CONCERTS & EVENTS 25/26 SEASON
Check out all of the concerts that the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra and our youth programs have to offer!
Box Offices:
CFCC’s Wilson Center Monday-Friday 2-6pm at (910) 362-7999
UNCW’s Kenan Auditorium Tuesday-Friday 12-4pm at (910) 962-3500
Holly Jolly Mid-Season Holiday Mixer
December 17, 2025
5:30 PM | Bourgie Nights
We’re halfway through our 2025-2026 Season and what better way to celebrate than with the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra at our Holly Jolly Mid-Season Holiday Mixer: a kitschy fundraiser! Mix and jingle while supporting a great cause!
Tickets: $20 until Dec. 17 | $25 at the Door
Disney’s The Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert Live to Film
The Wilson Center at CFCC Presents
December 20, 2025
2:00 PM and 6:30 PM | Wilson Center @ CFCC
Nymka Odsuren, guest conductor
Featuring the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra
SYMPHONY SPEAKEASY GALA
January 17, 2026
6:00 PM | Burney Center @ UNCW
Tickets: $250
Proceeds benefit the artistic and educational programs of the WSO.
YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERT
January 18, 2026
4:00 PM | Wilson Center @ CFCC
Concert sponsored by nCino
Peter Askim, conductor
Logan Mack, narrator
With a pre-concert Instrument Discovery Zone!
Michael Thomas Foumai: Rat Race
Stephanie Ann Boyd: Red Wolves
Sergei Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
Gioachino Rossini: William Tell Overture (selections)
VIVALDI’S FOUR SEASONS
February 7, 2026
7:30 PM | Wilson Center @ CFCC
Concert Sponsored by Tribute Companies
Aisslinn Nosky, violin
Guy Fishman, cello
Antonio Vivaldi: Four Seasons
Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C Major
WSYO CONCERT
March 1, 2026
4:00 PM | Kenan Auditorium at UNCW
Concert Sponsored by: Bob King Buick GMC • Jerry A. and Marilyn S. Cook Family Foundation • James E. Moore Insurance Agency • Decision Point Wealth Partners @ Rockefeller Global Family Office • Varnam Strings
Linda Estep, Youth Orchestra conductor
Lisa Gattuso, Junior Strings conductor
Tickets: $10.70
CLASSICAL CONNECTIONS: FEATURING TIFT MERRITT
March 14, 2026
7:30 PM | Wilson Center @ CFCC
Peter Askim, conductor
Tift Merritt, singer/songwriter
Ludwig van Beethoven: Overture to Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Op. 43
Michael R. Dudley, Jr.: …there is yet beauty
Salina Fisher: Kintsugi
Tift Merritt: Broken and other selections
Tift Merritt: The Other Side of Hungry River (orchestrated by Peter Askim)
WSYO Chamber Ensembles Concert
March 22, 2026
4:00 PM | St. John’s Episcopal Church
Tickets: FREE
CARL ORFF’S CARMINA BURANA
April 25, 2026
7:30 PM | Wilson Center @ CFCC
Aaron Peisner, guest conductor
Cape Fear Chorale and UNCW Choirs
Winners of 2026 Richard R. Deas Young Artist Competition
High School Division Winner Performance (Competition is Jan. 17, 2026)
UNCW Division Winner Performance (Competition is Jan. 17, 2026)
Carl Orff: Carmina Burana
WSYO CONCERT
April 26, 2026
4:00 PM | Kenan Auditorium at UNCW
Concert Sponsored by: Bob King Buick GMC • Jerry A. and Marilyn S. Cook Family Foundation • James E. Moore Insurance Agency • Decision Point Wealth Partners @ Rockefeller Global Family Office • Varnam Strings
Linda Estep, Youth Orchestra conductor
Lisa Gattuso, Junior Strings conductor
Tickets: $10.70
Fourth of July Symphony Pops Concert
July 4, 2026
5:00 PM (gates open) | Riverfront Park and Live Oak Bank Pavilion
Concert sponsored by: City of Wilmington, North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, and nCino
Peter Askim, Music Director and Conductor
Celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary with a free family friendly Fourth of July Symphony Pops concert at Riverfront Park and Live Oak Bank Pavilion, featuring the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra (WSO) and special guests.
Tickets: FREE
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