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Looking for something to do that won't break the bank? Here's an assortment of events and activities throughout Delaware that are free and open to the public.
Still Breathing
- University of Delaware, Gore Recital Hall in the Roselle Center for the Arts
- Presented by University of Delaware, Department of Music
- Wednesday, October 4
"Bending Toward Justice" with Senator Doug Jones
- Wilmington Public Library
- Wednesday, October 4
Athlete Malcolm Jenkins
- Wilmington Public Library
- Thursday, October 5
PRESENCE
- The Delaware Contemporary
- Thursday, October 5
Art Loop at Arden: Attention to Detail - Jeffrey Xu
- Arden Buzz Ware Village Center
- Friday, October 6
Community Block Party
- North Wilmington Branch Library
- Friday, October 6
SJ Pumpkin Show & Carve
- Salem County Fairgrounds
- Friday, October 6
Peter and Will Anderson Trio - Free Concert
- Mispillion Performance Series
- Saturday, October 7
Outdoor Film: Super Mario Brothers
- Kent County Parks and Recreation
- Presented by Kent County Public Library
- Saturday, October 7
United Neighbors 2022: “Stand Together, Be the Change”
- West Side Grows
- Sunday, October 8
Peace Week Concert
- Appoquinimink Public Library
- Sunday, October 8
Aaron Paskins: Dreams
- The Arts Center/Gallery at Delaware State University
- Monday, October 9
Free Your Pen
- Dover Art League
- Tuesday, October 10
Objects Up Close: Pipe Tomahawk
- Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
- Wednesday, October 11
Annie O'Neill: "The Gift of Work - Thirty Years in the Making"
- Presented by Coastal Camera Club
- Wednesday, October 11
Peter Steiner, Trombone & Constanze Hochwartner, Organ, Guest Artists
- Newark United Methodist Church
- Presented by University of Delaware, Department of Music
- Wednesday, October 11
The Savage Chat Series with Judge Faith Jenkins and Singer Kenny Lattimore
- Wilmington Public Library
- Thursday, October 12
Old State House Concert series
- The Old State House
- Presented by Delaware Friends of Folk
- Friday, October 13
Cymbeline
- Hanover Presbyterian Church
- Presented by Delaware Shakespeare
- Friday, October 13
American Indian Towns of Sussex County, Delaware
- Milford Public Library
- Saturday, October 14
Tapping into Calm
- Appoquinimink Public Library
- Saturday, October 14
Korean Festival
- Delaware Art Museum
- Saturday, October 14
Guillaume Combet, violin, Faculty Artist & Kristin Ditlow, piano, Guest Artist
- University of Delaware, Gore Recital Hall in the Roselle Center for the Arts
- Presented by University of Delaware, Department of Music
- Sunday, October 15
Christiana Winds, Faculty Chamber Ensemble
- University of Delaware, Gore Recital Hall in the Roselle Center for the Arts
- Presented by University of Delaware, Department of Music
- Tuesday, October 17
Tips on doing African American Genealogy
- Appoquinimink Public Library
- Wednesday, October 18
Library Research Open House
- Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
- Thursday, October 19
A+ NIGHTS at The Delaware Contemporary
- The Delaware Contemporary
- Thursday, October 19
Regional Art Exbitition
- Center for the Creative Arts
- Thursday, October 19
Ossi & George
- Kent County Public Library
- Friday, October 20
Zombie Fest 2023
- Milton Theatre
- Saturday, October 21
DelArt Readers
- Delaware Art Museum
- Thursday, October 26
The Kims of Comedy
- Wilmington Public Library
- Friday, October 27
4th Friday Drum Circle
- Newark Arts Alliance
- Friday, October 27
Tram & Treat
- Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
- Saturday, October 28
Outdoor Film: Coco
- Kent County Parks and Recreation
- Presented by Kent County Public Library
- Saturday, October 28
Día de los Muertos: Walking Among the Ancestors
- Delaware Art Museum
- Saturday, October 28
Objects Up Close: Closed-Front Sacque Gown
- Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
- Wednesday, November 1
WEATHER OR NOT
- The Delaware Contemporary
- Thursday, November 2
The Savage Chat Series with Omari Hardwick
- Wilmington Public Library
- Thursday, November 9
Hansel & Gretel
- Presbyterian Church of the Covenant
- Friday, November 10
Members' Holiday Sales Gallery
- Rehoboth Art League
- Friday, November 10
Off the Shelf Series: The Winterthur Archives
- Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
- Thursday, November 16
A+ NIGHTS at The Delaware Contemporary
- The Delaware Contemporary
- Thursday, November 16
Delaware Fun-A-Day 2023
- Presented by Delaware Fun A Day
- Friday, November 17
Authors & Audiences Showcase
- Saturday, November 18
Writing Your Best Short Story: The Whys and Hows of Creating Fantastic Fiction
- Appoquinimink Public Library
- Saturday, November 18
ESCAPE HATCH: A STUDIO ARTISTS’ SMALL WORK SHOW
- The Delaware Contemporary
- Thursday, November 30
ART IN BLOOM
- The Delaware Contemporary
- Friday, December 1
The CRISIS in World War I, Presented by Syl Woolford
- Appoquinimink Public Library
- Saturday, December 2
Holiday Concert
- Appoquinimink Public Library
- Sunday, December 17
A+ NIGHTS at The Delaware Contemporary
- The Delaware Contemporary
- Thursday, December 21
Calidore String Quartet: Masterclass with cellist David Finckel.
- University of Delaware, Gore Recital Hall in the Roselle Center for the Arts
- Presented by University of Delaware, Department of Music
- Saturday, January 20, 2024
Achilles Liarmakopoulos, trombone, Guest Artist
- University of Delaware, Gore Recital Hall in the Roselle Center for the Arts
- Presented by University of Delaware, Department of Music
- Sunday, February 25, 2024
Bookmobile Block Party
- Friday, April 19, 2024
Real Diamond
- Rehoboth Beach Bandstand
- Monday, July 1, 2024
Opera Delaware and The First State Symphonic Band Live in the Park
- Union Park Gardens
- Presented by The Grand Opera House
- Monday, July 1, 2024
Z Park Day
- Zwaanendael Park
- Monday, July 1, 2024
The Funsters
- Rehoboth Beach Bandstand
- Tuesday, July 2, 2024
The Delaware National Guard 287th Army Band
- Rehoboth Beach Bandstand
- Thursday, July 4, 2024
Artist Talk
- Monday, July 29, 2024
Music on the River: Alicia Maxwell Project
- Main Street Delaware City Inc
- Friday, August 16, 2024
HaHa Hammock
- Crooked Hammock - Lewes
- Friday, September 6, 2024
Hafla Bellydancing
- Newark Arts Alliance
- Sunday, January 15
Yappy Hour
- Rockwood Park & Museum
- Thursday, March 30
PAWS for Literacy
- Thursday, July 6
Loose Threads Fiber Arts Group
- Newark Arts Alliance
- Thursday, August 17
Pints & Pages: A Book Club for Millennials (born 1980 - 1996)
- Lewes Public Library
- Tuesday, August 22
Making Appearance Exhibition
- Camden Fireworks
- Sunday, August 27
Arden Art and Beyond
- Arden Gild Hall
- Saturday, September 2
Free First Sundays
- Rockwood Park & Museum
- Sunday, September 3
STRIPES ESCAPE
- The Delaware Contemporary
- Friday, September 8
UNDERCURRENTS
- The Delaware Contemporary
- Friday, September 8
MINING THE FORM
- The Delaware Contemporary
- Friday, September 8
OTHER PASTURES
- The Delaware Contemporary
- Friday, September 8
SKY LADDERS Y MARIPOSAS
- The Delaware Contemporary
- Friday, September 8
ENTER THE SUBCONSCIOUS
- The Delaware Contemporary
- Friday, September 8
THE PLATFORM GALLERY
- The Delaware Contemporary
- Friday, September 8
Free Creative Art Saturday's
- New Castle County Art Studio
- Saturday, September 9
2nd Sunday Music Jam
- Newark Arts Alliance
- Sunday, September 10
20th Annual Judged & Juried Show at Mispillion Art League
- Mispillion Art League
- Tuesday, September 12
It's All About The Bear
- CAMP Rehoboth
- Thursday, September 14
Bill Scott: A Recurrent Memory
- Somerville Manning Gallery
- Friday, September 15
"A Salute to Color" by Beth Cartland
- Gallery 50
- Friday, September 22
Abstract Harmonies
- Newark Arts Alliance
- Tuesday, September 26
One Water, Native Spaces, Water? Oil Paintings by Geo McElroy
- Rehoboth Art League
- Friday, September 29
Forces of Nature: Sculptures and Prints by Luc Fiedler
- Rehoboth Art League
- Friday, September 29
Quilted Chronicles: Comforters for a Fraught Era. Fiber Art by Jo-Ann Morgan
- Rehoboth Art League
- Friday, September 29
Paint Crosswalks Together in Downtown Dover
- Downtown Dover
- Saturday, September 30
Haunted Trails of Rockwood
- Rockwood Park & Museum
- Sunday, October 1