Brandywine River ShadFest
An annual celebration of the Brandywine River and the return of the American Shad presented by the Brandywine River Restoration Trust. Fun, vendors, environmental education, FREE activities, & more!
This family-friendly event, hosted by the Brandywine River Restoration Trust (BRRT), will feature educational exhibits by over 20 of Delaware’s leading environmental organizations, music, sustainable arts & craft vendors, food & beverage vendors, and festivities. Activities will include a shad lifecycle obstacle course, fish print t-shirt painting, a fish seining demonstration, free fishing lessons for children, face painting, and much more!
Sign up to attend this FREE event, to participate in fishing lessons, or to volunteer on our website at: https://brrt.org/shadfest-2024/ . If you do not have a Google account and would like to sign up for fishing lessons or to volunteer email our program manager Jenn at Jenn@BRRT.org. We hope to see you at Brandywine Park (across from the zoo) on Sunday, May 19 from 11 AM - 4 PM for this Shad-tacular event!
Learn more about BRRT at www.BRRT.org!
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