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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Bowers Beach Buccaneer Bash

Bowers Beach Maritime Museum
May 25

Backyard Bash

Delaware Art Museum
May 31

DFVA Greenville Outdoor Art Show

Delaware Foundation for the Visual Arts
May 31

We Are the Music Makers: Annual Gala and Benefit Concert

DuPont Country Club
June 14

Summer Festival: The Merry Wives of Windsor

Rockwood Mansion Park
July 12 - July 28

46th Annual Outdoor Fine Art & Fine Craft Show

Rehoboth Art League
August 3 - August 11

Brandywine Festival of the Arts

Brandywine Park - Wilmington State Parks
September 7 - September 8

Delaware By Hand Artisans Market

Zwaanendael Park, Lewes
May 25

Antiques Show Breakfast, Lecture & Tour

Brandywine River Museum of Art
May 25

Live Mermaid Encounters

Bethany Beach Bandstand
May 25

Horseshoe Crab and Shorebird Festival

Milton Memorial Park
May 25

Pirates on the Plaza

Bethany Beach Bandstand
May 25

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• Sons of Pirates
  Saturday, May 25 @ Bethany Beach Bandstand
• Chris Sacks Band
  Saturday, May 25 @ Bethany Beach Bandstand
• Emergency Meet & Greet
  Saturday, May 25 @ Bethany Beach Bandstand
• 48th Annual Antiques Show
  Through Monday, May 27 @ Brandywine River Museum of Art
• To Philly, with Love: Fireworks Show
  Sunday, May 26 @ Longwood Gardens
• Marine Science Camp
  Sunday, May 26 @ Bethany Beach Bandstand
• Hermit Crab Derby
  Sunday, May 26 @ Bethany Beach Bandstand
• Skim Board Basics
  Sunday, May 26 @ Bethany Beach Bandstand
• U.S. Navy Country Current
  Sunday, May 26 @ Bethany Beach Bandstand
• A Passion for Collecting: Dealers Talks
  Sunday, May 26 through Monday, May 27 @ Brandywine River Museum of Art
• Aloha Summer! Luau Show
  Monday, May 27 @ Bethany Beach Bandstand
• Wine & Jazz All Starts
  Friday, May 31 @ Longwood Gardens
• Wine & Jazz Festival
  Saturday, June 1 @ Longwood Gardens
• Pete Seeger Songfest
  Saturday, June 1 @ Unitarian Universalists of Southern Delaware
• Bethany Beach Seaside Craft Show
  Saturday, June 1 @ Town of Bethany Beach
• Historic Autos
  Saturday, June 1 @ Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
• Third Annual Yorklyn Day
  Sunday, June 2 @ Center for the Creative Arts
• Newark Arts Alliance Garden Tour 2019
  Saturday, June 8 @ Newark Arts Alliance
• Truckin' Tuesday Food and Music Festival
  Tuesday, June 11 through Tuesday, August 20 @ Milton Historical Society
• Seven Things I Learned: An Evening with Ira Glass
  Sunday, June 16 @ Longwood Gardens
• 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
• DuPont Clifford Brown Jazz Festival
  Wednesday, June 19 through Saturday, June 22 @ Rodney Square
• 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
• The Magical Land of Oz
  Monday, June 24 through Saturday, July 20 @ Wilmington Drama League
• DELAWARE WOMEN’S CHORUS: Baltic Tour Send-Off Concert
  Tuesday, June 25 @ The Music School of Delaware
• Wags and Wine
  Saturday, June 29 @ Brandywine River Museum of Art
• Star Spangled Spectacular: Fireworks Show
  Wednesday, July 3 @ Longwood Gardens
• THE MILTON THEATRE RENAISSANCE INITIATIVE...CELEBRATING 5 YEARS!
  Saturday, July 6 @ Milton Theatre
• Cinderella Kids Theatre Camp
  Monday, July 8 through Saturday, July 13 @ Milton Theatre
• 2019 Children's Visual Arts Summer Camp
  Monday, July 8 through Saturday, August 3 @ Solid Rock Outreach Center
• 2019 Children's Visual Arts Summer Camp
  Monday, July 8 through Saturday, August 3 @ Solid Rock Outreach Center
• Tip-a-Canoe & Barbeque Too
  Saturday, July 13 @ Brandywine River Museum of Art
• The Piano Men: Fireworks Show
  Saturday, July 20 @ Longwood Gardens
• 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
• Bar None Comedy: Last Call For Stand Up!
  Friday, August 2 @ The Queen
• Swan Lake: Fireworks Show
  Saturday, August 10 @ Longwood Gardens
• Pawpaw Folk Festival
  Saturday, August 10 @ Blue Ball Barn at Alapocas Run State Park
• Lewes Creative Writers Conference
  Friday, August 16 through Saturday, August 17 @ Lewes Public Library
• The Great Duck Race on the Broadkill
  Saturday, August 24 @ Milton Memorial Park
• Night at the Movies II: Fireworks Show
  Sunday, September 1 @ Longwood Gardens
• Queens of Soul: Fireworks Show
  Saturday, September 28 @ Longwood Gardens
• Farm Stand at Winterthur
  Through Friday, July 12 @ Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
• Second Saturdays
  Through Saturday, December 14 @ Milton (downtown)
• Candlelight Comedy Club
  Through Thursday, November 21 @ The Candlelight Theatre
• SUZUKI ACADEMY GRADUATION
  Through Sunday, June 16 @ The Music School of Delaware
• Happy Hours
  Through Thursday, September 26 @ Delaware Art Museum
• Parrotbeach
  Friday, May 24 @ Bethany Beach Bandstand
• Antiques Show Preview Party
  Friday, May 24 @ Brandywine River Museum of Art
• Bethany Beach Poseidon Festival
  Through Monday, May 27 @ Bethany Beach Bandstand

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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 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