All your festival listings for Wilmington, Dover, Newark, Lewes, Middletown, Seaford, Rehoboth Beach and all of Delaware.
Welcome to Delaware’s most comprehensive festival guide where you can find festivals for this weekend, month and year in such cities as Wilmington, Dover, Newark, Lewes, Middletown, Seaford, Rehoboth Beach and everywhere in-between in Delaware.
This guide does NOT include conventions/expos or events lacking the 3 essentials of a festival (food, vendors and entertainment). Feel free to contact me if you have a question about your event.
If there is a festival you do not see but would like listed, please Contact Me and let me know about it, especially smaller festivals that don’t have the advertising.
Before traveling to any festivals, please be sure to double check events via the link provided as events could have been rescheduled or cancelled without my knowledge, especially after damaging weather.
If there is an * (asterisk) next to the date, this means that I have not confirmed the date.
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MAY
5/7-5/9 – Wilmington Flower Market – Wilmington
5/9 – Dewey Beach Arts Festival – Dewey Beach
5/9 – Killens Pond Festival – Felton
5/9* – Run and Fun Fest – Lewes – DISCONTINUED
5/9 – Shanty Fest – Lewes
5/9 – Mother’s Day Market – Townsend
5/16 – Bellefonte Arts Festival – Bellefonte
5/16 – A Day in Old New Castle – New Castle
5/16 – Wilmington Street Food Festival – Wilmington
5/16-5/17 – Brandywine Spring Festival of the Arts – Wilmington
5/22-5/25 – Poseidon Festival – Bethany Beach
5/23* – Henlopen Springfest – Milton – DISCONTINUED
5/23-5/24 – Bowers Beach Buccaneer Bash – Bowers Beach
5/30 – Southern Delaware Wine Food and Music Festival – Rehoboth Beach
5/30 – Ladybug Music Festival – Wilmington
5/30-5/31* – St. Mary Egyptian Festival – Newark
5/31 – Delmarva Pagan Pride Festival – Dover
JUNE
6/1-6/6 – Holy Trinity Greek Festival – Wilmington
6/5-6/7 – Party Like It’s 793: Mead, Metal and Viking Festival – Milton
6/6* – Delmarva’s Day in the Park Festival – Delmar
6/6 – Delaware Pride Festival – Dover
6/6-6/7 – Mid-Atlantic Sea Glass and Coastal Arts Festival – Lewes
6/7 – St. Anthony Italian Festival I – Wilmington
6/8-6/13 – St. Anthony Italian Festival II – Wilmington
6/9-6/13 – St. Joseph Parish Carnival – Middletown
6/12-6/13 – Separation Day and Vintage Market – New Castle
6/13 – Delaware Juneteenth Festival and Parade – Wilmington
6/14 – Reggae in the Park – Wilmington
6/19-6/21* – Delaware Chinese Festival – Hockessin
6/20 – June Jam – Houston
6/20* – Love Where You Live Fest – Rehoboth Beach
6/20 – Old Timers’ Day – Selbyville
6/20 – Smyrna at Night – Smyrna
6/20* – Juneteenth Freedom Festival – Wilmington
6/27 – Running of the Bull – Dewey Beach
6/27 – African American Festival – Dover
6/27 – City of Lewes Delaware Juneteenth Celebration – Lewes
6/27 – Millsboro Stars and Stripes – Millsboro
6/27 – First State Fest – Milton
6/27 – Ice Cream Festival – Wilmington
JULY
7/4 – Dover Fourth of July Celebration – Dover
7/4 – Hockessin 4th Festival – Hockessin
7/11* – NITROFEST Motorcycle and Car Show – Smyrna
7/24-7/26 – Weekend at Bertha’s Festival – Townsend
7/25 – Downtown Newark Food and Brew Fest – Newark
AUGUST
8/1* – Tomato Festival at the Historic Lewes Farmers Market – Lewes
8/1 – Peach Festival – Wyoming
8/1-8/2 – Outdoor Fine Art and Fine Craft Show I – Rehoboth Beach
8/3-8/8 – Clifford Brown Jazz Festival – Wilmington
8/8* – Eastern Shore AFRAM Festival – Seaford
8/8-8/9 – Outdoor Fine Art and Fine Craft Show II – Rehoboth Beach
8/13* – People’s Festival: Tribute to Bob Marley – Wilmington
8/15 – Delaware Caribbean Carnival – Dover
8/15 – Middletown Olde-Tyme Peach Festival – Middletown
8/22 – Harrington Heritage Day – Harrington
8/22 – Broad Creek Bash – Laurel
8/22* – Delaware Burger Battle – Wilmington
8/22-8/23* – Delaware Spice Festival – Felton
8/29 – Baila con Dover Latin Festival – Dover
8/29 – Ohmfest Yoga, Art and Music Festival – Dover
8/29 – MickeyFest – Newark
8/29 – August Quarterly Youth Day (August Quarterly) – Wilmington
8/30 – The “Big Quarterly” (August Quarterly) – Wilmington
SEPTEMBER
9/3* – City Sounds Downtown Block Party – Wilmington
9/5* –Impact Festival – Bridgeville
9/5* – Historic Odessa Brewfest – Odessa
9/5 – Arden Fair – Wilmington
9/5-9/6* – Nantichoke Indian Powwow – Milton
9/11-9/13* – Weedstock – Townsend
9/12 – Bethany Beach Boardwalk Arts Festival – Bethany Beach
9/12-9/13 – Brandywine Festival of the Arts – Wilmington
9/12-9/13* – Calle 4 Festival Hispano y Desfile/4th Street Fiesta and Parade – Wilmington
9/13* – Festival Hispano Georgetown – Georgetown
9/18-9/20 – Delaware Saengerbund Oktoberfest – Newark
9/19* – Fall Fest Saturday at Fifer Orchards I – Camden
9/19* – Hot Jam Festival – Hockessin
9/19* – Ladybug Micro Music Festival – Middletown
9/19 – Riverwalk Freedom Festival – Milford
9/19* – Delaware VegFest – Newark
9/19 – Indian River Marina Autumn Art Festival – Rehoboth Beach
9/19 – Delaware Seafood Festival – Rehoboth Beach
9/20* – Alpaca Festival – Frankford
9/20* –Community Day – Newark
9/20* – Fairy Fest at Rockwood Park – Wilmington
9/25-9/27 – History Book Festival – Lewes
9/26* – Fall Fest Saturday at Fifer Orchards II – Camden
9/26* – Friends of the Library Book Fest – Harrington
9/26 – Southern Rock Woodstock: Delaware State Fairgrounds – Harrington
9/26* – Mt. Cuba Center Tree Festival – Hockessin
9/26* – Apple Cider Festival – Lewes
9/26* – Conley’s UM Church Fall Festival – Lewes
9/26* – Vet Fest – Middletown
9/26* – Historic New Castle Belgian Beer Festival – New Castle
9/26* – 86 Hook and Ladder BrewFest – Rehoboth Beach
9/26* – Oktoberfest at Revelation Craft Brewing Company – Rehoboth Beach
9/26* – Delaware Taco Festival – Wilmington
OCTOBER
10/3* – Fall Fest Saturday at Fifer Orchards III – Camden
10/3 – Delaware City Day – Delaware City
10/3 – Wings and Wheels – Georgetown
10/3 – Boast the Coast Maritime Festival – Lewes
10/3* – India Fest – Newark
10/4 – The Market at the Center for the Creative Arts II – Hockessin
10/4* – Coast Day – Lewes
10/9-10/10 – Bridgeville Apple-Scrapple Festival – Bridgeville
10/10 – Pond Fest – Bear
10/10* – Fall Fest Saturday at Fifer Orchards IV – Camden
10/10* – River Towns Ride and Festival – Delaware City
10/10* – OktDoverFest – Dover
10/10* – Bankstoberfest – Millville
10/10* – Punkin Ale Fest – Milton
10/10-10/11* – Schellville Fall Harvest Fest – Rehoboth Beach
10/11* – Bowers Heritage Day – Bowers Beach
10/11 – MOT Fall Fair – Middletown
10/14-10/18* – True Blue Jazz Festival – Rehoboth Beach
10/15-10/18 – Rehoboth Beach Jazz Festival – Rehoboth Beach
10/16-10/17* – Delmarva Folk Festival – Houston
10/17* – Fall Fest Saturday at Fifer Orchards V – Camden
10/17* – Muskets to Machine Guns: A Day of Reenactment – Delaware City
10/17* – Town of Elsmere Fall Festival – Elsmere
10/17* – Blackbird Creek Fall Festival – Townsend
10/17-10/18* – Harvest Fair 1775: Revolution Rising – Lewes
10/23-10/25 – Sea Witch Festival – Rehoboth Beach
10/24* – Fall Fest Saturday at Fifer Orchards VI – Camden
10/24 – Seaford Fall Harvest Festival – Seaford
10/25* – Family Fall Fest at Big Oyster Brewery – Lewes
10/31* – Fall Fest Saturday at Fifer Orchards VII – Camden
10/31* – Delaware Heritage Festival (formerly 18th Century Market Fair) – Dover
10/31-11/1 – Delaware Renaissance Faire I – Townsend
NOVEMBER
11/7* – Fall Fest Saturday at Fifer Orchards VIII – Camden
11/7* – Delaware Beer Wine and Spirits Festival – Dover
11/7-11/8 – Delaware Renaissance Faire II – Townsend
11/13-11/15* – Wilmington Festival of Trees – Wilmington
11/14-11/15* – Schellville I – Rehoboth Beach
11/14-11/15 – Delaware Renaissance Faire III – Townsend
11/19-11/22* – Schellville II – Rehoboth Beach
11/20-11/22* – Milford Festival of Trees – Milford
11/26-11/29* – Gift of Lights Dover Motor Speedway I – Dover
11/27-11/28* – Zoo Lights and Christmas Nights I – Townsend
11/28-11/29* – Schellville III – Rehoboth Beach
11/30-12/6* – Gift of Lights Dover Motor Speedway II – Dover
DECEMBER
12/3-12/6* – Schellville IV – Rehoboth Beach
12/4* – Newark Winterfest – Newark
12/4-12/5* – Holiday Open House at Rockwood Park and Museum – New Castle
12/4-12/5* – Zoo Lights and Christmas Nights II – Townsend
12/5* – Holiday Village at Wyoming Station – Wyoming
12/7-12/13* – Gift of Lights Dover Motor Speedway III – Dover
12/10-12/13* – Schellville V – Rehoboth Beach
12/11-12/12* – Zoo Lights and Christmas Nights III – Townsend
12/12* – Milton Holly Festival – Milton
12/12* – Spirit of Christmas – New Castle
12/14-12/20* – Gift of Lights Dover Motor Speedway IV – Dover
12/14-12/20* – Schellville VI – Rehoboth Beach
12/18-12/19* – Zoo Lights and Christmas Nights IV – Townsend
12/21-12/27* – Gift of Lights Dover Motor Speedway V – Dover
12/21-12/27* (Closed 12/24, 12/25) – Schellville VII – Rehoboth Beach
12/25-12/26* – Zoo Lights and Christmas Nights V – Townsend
12/28-12/29* – Schellville VIII – Rehoboth Beach
12/28-1/3* – Gift of Lights Dover Motor Speedway VI – Dover
JANUARY (2027)
1/29-1/31* – Fire and Ice Festival – Bethany Beach
MARCH
3/7* – St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Festivities at Quayside – Milton
APRIL
4/2* – Great Delaware Kite Festival – Lewes
4/10-4/11* – Weedstock Spring Fling – Townsend
4/16* – Wilmington Earth and Arbor Day – Wilmington
4/23* – Heacook Fest – Delmar
4/23-4/25* – Wildflower Celebration Weekend – Hockessin
4/24* – Art Fest at Whitehall – Middletown
4/24* – Bug and Bud Festival – Milford
MAY
5/1* – Dover Days Festival – Dover
5/1* – Mayfest in Odessa – Odessa
5/2* – The Market at the Center for the Creative Arts I – Hockessin
5/2* – Brandywine ShadFest – Wilmington
5/6-5/8* – Wilmington Flower Market – Wilmington
5/8* – Dewey Beach Arts Festival – Dewey Beach
5/8* – Killens Pond Festival – Felton
5/8* – Shanty Fest – Lewes
5/8* – Mother’s Day Market – Townsend
5/15* – Bellefonte Arts Festival – Bellefonte
5/15* – A Day in Old New Castle – New Castle
5/15* – Wilmington Street Food Festival – Wilmington
5/15-5/16* – Brandywine Spring Festival of the Arts – Wilmington
5/21-5/24* – Poseidon Festival – Bethany Beach
5/22-5/23* – Bowers Beach Buccaneer Bash – Bowers Beach
5/29* – Southern Delaware Wine Food and Music Festival – Rehoboth Beach
5/29* – Ladybug Music Festival – Wilmington
5/29-5/30* – St. Mary Egyptian Festival – Newark
5/30* – Delmarva Pagan Pride Festival – Dover