Azalea Festival

The national championship for beach wrestling will be held at Carolina Beach later this month. We have the details on the national event. The UNCW baseball team suffered a home loss on Sunday against Delaware. Adam Scott is the first Australian to win the Masters. Sports is part of the Azalea Festival; thus, we checked out Azalea boxing. Plus more! Full story...

It’s the final day of the 2013 Azalea Festival and thousands are hitting downtown to enjoy the street fair. Full story...

Once again this year the Azalea Festival featured the Multicultural Stage during the Street Fair. WWAY's Brandon Taylor served as Master of Ceremonies this afternoon. Full story...

The Azalea Festival may be about flowers, but it also has an event for for art lovers. The 31st Juried Art Show featured more than 100 work by artists from North Carolina and surrounding states. Full story...

The Azalea Festival is more than all that tasty food and fun games. Home owners T.J. and Judy Porter revealed Wilmington's historic past by hosting the ribbon cutting yesterday for the Azalea Festival Historic Home Tour, which featured ten historic sites in all. Full story...

The Cape Fear Coin Club hosted a coin show for Azalea Festival weekend. There were more than 30 dealers at the event at the American Legion on Pine Grove Drive to buy, sell, appraise and trade coins. Full story...

Thousands of people lined the streets of downtown Wilmington Saturday for the Azalea Festival Parade, and it was a parade of princesses. Full story...

A peaceful night sky welcomed a noisy crowd downtown for the Friday Azalea Festival concert. The Avett Brothers rocked the stage Downtown with a unique sound that sold out the venue completely. The band even attracted hundreds of fans to the outskirts of the CFCC parking lot. They say the show was just as good. Full story...

As you enjoy this weekend's Azalea Festival Historic Home Tour, don't miss the landscaping at the Alexander Sprunt House. Full story...

The Azalea Festival Street Fair starts tonight, and food vendors are set up along Water Street. That means New Hanover County Health Inspectors are out in full force making sure all those tasty treats are also safe to eat. Full story...

Heavy rain this morning caused a change that had never happened in the 60-year history of the Cape Fear Garden Club Azalea Garden Tour. The weather forced the ribbon cutting for the tour indoors instead of being at one of the homes on the tour. Full story...

The second stop on this year's Azalea Garden Tour takes you back to where it all began. This ivy-lined home was featured on the very first Azalea Garden tour 60 years ago. Full story...

This impressive home in Forest Hills is a great balance between formal gardens and creative kid-friendly fun. Full story...

A stop on the Azalea Festival Historic Home Tour is a building originally built as a grocery store. The J.W. Brooks Building is now a fine home for one Wilmington couple. Full story...

With thousands of people expected to fill the streets of Downtown Wilmington this weekend you would think most cab drivers would be excited about the extra business but that's not the case. Full story...