — 5pm to 8pm
October 11 — Wilmington Brewing Company — 5pm to 8pm

WILMIRICANS:
October 10 — Bori Cafe Bar — 2pm to 9pm
October 11 — Bori Cafe Bar — 2pm to 9pm
October 12 — Bori Cafe Bar —12pm to 9pm
October 13 — Bori Cafe Bar — 12pm to 4pm

SMASH N DASH:
October 11 — Sisters Haven Neighborhood — 5pm to 8pm
October 12 — Wilmington Brewing Company — 5pm to 9pm

WILMINGTON NEWS AND UPDATES

🚦New Traffic Pattern in Southport as NC 211 Reopens: After severe damage to a small section of NC 211 during the rainstorm on September 16, a new bridge and subsequent traffic pattern has been built, and is set to open today! Barricades and signs will guide you through!

📽️ Cucalorus Announces their 2024 Schedule: Cucalorus Film Festival celebrates 30 years this November 21-24 with films and performances at Thalian Hall (just like their very first year). You can see their newly released schedule online now! Don’t forget to grab your tickets before they sell out!

🍔 Grim Burger’s Grand Opening: One of Wilmington’s favorite food trucks will be celebrating the grand opening of their first brick and mortar location on Tuesday, October 15th. Stop by for a beer and one of the best burgers in town.

WEATHER 🌡️ 

Thursday
58🌡️70 | ☁️ | 🌧️0% | 💨 SW 18 mph

Friday
52🌡️72 | ☀️ | 🌧️0% | 💨 SW 13 mph

Saturday
52🌡️74 | ☀️ | 🌧️0% | 💨 SE 6 mph

Sunday
54🌡️78 | ☀️ | 🌧️0% | 💨 E 10 mph

Monday
59🌡️77 | ☀️ | 🌧️0% | 💨 E 12 mph

🌊🌡️ Ocean temperature = 77°F

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