Numbers can help to tell a story, and so it is with the 2025 North Carolina Azalea Festival. With concerts, a parade, street fair, fireworks and many other events and activities, the Azalea Festival ...

The annual North Carolina Azalea Festival parade will be held on Saturday, April 5th in downtown Wilmington. The parade will feature floats, marching bands, and Queen Azalea LXXVIII Bethany Joy Lenz.

In the 20 years since Henry Rehder Sr. died, Wilmington's N.C. Azalea Festival hasn't been quite the same. For well over half a century, Rehder, who passed away in February of 2004 at the age of 92, ...

Wilmington's biggest annual celebration, the North Carolina Azalea Festival, returns to the Port City for the 77th time this week for five days of concerts, art, parties, pageant queens and much, much ...

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NC (WWAY) — The 2026 Azalea Festival is already just a few months away, and the official artwork was unveiled on Tuesday night. Created by Wilmington native Elizabeth Sheats, the ...