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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.

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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

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