2021 Dates: Sat 9/11 [10am-6pm] & Sun 9/12 [10am-4pm]    See you then!   2020 Show Cancelled
 

Brandywine Festival of the Arts

The Brandywine Festival of the Arts is an annual arts festival in Wilmington, Delaware. Featuring hundreds of juried artists exhibiting one-of-a-kind art, the festival is a Delaware

2020 Show Cancelled

Sadly, we have decided to cancel our 2020 festival

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2020 Show cancelled

Artists can request a refund or have their fee applied to next year's event.

Stay safe and be well!

The Brandywine Festival of the Arts is an annual arts festival in Wilmington, Delaware held the weekend after Labor Day. The festival is a Delaware tradition spanning over half a century. Now regionally popular and nationally recognized, the Brandywine Festival of the Arts boasts participants from across the United States and perennially ranks in the top 100 shows in the country.

Admission Fee $5
Children under 12 are free


   For the Kids 
Featured Artist Featured Artist: Eric Zippe
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Emerging Artists Category: 1/2 Price
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Vendor-Friendly Show
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Festival Features Top 100 Show in the Country
 
200+ Artists
20,000 Visitors Each Year
 
Lots of Family Fun Activities!
Pet-Friendly
Live Music in the Meadow
Local Food Vendors
Local Microbrews
Festival Sponsors The Brandywine Festival of the Arts is regionally popular and nationally recognized
 
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Events Manager: Michele Priest
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302-419-6648

  Each year, up to 20,000 visitors flock to Brandywine Park’s Josephine Gardens for an end-of-summer celebration. The BFA has something for everyone: over 250 artists exhibiting in a wide range of styles and mediums, live music performances, children’s activities, and a selection of local food vendors.
 
 

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THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS:


Sandy Askey-Adams

This is a great show with great exhibitors! It offers everything you could possibly want for your home, or office...If you need to find a special gift for someone, this is the place to look. Plus, this show makes an enjoyable way to spend the day. So many vendors with delicious food and beverages available as well.. Not to mention being there beside the beautiful Brandywine River. So relaxing. I have been doing this show since 1982. Must be a good reason why I continue to do it.

 
Brandywine Festival of the Arts
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2018-01-05T15:31:08+00:00
This is a great show with great exhibitors! It offers everything you could possibly want for your home, or office...If you need to find a special gift for someone

Craig McMurray

Really enjoyed the festival this year. The weather was perfect and Swing that cat even made my 3 year old granddaughter get up and dance . Bought some sculptures for my garden , ate a great lunch at the Brunch Box, all the grandkids got ice cream , bagged lemonade with mint and their faces painted . Next year can't come soon enough !
Brandywine Festival of the Arts
5
2018-01-05T15:37:11+00:00
Really enjoyed the festival this year. The weather was perfect and Swing that cat even made my 3 year old granddaughter get up and dance . Bought some sculptures for my garden , ate a great lunch at the Brunch Box, all the grandkids got ice cream , bagged lemonade with mint and their faces painted . Next year can't come soon enough !

Mary U. Jacobs

This was such a well organized show!! Thank you to the best event planners and volunteers ever! You guys must have put a lot of hours and energy into this show. It was my first time as a vendor at BFA and I will be back to do it again.
Brandywine Festival of the Arts
5
2018-01-05T15:36:37+00:00
This was such a well organized show!! Thank you to the best event planners and volunteers ever! You guys must have put a lot of hours and energy into this show. It was my first time as a vendor at BFA and I will be back to do it again.

Kerry Rohrbach

A great show! Beautiful setting, great artists, music and food!
Brandywine Festival of the Arts
5
2018-01-05T15:35:57+00:00
A great show! Beautiful setting, great artists, music and food!

Susan T Sipp

I so enjoyed my time with Cheryl at the Brandywine Festival of the Arts~ Good energy! Happy Times!
Brandywine Festival of the Arts
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2018-01-05T15:35:32+00:00
I so enjoyed my time with Cheryl at the Brandywine Festival of the Arts~ Good energy! Happy Times!

Mike Kaszeta

Beautiful day and the artwork and crafts were awesome. It grows more very year. Only difficulty was the food lines.
Brandywine Festival of the Arts
5
2018-01-05T15:34:50+00:00
Beautiful day and the artwork and crafts were awesome. It grows more very year. Only difficulty was the food lines.

Michaelangelo Rodriguez

Dang, love this festival went both days! Great people, art, food, fun. And sunny both days.
Brandywine Festival of the Arts
5
2018-01-05T15:34:22+00:00
Dang, love this festival went both days! Great people, art, food, fun. And sunny both days.

C’thia Wilcox

I enjoyed the festival. The vendor setup made it easy to move around in the area. The vendors had some really interesting arts and craft, they have so much talent. I just walked through this year but next year I will be prepared.
Brandywine Festival of the Arts
5
2018-01-05T15:33:42+00:00
I enjoyed the festival. The vendor setup made it easy to move around in the area. The vendors had some really interesting arts and craft, they have so much talent. I just walked through this year but next year I will be prepared.

Randall Blackwell

It was the most beautiful locale for an art festival, for a wedding, for sleeping in a chair. So beautiful. The Arts Festival had so many talented artists, and the food was so good. Definitely will go again next year.
Brandywine Festival of the Arts
5
2018-01-05T15:32:27+00:00
It was the most beautiful locale for an art festival, for a wedding, for sleeping in a chair. So beautiful. The Arts Festival had so many talented artists, and the food was so good. Definitely will go again next year.

Jim Buckley

What a great annual event. The settings simply beautiful, Wilmington's Brandywine parks stunting in itself. Then you add the one of oldest arts & crafts show in the country too it. An boom you have a Hidden Gem!
Brandywine Festival of the Arts
5
2018-01-05T15:37:58+00:00
What a great annual event. The settings simply beautiful, Wilmington's Brandywine parks stunting in itself. Then you add the one of oldest arts & crafts show in the country too it. An boom you have a Hidden Gem!
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