Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Free on-street parking downtown through holiday weekend

Oak Island is gearing up to implement a paid parking system for the first time. (Port City Daily/File photo)
On-street parking is free downtown this holiday weekend. (Port City Daily/File)

WILMINGTON — Last-minute shoppers will be able to utilize free on-street parking in downtown Wilmington this Christmas weekend into early next week.

It will be free Friday, Dec. 23, through Tuesday, Dec. 27. 


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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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