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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Steamin' Days at Auburn Heights

Marshall Steam Museum at Auburn Heights
Through November 24

Ladybug Festival - Milford

Downtown Milford, Inc.
September 22

Delmarva Folk Festival

352 Downs Chapel Rd
September 28 - September 29

Local Brews & Local Grooves

The Queen
September 29

Soul of the City Festival

Christina Cultural Arts Center, Inc.
September 29

Rehoboth Beach Jazz Festival

Rehoboth Beach Convention Center
October 11 - October 14

Día de los Muertos Family Event

Delaware Art Museum
October 28

Wine Feast & Auction

Chase Center on the Riverfront
November 2

34th Annual Holiday Fair Fine Craft Show

Rehoboth Art League
November 3 - November 4

55th Annual Delaware Antiques Show

Chase Center on the Riverfront
November 9 - November 11

Art & Book Fair 2018

Hockessin Community Recreation Center
November 10

Annual Artisans Show

Center for the Creative Arts
November 17 - November 18

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• Celebrate the Arts: "Native American Arts"
  Friday, September 21 @ Dover Public Library
• Bike the Brandywine
  Saturday, September 22 @ Brandywine River Museum of Art
• The History Book Festival
  Friday, September 28 through Saturday, September 29 @ Bethel United Methodist Church Hall
• Korean Festival
  Saturday, September 29 @ Delaware Art Museum
• Palette to Palate
  Saturday, September 29 @ Brandywine Conservancy
• Fortify Music Festival
  Saturday, September 29 @ Fort DuPont Redevelopment
• A Night of North African and Middle Eastern Dance
  Saturday, September 29 @ Wilmington Friends School
• OPENING NIGHT – THE MAGIC OF MUSIC: A Thank You Concert
  Wednesday, October 3 @ The Music School of Delaware
• Winterthur After Hours: Mix, Relax, and Explore
  Friday, October 5 @ Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
• Christina Achievement & Scholarship Celebration
  Friday, October 5 @ Christina Cultural Arts Center, Inc.
• CTC presents Green Day's American Idiot
  Saturday, October 6 @ The Grand Opera House
• Barks and Brews
  Saturday, October 6 @ Brandywine River Museum of Art
• Mélomanie Launch Party & Concert – Wilmington Series
  Sunday, October 7 @ Delaware Historical Society
• Greenbank Paints: A Plein Air Event
  Friday, October 12 through Saturday, October 13 @ Greenbank Mills and Phillips Farm
• A Starry Night
  Saturday, October 13 @ Mispillion Art League
• Eat, Drink & Be Scary!
  Friday, October 26 @ Center for the Creative Arts
• Disco Ball
  Saturday, October 27 @ Wilmington Ballet Academy of the Dance
• HALLOWEEN AT OBEROD
  Saturday, October 27 @ Oberod Estate
• Run for the Arts! 5K COSTUME RUN & 1M FUN WALK
  Saturday, October 27 @ Mispillion Art League
• Ghost Tales & Spirits Night at Winterthur
  Saturday, October 27 @ Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
• Día de los Muertos Luminaria Labyrinth Walk
  Friday, November 2 @ Delaware Art Museum
• Yuletide at Winterthur
  Sunday, November 18 through Sunday, January 6, 2019 @ Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
• 2018 Dewey Sip and Shop
  Friday, November 23 through Saturday, November 24 @ Dewey Artist Collaboration
• GALA: Michael McDonald
  Saturday, December 1 @ The Grand Opera House
• Winter Arts Festival
  Friday, December 7 through Saturday, December 8 @ Delaware Art Museum
• 2018 Holiday House Tour
  Saturday, December 8 @ Delaware Art Museum
• Milton Holiday House Tour
  Saturday, December 8 @ Women's Club of Milton
• NEW YEARS EVE WITH KATHIE MARTIN & THE HOT RODS
  Monday, December 31 @ Milton Theatre
• Drumline LIVE
  Friday, January 18, 2019 @ The Grand Opera House
• Opera Uncorked with Swigg: Verdi, Verismo & Vino
  Friday, February 1, 2019 through Sunday, February 3, 2019 @ OperaDelaware Studio
• Wilmington Winter Bluegrass Festival
  Saturday, April 13, 2019 @ Crowne Plaza Hotel
• Mélomanie Mother’s Day Brunch & Concert
  Sunday, May 12, 2019 @ Delaware Historical Society
• Happy Hours
  Through Thursday, September 27 @ Delaware Art Museum
• Candlelight Comedy Club
  Through Thursday, November 29 @ The Candlelight Theatre
• Farm Stand at Winterthur
  Through Friday, July 12, 2019 @ Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
• Figure Drawing
  Through Saturday, December 22 @ Dover Art League
• Peace Week Delaware
  Through Sunday, September 23 @ The Delaware Contemporary
• 3rd Annual Shakespeare Festival
  Through Saturday, September 22 @ Lewes Public Library

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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
• 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 Heights Preserve · 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
• Bruce Productions · Northern Delaware
• Buena Vista · Northern Delaware
• CAMP Rehoboth · 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 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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 State Parks · 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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