Events, Adventures & More to Look Forward To
Festivals, concerts, markets, fishing tournaments and seasonal happenings across Oak Island, Southport, Wilmington and the Brunswick Islands. The list keeps itself current, so you can see what falls inside your dates and plan a stay around one.
Events Worth the Short Drive
From festivals and concerts to fishing tournaments, markets and seasonal celebrations, there is always something happening around Oak Island, Southport and Brunswick County. Check what’s coming up during your stay and add a little local fun to the itinerary.
The weekends that go first
We’re a small campground, so it doesn’t take a great deal to fill us. These are the stretches where people who leave it late end up staying somewhere else.
- Late June into the Fourth of July. Southport’s festival runs nine days and pulls forty to fifty thousand people, twenty minutes from our gate, in the middle of peak beach season. This is the tightest week of our year.
- The first three weekends of October. The king mackerel tournament, then the Oyster Festival, then Festival by the Sea, three big ones in four weeks, all within thirty-five minutes.
- Early April, if the Azalea Festival lands then. Wilmington sells out and the overflow comes south to us.
Fishing the tournament?
Four hundred-odd boats come into Southport for the U.S. Open King Mackerel, and a hotel parking lot is no use to you when you’re towing.
We have gravel pads with two parking spots and room beside the rig. Call the office rather than booking online and we’ll put you somewhere you can get the trailer in and out at four in the morning without waking the whole row.
Common questions
What is on near the campground?
Quite a lot, and most of it is a short drive. The U.S. Open King Mackerel Tournament and the N.C. 4th of July Festival are both in Southport, about twenty minutes away. The N.C. Oyster Festival is at Ocean Isle Beach, about thirty-five minutes, and Festival by the Sea is at Holden Beach. Closer to home there are farmers markets four days a week across Brunswick County.
Which weekends book up first?
Late June into the Fourth of July, when the Southport festival runs nine days and draws forty to fifty thousand people twenty minutes from our gate. Then the first three weekends of October, with the king mackerel tournament, the Oyster Festival and Festival by the Sea inside four weeks. Early April too, if the Azalea Festival lands then.
Are the dates on this page confirmed?
Each event is stored as a rule rather than a date, so the page works out the next occurrence itself and nothing goes stale. The dates still belong to the organizers, so confirm with them before you plan a trip around one.
Do you list events at the park itself?
This page covers what is on around the region. For what happens on the property, the pool, gem and fossil mining, the trails, gaga ball and the rest, see things to do.
Can we hold a private event here?
Groups book the cabins and sites for reunions and school trips regularly. Call the office on 910.845.5040 and we will talk it through.
Not covered here? Call 910.845.5040. We are family-owned, so you will most likely be talking to one of us.
Rather talk to a person? 910.845.5040