Enjoy the Waterfront Market while you can.....

TODAY from 8am until 1pm on the Fort Johnston Garrison Lawn overlooking the Cape Fear River. You can browse the beautiful local produce, baked goods and handcrafted items spread under ancient live oak trees. There is a breeze off the river as well as music in the air as entertainment is always available.

Are you heading out to the Wooden Boat Show today?

The sixth annual Southport Wooden Boat Show featuring boats of all makes and sizes will be held Saturday, September 26, from 10am-4pm. at the Southport Yacht Basin, located two blocks from historic downtown. Wooden boats, on display both in the water on land, range from kayaks to 42-foot Core Sounders and will be professionally judged. Attendees are also invited to vote for the People's Choice Award.

Visitors can meet and talk with skilled boat builders from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission to the event is free. There will be live entertainment by Herb Harton throughout the day and a seafood chowder cook-off will be featured. There will be opportunity to take a trip on the Cape Fear with Captain Betsy Boating Tours.

Other activities include Nauti-kids events where little sailors can build their own boats and test their sea-worthiness; visits from North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher, the Cape Fear Museum of History and Science, and the NC Underwater Archaeology. Also featured will be nautical and maritime arts and crafts, nautical and maritime demonstrations, a model boat exhibit, and new collectors posters and T-shirts designed exclusively for the 2015 show.

There will be a raffle for: a double-ender rowboat, winner of the 2014 Master Boat Building Challenge in Georgetown, SC; a signed and framed original 2015 poster; and The Adventure Co kayak tour. 

See all the details here, SouthportWoodenBoatShow.com

Take a stroll over to these houses just steps from the Yacht Basin!

308 W. Moore Street,
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318 W. Brunswick Street
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Big Toy Day this Saturday!

Big Toy Day

September 19, 2015

The 7th Annual BIG TOY DAY will be held from 10:00 to 4:00 on Saturday, September 19, 2015 at the Cape Fear Regional Jetport presented by the Kiwanis Club of Southport-Oak Island in conjunction with PAPA'S JOHN PIZZA of Southport/Oak Island.  There will be many participants including fire trucks, 18-wheelers, construction vehicles, speed boats, monster trucks, NASCAR vehicles, helicopters, and more for your kids to climb on and learn about.

A highlight will be FREE Yound Eagle flights for children 8 - 17 offered by EAA Chapter 939 from 12:00 to 2:30 (parent or legal guardian must be present).  Camel and pony rides will also be available at a nominal charge along with a FREE petting zoo.  Food vendors will be selling hamburgers, hotdogs, BBQ sandwiches, Italian Ice, snow cones and ice cream. 

Admission is $5 per person, with children 4 years and under admitted FREE.  The maximum entry fee is $20 per car.

9th Annual Bay Creek Classic is Saturday!

OPEN HOUSE IN THE LANDING - SATURDAY, SEPT. 5TH