Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Dates announced for 2025 food festival downtown

 Feast Wilmington will be celebrating the Port City’s food scene for its second year next March. (Courtesy Feast)

WILMINGTON — Feast Wilmington will be celebrating the Port City’s food scene for its second year next March.

Produced by Wilmington Media and Marketing, which publishes Greater Wilmington Business Journal, Feast 2025’s signature events take place at Live Oak Bank Pavilion at Riverfront Park on Saturday, March 29, and Sunday, March 30.

However, the festival is expanding and taking place March 24-30, to include off-site food experiences too.

“We hope to improve the festival each year by continually seeking out the best of the best and creating an atmosphere that celebrates the food, drinks and personalities of Wilmington’s vibrant culinary scene,” Feast director Jessica Maurer said in a press release.

The three mainstay events include:

  • Craft + Cuisine: March 29, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., it features dozens of local breweries paired with dozens of area chefs to create unique pairings.
  • Pier Party: March 29, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., focused on coastal cuisine, cocktails, and entertainment.
  • Brunch Elevated: March 30, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., to feature chefs creating “next level” brunch bites, coffee drinks, cocktails and more.

Feast highlights more than 70 chefs and multitudes of restaurants and breweries region-wide. Restaurant lineups will be announced in November.

The event also partners with nonprofits, including Cape Fear Craft Beer Alliance, Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina and the Downtown Business Alliance, which benefit from a portion of ticket sales.

Tickets to the three main events are on sale now for $100 to $125 or a weekend pass is available for $260, plus fees, at feastwilmington.com. Discounts are available through July 24 with the code: Feast25off.

Applications are open here through Oct. 1 for interested chefs or restaurants.


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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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