Festivals & Special Events

Delaware has several annual festivals including Firefly Music Festival, Brandywine Arts Festival and Wilmington Flower Market, to name a few. Plan your weekends with these upcoming art and music festivals, fundraisers, and more.

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Truckin' Tuesday Food and Music Festival

Milton Historical Society
Through August 20

Summer Festival: The Merry Wives of Windsor

Rockwood Mansion Park
Through July 28

Ladybug Music Festival

2nd & LOMA
Through July 19

46th Annual Outdoor Fine Art & Fine Craft Show

Rehoboth Art League
August 3 - August 11

Pawpaw Folk Festival

Blue Ball Barn at Alapocas Run State Park
August 10

Dover Comic Con 2019

Downtown Dover
August 17

HippieFest - celebrating 50 years since Woodstock

Causey Mansion Bed & Breakfast
August 24

Arden Fair - 112th Year

Arden Gild Hall
August 31

The Broadkill Music Festival Country and Bluegrass All Day!

Milton Chamber of Commerce
August 31

Brandywine Festival of the Arts

Brandywine Park - Wilmington State Parks
September 7 - September 8

The Ladybug Music Festival

Downtown Milford, Inc.
September 21

The Piano Men: Fireworks Show

Longwood Gardens
July 20

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• FASHION CAMP
  Monday, July 22 through Friday, July 26 @ New Castle County Art Studio
• MUSICAL THEATRE CAMP
  Monday, July 22 through Friday, July 26 @ New Castle County Art Studio
• Possum Point Players' 2019 Summer Camps
  Monday, July 22 through Friday, August 2 @ Possum Point Players Theatre
• Music Along the Bank
  Wednesday, July 24 @ Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
• Lez Zeppelin: All Girls. All Zeppelin!
  Thursday, July 25 @ Rehoboth Beach Convention Center
• MPF: Festival Concert I - Opening Gala
  Friday, July 26 @ University of Delaware, Gore Recital Hall in the Roselle Center for the Arts
• MPF: Festival Concert II
  Sunday, July 28 @ University of Delaware, Gore Recital Hall in the Roselle Center for the Arts
• ARTVENTURES CAMP
  Monday, July 29 through Friday, August 2 @ New Castle County Art Studio
• MPF: Festival Concert III
  Tuesday, July 30 @ University of Delaware, Gore Recital Hall in the Roselle Center for the Arts
• MPF: Young Artists Concert I
  Thursday, August 1 @ University of Delaware, Gore Recital Hall in the Roselle Center for the Arts
• Bar None Comedy: Last Call For Stand Up!
  Friday, August 2 @ The Queen
• MPF: Young Artists Concert II
  Friday, August 2 @ University of Delaware, Gore Recital Hall in the Roselle Center for the Arts
• MPF: Festival Concert IV
  Saturday, August 3 @ University of Delaware, Gore Recital Hall in the Roselle Center for the Arts
• MPF: Farewell Concert
  Sunday, August 4 @ University of Delaware, Puglisi Orchestra Hall at Roselle Center for the Arts
• Swan Lake: Fireworks Show
  Saturday, August 10 @ Longwood Gardens
• Field to Fork Dinner
  Wednesday, August 14 @ Brandywine River Museum of Art
• Lewes Creative Writers Conference
  Friday, August 16 through Saturday, August 17 @ Lewes Public Library
• The Great Duck Race on the Broadkill
  Saturday, August 24 @ Milton Memorial Park
• Night at the Movies II: Fireworks Show
  Sunday, September 1 @ Longwood Gardens
• Lewes Artists Studio Tour
  Saturday, September 21 @ Lewes' Artists Studio Tour
• Queens of Soul: Fireworks Show
  Saturday, September 28 @ Longwood Gardens
• The 2019 Big Draw Festival DE
  Tuesday, October 1 through Thursday, October 31 @ Mispillion Art League
• Open Sketch
  Thursday, October 3 @ Riverfront Theater
• Art at the Farmers Market - A Big Draw DE FREE Saturday Event
  Saturday, October 5 @ Mispillion Art League
• Coffee Pour with Cathy Walls
  Saturday, October 5 @ Mispillion Art League
• Traditional Mexican Decorative Art with Gilberto Rodriguez and Cathy Walls
  Wednesday, October 9 @ Mispillion Art League
• Linoleum Block Printing with Robin Dean
  Thursday, October 10 through Thursday, October 17 @ Mispillion Art League
• Watercolor Journaling with Rosemary Connelly
  Friday, October 11 @ Mispillion Art League
• Take it to the Street - A Big Draw DE Saturday FREE Event
  Saturday, October 12 @ Mispillion Art League
• Pumpkin Pour with Claudia Cianci and Barbara Buford
  Saturday, October 12 @ Mispillion Art League
• Painting Shoes: Spectator Shoe-Torial with Claudia Cianci
  Saturday, October 12 @ Mispillion Art League
• Fall Photo Safari with Gervasio Ruiz, Jr.
  Tuesday, October 15 @ Mispillion Art League
• A "Pure" Drawing Show
  Thursday, October 17 @ Gallery 37- A Destination for Artful Living
• Mask Making for Halloween with Kim Hanna
  Friday, October 18 through Friday, October 25 @ Mispillion Art League
• Art in the Park - A Big Draw DE FREE Saturday Event
  Saturday, October 19 @ Mispillion Art League
• Oil Painting with Bill Patterson
  Tuesday, October 22 through Tuesday, November 26 @ Mispillion Art League
• Senior Art Workshops
  Friday, October 25 @ Mispillion Art League
• Let Your Imagination Run - A Big Draw Delaware Free Saturday Event
  Saturday, October 26 @ Mispillion Art League
• Deanna Fitzpatrick "An Evening with Spirit"
  Saturday, October 26 @ Smyrna Opera House
• 2019 Delaware Arts Summit & Governor's Awards for the Arts
  Monday, October 28 @ Dover Downs Hotel & Casino
• 35th Annual Holiday Fair – Fine Craft Show
  Saturday, November 2 through Sunday, November 3 @ Rehoboth Art League
• Second Saturdays
  Through Saturday, December 14 @ Milton (downtown)
• Candlelight Comedy Club
  Through Thursday, November 21 @ The Candlelight Theatre
• Happy Hours
  Through Thursday, September 26 @ Delaware Art Museum
• SUMMER ART CAMPS
  Through Friday, July 26 @ New Castle County Art Studio
• The Magical Land of Oz
  Through Saturday, July 20 @ Wilmington Drama League
• 2019 Children's Visual Arts Summer Camp
  Through Saturday, August 3 @ Solid Rock Outreach Center
• 2019 Children's Visual Arts Summer Camp
  Through Saturday, August 3 @ Solid Rock Outreach Center

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• 205 Lavinia Street Gallery · Southern Delaware
• Accent Music, Inc · Northern Delaware
• African-American Heritage Center · Northern Delaware
• Afro-American Historical Society of Delaware · Northern Delaware
• Air Mobility Command Museum · Central Delaware
• Allies for Racial Justice · Northern Delaware
• American Birding Association · Northern Delaware
• Appoquinimink Community Recreation Center · Northern Delaware
• Arden Buzz Ware Village Center · Northern Delaware
• Arden Club · Northern Delaware
• Arden Concert Gild · Northern Delaware
• ARIANNA Alliance · Northern Delaware
• Art Loop Wilmington · Northern Delaware
• Auburn Valley State Park · Northern Delaware
• Barry's Events · Northern Delaware
• Bellefonte Arts Festival · Northern Delaware
• Bellevue State Park · Northern Delaware
• Bengali Association of Delaware Valley · Northern Delaware
• Bethany Beach Ocean Suites · Southern Delaware
• Blackbird Creek Reserve · Central Delaware
• Blue Ball Barn at Alapocas Run State Park · Northern Delaware
• Bootless Stageworks · Northern Delaware
• Bottle & Cork · Southern Delaware
• Bowers Beach Maritime Museum · Central Delaware
• Brandywine Creek State Park · Northern Delaware
• Brandywine Family Film Festival · Northern Delaware
• Brandywine Festival of the Arts · Northern Delaware
• Brandywine Friends of Old Time Music · Northern Delaware
• Brandywine Park - Wilmington State Parks · Northern Delaware
• Brimming Horn Meadery · Central Delaware
• Bruce Productions · Northern Delaware
• Buena Vista · Northern Delaware
• CAMP Rehoboth · Southern Delaware
• Cape Henlopen State Park · Southern Delaware
• Capital Ringers · Central Delaware
• Cat & Mouse Press
• Causey Mansion Bed & Breakfast · Central Delaware
• Cecil Con
• Center for the Creative Arts · Northern Delaware
• Central Delaware Blues Society · Central Delaware
• Central Delaware Chamber of Commerce · Central Delaware
• Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc. - Northeast Region · Northern Delaware
• Children & Families First · Northern Delaware
• Chinese American Community Center · Northern Delaware
• Chinese School of Delaware · Northern Delaware
• Cirque Italia
• Corbit-Calloway Memorial Library · Northern Delaware
• Creative Writing Center of Delaware · Southern Delaware
• Dance Delaware
• Delaware Ballet · Central Delaware
• Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition · Northern Delaware
• Delaware Chamber Music Festival · Northern Delaware
• Delaware Charitable Music, Inc. · Central Delaware
• Delaware City Main Street · Northern Delaware
• Delaware College of Art and Design · Northern Delaware
• Delaware Comedy Theatre Foundation · Southern Delaware
• Delaware Division of the Arts · Northern Delaware
• Delaware Foundation for the Visual Arts · Northern Delaware
• Delaware Friends of Folk · Central Delaware
• Delaware Fun A Day · Northern Delaware
• Delaware Heritage Commission · Central Delaware
• Delaware Hospice, Newark · Northern Delaware
• Delaware Institute for the Arts in Education · Northern Delaware
• Delaware Live · Northern Delaware
• Delaware Museum of Natural History · Northern Delaware
• Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve · Central Delaware
• Delaware Nature Society · Northern Delaware
• Delaware PhotoWalks · Northern Delaware
• Delaware Saengerbund · Northern Delaware
• Delaware Seashore State Park · Southern Delaware
• Delaware Shakespeare · Northern Delaware
• Delaware State Fairgrounds · Central Delaware
• Delaware State News · Central Delaware
• Delaware State Parks · Central Delaware
• Delaware Theatre Association · Northern Delaware
• Delaware Today Magazine · Northern Delaware
• Dewey Artist Collaboration · Southern Delaware
• Diamond Dance Company · Central Delaware
• Dover Art League · Central Delaware
• Dover Century Club · Central Delaware
• Dover Downs Hotel & Casino · Central Delaware
• Downtown Dover · Central Delaware
• Downtown Dover Partnership · Central Delaware
• Downtown Milford, Inc. · Central Delaware
• DuPont Nature Center · Central Delaware
• El Centro Cultural · Southern Delaware
• Elwyn · Northern Delaware
• Film Brothers Movie Co-op · Northern Delaware
• First & Central Presbyterian Church of Wilmington · Northern Delaware
• First State Ballet Theatre · Northern Delaware
• Fordham & Dominion Brewing Co. · Central Delaware
• Fort Delaware State Park · Northern Delaware
• Friends of Belmont Hall · Central Delaware
• Friends of Historic Camden · Central Delaware
• Friends of Wilmington Parks · Northern Delaware
• Gable Music Ventures · Northern Delaware
• Georgetown Arts & Flowers, Inc. · Southern Delaware
• Good Earth Market · Southern Delaware
• Happy Feet Soul Line Dance Network LLC · Northern Delaware
• Harmony on the Hill · Northern Delaware
• Harmony Weavers Guild · Northern Delaware
• Heidi Lowe Gallery · Southern Delaware
• Historic Houses of Odessa · Northern Delaware
• Holly Branch National League of American Pen Women · Central Delaware
• Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church · Northern Delaware
• Hudson Fields · Southern Delaware
• IN Wilmington · Northern Delaware
• Independence Homeowners' Association Committee and Clubhouse · Southern Delaware
• Indian Students Association · Northern Delaware
• IndoAmerican Association Of Delaware · Northern Delaware
• Indy Hall at Independence · Southern Delaware
• Inner City Cultural League · Central Delaware
• JD Kurtz/ New Moon Rugs · Northern Delaware
• Judge Morris Estate · Northern Delaware
• Kalmar Nyckel Foundation · Northern Delaware
• Kelley McCann Band · Northern Delaware
• Killens Pond State Park · Central Delaware
• La Esperanza · Southern Delaware
• Lewes Artists' Studio Tour · Southern Delaware
• Lewes Historical Society · Southern Delaware
• Light Up The Queen Foundation · Northern Delaware
• Lighthouse Dance & Yoga · Southern Delaware
• Live Nation
• Magpie
• Main Street (Dover) · Central Delaware
• Marshall Steam Museum at Auburn Heights · Northern Delaware
• McGlynn's Pub · Central Delaware
• MDC Investment Group, Inc. · Northern Delaware
• Meet Your Sisters at the Well · Central Delaware
• Middletown Main Street Inc · Northern Delaware
• Milford Memorial Hospital Auxiliary · Central Delaware
• Milford Memorial Park · Central Delaware
• Milton Century Club · Southern Delaware
• Milton Chamber of Commerce · Southern Delaware
• Milton Farmers' Market · Southern Delaware
• Mispillion Art League · Central Delaware
• Modern Maturity Center · Central Delaware
• New Castle County Art Studio · Northern Delaware
• Newark Department of Parks and Recreation · Northern Delaware
• Newark Film Festival · Northern Delaware
• Newcomers Club of Dover · Central Delaware
• Ocean City Convention Center · Southern Delaware
• Ocean Waves Quilt Guild · Southern Delaware
• Old Brandywine Village, Inc. · Northern Delaware
• Pacem in Terris · Northern Delaware
• Painted Stave Distilling · Central Delaware
• Pemberton Historical Park
• Penn's Place · Northern Delaware
• Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen
• People to People Delaware · Northern Delaware
• Priscilla Payson Foundation · Northern Delaware
• Prudential Gallo, REALTORS-Touch Of Italy Foundation · Southern Delaware
• Realize Records · Northern Delaware
• Rehoboth Art League · Southern Delaware
• Rehoboth Beach Bandstand · Southern Delaware
• Rehoboth Beach Main Street · Southern Delaware
• Rehoboth Beach Museum · Southern Delaware
• Sankofa Cultural Arts Center · Central Delaware
• Save the Valley · Northern Delaware
• Seaford (city of) · Southern Delaware
• Seaford Historical Society · Southern Delaware
• Siegel JCC · Northern Delaware
• Songwriters Association of Delaware (SWADE) · Northern Delaware
• Southern Delaware Artists Studio Tour · Southern Delaware
• St. Jones Reserve · Central Delaware
• TEDxWilmington · Northern Delaware
• The Arsenal at Old New Castle · Northern Delaware
• The Candlelight Theatre · Northern Delaware
• The Cube Events · Northern Delaware
• The Delaware Symphony Orchestra · Northern Delaware
• The Eastern Shore Bluegrass Association · Central Delaware
• The Food Bank of Delaware · Northern Delaware
• The Freeman Stage at Bayside · Southern Delaware
• The Friends of Old Dover, Inc. · Central Delaware
• The Inspire Lot · Northern Delaware
• The Labyrinth at First & Central · Northern Delaware
• The Pyrates Way, LLC · Northern Delaware
• The Station Gallery · Northern Delaware
• The Suburban Farmhouse · Southern Delaware
• Thy Geekdom Con
• Trap Pond State Park · Southern Delaware
• True Blue Jazz, Inc. · Southern Delaware
• TS Smith & Sons · Southern Delaware
• Udaan · Northern Delaware
• University of Delaware, University Museums · Northern Delaware
• Wilmington & Western Railroad · Northern Delaware
• Wilmington Friends Meeting · Northern Delaware
• Wilmington Wintergrass · Northern Delaware
• Wilmington, Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs · Northern Delaware
• Women's Club of Milton · Southern Delaware
• World Music, Inc. · Northern Delaware
• World Trade Center Delaware · Northern Delaware
• Your Creation Station · Northern Delaware

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