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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ART & SOUL

The Delaware Contemporary
March 23

2nd Annual Book Festival

Smyrna Opera House
March 23

Teller Wines Expo & Benefit

St. Jude Parish Life Center
March 30

2019 Sankofa Arts Center Gala

Modern Maturity Center
March 30

86th Wilmington International Exhibition of Photography

Arsht Hall (UD Wilmington Campus)
March 31

Delaware LGBTQ+ CINE-brations Film Festival

Cinema Art Theater
April 4 - April 7

Reflection: Delaware Dance Company's Spring Gala Concert

University of Delaware, Mitchell Hall
April 6 - April 7

86th Wilmington International Exhibition of Photography

Arsht Hall (UD Wilmington Campus)
April 7

DCAD ArtParty 2019

Delaware College of Art and Design
April 11

Cecil Con 2019 Art Show

Cecil Con
April 12 - April 13

Wilmington Winter Bluegrass Festival

Crowne Plaza Hotel
April 13

Tax Free Comedy Festival

The Grand Opera House
May 10 - May 11

Wildflower, Native Plant & Seed Sale

Brandywine River Museum of Art
May 11 - May 12

89th Radnor Hunt Races

Radnor Hunt Races
May 18

Biggs Museum Gala: An Affair with the Arts

Biggs Museum of American Art
May 18

Bowers Beach Buccaneer Bash

Bowers Beach Maritime Museum
May 25

Backyard Bash

Delaware Art Museum
May 31

We Are the Music Makers: Annual Gala and Benefit Concert

DuPont Country Club
June 14

Brandywine Festival of the Arts

Brandywine Park - Wilmington State Parks
September 7 - September 8

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• Easter Bunny Tea
  Sunday, April 7 @ Milton Theatre
• Royal Trivia Nights
  Tuesday, April 9 through Tuesday, May 14 @ Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
• Deeper Than The Skin
  Friday, April 12 @ Unitarian Universalists of Southern Delaware
• Daffodils and Follies Day
  Saturday, April 13 @ Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
• From the Collector: Contemporary Work from the Collection of Cliff Diver
  Tuesday, April 16 @ Rehoboth Art League
• Sakura Mini Matsuri (Mini Cherry Blossom Festival)
  Saturday, April 27 @ Kent County Public Library
• Sakura Mini Matsuri (Mini Cherry Blossom Festival)
  Saturday, April 27 @ Kent County Public Library
• MISPILLION CAFÉ: Musical Trivia Night
  Saturday, May 4 @ The Music School of Delaware, Milford Branch
• Mélomanie Mother’s Day Brunch & Concert
  Sunday, May 12 @ Delaware Historical Society
• From the Collector: The Collectibles of Jim Prettyman
  Wednesday, May 15 @ Rehoboth Art League
• FAMILY EVENT: EARLY CHILDHOOD GRADUATION CONCERT
  Saturday, May 18 @ The Music School of Delaware
• SUZUKI ACADEMY GRADUATION
  Saturday, May 18 through Sunday, June 16 @ The Music School of Delaware
• Happy Hours
  Thursday, May 23 through Thursday, September 26 @ Delaware Art Museum
• Antiques Show Preview Party
  Friday, May 24 @ Brandywine River Museum of Art
• Antiques Show Breakfast, Lecture & Tour
  Saturday, May 25 @ Brandywine River Museum of Art
• 48th Annual Antiques Show
  Saturday, May 25 through Monday, May 27 @ Brandywine River Museum of Art
• A Passion for Collecting: Dealers Talks
  Sunday, May 26 through Monday, May 27 @ Brandywine River Museum of Art
• Summer Theatre Arts Workshop (ages 6-12)
  Monday, June 17 through Friday, June 28 @ Delaware Children's Theatre
• SUMMER ART CAMPS
  Monday, June 17 through Friday, July 26 @ New Castle County Art Studio
• Serafin Summer Music Festival
  Thursday, June 20 through Sunday, June 30 @ The Music School of Delaware
• 2019 Summer Intensive
  Monday, June 24 through Friday, July 19 @ The Grand Opera House
• DELAWARE WOMEN’S CHORUS: Baltic Tour Send-Off Concert
  Tuesday, June 25 @ The Music School of Delaware
• 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
• ARTVENTURES CAMP
  Monday, July 29 through Friday, August 2 @ New Castle County Art Studio
• 2019 Summer Children's Workshop
  Monday, July 29 through Friday, August 2 @ The Grand Opera House
• 46th Annual Outdoor Fine Art & Fine Craft Show
  Saturday, August 3 through Sunday, August 11 @ Rehoboth Art League
• Lewes Creative Writers Conference
  Friday, August 16 through Saturday, August 17 @ Lewes Public Library
• Farm Stand at Winterthur
  Through Friday, July 12 @ Winterthur Museum, Garden & 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
• 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 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
• 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
• 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
• 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