Events

Delaware River Festival returns to waterfront IRL on September 24th

The 20th anniversary of celebrating the Delaware River returns after a 3-year COVID hiatus.

The Delaware River Festival is returning on Saturday, Sept. 24 from 10 AM to 4 PM at Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia and Wiggins Park in Camden, New Jersey. This free festival includes face painting, games, environmental exhibitors, Water Woman and the Philadelphia Water Department’s famous water bar.

This duel-state event is hosted by the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary (PDE), the Philadelphia Water Department, the Center for Aquatic Sciences, Fairmount Water Works and Interpretive Center, the Independence Seaport Museum, Camden County, the Pennsylvania Coastal Resources Management, and other partners.

Find out more by visiting the festival’s official website on DelawareRiverFest.org.


Julie Hancher

Julie Hancher is Editor-in-Chief of Green Philly, sharing her expertise of all things sustainable in the city of brotherly love. She enjoys long walks in the park with local beer and greening her travels, cooking & cat, Sir Floofus Drake.

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