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New Castle County Festivals

From food to art, our calendar is jam packed with fun in Wilmington and New Castle, DE

August 28, 2024

From endless ice cream to living history, celebrate the start of summer with one (or all) of these family-friendly festivals in Wilmington-New Castle, DE! In the case of inclement weather, please check the organizer's website before you head out. 


MARCH

10
 ICCD 47th Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade
Wilmington

30
Easter Festival
Wilmington



APRIL

19-21
Hockessin
20
Spring Fling Flea Shops of Bellefonte
Wilmington
20
Wilmington


MAY



JUNE




JULY

4Hockessin 4th Fireworks
Hockessin


AUGUST

10
Jet Phynx Dirty Popcorn Black Film Festival
Wilmington
17
Middletown Old-Tyme Peach Festival
Middletown
17-25
The August Quarterly Festival
Wilmington
31
The Arden Fair

Wilmington


SEPTEMBER

1Labor Day Festival
New Castle

1st Annual Chase Fieldhouse Labor Day Festival 
Wilmington

7
DE Shakespeare Festival
Wilmington

Open Streets: Bowers St. w/ Kingswood Community Days
Wilmington

MickeyFest
New Castle
7 & 8
Brandywine Festival of the Arts
Wilmington
14
DSBC Fun Fest
Newark

Festival Hispano - Wilmington Hispanic Festival
Wilmington
15
Fairy Fest
Wilmington

UD Community Day
Newark

Hagley Car Show
Wilmington
20-22Delaware Saengerbund Oktoberfest
Newark

21
Red Clay Day
Yorklyn

Auburn Heights Invitational
Yorklyn
22
New Castle Block Party
New Castle
28
Art on the Green
New Castle


Hockessin


Delaware VegFest
Newark

Mt. Cuba Tree Festival
Hockessin


OCTOBER

5
Delaware City Day
Delaware City
6
The Market at CCArts 
Yorklyn
12
 River Towns Ride & Festival
  New Castle
 12
M.O.T. Fall Fair
 Middletown
 19Bear Library's 3rd Annual Fall Festival
Bear

Hagley Craft Fair
Wilmington

Open Streets Wilm: Baynard Blvd with Jefferson Street Center
Wilmington


Pike Creek
26
Wilmington