WILMINGTON SYMPHONY 4TH OF JULY POPS CONCERT
Dominic Talanca, Wilmington Symphony Pops Conductor
Live Oak Bank Pavilion
July 4, 2024
Wilmington Symphony’s Pops concert starts at 7:00 PM
5:00 PM | Gates open
5:00 PM | Family fun, music and DJ Competitions
7:00 PM | Wilmington Symphony Orchestra
9:05 PM | Fireworks in Downtown Wilmington
The City of Wilmington and the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra (WSO) present a family friendly concert at Live Oak Bank Pavilion on the Fourth of July. The Wilmington Symphony’s 4th of July Pops Concert will feature local musicians including WSO musicians and guest artists. The WSO will be led by Wilmington Symphony Pops Conductor, Dominic Talanca. The concert program will include special guest appearances, patriotic favorites, classical selections and current pops songs. Wilmington Symphony Orchestra will be debuting a new original piece of music, "Fanfare for the Fourth", written by local film & tv composers Matthew Morgan and Jose Villanueva. The WSO will also be playing some of the duo's "viral" arrangements of pop songs like "Eye of the Tiger" and Taylor Swift's "Enchanted".
Fireworks will take place in downtown Wilmington beginning at 9:05 p.m. and will be shot from a barge located at the convergence of the Cape Fear and Northeast Cape Fear Rivers, just north of the USS Battleship North Carolina. The concert will finish at 8:45 p.m., giving patrons time to move to a location where the fireworks will be viewable along the downtown Riverfront.
“The 4th of July in Wilmington is a time-honored tradition that brings tens of thousands of people to downtown Wilmington. This year, we continue the tradition with the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra as featured entertainment."
- Mayor Bill Saffo
“An annual 4th of July POPS concert is a cornerstone for a fourth of July celebration, and we are excited to be a part of creating a new tradition for our region. POPS concerts add so much to a community by bringing people and families together to enjoy music, introduce people of all ages to a symphony orchestra and celebrate in a city we are proud to call home. I'm so thankful for all of the support we have received from our city departments and sponsors so that our community has a new beloved tradition to enjoy on the fourth of July."
- Liz Scanlon, Wilmington Symphony Orchestra Executive Director