An actress who has appeared in both well-known TV and movie franchises over the course of a 30-plus-year career has been named the queen of the 79th N.C. Azalea Festival in Wilmington. Elaine Hendrix ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spring is here and for Wilmington this means the arrival of the North Carolina Azalea Festival, which has been around since 1948.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Azalea Festival Street Fair is arguably the most popular of all the many events at the N.C. Azalea Festival, drawing tens of ...

Wilmington – a City of a Million Azaleas. This nickname dates at least as far back as 1948, when Wilmington celebrated its first Azalea Festival. That first festival was a modest affair – a parade, a ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The annual 78th North Carolina Azalea Festival is set to take place this week with several different events happening April 2 through April 6. After 78 years a lot has ...

The Azalea Festival in the 1990s was definitely a vibe. From giant, inflatable beer cans lining Water Street to echoey concerts at Trask Coliseum — not to mention Azalea belles in antebellum hoop ...