Southern Delaware is festive! With nearly 40 festivals (and counting...) taking place between January 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
March - April
- 302 Day
- Weekend of Compelling Ales & Spirits
- 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
- Horseshoe Crab & Shorebird Festival
- Annual Maritime Festival, Lewes
- Poseidon Festival, Bethany Beach
June
- Beach Goes Red, White & Blue
- Analog-A-Go-Go
- Rehoboth VegFest
- Mid Atlantic Sea Glass and Coastal Arts Festival, Lewes
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
- Trap Pond Partners Beer, Wine & Spirits Festival
October
- Wings and Wheels, Georgetown
- Sea Witch Halloween and Fiddlers Festival, Rehoboth
- Punkin Ale Fest, Milton
- Seaford Community Fall Festival
- Boast the Coast Maritime Festival, Zwaanendael Maritime Program, Boat Parade, Lewes
- Apple Scrapple Festival, Bridgeville
- History Book Festival, Lewes
- Rehoboth Beach Jazz Festival
- True Blue Jazz Fest, Rehoboth Beach
- Milton Theatre's Zombie Fest, Milton
- Grapetoberfest Weekend, Frankford
November - December
- Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival
- Return Day, Georgetown (takes place in even-numbered years)
- Schellville Enchanted Winter Celebration, Rehoboth Beach
- Milton Holly Festival