Nitty Gritty Dirt Band says farewell at CFCC’s Wilson Center

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) – The Wilson Center at Cape Fear Community College announces that the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band will perform live at CFCC’s Wilson Center in May.

The performance will be on Sunday, May 10th at 7:00 p.m.

Those interested in attending can buy tickets on the Wilson Center website.

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band formed in 1966, and their first major hit came in 1971 with Mr. Bojangles, followed by their three-disc 1972 masterpiece Will the Circle Be Unbroken, which went triple Platinum, spawned two later volumes, and wound up in the Grammy Hall of Fame.

As 2026 approaches, so does the band’s 60th Anniversary, celebrated through their ALL THE GOOD TIMES: The Farewell Tour — 60 Years of Dirt. The group is also celebrating the release of their new 5-song EP, Night After Night, featuring cool vocal delivery while the freight train groove of the band never lets up.

The band is known for a wide variety of genres including bluegrass, soft rock, country rock and folk rock.