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Carolina Beach Music Festival
27th Annual Carolina Beach Music
Festival Rocks The Carolina Beach Boardwalk's Beach Strand
One-of-a-Kind
On-the-Beach Music Festival is a Carolina Beach
Tradition
May
25, 2012 - Carolina Beach, NC - Do you love beach music,
shag-dancing, and good old-fashioned summer fun? Are you
in the mood for an original beach experience? Then
boogie on down to Carolina Beach on Saturday June 2nd
for the 27th Annual Carolina Beach Music Festival. Held
on the beach strand at the Beach Stage at the Carolina
Beach Boardwalk, the annual summer music extravaganza
features the best in beach music, a laid-back style of
rhythm & blues with roots on the Carolina coast. The fun
begins on Friday night with a kickoff party at the
SeaWitch Café & Tiki Bar with music by The Holiday Band.
The Carolina Beach Music Festival takes place on
Saturday beginning at 11:00am with continuous live music
until 4:30pm. This year’s bands include festival
favorites The Craig Woolard Band (11:00am); Band Of Oz
(1:00pm); and Jim Quick & Coastline (3:00 pm). Gates
open at 10:30am, so bring your chairs, sunscreen, and
dancing attitude so you can spend all day listening and
dancing to classic beach tunes. A shag dance contest
follows at the Seawitch Café & Tiki Bar.
The 27th Annual Carolina Beach Music Festival is
presented by the Pleasure Island Chamber of Commerce.
Gates open at 10:30am. Coolers, beverages and food are
allowed. No glass; no pets; no refunds. Tickets are now
on sale and cost $15 in advance and $20 at the gate.
Advance tickets are available at the Pleasure Island
Chamber of Commerce (1121 N. Lake Park Blvd.) and other
Carolina Beach locations. For details please call
910-458-8434.
For an original beach experience, spend the weekend at
Carolina Beach. On Thursday evening (6:30pm-9:30pm)
enjoy a free performance by Live Bait (blues;
bluegrass), followed by fireworks over the Carolina
Beach Boardwalk. Continue the fun on Friday night at the
SeaWitch Café & Tiki Bar (227 Carolina Beach Avenue
North) with live beach music. Rest up so you can spend
all day Saturday dancing on the beach to three live
bands at the Carolina Beach Music Festival
(11:00am-4:30pm). Later Saturday evening, shag dancers
and beach music lovers will compete for prizes during
the Shag Dance Contest at the SeaWitch Café & Tiki Bar.
Doors open at 5:00pm; contest begins at 8:00pm
(admission charge). Dancers of all ages can sign up for
the competition (based on availability) in three
categories: Pro, Non-Pro and Club-Social. Or, just have
fun watching as serious shag dancers kick up their heels
and boogie the night away. Wind down on Sunday evening
with a Free Movie by the Lake at the Stingray
Amphitheater at Carolina Beach Lake. This week’s family
film is “War Horse” (PG-13; begins at 8:45pm).
Discover Carolina Beach’s simple pleasures and
unexpected treasures, such as the Venus Flytrap Trail at
Carolina Beach State Park. Cast your rod and reel from
the Carolina Beach Fishing Pier. Sign up for a party
cruise or fishing excursion at the Carolina Beach
Marina. Just minutes away, explore Kure Beach—North
Carolina’s small wonder—where you can unplug and unwind.
Fish from the state’s oldest fishing pier. Meet a rare
albino alligator and a loggerhead sea turtle, or observe
sharks and marine life at the North Carolina Aquarium at
Fort Fisher. You can also stroll along a 5-mile stretch
of undeveloped beach at Fort Fisher State Recreation
Area, explore Civil War history at Fort Fisher State
Historic Site, or take a ferry across the Cape Fear
River. Shop the island’s beach boutiques for souvenirs
and summer fashions. Dine at restaurants specializing in
fresh seafood and regional fare. At day’s end, bunk in
at one of the island’s accommodations that range from
oceanfront hotels and condominiums to
independently-owned motels, beach cottages, or a
bed-and-breakfast inn.
For a FREE Official Visitors Guide for Wilmington, North
Carolina’s historic river district and the island
beaches of Carolina Beach, Kure Beach and Wrightsville
Beach, contact the Wilmington and Beaches Visitors
Bureau at 866-266-9690.
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