CAROLINA BEACH — Boardwalk Blast is roughly two months away from kickoff in Carolina Beach, meaning temperatures are warming as tourist season approaches.
The free weekly concerts and fireworks’ series on Pleasure Island takes place from Memorial Day through Labor Day. As hosted by the Town of Carolina Beach’s Parks and Recreation, all musicians perform on CB’s Boardwalk Gazebo Stage from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. with fireworks beginning promptly at 9 p.m. Chairs are welcome and dancing shoes encouraged.
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Boardwalk Blast kicks of on Friday, May 22, and closes Friday, Sept. 4; in between those dates, the series takes place on Thursdays, except for the weekend of July 4.
Here is the 2026 schedule of bands:
Friday, May 22: BEATLESQUE (Beatles tribute)
Thursday, May 28: THE PETTY MAC REVUE (Tom Petty and Fleetwood Mac tribute)
Thursday, June 4 DUBTOWN COSMONAUTS (psychedelic, jam)
Thursday, June 11: SHOOT TO THRILL (girls rockin’ AC/DC)
Thursday, June 18: NO REGRETZ (classic blues and rock)
Thursday, June 25: SPARE CHANGE (diverse party band)
Friday, July 3rd: CARL NEWTON REVIEW (R&B/soul)
Thursday, July 9: THE CRUISE BROTHERS (Motown/country/classic rock)
Thursday, July 16: RESOUL (dance, rock and country)
Thursday, July 23: PORT CITY SHAKEDOWN (dance/party band)
Thursday, July 30: MACHINE GUN BAND (party band)
Thursday, August 6: OC3EANS (rock, soul and hip-hop)
Thursday, August 13: THE MAIN EVENT (beach/classic rock)
Thursday, August 20: FRANK GRANT & THE FEELIN’ (groove band)
Thursday, August 27: THE BOILIN BROTHERS (country)
Friday, September 4: TOO MUCH SYLVIA (CBMA Group of the Year)
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