Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spring is here and for Wilmington this means the arrival of the North Carolina Azalea Festival, which has been around since 1948.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Numbers can help to tell a story, and so it is with the 2025 North Carolina Azalea Festival. With concerts, a parade, street fair, ...

The annual North Carolina Azalea Festival parade will be held on Saturday, April 5th in downtown Wilmington. The parade will feature floats, marching bands, and Queen Azalea LXXVIII Bethany Joy Lenz.

What a difference two years make. In April of 2020, pandemic-shuttered Wilmington was dealing with — among other things — not being able to celebrate the coming of spring with the N.C. Azalea Festival ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The 77th Annual NC Azalea Festival will feature concerts, a parade, a street fair fireworks, art and more from April 3 to 7 in Wilmington, North Carolina. While the festival ...

The 79th annual N.C. Azalea Festival will take place in Wilmington from April 8-12, 2026. Veteran actress Elaine Hendrix will be crowned Queen Azalea during a free ceremony on April 8. The festival ...

Welcome to the Port City Life Newsletter. While John Staton is off this week, I'm your substitute host, Owen Hassell. It's North Carolina Azalea Festival weekend, but as Miley Cyrus would say, I can ...

The Azalea Festival Street Fair is arguably the most popular of all the many events at the N.C. Azalea Festival, drawing tens of thousands of people into the heart of downtown Wilmington for food, fun ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The official North Carolina Azalea Festival artwork was unveiled Wednesday in Wrightsville Beach at Bluewater Grill. Ana Brown is the artist behind the Azalea Festival ...

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The North Carolina Azalea Festival is teaming up with The Kevin Walker Foundation to host the “Dink If You Dare” Pickleball Tournament this weekend at Pickle & Taps. The event, ...

Spring is in full bloom, and so are the azaleas. Because we had such a mild winter, the blossoms are opening up a few weeks early - just in time for Muskogee's Azalea festival. Shades of pink, red, ...