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Peach Festival: parade at 8:45, then Main St

August 15–16, 2026

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Plus guided painting Saturday night and Newsies indoors Sunday.
 
 
This Tiny Weekend
A parade at 8:45, then a closed Main Street
The Peach Festival runs 8:45 to 4 in Middletown, rain or shine. The rest of the weekend is quieter and mostly indoors.
6+ & mixed families
Sat, August 15 ⛅ 84° Partly cloudy·Sun, August 16 🌧️ 72° Light rain
TonightLive Music in the Beer Garden — 6 PM · Longwood Gardens · Free
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✦ Our Pick
Middletown Olde-Tyme Peach Festival
Sat 8:45 AM · Downtown Middletown — Main Street · outdoor 🚗 37 min from Wilmington
Thirty-third year, rain or shine, and about 27,000 people. The parade steps off at 8:45 on Broad Street; after that Main Street is closed to cars. Park in the high school lot on Silver Lake Road and walk; shuttles are reserved for seniors and riders with disabilities.
Why this made the cut
The other four hand you a room and a start time. This is a closed street for seven hours - come after the parade, leave when it curdles, and the day bends around your kid instead of the other way.
Outdoor No registration
☔ A quieter pick
Farm Stroll
Sat 11:00 AM · All ages · Free · Coverdale Farm Preserve · outdoor
Walk-in and low-key — an easy back-pocket if the day goes sideways.
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Your options
Won't break the bank
Family Art Night
Sat 6:00 PM · ages 4+ · $25.00 · Siegel JCC · both 🚗 11 min from Wilmington
$25 members, $40 non-members - the listing doesn't say if that's per person or per family, so ask when you book. Guided painting and a character drawing lesson, so nobody starts from a blank page. Registration required.
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Free & outside
DEEC Day of Service, Aug 15
Sat 10:00 AM · Free · DuPont Environmental Education Center · both 🚗 7 min from Wilmington
Free, hands-on urban marsh restoration from 10 to noon. Register ahead, then bring closed-toe shoes, a water bottle, and clothes you don't mind wrecking - sunscreen and bug spray too.
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The rain plan
PAWS for People: READ!
Sat 1:00 PM · All ages · Free · Delaware City Public Library · indoor 🚗 24 min from Wilmington
Free, walk-in, and a far easier audience than a parent - kids read aloud to a PAWS for People therapy dog. Bring a favorite book from home or pick one out when you arrive.
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For the big kids
Family Movie - The American Experience
Sun 1:30 PM · ages 6–15 · Free · Hockessin Library · indoor 🚗 18 min from Wilmington
Free and indoors - the rain-proof slot of the weekend. It's Newsies, the musical built on the 1899 New York newsboy strike, part of the library's America-at-250 series; ages 6-15, and seats go early.
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More this weekend
SAT
15
10:00 AM · Dover Public Library
SAT
15
10:00 AM · Battery Park Playground
SAT
15
10:30 AM · Claymont Library
 free
SAT
15
11:00 AM · Route 9 Library & Innovation Center
SAT
15
12:00 PM · Newark Natural Foods Co-Op
SUN
16
6:30 PM · Bellevue State Park
 free
★ This Week
Morning ideas for the at-home crew, after-work ideas for everyone else.
MON
17
☀️ Morning
12:30 PM · Hockessin Library · free
🌙 After work
6:00 PM · Elsmere Public Library
TUE
18
☀️ Morning
10:00 AM · Woodlawn Library · free
🌙 After work
6:30 PM · Woodlawn Library · free
WED
19
☀️ Morning
12:15 PM · Riverfront Wilmington · free
🌙 After work
4:30 PM · Delaware City Public Library
THU
20
☀️ Morning
10:30 AM · Brandywine Zoo
🌙 After work
5:00 PM · Delaware Art Museum
FRI
21
☀️ Morning
10:00 AM · Coverdale Farm Preserve · free
★ Camp Watch — registration open
3 camps have confirmed openings in the next two weeks, and 28 more may still have space — we couldn't confirm, so check the provider.
Browse Delaware summer camps by week, age, and town. See all 229 camps →
This week's guide
Indoor activities for kids in New Castle County
The best indoor places to take kids in New Castle County — hands-on museums, an ice rink, play cafés, and libraries, with ages and admission for each.
See the full list →
More family guides: rainy-day · free · playgrounds →
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