Thursday, September 10, 2026

Port City Jerry Day celebrates 8 years this September

The Wilmington Strong Hurricane Florence Relief Concert at the Greenfield Lake Amphitheater on Saturday night. (Port City Daily photo/Mark Darrough)
Greenfield Lake Amphitheater will bring together Deadheads and Jerry Garcia fans alike this fall for the 8th annual Port City Jerry Day. (Port City Daily/File)

WILMINGTON — Greenfield Lake Amphitheater will bring together Deadheads and Jerry Garcia fans alike this fall for its annual charitable concert celebration.

The 8th annual Port City Jerry Day will take place Sept. 12, with gates opening at 5 p.m. The event was started by a former city employee, Tony McEwen, to raise money for the United Way of the Cape Fear Area (UWCFA). All tickets sales help fund its network of more than 40 nonprofit partners to help with programs in health, education, and financial stability. 

Live music begins at 6 p.m. and features Splintered Sunlight, who performs high-energy Dead sets. Attendees also will support local vendors on site as well.

Tax-deductible tickets are on sale now here.


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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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