WILMINGTON — The Wilson Center at Cape Fear Community College has announced Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Judy Collins will perform live, accompanied by the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra, on Saturday, May 16, 2026, at 7:30 p.m.
With her 2026 tour, Collins is taking a moment to look back on her landmark 1967 album, “Wildflowers,” performing an exclusive series of shows and bringing to full bloom her chamber-folk masterwork.
In her sixth decade as an artist, Collins released her 55th album earlier this year. In the 1960s, she released her debut, “A Maid of Constant Sorrow,” and became a tastemaker within the thriving Greenwich Village folk community, bringing other singer-songwriters to a wider audience, including Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, and Randy Newman.
The meditative ten-song “Wildflowers” remains Collins’ highest-charting album. Gold-certified and landing No. 5 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts, it is one of the first orchestral pop albums of the 1960s.
“We are excited to continue to collaborate with CFCC’s Wilson Center,” Wilmington Symphony Orchestra Executive Director Liz Scanlon said in a press release. “Just like a well-conducted orchestra, this continued collaboration will create something truly remarkable, a testament to the power of community.”
Tickets will be available online to Wilson Center Members and WSO Season Subscribers on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, at 10 a.m. Tickets go on sale online and in person to the general public on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, at 10 a.m.
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