32nd Annual North Carolina Jazz Festival at the Hilton Wilmington Riverside is one of the largest traditional jazz festivals in the Southeast and a STS Top 20 Event. The event opens Thursday evening featuring three hours of different styles of jazz. The following nights return to seven sets of traditional jazz with a different leader for each set. This all-star cast of musicians is world renowned and includes guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli, Dion Tucker on trombone, vocalist Nicki Parrott, and John Royen, a powerful pianist from New Orleans. Admission $15 to $20. For more information call 910.793.1111