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.
Paint, Sip & Stroll: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month, Highlighting the Work of Frida Kahlo
- The Grand Opera House
- Thursday, September 28
PALETTE TO PALATE Benefit Dinner To Support The Delaware Contemporary
- The Delaware Contemporary
- Friday, September 29
Goth Ball: A Night at Rockwood
- Rockwood Park & Museum
- Friday, September 29
Tablao Flamenco
- the baby grand
- Presented by The Grand Opera House
- Saturday, September 30
5k Walk Run Roll for Inclusive Arts
- Wilmington Riverfront
- Saturday, September 30
Paint Crosswalks Together in Downtown Dover
- Downtown Dover
- Saturday, September 30
Outdoor Artisan Market
- Center for the Creative Arts
- Sunday, October 1
Haunted Trails of Rockwood
- Rockwood Park & Museum
- Sunday, October 1
The Metropolitan Museum Bus Trip
- Delaware Art Museum
- Tuesday, October 3
"Bending Toward Justice" with Senator Doug Jones
- Wilmington Public Library
- Wednesday, October 4
Athlete Malcolm Jenkins
- Wilmington Public Library
- Thursday, October 5
Preacher Lawson
- the baby grand
- Presented by The Grand Opera House
- Thursday, October 5
Community Block Party
- North Wilmington Branch Library
- Friday, October 6
Pinky Patel: New Crown, Who Dhis?
- the baby grand
- Presented by The Grand Opera House
- Friday, October 6
Art Is Tasty
- Delaware Art Museum
- Friday, October 6
SJ Pumpkin Show & Carve
- Salem County Fairgrounds
- Friday, October 6
Mayhem & Murder
- Rockwood Park & Museum
- Friday, October 6
United Neighbors 2022: “Stand Together, Be the Change”
- West Side Grows
- Sunday, October 8
DAC's 7th Annual Tacomania
- Thursday, October 12
The Savage Chat Series with Judge Faith Jenkins and Singer Kenny Lattimore
- Wilmington Public Library
- Thursday, October 12
FREAKY FRIDAY
- The Delaware Contemporary
- Friday, October 13
Mandala Paint & Sip with Kim Lucas
- Gilbert W. Perry Center for the Arts (The Gibby)
- Friday, October 13
Korean Festival
- Delaware Art Museum
- Saturday, October 14
N3RD Thursdays: End of the World Costume Party
- Delaware Museum of Nature & Science
- Thursday, October 19
The Rossettis Members’ Lecture & Exhibition Preview Party
- Delaware Art Museum
- Friday, October 20
Ann Lowe Fashion Symposium
- Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
- Friday, October 20
WSW 22nd Annual Walk for Awareness
- Women Supporting Women
- Saturday, October 21
CYMBELINE Gala Performance
- OperaDelaware Studio
- Presented by Delaware Shakespeare
- Saturday, October 21
Zombie Fest 2023
- Milton Theatre
- Saturday, October 21
Guided Special Exhibition Tours
- Delaware Art Museum
- Saturday, October 21
The Rossettis
- Delaware Art Museum
- Saturday, October 21
Oh The Horrors! Film Trailer Challenge
- Milton Theatre
- Wednesday, October 25
The Kims of Comedy
- Wilmington Public Library
- Friday, October 27
A Halloween Filmfest Event: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
- Dickens Parlour Theatre
- Friday, October 27
Día de los Muertos: Walking Among the Ancestors
- Delaware Art Museum
- Saturday, October 28
The North East Fall Folk & Bluegrass Festival
- Milburn Stone Theater
- Saturday, October 28
Dancing to Death: Murder at Studio 79
- Dickens Parlour Theatre
- Thursday, November 2
39th Annual Holiday Fair
- Rehoboth Art League
- Friday, November 3
DCT's 50th Anniversary Gala
- Delaware Children's Theatre
- Saturday, November 4
Mayhem and Mystery
- Rockwood Park & Museum
- Saturday, November 4
The Savage Chat Series with Omari Hardwick
- Wilmington Public Library
- Thursday, November 9
Holiday Walking Wine Tasting
- Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
- Saturday, November 18
Bubble Magic with Meadow Perry
- Dickens Parlour Theatre
- Friday, December 8
Polar Express Pajama Party! & Film Screening
- Milton Theatre
- Saturday, December 16
Dueling Pianos with Flying Ivories
- Milton Theatre
- Sunday, December 31
An Evening with Sutton Foster
- The Playhouse on Rodney Square
- Presented by The Grand Opera House
- Saturday, March 2, 2024
National Ballet Competition
- The Grand Opera House
- Presented by First State Ballet Theatre
- Friday, March 8, 2024
The Funsters
- Rehoboth Beach Bandstand
- Tuesday, July 2, 2024
The Delaware National Guard 287th Army Band
- Rehoboth Beach Bandstand
- Thursday, July 4, 2024
Hafla Bellydancing
- Newark Arts Alliance
- Sunday, January 15
Downtown Farmers' Market
- Rodney Square
- Wednesday, May 3
INTO LIGHT Delaware
- Delaware Art Museum
- Thursday, June 1
Pints & Pages: A Book Club for Millennials (born 1980 - 1996)
- Lewes Public Library
- Tuesday, August 22
Arden Art and Beyond
- Arden Gild Hall
- Saturday, September 2
4th Friday Drum Circle
- Newark Arts Alliance
- Friday, September 22