Annual Events

Plan your visit around one of these major events.  Please contact the venue for dates/details as events may change without notice.

January

Event: Live Table Games Plus 2,500 Slot Machines
and Year-round Simulcasting
Where: Delaware Park

Event: Hagley's Invention Convention (January 15-17)
Where: Hagley Museum & Library

Event: Restaurant Week (January 24-30)
Where: Downtown Newark

Event: Orchid Extravaganza (January 22-March 27)
Where: Longwood Gardens

February

Event: RiverFeast
Where: Wilmington Riverfront Restaurants

Event: Art on the Town, Wilmington's Art Loop
(First Friday of Every Month except January)
Where: Wilmington Area

Event: Wine & Chocolate Month (Weekends, February 5-27)
Where: Brandywine Wine Trail

Event: Victorine's Valentine's Day (February 13)
Where: Hagley Museum & Library

Event: Wine Feast & Auction
Where: TBA

Event: Hockessin Arts Festival (February 25-27)
Where: Hockessin Memorial Hall

March

Event: Winterthur Reopens for Guided Tours (March 1)
Where: Winterthur Museum, Gardens & Library

Event: March Bank Blooms
Where: Winterthur Museum, Gardens & Library

Event: Delaware Home Show (March 5-6)
Where: Chase Center on the Riverfront

Event: Barrels on the Brandywine (Weekends, March 5-27)
Where: Brandywine Wine Trail

Event: St. Patrick's Day Parade (March 12)
Where: Downtown Wilmington

Event: Wilmington Winter Bluegrass Festival (March 18-20)
Where: Holiday Inn Select

Event: Caesar Rodney Half-Marathon &
5K Run/Walk (March 27)
Where: Wilmington

Event: City Restaurant Week (March 28-April 2)
Where: Downtown Wilmington

April

Event: Kuerner Farm Tours (April 1-November 20)
Where: Chadds Ford, PA

Event: N.C. Wyeth House and Studio Tours
(April 1-November 20)
Where: Chadds Ford, PA

Event: Spring Blooms (April 2-May 27)
Where: Longwood Gardens

Event: Wine & Dine (April 2)
Where: Downtown Newark

Event: Colonists' Day (April 9)
Where: Fort Christina Park

Event: Kalmar Nyckel Sailing Season (April 9-October)
Where: Wilmington Riverfront

Event: Meals from the Masters Weekend (April 15-17)
Where: Wilmington

Event: Wilmington Blue Rocks Baseball - Minor League Baseball Season (April 15-September)
Where: Frawley Stadium, Riverfront Wilmington

Event: Wildflower Celebration Day (April 25)
Where: Mt. Cuba Center

Event: Thoroughbred & Arabian Horse Racing
(April 30-November)
Where: Delaware Park

Event: Annual Herb Sale & Sheep Shearing (April 30)
Where: Greenbank Mills & Philips Farm

May

Event: Nemours Mansion & Gardens Reopens for Guided Tours (May 1-December 31)
Where: Wilmington

Event: Wilmington Flower Market (May 5-7)
Where: Rockford Park

Event: Wilmington Garden Day (May 7)
Where: Greater Wilmington Area

Event: Historic Autos (Every Saturday, May 7-28)
Where: Winterthur Museum, Gardens & Library

Event: Annual Wildflower, Native Plant & Seed Sale (May 7-8)
Where: Brandywine River Museum

Event: Winterthur Point-to-Point Steeplechase Races (May 8)
Where: Winterthur Museum, Gardens & Library

Event: NASCAR Races (May 13-15)
Where: Dover International Speedway

Event: KidsFest (May 14)
Where: American Helicopter Museum and Education Center

Event: 8th Annual Christiana Care Health System Delaware Marathon^TM Running Festival
Marathon, Half Marathon, 4 Person Team Relay (May 15)
Where: Wilmington

Event: Farmer's Market (Every Wednesday May 18 - October 19)
Where: Downtown Wilmington

Event: Wilmington Grand Prix (May 20-22)
Where: Wilmington

Event: A Day in Old New Castle (May 21)
Where: Historic New Castle

Event: Radnor Hunt Races (May 21)
Where: Radnor Hunt in Malvern, PA

Event: Escape from Fort Delaware Triathlon (May 21-22)
Where: Delaware City

Event: Annual Antiques Show (May 28-30)
Where: Brandywine River Museum

Event: Festival of Fountains (May 28-Sept 4)
Where: Longwood Gardens

Event: Fireworks & Fountains Shows (May 29, June 18,
July 3 & 23, August 13, September 13)
Where: Longwood Gardens

June

Event: Trolly Bazaar
Where: Delaware Center for Horticulture

Event:Friday Nights Under the Stars (June 3-August 26)
Where: Polo Field in Toughkenamon, PA

Event: Wine & Jazz Festival (June 4)
Where: Longwood Gardens

Event: Newark Nite (June 4)
Where: Downtown Newark

Event: Civil War Day (June 4)
Where: Greenbank Mills & Philips Farm

Event: Annual Bonsai Show (June 4-5)
Where: Brandywine River Museum

Event: Greek Festival (June 7-11)
Where: Trinity Church

Event: Separation Day (June 11)
Where: Historic New Castle

Event: Osprey Fest at DuPont Environmental Education Center
Where: Wilmington Riverfront

Event: St. Anthony's Italian Festival (June 12-19)
Where: St. Anthony's Church in Wilmington's Little Italy

Event: DuPont Clifford Brown Jazz Festival (June 13-19)
Where: Downtown Wilmington

Event: Enchanted Summer Day (June 18)
Where: Winterthur Museum, Gardens & Library

Event: FatherFest (June 24-25)
Where: American Helicopter Museum and Education Center

Event: Steamin' Sunday (June 16, July 17 & August 14)
Where: Marshall Steam Museum at Auburn Heights

July

Event: Big Bang Barbecue (Jul 2-4)
Where: Brandywine Wine Trail

Event: Newark Fireworks (July 4)
Where: U of D's Athletic Complex

Event: Shipyard Summer Concert Series (Every Thursday, July 8 - August 26)
Where: Dravo Plaza in Wilmington Riverfront

Event: Delaware Shakespeare Festival (July 15-30)
Where: Rockwood Mansion Park

Event: Delaware Handicap Race (July 16)
Where: Delaware Park

Event: Best of Delaware Party (July 21)
Where: Chase Center on the Riverfront

Event: Cecil County Fair (July 22-30)
Where: Elkton, MD

Event: Food & Brew Fest (July 23)
Where: Downtown Newark

Event: Peoples' Festival, Annual Tribute to Bob Marley (July 30)
Where: Wilmington's Tubman-Garrett Riverfront
Park, Noon-10PM

Event: Pennsylvania Guild Fine Craft Fair (July 30-31)
Where: Chase Center on the Riverfront

August

Event: Riverfront Blues Festival (August 5-7)
Where: Wilmington's Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Park

Event: August Quarterly
Where: Various Locations in Wilmington

Event: New Castle Antiques Show (August 28)
Where: Historic New Castle

September

Event: Arden Fair (September 3)
Where: Arden

Event: Steamin' Days (September 3-4, October 22-23
& November 25-26)
Where: Marshall Steam Museum at Auburn Heights

Event: Theatre Season Begins (through May)
Where: Various Venues

Event: Autumn's Colors (September 5-November 20)
Where: Longwood Gardens

Event: Newark Film Festival (September 8-15)
Where: Newark Cinema Center

Event: Mushroom Festival (September 9-11)
Where: Kennett Square

Event: Brandywine Festival of the Arts (September 10-11)
Where: Josephine Gardens in Brandywine Park

Event: Chadds Ford Days (September 10-11)
Where: Chadds Ford, PA

Event: WilmFilm Festival (September 16-18)
Where: Delaware Art Museum

Event: Canal Fest (September 17)
Where: Delaware City

Event: Hagley Car Show (September 18)
Where: Hagley Museum & Library

Event: Oktoberfest (September 18-20)
Where: Delaware Saengerbund in Newark

Event: Rotorfest (September 24-25)
Where: American Helicopter Museum and Education Center

Event: Harvest Festival (September 24-25, October 1-2)
Where: Brandywine Wine Trail

Event: Annual Taste of Newark (September 25)
Where: Old College Lawn on U of D Campus

Event: NASCAR Race Weekend (September 30-October 2)
Where: Dover Down International Speedway

October

Event: Fringe Festival (October 5-8)
Where: Downtown Wilmington

Event: Delaware Auto Show (October 7-9)
Where: Chase Center on the Riverfront

Event: Kennett Square Brewfest (October 8)
Where: Kennett Square

Event: Annual Kitchen to Garden Tour (October 8)
Where: Historic New Castle

Event: Vendemmia da Vinci Wine Festival (October 9)
Where: Wilmington's Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Park

Event: Festival in the County (October 13-16)
Where: Dansko Fair Hill International

Event: Hagley Craft Fair (October 15-16)
Where: Hagley Museum & Library

Event: Chrysanthemum Festival (October 29-November 20)
Where: Longwood Gardens

November

Event: Winterthur Antiques Show (November 4-6)
Where: Chase Center on the Riverfront

Event: Holiday Tours at Nemours (Closed November 5-11; Reopens November 12-December 31)
Where: Nemours Mansion & Gardens

Event: Tavern Night (November 12)
Where: Greenbank Mills & Philips Farm

Event: Historic Houses of Odessa's Holiday Celebration (November 17-December 31)
Where: Historic Odessa

Event: Yuletide at Winterthur (November 19-January 8)
Where: Winterthur Museum, Gardens & Library

Event: A Longwood Christmas (November 24-January 8)
Where: Longwood Gardens

Event: A Brandywine Christmas (November 25-January 8)
Where: Brandywine River Museum

Event: Christmas at Hagley (November 25-January 2)
Where: Hagley Museum & Library

December

Event: Christmas in Odessa (December 3)
Where: Odessa

Event: Holiday Open House (December 3-4)
Where: Brandywine Wine Trail

Event: Marshall Steam Museum presents Auburn
Heights by Lantern Light
Where: Auburn Heights

Event: The Spirit of Christmas (December 10)
Where: Historic New Castle

Event: Sankta Lucia Celebration (December 11)
Where: Old Swedes Church in Wilmington

Event: The Nutcracker - Academy of the Dance
Where: DuPont Theatre

Event: The Nutcracker - First State Ballet (December 16-18)
Where: Grand Opera House