Hop Yard is located at 108 Grace Street, one of the first streets in downtown proper that is seven blocks from Riverfront Park. (Port City Daily photo/Shea Carver)
WILMINGTON This weekend 7,200 people are projected to be at Live Oak Bank Pavilion at Riverfront Park each night, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, as it welcomes its first national touring act, Widespread Panic. With the possibility of 21,000-plus Spreadheads (WSP fans) adding to the influx of tourists visiting in summer’s peak season, bars and businesses are bracing for impact.
Many have planned before and afterparties.
Hop Yard Wilmington, which sits seven blocks away from the amphitheater on Grace Street, is expecting spillover all weekend long. Owner Christian Stoner said he has increased staff and inventory to meet demand. For instance, he purchased more Fiddling Fish’s Space Angler (a play on the Panic song “Space Wrangler”) than he normally would carry in his bottle shop.
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WHQR Visitors splash through a water feature at the new Riverfront Park s grand opening on July 4, 2021.
A continuous stream of people funneled into the Riverfront Park for its grand opening on Sunday, July 4, where several local bands came to play. The Riverfront Park has been under construction since 2019, but after a ribbon cutting on Friday, July 2, Independence Day marked its first major event.
At the entrance, local food trucks surrounded a small water feature full of playing children, and the circling pavement led around a grassy alcove, all the way to the new main stage amphitheater.
The first band to ever play on the stage at waterfront park: Omni percussion ensemble! pic.twitter.com/567jodFJUB Kelly Kenoyer, M.A. (@Kelly Kenoyer) July 4, 2021
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