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Carolina Beach announces 2024 free concert, fireworks series

Samantha Morris and Will Darrough, both Wilmington residents, watch the Thursday night fireworks show from the patio of the Olde Salty, 9:07 p.m. (Port City Daily photo | Mark Darrough)
Samantha Morris and Will Darrough watch the Thursday night fireworks show in Carolina Beach from the patio of the Olde Salty, 9:07 p.m. (Port City Daily/File)

CAROLINA BEACH — Annually, this popular Pleasure Island beach town hosts fireworks on Thursday nights, as well as free live music between Memorial and Labor Day.

The 2024 season has been announced for Carolina Beach’s Boardwalk Blast, with concerts taking place at the gazebo stage for free beginning at 6:30 p.m. The show is followed by fireworks over the beach at 9 p.m.

All shows are on Thursday unless otherwise noted below:

Friday, May 24 — Carl Newton Review (R&B, soul)
May 30 — Southern Trouble (country rock)
June 6 — The Conspiracy (’70s and ’80s rock)
June 13 — Feebs (blues, classic rock, funk)
June 20 — The Goodloves (acoustic classics)
June 27 — Dani Kerr and the Skeleton Krew (soul, rock ‘n’ roll)
July 3 — Port City Shakedown (dancy, party band)
July 11 — Dane Britt Band (high-energy rock)
July 18 — Resoul (dance, rock and country)
July 25 — Bibis Ellision (classic, current hits) BIBIS ELLISON Classic & Current Hits
Aug. 1 — The Old North State (country roots)
Aug. 8 — 8 Track Memories (classic, nostalgic hits)
Aug. 15 — Frank Grant and the Feelin’ (ultimate groove band)
Aug. 22 — Jen and Tonic (mind-blowing tunes)
Aug. 30 — The Main Event (beach, classic rock)


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Shea Carver
Shea Carver
Shea Carver is the editor in chief at Port City Daily. A UNCW alumna, Shea worked in the print media business in Wilmington for 22 years before joining the PCD team in October 2020. She specializes in arts coverage — music, film, literature, theatre — the dining scene, and can often be tapped on where to go, what to do and who to see in Wilmington. When she isn’t hanging with her pup, Shadow Wolf, tending the garden or spinning vinyl, she’s attending concerts and live theater.

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