June 2016 Events

 

Newcastle Farmers Market

  • 110 N Dupont Hwy
    New Castle, DE
  • Recurring in June weekly on Friday, Saturday and Sunday
  • Time: Friday and Saturday: 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.; Sunday 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

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Amazing food, value and fun for the entire family! Over 70 individual owner operated shoping including PA dutch meats, baked good and much more!

Riverwalk Minigolf Season Opening

Riverwalk Mini Golf
550 Justison St
Wilmington, DE
  • Saturday,  May 14 thru Saturday, October 15, 2016
  • Recurring Daily
  • Price: $8
  • Phone: (302) 425-4890

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Riverwalk Mini Golf is an 18-hole miniature golf course located right along the Wilmington Riverwalk! This beautifully lanscaped mini golf course was designed by Harris Miniature Golf of Wildwood, New Jersey and features many of the colors and plant life found along the Riverfront, including the iconic Tom Burke birdhouses.

Fort Christina Open for Summer

First State National Monument
1110 E. 7th St.
Wilmington, DE
  • Saturday, May 28 thru Monday, Sept. 5, 2016
  • Recurring daily
  • Time: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
  • Price: Free

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With its re-opening for the summer of 2016, one of the cornerstones of Delaware history will again be accessible to visitors traveling to the First State, to residents looking to learn more about Delaware’s rich cultural heritage and to all those who simply seek a green space in an urban environment. Fort Christina National Historic Landmark marks the approximate location where a group of Swedish and Finnish colonists from the ships Kalmar Nyckel and Fogel Grip landed on a natural wharf of rocks in 1638.

Bellevue State Park Summer Concerts

Bellevue State Park
800 Carr Road
Wilmington, DE
  • Sunday, June 5 thru Sunday, August 28, 2016
  • Recurring weekly on Sunday, Thursday
  • Time: 6:30 PM
  • Price: Free
  • Phone: (302) 761-6963

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Bring a picnic and a blanket and join us at the band shell to enjoy our free Summer Concert Series every Sunday and Thursday evening. For more information, visit the website for a list of performers. Park entrance fees are in effect.

 

Bike and Hike at Hagley

298 Buck Road East
Wilmington, DE
  • Wednesday, June 8th thru Wednesday, August 31, 2016
  • Recurring weekly on Wednesday
  • time: 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
  • Price: $2, free for membersa and children 5 and under
  • Phone: (302) 658-2400

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Hagley’s property will be open Wednesday evenings for curious guests and families to bicycle or walk. Visit areas normally closed to foot traffic. Bring a picnic or dine at the Belin House Organic Cafe. Last Wednesday evening each month is Dog Days, bring your four-legged family member. Admission is $2 per person, and free for members and children five and under. Use Hagley’s main entrance off Route 141 in Wilmington, Delaware. This is a Let’s Move! event.

 

Dupont Clifford Brown Music Festival Wilmington

Rodney Square
  • Monday, June 13th thru Saturday, June 18, 2016
  • Recurring daily
  • Time: Various
  • Price: FREE!
  • Phone: 302-576-2139

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The DuPont Clifford Brown Jazz Festival is the largest, multi-day, free, outdoor music festival on the East Coast. Taking place in downtown Wilmington. At this festival artists have performed some of Clifford’s great work. Past festival patrons have heard Artists like Chic Corea, Jerry Gonzalez, Pete Escovedo and his orchestra, KEM, Jonathan Butler, Lalath Hathaway, Kirk Whalum, Rick Braun, and Norman Brown have all performed here.

Monday Night Movies on the Beach in Dewey Beach

On the Beach at Dagsworthy St. in Dewey Beach, DE
1 Dagsworthy St.
Dewey Beach, DE
  • Mondays in June- 13th, 20th and 27th
  • Time: 8:30 PM to 10:00 PM
  • Price: No admission fee. Donations are welcome.

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Bring your family and a beach chair to Dewey Beach on Monday for family movie night! Movies will start at approximately 8:30 P.M on the beach at Dagsworthy St. in Dewey. These events are weather dependent and cancellations will be determined no later than 7:00 PM on day of event. 6/13/2016 – Cinderella (2015) 6/20/2016 – Minions 6/27/2016 – Descendants

 

Firefly Music Festival Dover

1131 N Dupont Hwy
Dover, DE
  • Thursday, June 16th thru Sunday, June 19, 2016
  • Recurring daily

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Firefly Music Festival is a premier music experience set among lush wooded landscapes. Witness unforgettable performances and discover the engaging attractions nestled around every turn that make Firefly a can’t-miss summer tradition for music fans from around the world.

2016 Family Boat Building Weekend in Lewes

211 Front Street
Lewes, DE
  • Friday, June 17th thru Sunday, June 19, 2016
  • Recurring daily
  • Phone: 302-645-7670

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Chicago

Clear Space Theatre Company
20 Baltimore Avenue
Rehoboth Beach, DE
  • Saturday, June 25, 2016 thru Tuesday, August 30, 2016
  • Time: 7:30 PM
  • Price: $15-35
  • Phone: (302) 227-2270

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In roaring twenties Chicago, chorine Roxie Hart murders a faithless lover and convinces her hapless husband Amos to take the rap… until he finds out he’s been duped and turns on Roxie. Convicted and sent to death row, Roxie and another “Merry Murderess” Velma Kelly, vie for the spotlight and the headlines, ultimately joining forces in search of the “American Dream”: fame, fortune and acquittal.

 

Bam Percussion

The Freeman Stage at Bayside
31750 Lakeview Drive
Selbyville, DE
  • Thursday, June 30, 2016
  • Time: 7:00 PM
  • Price: Free
  • Phone: (302) 436-3015

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The art of comedy-percussion! From beginning to end, the Blue Barrel Show electrifies the crowd with its powerful rhythms and its deliriously funny sketches. The pulsating energy of BAM is contagious; through drumbeats and laughs, it overwhelms the audience. The BAM characters, who look like they walked straight out of a mad cartoon, speak a unique language: BAMspeech, spoken only by them, but understood by everyone from 3 to 83 years old. Patrons are required to bring their own chairs.