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Airlie Gardens announces summer concert series

Airlie Gardens' 2018 Summer Concert Series kicks off May 18. The series features live music every first and third Friday through Sept. 21. (Port City Daily/Courtesy Airlie Gardens)
The 2025 concert series kicks off June 6 (Courtesy Airlie Gardens)

NEW HANOVER COUNTY — A popular public garden has announced the annual lineup for its upcoming concert series.

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Kicking off June 6, Airlie Gardens 2025 Summer Concert Series brings in bands to perform on the lawn near the 400-year-old live oak. The series runs for seven dates through Sept. 5, each show held Friday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

There is limited onsite parking, allowed by permit only, and a free shuttle service runs from the Northeast Library (1241 Military Cutoff Rd.) beginning at 5 p.m. on concert days.

The lineup includes:

  • Machine Gun, June 6
  • Motel Soap, June 20
  • The Cruise Brothers, July 4
  • reSoul, July 18
  • Jack Jack 180, Aug. 8
  • Jim Quick and Coastline, Aug. 15
  • TripleWide, Sept. 5

Tickets go on sale to the general public at 9 a.m. the Monday prior to each concert; click here to purchase. Prices are $10 for adults and $3 for children ages 4-12.


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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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