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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2018 Garden Insider: A Series of Garden Walks, Talks, and Demonstrations

Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
Through May 30

GUARDIANS OF THE IMAGE MAKER Group Exhibition & Programs Commemorating The 1968 Riots

The Delaware Contemporary
Through June 29

Mispillion Art League's 15th Annual Spring Juried Show

Mispillion Art League
Through June 23

Rehoboth Beach Jazz Festival

Rehoboth Beach Convention Center
October 11 - October 14

Happy Hours

Delaware Art Museum
May 24 - September 27

Antiques Show Preview Party

Brandywine River Museum of Art
May 25

Antiques Show Breakfast and Lecture

Brandywine River Museum of Art
May 26

Bowers Beach Buccaneer Bash

Bowers Beach Maritime Museum
May 26

47th Annual Antique Show

Brandywine River Museum of Art
May 26 - May 28

A Passion For Collecting - Antiques Show Dealer Talks

Brandywine River Museum of Art
May 27 - May 28

Arts in the Parks: Mike Hines & The Look

Brecknock County Park
May 30

Sounds of Summer Concerts in the Park

Milton Memorial Park
May 30 - August 29

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• DFVA Outdoor Art Show
  Thursday, May 31 through Sunday, June 3 @ One Greenville Crossing
• Wine & Jazz All Stars
  Friday, June 1 @ Longwood Gardens
• Backyard Bash
  Friday, June 1 @ Delaware Art Museum
• Fearless Artist Showcase
  Saturday, June 2 @ University of Delaware, Thompson Theatre at Roselle Center for the Arts
• Steamin' Days at Auburn Heights
  Sunday, June 3 through Saturday, November 24 @ Marshall Steam Museum at Auburn Heights
• Arts in the Parks: The Funsters
  Wednesday, June 6 @ Brecknock County Park
• A Dream Deferred: Documentary Screening and Panel Discussion
  Thursday, June 7 @ Copeland Room, Delaware History Museum
• 4th Annual 6X6 Silent Art Auction Fundraiser
  Tuesday, June 12 through Saturday, June 23 @ Mispillion Art League
• Arts in the Parks: Wall of Cain
  Wednesday, June 13 @ Brecknock County Park
• Family Music Play Date
  Wednesday, June 13 @ The Music School of Delaware
• Enchanted Summer Day
  Saturday, June 16 @ Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
• Audra McDonald
  Sunday, June 17 @ Longwood Gardens
• Wonderland at The Whist
  Saturday, June 23 @ University and Whist Club
• Wilmington Write-in
  Saturday, June 23 @ Rodney Square
• 2018 Mid-Atlantic Sea Glass and Coastal Arts Festival
  Saturday, June 23 through Sunday, June 24 @ Lewes Historical Society
• New Castle County Ice Cream Festival at Rockwood Park
  Saturday, June 23 through Sunday, June 24 @ Rockwood Mansion Park
• Evita
  Saturday, June 23 through Sunday, July 1 @ Laird Performing Arts Center at Tatnall School
• Rehoboth Art League Summer Camps 2018
  Monday, June 25 through Thursday, August 23 @ Rehoboth Art League
• Arts in the Parks: The Cat's Pajamas
  Wednesday, June 27 @ Brecknock County Park
• Kirtan
  Thursday, June 28 @ Milton Theatre
• Arts in the Parks: Smooth Sounds Dance Band
  Wednesday, July 11 @ Brecknock County Park
• 2018 Summer Craft Fair
  Saturday, July 14 @ Lewes Historical Society
• Arts in the Parks: Free Range Blue
  Wednesday, July 18 @ Brecknock County Park
• Wilmington Writers Conference: Reflection and Voice
  Friday, July 20 @ Delaware Art Museum
• Wilmington Writers Conference: Reflection and Voice
  Saturday, July 21 @ Delaware Art Museum
• Musical Theater Camp
  Monday, July 23 through Friday, July 27 @ New Castle County Art Studio
• Arts in the Parks: Deb & Mike
  Wednesday, July 25 @ Brecknock County Park
• Kirtan
  Thursday, July 26 @ Milton Theatre
• Summer Arts Program
  Monday, July 30 through Friday, August 3 @ The Music School of Delaware
• Outdoor Antiques Show
  Saturday, August 4 @ Lewes Historical Society
• 45th Annual Outdoor Fine Art & Fine Craft Show
  Saturday, August 4 through Sunday, August 12 @ Rehoboth Art League
• Arts in the Parks: Androcles & the Lion
  Wednesday, August 8 @ Brecknock County Park
• Camping in the Sculpture Garden
  Saturday, August 18 @ Delaware Art Museum
• Brandywine Festival of the Arts
  Saturday, September 8 through Sunday, September 9 @ Brandywine Park - Wilmington State Parks
• Arts & Jazz Festival
  Saturday, September 15 @ The Freeman Stage at Bayside
• Open Mic Night
  Through Tuesday, June 5 @ Newark Arts Alliance
• Glory of Stories
  Through Friday, August 31 @ Delaware Art Museum
• Landscape Photography
  Through Monday, June 4 @ Delaware Art Museum
• Annual Faculty, Members' & Students' Show
  Through Friday, May 25 @ Center for the Creative Arts
• On Location Photography Workshops
  Through Sunday, June 10 @ Delaware Art Museum

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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
• 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 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
• 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
• World Music, Inc. · Northern Delaware
• World Trade Center Delaware · Northern Delaware
• Your Creation Station · Northern Delaware

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