Southern Delaware is festive! With nearly 40 festivals (and counting...) taking place between March and December each year, you're sure to find several you won't want to miss. Below is a list of festivals and the months in which they typically occur. For specific dates and more information visit our event calendar. Also, there are plenty of places to stay in the area.
January
- Fire and Ice Festival, Bethany Beach
arch - April
- Annual Great Delaware Kite Festival, Cape Henlopen State Park
- Chocolate Festival, Rehoboth
- Lewes Tulip Festival
- Camp Rehoboth Women’s Fest, Rehoboth
- Dewey Beach Bacon Fest
- Coastal Delaware Running Festival
- Annual Bug and Bud Festival, Milford
May
- Annual Dewey Beach Arts Fest
- Live for Chocolate, Seaford
- Annual Milton Horseshoe Crab and Shorebird Festival
- Annual Maritime Festival, Lewes
- Poseidon Festival, Bethany Beach
June
July
- Nanticoke Riverfest, Seaford
- Ladybug Music Festival, Milford
August
- Eastern Shore AFRAM Festival, Seaford
- Summer Vibes Fest, Dewey Beach
September
- Milford Riverwalk Freedom Festival
- Bethany Beach Boardwalk Arts Festival
- Nanticoke Indian Powwow, Millsboro
- Alpaca Festival, Frankford
- Maxima Hispanic Fest, Georgetown
- Rehoboth Beach Garlic Festival
- History Book Festival
- The Dog Days of Summer Festival, Milton
October
- Southern Delaware Wine, Food, and Music Festival, Millsboro
- Wings and Wheels, Georgetown
- Sea Witch Halloween and Fiddlers Festival, Rehoboth
- Boast the Coast Maritime Festival, Zwaanendael Maritime Program, Boat Parade, Lewes
- Apple Scrapple Festival, Bridgeville
- Rehoboth Beach Jazz Festival
- The Big Draw DE, Milford
- True Blue Jazz Fest, Rehoboth Beach
November - December
- Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival
- Return Day, Georgetown
- Winter WonderFEST, Lewes
- Schellville, Rehoboth Beach
- Milton Holly Festival