Fall Delaware Festivals

Arden Fair - Arden, DE - Aug 31, 2024
Food, beer & wine, live music, craft vendors, art exhibit, antiques market, folk dancing demo, plant sale and more.

Amish Bike Tour Festival - Dover, DE - Sep 7, 2024
Annual event running for around thirty years with loops of 15, 25, 50, 62 and 100 miles starting at Legislative Mall, with stops at points of interest and a barbecue lunch afterwards. Delaware’s largest cycling event with approximately 2,400 cyclists.

Brandywine Festival of the Arts - Wilmington, DE - Sep 7 to Sep 8, 2024
An end of summer celebration at Josephine Gardens with over 250 exhibiting artists, live music performances, children’s activities, and local food vendors.

Historic Odessa Brewfest - Odessa, DE - Sep 7, 2024
Support a fundraiser for the Historic Odessa Foundation while enjoying food and merchandise vendors, live bands, and unliminted sampling during the full duration of the festival!

Delaware Saengerbund Oktoberfest - Newark, DE - Sep 20 to Sep 22, 2024
The party kicks off Friday night at 5, with the opening parade at 7. German specialties such as Bratwurst, Weisswuurst, Frankfurters, BBQ chicken, potato pancakes, pretzels and more, will be served, and live German music and a Bavarian dance group. Amusement rides and midway games will also be available. Admission is $9 per person.

Art on the Green - New Castle, DE - Sep 28, 2024
Annual arts & crafts show in historic New Castle for nearly 50 years.

Faithful Friends 5K & Mutt Mile - Wilmington, DE - Sep 29, 2024
5K and Mutt Mile for the whole family, including pups, at Bellevue State Park, with human and canine awards ceremonies to follow, plus pet vendors and food trucks, local radio station with giveaways, and more.

Polkamotion - Rehoboth Ave, DE - Oct 3 to Oct 5, 2024
This festival features Polka music and dancing.

Bike MS Bike to the Bay Delaware - Dover, DE - Oct 5, 2024
Bike MS is more than a ride. It’s an experience grounded in camaraderie and marked by passion, inspiration, determination and pure enjoyment. It will be an experience you’ll never forget, shared with new friends and old.

Apple Scrapple Festival - Bridgeville, DE - Oct 11 to Oct 12, 2024
Pancake breakfast to open the festivities. Food court with apple dumplings, scrapple sandwiches and more. Carnival rides, car show, 5K, craft show, home decorating contest, entertainment stage, children’s area and more. But wait, what’s scrapple? A pork breakfast meat my (Jayne) grandfather used to describe as “everything in the pig but the squeal.” It’s a popular breakfast offering in the mid-Atlantic area (along with our other pork offering, pork roll) – pork, cornmeal, spices, usually panfried so it’s crispy on the outside but somewhat soft on the inside – if you know, you know!

OktDoverfest - Dover, DE - Oct 12, 2024
OktDoverFest features the best of local music, beer, wine, spirits and food. The festival is a celebration in downtown Dover to promote the small business community, support beautification of the city, and celebrate a traditional German rite of passage in a new and interesting way.

Rehoboth Beach Jazz Festival - Lewes, DE - Oct 17 to Oct 20, 2024
Live jazz music at multiple locations in Rehoboth Beach, Dewey Beach and Lewes.

Sea Witch Festival - Rehoboth Beach, DE - Oct 25 to Oct 27, 2024
Includes costume parade, bike race, train rides, fiddlers’ festival and kids trick or treat trail.

Brew at the Zoo - Wilmington, DE - Oct 25, 2024
21+ event at the Wilmington Zoo after hours. Enjoy spooky cocktails and liquid libations, light nibbles, and bewitching entertainment featuring live music.

Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival - Rehoboth Beach, DE - Nov 4 to Nov 10, 2024
The oldest and largest event of its kind in the State of Delaware. RBIFF has developed into a mid-Atlantic fall destination event for film enthusiasts from more than fifteen states. The eleven day event is held every November and offers a wide variety of American and international feature, documentary and short films.

Delaware Beer, Wine and Spirits Festival - Harrington, DE - Nov 9, 2024
Annual event held at the Delaware Agricultural Museum & Village. Admission includes unlimited samples and a commemorative sampling glass.

Delaware Antiques Show - Wilmington, DE - Nov 15 to Nov 17, 2024
Annual event for over 50 years. One of the nation’s most acclaimed antiques shows. Held at the Chase Center at the Riverfront, it supports educational programming at Winterthur Museum.

Run for Pie 5k - Newark, DE - Nov 28, 2024
What a better way to celebrate Thanksgiving than starting your morning off with a 5K, with pie afterwards!

Cheesetoberfest - Dover, DE - Oct 9, 2021
The stuff dreams are made of, if you dream about cheese! A grilled cheese and mac and cheese competition at Fordham & Dominion Brewing, with local restaurants battling for the title of Grand Cheezmo! An oompah band will provide the entertainment, brewery staff will be pouring the brews, and your $30 ticket gets you 3 beers, food samples, and a commemorative stein.

Vendemmia da Vinci Wine and Food Festival - Wilmington, DE - Oct 11, 2020
The Vendemmia da Vinci Wine and Food Festival is returning to the Tubman-Garrett Park on the Wilmington Riverfront! A glorious afternoon is planned featuring unlimited goodies, from food and wine, to a world record in the traditional tarantella dance. Attendees will enjoy samplings of over 40+ wines from throughout Italy, together with many food favorites from the area’s best restaurants