Arts Around Our Towns

Immerse yourself in our arts! Soak up Southern Delaware’s arts and entertainment scene this autumn. Visit galleries, attend studio tours, arts festivals, plays, performances, concerts, exhibits, and so much more. Life is definitely more inspired here…

Gallery One Ocean View: Stay tuned for Fall 2024 monthly exhibit themes and events. For info click here. 

Developing Artists Collaboration in Rehoboth Beach offers:

• West Side Creative Market: Every Monday and Friday through September 9, 2024. Featuring 100% handmade goods by local Artists and Artisans, this event is a way for our Artists and community to come together every week. Events will feature different Artists selling products including but not limited to original fine art, jewelry, ceramics, edible goodies, apparel, and more! Come support our Local Artists by purchasing a one-of-a-kind item for you or somebody you love. Featuring Cocktails, Beer, & Wine by The Creative Market Bar with all proceeds going back to DAC and our programming! Free to attend and fun for all ages. Parking limited, bikes encouraged! Learn more here. 
• 8th Annual TacoMania, October 10, 2024, 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. at Big Chill Beach Club, Bethany Beach. Enjoy music by Hot Sauce and DJ JY while you sip and snack on margaritas and tacos by over 35 local bars & restaurants! DAC Artists will be bringing back the beloved Sugar Skull Silent Auction this year. Admire 40 unique sugar skulls decorated by talented Artists in different styles, mediums, and concepts. Participate in our silent auction and take home one of these works of Art, with 100% of the proceeds going back to the Artists. Awards: Best Taco 1st, 2nd, 3rd • Best Margarita 1st, 2nd, 3rd • Most Creative Taco • Best Rim Job • Wildest Sugar Skull Creation • Best Restaurant Vibe Award. Click here for more info. 
• 8th Annual Dewey Beach Sip and Shop: November 29 & 30 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. View their website here. 

Peninsula Gallery Information coming. Stay tuned! View their website at https://www.peninsula-gallery.com/

Gallery 107, Seaford. Stay tuned for our Fall 2024 events! Hours are Thursday and Friday - 1-5 p.m., Saturday - 10 am-4pm, or by chance or appointment!

SEDAST: Southeastern Delaware Artist Studio Tour (SEDAST), November 9th and 10th, 2024, from 10am - 4pm; A self-guided tour through South Eastern Sussex County. https://www.artstudiotour.com/. Join us on this self-guided tour of 13 artists around the area to explore the art culture in the area over Veteran's Day Weekend. Proceeds from our "Art in a Hat" raffle benefit local school arts programs.

Milton Arts Guild: Stay tuned for Fall 2024 events! View their website at https://www.miltonartsguild.org/

The Mispillion Art League (MAL), Milford: Stay tuned for Fall 2024 events! Click here to visit their website. 

Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival, November 6-10, 2024 at Cinema Art Theater, 17701 Dartmouth Drive, Lewes, DE (behind the Wawa.) The award-winning Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival returns to celebrate its 26th Anniversary and continues to be one of the longest running independent film festivals in the United States. This year, festival attendees can select from more than 30 first-run film titles and engage with filmmakers, writers and producers over the course of five-days. VIP passes and single ticket purchases go on-sale in late-September. Be sure to subscribe to the Society’s email list to receive Festival updates at RehobothFilm.com.

THE LITTLE MET BY THE SEA: Rehoboth Beach Film Society presents Live from the Metropolitan Opera in NYC 2024 Fall Series beginning October 5, 9, 19 & 23, and November 23 & 27 at Cinema Art Theater. The society will premiere live from NYC on Saturday afternoon with an encore performance the following Wednesday. RBFS returns to offering The MET Opera live with an added theater audio upgrade to Dolby 7.1 surround sound. Experience The MET Live and benefit from local Delaware ticket pricing.  Subscribe to the Society’s email list to receive the entire Fall/Spring list of Operas at RehobothFilm.com.

 See https://www.rehobothfilm.com/

The True Blue Jazz Festival, October 16 - 20, 2024. True Blue Jazz is THE Independent Jazz Festival, focused on real jazz from early 20th Century to today. True Blue Jazz delivers on our Mission of Preservation through Performance by bringing the Legends & Icons of Jazz , the 'Torch-bearer’ Young Artists of American Jazz, & our True Blue Youth Jazz programs & Scholarships. www.truebluejazz.org.

MSO Masterworks Concerts: Grace Park, Violin, September | Violin Virtuoso, TRAGIC OVERTURE, JOHANNES BRAHMS, SYMPHONY IN A MINOR, ALICE MARY SMITH, VIOLIN CONCERTO, FELIX MENDELSSOHN, Saturday, September 28, 3 PM | Cape Henlopen High School, Lewes, DE

MSO Ensembles Series: Woodwind Quintet, Saturday, October 26, 3 PM | Epworth United Methodist Church, Rehoboth Beach, DE

MSO Masterworks Concerts: November Concerts | Fireworks of Fate, OVERTURE NO. 1 & NO. 2, LOUISE FARRENC, SYMPHONY NO. 1 & NO. 5, LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN, Friday, November 8, 7 PM | Epworth United Methodist Church, Rehoboth Beach, DE

MSO Masterworks Concerts: Holiday Joy, A FESTIVE SELECTION OF MUSIC CELEBRATING THE SPIRIT OF THE SEASON! Saturday, December 7,  7 PM| Cape Henlopen High School, Lewes, DE

For more info, click here. 

46th Annual Bethany Beach Boardwalk Arts Festival: The 46th Annual Bethany Beach Boardwalk Arts Festival in downtown Bethany Beach will be held on September 7, 2024 from 10 am – 5 pm. This year’s event includes over 100 juried artists featuring paintings, woodwork, metal, clay, jewelry, porcelain, and more! For more info, click here. 

FREEMAN ARTS PAVILION

Bruce in the USA: The World's #1 Tribute to Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band, September 6, 2024 7:00PM, Freeman Arts Pavilion 31806 Lakeview Drive Selbyville, DE 19975. Visit the Freeman Arts Pavilion for a night under the stars enjoying the arts. Much more than just another tribute … Bruce In The USA is a high-energy, note-perfect, and visually accur-musical experience of a Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band show. Tickets are $29+fees and children 12 and under do not require a ticket and are free to attend.

35th Annual Rehoboth Beach Jazz Festival, October 17 - 20, 2024: When fall approaches and the weather in Rehoboth Beach is cooling down, the music is just starting to heat up! Established in 1989, our unique group has been orchestrating events bringing national and international Grammy Award winning artists to Coastal Southern Delaware…Our festival is local and our artists are global. https://www.rehobothjazz.com/

Indian River Marina Autumn Art Festival, Saturday, September 14 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. This festival spotlights the local arts community and provides a fun, family atmosphere with games, entertainment, and music. Location is Indian River Marina, south of Dewey Beach, Delaware Seashore Park. Free admission. 

September 21, 2024, 10am-4pm, We are excited to welcome you to the Lewes Artists Studio Tour 2024! Free admission. For tickets, map and info, click here. Free Raffle Tickets.

Rehoboth Art League

Film Screening: Is There Anybody Out There? September 16. Rehoboth Art League (12 Dodds Lane, Rehoboth Beach). The Rehoboth Art League partners with Film East to host a unique film event that highlights activism in the arts. Filmmaker Ella Glendining was born with a rare disability meaning she has short legs and uses a wheelchair. Having never encountered anyone else with this same disability, she went on a journey to ask "Is there anybody out there like me?" This event will include a post-screening Q&A with a local disability activist. Click here for info. 

40th Annual Holiday Fair Fine Craft Show, November 2 & 3 (Preview Night: Friday, November 1,) Rehoboth Art League (12 Dodds Lane, Rehoboth Beach.)  Will feature a variety of artisans exhibiting and selling their work, including jewelry, glasswork, ceramics, mixed media, and decorative and wearable fiber creations. Patrons can stroll the campus and find artists throughout the historic Homestead, Chambers Studio, and the Corkran and Tubbs galleries to select the perfect gifts for family, friends and themselves. Click here for info. 

Galvin Cello Quartet: October 5, 2024, 7 p.m, Bethel United Methodist Church, Lewes. Composed of members from China, Brazil, South Korea, and the United States, the Galvin Cello Quartet burst onto the scene after capturing the Silver Medal at the 2021 Fischoff Competition, followed by winning the 2022 Concert Artists Guild.

Curtis on Tour: November 9, 2024, 2 p.m. Erinys Quartet with Violist Roberto Diaz and Cellist Peter Wiley , Bethel United Methodist Church, Lewes. Named for the Erinyes (a.k.a. the Furies) from the Greek tragedy Oresteia by Aeschylus, and with roots in Estonia, Lithuania, Greece, the United States, and Finland, the Erinys Quartet was founded in 2018 at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, where they worked closely with cellist Marko Ylönen. Since the autumn of 2023, the Erinys Quartet has been the Nina von Maltzahn String Quartet-in-Residence at the Curtis Institute of Music. The will be joined in concert by Violist Roberto Diaz and Cellist Peter Wiley. For info, click here. 

Milton Theatre, 110 Union Street, Milton, presents a variety of programming throughout the fall including music, comedy, drag shows, a psychic medium, and lots more. Mainstage productions will include HEATHERS THE MUSICAL and ANNIE. Also, check out their always-popular ZOMBIE FEST on October 19 in downtown Milton. Visit their website for shows, dates, details, and tickets! Click here.