50 great concerts to see in the Wilmington area during April

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29-03-2025

Welp, it would appear that peak concert season in Wilmington has finally arrived.
As you'll see from the epic list below, I guess it could get busier, but I'm not sure how. And this is only scratching the surface. Be sure to check the weekly events roundup I do every Wednesday for even more concerts and entertainment options.
If you're looking to plan out beyond this month, check out our list of upcoming 2025 Wilmington-area concerts, link below.
Live tunes: 37 concerts to see in the Wilmington area during March
April 2 at the Brooklyn Arts Center: Grammy-winning New Orleans jazz band has been the real deal for more than 40 years, blending traditional jazz with funk, jazz, soul, R&B, hip-hop and more.
April 2 at Bowstring Burgers & Brewyard: A founder of legendary New Orleans funk band The Meters, Porter is a legit legend. With opening act Marvelous Funkshun.
April 3 at Live Oak Bank Pavilion: Country music star headlines concert for the N.C. Azalea Festival. Opening act is North Carolina's own Kameron Marlowe.
April 3 at the Cameron Art Museum: As part of the Jazz at CAM series, the The Jazz Legacy Project presents God Bless the Child, a tribute to the legendary Billie Holiday featuring Maria Howell.
April 4 at Live Oak Bank Pavilion: Grammy-nominated hip-hop artist will headline a Friday night concert for the Azalea Festival.
April 4 at Kenan Auditorium: Grammy-nominated singer and guitarist is known for channeling various genres of blues into new forms that pay homage to the music's past while looking to its future.
April 4 at Bowstring Burgers & Brewyard: Austin, Texas, multi-instrumentalist mixes funk and R&B with hip-hop and electronic styles. With North Carolina musician Phyphr and Wilmington DJ Froggy P.
April 4 at The Palm Room: Reggae band got its start in Virginia in 2021, and reformed with local members when singer Tom Leighton moved to Wilmington in 2023.
April 4 at Satellite Bar & Lounge: Album release show for "11 Short Fictions," poppy rock act Kicking Bird's new record on Wilmington's Fort Lowell Records. Album single "What Did You Expect (with Such A Beautiful Wife)" will appear on upcoming Amazon Prime Video Show "The Runarounds." With fellow Fort Lowell recording artists Tercel, a socially conscious Wilmington punk act.
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April 4 at Bourgie Nights: Monthly jazz concert with The Jim Ferris Trio has become a local tradition. Get some.
April 5 in the Brooklyn Arts District: It's the 10th year for this massive, day-long festival that brings close to 100 artists from Wilmington and around the region to over a dozen venues along and adjacent to North Fourth Street. One of Wilmington's finest moments.
April 5 at Greenfield Lake Amphitheater: Free, day-long concert featuring Wilmington bands and musicians as part of the N.C. Azalea Festival. Acts include young rockers Audiomelt, the "hike rock" indie folk of La Veta Pass, and the pop covers of all-woman band The Hot Flashes.
April 5 at The Sandspur: Multi-band show at this great Carolina Beach spot for live tunes is the after-party for a skateboarding event at taco shop Nollies. With a hard-rocking lineup of Wilmington acts that includes Evening Shadows, The Girls and Yule, with a DJ set by the legendary Valiant Himself of Valiant Thorr.
April 6 at Beckwith Recital Hall: Internationally known concert pianist will perform works by Scarlatti, Schumann and Rachmaninoff for a show presented by the University of North Carolina Wilmington's Department of Music.
April 6 at Live at Ted's: Nashville singer has won acclaim for her heartfelt mix of country, folk and pop. A strong voice singing heartening songs.
April 10 at Greenfield Lake Amphitheater: Folk duo with the name of a reggae band kicks off the concert season at this beloved lakeside venue.
April 10 at Bowstring Burgers & Brewyard: Hard-touring jam band with a throwback '60s sound has played venues all over the country, including Red Rocks in Colorado.
April 11 at CFCC Wilson Center: Rescheduled performance of last year's hurricane-delayed concert by Sam Beam, the South Carolina songwriter who performs his lush indie-folk songs under the name Iron & Wine.
April 11 at Greenfield Lake Amphitheater: Freewheeling Americana band Shadowgrass teams up with Denver's Clay Street Unit.
April 11 at Bourgie Nights: Charleston band has a poppy, jazzy, off-kilter sound that's as infectious as it is idiosyncratic. With Wilmington songwriters Bella Peadon and Caroline Lemley.
April 11 at Bowstring Burgers & Brewyard: California reggae-rock band evokes such acts as Jack Johnson and Donavon Frankenreiter. Summer vibes.
April 11 at Live at Ted's: Folk duo will lay down some of its starkly gorgeous tunes in this Wilmington listening room.
April 12 at Greenfield Lake Amphitheater: Double bill of up-and-coming country artists. Smith got an American Country Music Award nomination for New Male Artist of the Year in 2024, while Marlowe is starting to make waves in Nashville after growing up in Stateboro, Georgia.
April 12 at Bourgie Nights: Energetic, horn-infused ensemble plays what it calls "psychedelic Latin fusion" and is touring in support of a new album, "Luna."
April 12 at Live at Ted's: Singer brings his delicate, deeply felt folk tunes to this Castle Street listening room. With opening act Andrew Delaney.
April 15 at CFCC Wilson Center: Grammy-nominated singer is touring in support of her most recent album, "You Still Got Me," her follow-up to 2022's "A Tribute to Led Zeppelin."
April 16 at Brooklyn Arts Center: Longtime jam band has grown a following with their quick-shuffling blend of rock, funk, jazz, reggae and more.
April 17 at Bowstring Burgers & Brewyard: Folk-rock artist with a groovy vibe and a positive message might bust out his didgeridoo for his Wilmington show.
April 17 at Reggie's 42nd Street Tavern: Honky tonk duo brings their classic country-inspired songs to the Reggie's midtown rock club. With Joe Copple and Spider Bucket.
April 18 at Bourgie Nights: Theatrical singer who grew up in Wilmington (as Dylan Linehan) before going on to tour with Grammy-winning rock act Ghost provides a sneak peek at her new show. "A Night in the Vortex" is a deeply personal "rock popera" that journeys from the depths of her soul to outer space and back again.
April 19 at Thalian Hall: Ukulele band starts with Hawaiian music before blending in rock, reggae, blues and more.
April 19 at Greenfield Lake Amphitheater: South Carolina blues rocker King is touring on the strength of his latest album, 2024's "Mood Swings."
April 19 at Bowstring Burgers & Brewyard: Asheville super-group blends funk and other styles with electronic music, and is comprised of members of bands who've visited Wilmington many times: Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band, The Fritz, Empire Strikes Brass and the Marcus King Band.
April 19 at Reggie's 42nd Street Tavern: Big, loud metal show headlined by the bone-crunching band Homicydes. With The Eighth Circle, Necrocosom, Donnybrook and SwampRaptor.
April 20 at Greenfield Lake Amphitheater: Williams, who toured for years as a multi-instrumental one-man band, plays a special Sunday show of "Grateful Dead/Jerry Garcia songs performed in the style of Black gospel music." With opening act Gibb Droll, who used to be a Wilmington regular back in the days of bygone club The Mad Monk.
April 20 at Bowstring Burgers & Brewyard: New Jersey jam band blends a variety of styles, including funk, rock, reggae and psychedelia, into a dancy sonic stew. With opening act The Wright Ave.
April 22 at Greenfield Lake Amphitheater: Animal Liberation Orchestra, or ALO for short, is set to release new album "Frames" for Bushfire Records on April 4. The band blends rock, pop, R&B, folk, funk and more, with new single "Space Between Frames" taking on a bit of a disco vibe.
April 24 at The Palm Room: After a sold-out Wilmington show at Live at Ted's in March, Virginia Americana act named a "band to watch" by NPR Music comes to Wrightsville Beach in support of debut album "Restless," which pairs "queer" themes (the band's term) with traditional sounds.
April 24 at Live Oak Bank Pavilion: Young singer brings his appropriately titled "Cold Beer & Country Music Tour" to town for the first show of 2025 at Wilmington's biggest venue.
April 24 at Thalian Hall: Tribute band brings a Led Zeppelin show to the main stage of Wilmington's most historic theater.
April 25 at Greenfield Lake Amphitheater: Wilmington band and music school will show off some of the best talent that the Port City has to offer, including Oc3ans, Grom & The Jacks, Loud Kids and more.
April 25 at Live at Ted's: Jazz combo is masterful at creating a thoughtfully laid-back vibe, with tunes that are almost visually evocative.
April 26 at Live Oak Bank Pavilion: Last time beloved fiddler and roots singer was in town, she sang with Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin fame. This time, she'll have her band in tow, along with top-notch dobro player Jerry Douglas and Willie Watson of the Old Crow Medicine Show.
April 26 at Greenfield Lake Amphitheater: L.A. indie pop band brings its Symphony in the Sky Tour to GLA.
April 26 at Thalian Hall: Legendary singing group formed in 1953 and is known for such hits as "Under the Boardwalk" and "This Magic Moment." Current iteration of The Drifters is associated with the family of original Drifters manager George Treadwell, which owns the rights to the group's name. You might not know the names of the singers on stage, but you'll know the songs they sing.
April 26 at Bowstring Burgers & Brewyard: After a packed-out Bowstring show in 2024, the proggy jam band returns to the Soda Pop District hotspot.
April 26 at Long Leaf Park: Wilmington enviro-punk band will be on hand to rock the Wilmington Earth Day Festival.
April 26 at Live at Ted's: Nashville singer plays soulful country and folk that often addresses personal struggles many of us face. Her most recent album, "Here I Am," dropped on Mule Kick Records in 2024.
April 27 at Greenfield Lake Amphitheater: California singer and songwriter who blurs the lines between folk, pop and other genres began to get his original work noticed after his cover of a Tyler Childers song was streamed 100 million times online.
April 27 at CFCC Wilson Center: Wilmington vocal group celebrates its 75th year with a concert billed "Sing On! Welcomes, Blessings & Benedictions." With music from Broadway's "Carousel," "The Sound of Music" and more.
This article originally appeared on Wilmington StarNews: Top concerts in Wilmington, NC, for April 2025