58th ANNUAL GREAT DELAWARE KITE FESTIVAL

The Great Delaware Kite Festival, co-sponsored by the Lewes Chamber of Commerce and the Delaware
Division of Parks and Recreation, annually takes place at Cape Henlopen State Park on Good Friday. This year,
the festival is celebrating its 58 th Anniversary. The Easter Bunny’s appearance is a longtime feature of the event
that will continue again this year. An Easter Egg Hunt was added to the festivities 12 years ago and it will
continue to kick off the event at 11 a.m. This year the hunt is sponsored by County Bank and includes 4,000
plastic eggs filled with candy. The Cape May – Lewes Ferry and Southern Delaware Tourism are also
sponsoring this year’s event. The kite competitions for children and teens are scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m.
but could be sooner if the egg hunt is completed before then. The highest kite competition follows at
approximately 1 p.m. and is open to all ages. The awards ceremony for those competitions includes medallion
awards sponsored by Lewes Chamber members. The adult competitions follow the first awards ceremony. The
event concludes with the awards ceremony for the adult competitions. Note that the times may vary according
to weather conditions and the number of competitors.
Kite competition registrations begin at 10 a.m. with ample opportunity for kite competitors to practice in the
field adjacent to the competition area. All of the activities are free including the Easter Egg Hunt. The Easter
Egg Hunt will be limited to children up to the age of 12. Pre-registration for the Easter Egg Hunt is not
necessary but participants are encouraged to arrive at the park much earlier than 11 a.m., when it is scheduled to
start. Parking for the event is at the park’s Beach Parking lot and time is required to be transported back to the
event location within the park.