March 18 - 20 - Wilmington Winter Bluegrass Festival, Wilmington - Wilmington Winter Bluegrass Festival will focus on providing a reputable platform on which the musicians can perform, and continue the awareness of bluegrass music through learning opportunities in structured workshops, and open jam sessions. Admission to the festival event provides an opportunity not only for entertainment, but also to participate and to learn. (8171)
March 26 - Painted Word 8th Anniversary, Wilmington - Gospel Mime
302-762-8311 (9030)
May 8 - Point to Point Steeplechase, Winterthur - Winterthur's annual steeplechase-a sort of obstacle race for horses through the countyside-draws thousands of visitors every year.
800-448-3883 (8998)
May 14 - 19th Century Style Fun in the Springtime Sun, Wilmington - Did you ever wonder what children and families did for fun in the 1800s? There were no movie theaters, bowling alleys or Disney World amusement parks then. Scavenger hunts were popular activities in the 19th and even early 20th Centuries. Take part in a 19th Century style scavenger hunt at Old Swedes . If hunting for clues is not your thing, perhaps you would enjoy another Sunday afternoon pastime of walking the labyrinth or creating a gravestone rubbing.
(302) 652-5629 (8994)
June 12 - 19 - St. Anthony of Padua Italian Festival, Wilmington - During the right days of the Italian Festival, the streets of Wilmington's Little Italy neighborhood come alive with the music, food, culture of the immigrants who settled here nearly a century ago.
302-421-2790 (8992)
June 20 - 26 - Clifford Brown Jazz Festival, Wilmington - The DuPont Clifford Brown Jazz Festival is a free, week-long, outdoor music festival held in Rodney Square in the heart of downtown Wilmington, Delaware.
Tanya Phillips tphillip@wilmingtonDE.gov
302-576-3095 (8993)
July 21 -30 - Delaware State Fair, Harrison - (302) 398-3269 (8172)
August 5-7 - Riverfront Blues Festival, Wilmington - The Riverfront Blues Festival is a 3 day, outdoor music festival held on the riverfront in Wilmington, DE.
302-576-2136 (8997)
October 14 -15 - Bridgeville Apple Scrapple Festival, Bridgeville - Festivities begin at 4:00 pm on Friday evening with the carnival, food court and street dance. Things start up again on Saturday morning with an "all you can eat" scrapple breakfast from 7:00 to 11:00 am. The rest of the day is filled with carnival rides, kids' games, scrapple chunkin', scrapple carving, live entertainment, car show, tractor pull, trade show, two craft shows and any kind of food that you can imagine including apple fritters, scrapple sandwiches, oyster sandwiches, hamburgers and hotdogs, barbecue beef sandwiches, ice cream and much more.
(9843)
November 4 - 6 - Punkin' Chunkin', Nassau - At this celebration, pumpkin flinging is a serious sport. Competitors see who can catapult their gourde the farthest. Of course there is music and food too.
302-684-8196 (8996)
December 11 - Sankta Lucia Festival, Wilmington - This Swedish event offers a chance to watch the lovely Sankta Lucia ceremony, which blends Christian and pagan traditions. Afterward, there's a chance to buy Swedish Christmas ornaments and gifts. 302) 652-5629 (8995)
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The fair celebrated 84 years of family fun in 2003. Did you ever want to know which animal turns its head blue? The guides at Barn Tours provide agricultural education to kids of all ages.