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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The Ladybug Music Festival

Downtown Milford, Inc.
September 21

Yorklyn Storytelling Festival

Center for the Creative Arts
October 18 - October 20

DelaWILD : Celebrating Nature in the First State

Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
September 14

Shakespeare Festival Opening Reception

Lewes Public Library
September 15

Community Day

University of Delaware, The Green
September 15

Houses of the Bard: British Architecture in the Time of Shakespeare

Lewes Public Library
September 16

Shakespeare in Unexpected Places

Lewes Public Library
September 16

Folger Theatre Costume Display

Lewes Public Library
September 16 - September 21

Homeschool Connection: Food Through the Ages

Lewes Public Library
September 17

What Was on Shakespeare’s Table?

Lewes Public Library
September 17

Fall Garden Walk

Brandywine River Museum of Art
September 18

Bad Habits and Good Intentions: Theater and the Law in Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure"

Lewes Public Library
September 18

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• Magic Garments: Clothing Shakespeare’s Characters
  Thursday, September 19 @ Lewes Public Library
• Film Screening of Broadway HD The Taming of the Shrew (2016)
  Thursday, September 19 @ Lewes Public Library
• Was It Really William?
  Thursday, September 19 @ Lewes Public Library
• Lute Recital by Theodore Cheek, the Advant Bard
  Friday, September 20 @ Lewes Public Library
• Shakespeare in our Backyard - bus trip to Washington, DC
  Friday, September 20 @ Lewes Public Library
• Film Screening of Orson Welles’ Othello (1951)
  Friday, September 20 @ Lewes Public Library
• Korean Festival
  Saturday, September 21 @ Delaware Art Museum
• Hot Jam Festival
  Saturday, September 21 @ Center for the Creative Arts
• Lewes Artists Studio Tour
  Saturday, September 21 @ Lewes' Artists Studio Tour
• Measure for Measure
  Saturday, September 21 @ Lewes Public Library
• Chester County Craft Guild Art show
  Saturday, September 21 through Sunday, September 22 @ Brandywine River Museum of Art
• Peace Week Delaware & Fall Equinox Labyrinth Walk
  Monday, September 23 @ Delaware Art Museum
• Third Annual History Book Festival Keynote Address by Pulitzer Prize Winning Author Rick Atkinson
  Friday, September 27 @ Bethel United Methodist Church Hall
• Delmarva Folk Festival
  Friday, September 27 through Saturday, September 28 @ 352 Downs Chapel Rd
• Queens of Soul: Fireworks Show
  Saturday, September 28 @ Longwood Gardens
• Third Annual History Book Festival
  Saturday, September 28 @ Lewes Public Library
• Third Annual History Book Festival Features Novelist Alice Hoffman in Closing Address
  Sunday, September 29 @ Cape Henlopen High School
• The Rainbow Chorale performs at the 2019 New Castle County's 2nd Annual LGBTQ Youth Pride Festival
  Sunday, September 29 @ Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
• Introduction to Acrylics with Ron Lightcap
  Tuesday, October 1 through Tuesday, October 29 @ Rehoboth Art League
• The 2019 Big Draw Festival DE
  Tuesday, October 1 through Thursday, October 31 @ Mispillion Art League
• Painting Watercolor Miniatures with Gerilyn Gaskill
  Wednesday, October 2 @ Mispillion Art League
• Oil Painting with Joe Terrone
  Wednesday, October 2 through Wednesday, October 30 @ Rehoboth Art League
• Open Sketch
  Thursday, October 3 @ Riverfront Theater
• Pen & Ink Techniques and Application with Edilu Nehrbas
  Thursday, October 3 through Thursday, October 24 @ Rehoboth Art League
• Children's Read Aloud Tours
  Thursday, October 3 through Thursday, November 14 @ Brandywine River Museum of Art
• Paint Dover!
  Friday, October 4 @ Dover Art League
• Paint Dover! Plein Air Painting Event, Competition and Exhibition
  Friday, October 4 @ Dover Art League
• A Hero in the Making
  Saturday, October 5 @ Red Bandana
• Art Walk
  Saturday, October 5 @ Milton Arts Guild
• 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
• Colored Pencils for Beginners
  Monday, October 7 through Monday, October 14 @ Mispillion Art League
• Art at the Library!
  Tuesday, October 8 @ Milford Public Library
• Traditional Mexican Decorative Art with Gilberto Rodriguez and Cathy Walls
  Wednesday, October 9 @ Mispillion Art League
• Paint Your Growler at MRB
  Wednesday, October 9 @ Mispillion River Brewing
• Acrylic Painting: Landscapes with Jamie Moore
  Wednesday, October 9 through Wednesday, October 30 @ Rehoboth Art League
• Linoleum Block Printing with Robin Dean
  Thursday, October 10 through Thursday, October 17 @ Mispillion Art League
• Dirty Hands DIY Station Big Draw
  Thursday, October 10 through Thursday, October 24 @ Dewey Artist Collaboration
• Watercolor Journaling with Rosemary Connelly
  Friday, October 11 @ Mispillion Art League
• Beyond Alla Prima: Moving Towards Abstraction with Tara Funk-Grim
  Friday, October 11 through Sunday, October 13 @ Rehoboth 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
• Painting with Light to Live Music
  Saturday, October 12 @ The Music School of Delaware, Milford Branch
• Basic Drawing II: Portraits with Jamie Moore
  Saturday, October 12 through Saturday, November 9 @ Rehoboth Art League
• Open Studio Figure Drawing/Painting
  Sunday, October 13 @ Gallery 107
• White-Line Woodcut Workshop with Fred Dylla
  Monday, October 14 through Wednesday, October 16 @ Rehoboth Art League
• Fall Photo Safari with Gervasio Ruiz, Jr.
  Tuesday, October 15 @ Mispillion Art League
• Boney James
  Thursday, October 17 @ Cape Henlopen High School
• Create Monster Make-Up
  Thursday, October 17 @ Mispillion Art League
• First State Film Festival
  Thursday, October 17 @ Theatre N at Nemours
• A "Pure" Drawing Show
  Thursday, October 17 @ Gallery 37- A Destination for Artful Living
• Drawing for Beginners with Myndi Smithers
  Thursday, October 17 through Thursday, November 7 @ Rehoboth Art League
• Norman Brown, Euge Groove & Lindsey Webster
  Friday, October 18 @ Rehoboth Beach Convention Center
• Jazz at the Brewery - Dogfish Head Brewery featuring JJ Sansaverino
  Friday, October 18 @ Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
• Steve Cole & Kim Waters
  Friday, October 18 @ Rusty Rudder
• The Four Freshmen
  Friday, October 18 @ Epworth United Methodist Church, Rehoboth
• Will Downing, Mike Phillips & Avery Sunshine
  Friday, October 18 @ Cape Henlopen High School
• The Great Delaware Pumpkin Carve
  Friday, October 18 through Saturday, October 19 @ Biggs Museum of American Art
• 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
• Barks and Brew
  Saturday, October 19 @ Brandywine River Museum of Art
• Jewelry Pouring
  Sunday, October 20 @ Gallery 107
• Exploring Watercolor with Gerilyn Gaskill
  Monday, October 21 @ Rehoboth Art League
• Senior Art Workshops
  Friday, October 25 @ Mispillion Art League
• Wicked Wyeth Walk
  Friday, October 25 @ Brandywine River Museum of Art
• 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
• Halloween Loop Costume Ball
  Saturday, October 26 @ The Queen
• Halloween Bingo
  Sunday, October 27 @ Chambers Memorial Hall
• Palette to Palate
  Monday, October 28 @ Rose Hill Farm
• 2019 Delaware Arts Summit & Governor's Awards for the Arts
  Monday, October 28 @ Dover Downs Hotel & Casino
• Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival
  Thursday, October 31 through Sunday, November 10 @ Cinema Art Theater
• Delaware by Hand Fine Arts & Crafts Fair at the Artisan Market
  Saturday, November 2 @ Biggs Museum of American Art
• 35th Annual Holiday Fair – Fine Craft Show
  Saturday, November 2 through Sunday, November 3 @ Rehoboth Art League
• Picturing Beauty: Celebrating Real Women
  Sunday, November 17 @ Delaware Art Museum
• Sunday Brunch in the Ballroom
  Sunday, November 17 @ Hotel duPont Gold Ballroom
• Annual Artisan Show
  Saturday, November 23 through Sunday, November 24 @ Center for the Creative Arts
• MMC Holiday Craft and Vendor Festival
  Saturday, November 30 @ Modern Maturity Center
• 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

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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 Jazz Festival · 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
• Yorklyn Storytelling Festival Inc. · Northern Delaware
• Your Creation Station · Northern Delaware