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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3rd Annual Rehoboth Arts Festival in Grove Park

Rehoboth Art League
May 20

50th Annual Members’ Fine Craft Exhibition

Rehoboth Art League
June 9 - July 16

Delaware Blue Coats Sixers Basketball G-League Team vs. Fort Wayne Mad Ants (Game 1)

Wilmington Riverfront
Through March 25

Opening Night Microgala at The Grand Opera House

The Grand Opera House
March 31

The Vinyl Countdown w/ Grace Vonderkuhn, Regions & Treewalker

The Queen
April 1

Folger Theatre Costume Display

Lewes Public Library
April 1 - April 21

Free First Sundays

Rockwood Park & Museum
April 2

Spring Fling

Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
April 4 - April 14

Art Is Tasty

Delaware Art Museum
April 7

Film Screening of Orson Welles’ “Chimes at Midnight”

Lewes Public Library
April 11

The Bachelor Collectors: The Arts of Rockwood

Rockwood Park & Museum
April 15

WSW Putt the Night Away Mini Golf Fundraiser

Women Supporting Women
April 21

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• ArtFest @ Whitehall- in partnership w/ New Castle County
  Saturday, April 22 @ New Castle County Art Studio
• Poetry in the Mansion
  Saturday, April 22 @ Rockwood Park & Museum
• The Art of the Cocktail: A fundraising event to support the Museum's children's programs
  Saturday, April 22 @ Delaware Art Museum
• Spring Fling
  Friday, April 28 through Sunday, April 30 @ Milton Arts Guild
• Day Ones Live: Lay Bankz
  Saturday, May 6 @ The Queen
• Free First Sundays
  Saturday, May 6 @ Rockwood Park & Museum
• Mayhem & Mystery: For Junior Sleuths!
  Saturday, May 6 @ Rockwood Park & Museum
• Azaleas & Bluebells Day
  Saturday, May 6 @ Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
• Wine and Design: Mother’s Day Arrangement
  Friday, May 12 @ Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
• Girls Inc. of Delaware Strong, Smart, and Bold Luncheon
  Friday, May 12 @ Delaware Museum of Nature & Science
• Bourbon and Bluegrass
  Friday, May 12 @ Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
• Mother’s Day Concert with Kennett Symphony
  Saturday, May 13 @ Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
• The Bachelor Collectors: The Arts of Rockwood
  Sunday, May 14 @ Rockwood Park & Museum
• Mother's Day Watercolor & Wine
  Sunday, May 14 @ Biggs Museum of American Art
• Objects Up Close Virtual Series: Tea Traditions and Chinese Export Objects
  Tuesday, May 16 @ Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
• Brandywine River ShadFest Art Contest
  Saturday, May 20 @ Brandywine Creek State Park
• Girl Scout Day
  Saturday, May 20 @ Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
• Off the Shelf Series
  Thursday, May 25 @ Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
• NCC heARTed Pop Up Art Show
  Thursday, June 22 @ Glasgow Park
• NCC heARTed Pop Up Art Show
  Thursday, June 22 @ Glasgow Park
• The 5th Annual Grand Golf Classic
  Thursday, June 29 @ Deerfield Golf and Tennis Club
• 4th of July Fireworks
  Tuesday, July 4 @ University of Delaware, Athletic Complex
• 73rd Cottage Tour
  Tuesday, July 11 through Wednesday, July 12 @ Rehoboth Art League
• 50th Annual Outdoor Fine Art and Fine Craft Show
  Saturday, August 5 through Sunday, August 13 @ Rehoboth Art League
• United Neighbors 2022: “Stand Together, Be the Change”
  Sunday, October 8 @ West Side Grows
• 39th Annual Holiday Fair
  Friday, November 3 through Sunday, November 5 @ Rehoboth Art League
• Hafla Bellydancing
  Through Sunday, October 15 @ Newark Arts Alliance
• Whimsical Masterpieces: Pastel Workshop Series
  Through Thursday, April 20 @ 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
• 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
• Art Star
• ArtzScape by Lady C Productions · Northern Delaware
• Auburn Valley State Park · Northern Delaware
• Barry's Events · Northern Delaware
• Bear Man Comics · Central Delaware
• Bear Man Comics
• Bellefonte Arts Festival · Northern Delaware
• Bellevue Community Center · 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
• Cabernet Candles · Northern Delaware
• CAMP Rehoboth · Southern Delaware
• Cape Henlopen State Park · Southern 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
• Children's Beach House · Southern 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 Nature & Science · 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
• Developing Artist Collaboration · Southern 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
• Eastern Shore AFRAM Festival, Inc. · Southern Delaware
• El Centro Cultural · Southern Delaware
• Elkton Community Kitchen
• Elwyn · Northern Delaware
• F-ervescent Productions, LLC · 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
• Fort MIles Museum, Inc · Southern Delaware
• Freeman Arts Pavilion · Southern 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
• History Book Festival · Southern Delaware
• Holly Branch National League of American Pen Women · Central Delaware
• Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church · Northern Delaware
• House Lights · Northern Delaware
• House of Laffs, LLC · 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
• Jewels of the Orient Bellydance & Wellness Festival · Southern 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
• Lazy L Bed & Breakfast at Willow Creek · 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
• Little Italy Neighborhood Association · Northern Delaware
• Live Nation
• Loblolly Acres · Central Delaware
• 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
• Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra · Southern Delaware
• Middletown Main Street Inc · Northern Delaware
• Milford Memorial Hospital Auxiliary · Central Delaware
• Milford Memorial Park · Central Delaware
• Milk + Honey Cafe and Gallery · Northern 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
• Nuestras Raices Inc · Northern Delaware
• Oasis Church of Delaware · Northern Delaware
• Ocean City Convention Center · Southern Delaware
• Ocean Waves Quilt Guild · Southern Delaware
• Old Brandywine Village, Inc. · Northern Delaware
• Out & About Magazine · Northern Delaware
• Pacem in Terris · Northern Delaware
• Painted Stave Distilling · Central Delaware
• Paul Kares, Inc · Southern 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
• Salted Vines Vineyard & Winery · 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
• SouthEastern Delaware Artists Studio Tour (SEDAST) · Southern Delaware
• St. Jones Reserve · Central Delaware
• Talbot County Garden Club
• Talbot Historical Society
• Tango by the Beach · Southern Delaware
• Tango Prohibido-Delaware Argentine Tango Community · Northern 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 Friends of Old Dover, Inc. · Central Delaware
• The Inspire Lot · Northern Delaware
• The Labyrinth at First & Central · Northern Delaware
• The Light Entertainment · Northern Delaware
• The Pines · Northern Delaware
• The Pyrates Way, LLC · Northern Delaware
• The Station Gallery · Northern Delaware
• The Suburban Farmhouse · Southern Delaware
• Thousand Acre Farm · Northern Delaware
• Thy Geekdom Con
• Trap Pond State Park · Southern Delaware
• True Blue Jazz, Inc. · Southern Delaware
• TS Smith & Sons · Southern Delaware
• Udaan · Northern Delaware
• United Neighbors
• West Side Grows
• Wilmington & Western Railroad · Northern Delaware
• Wilmington Friends Meeting · Northern Delaware
• Wilmington Wintergrass · Northern Delaware
• Wilmington, Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs · Northern Delaware
• Women Supporting Women · Southern 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

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