*April 21, 2006 – Rededication ceremony at Swanendael site. 1:30 PM. Governor, General Assembly, Congressional delegation and other representatives as well as representatives of the Dutch government [all invited] will be present to honor those who established Delaware as a separate Commonwealth.*April 22, 2006 - Birthday Party for Lewes. Enjoy a casual and free event with food and live music to celebrate Lewes' birthday! Location: Cape May-Lewes Ferry Terminal
April 30, 2006 - Happy Birthday Lewes! Happy Birthday Mozart! Southern Delaware Choral Society, four guest soloists and a guest organist present individual pieces from the sacred and secular Mozart repretoire Requiem. A birthday will be held following the performance. Held at Cape Henlopen High School's Theater, tickets required.
April – Lewes Tulip Festival; enjoy the Dutch flavor of Lewes as the town is draped in a festive cover of tulips sponsored by Lewes in Bloom
April – December – Exhibit at Zwaanendael Museum comprised of Dutch documents detailing the story of Delaware’s first settlement at Lewes. Complimentary exhibits will also take place at the Delaware Public Archives in Delaware (17th Century Delaware) and at the Historical Society of Delaware (Contact Delaware).
May 5, 2006 -- AAUW Fashion Show at the Lewes Yacht Club. For more information, please call 302-644-1534.
May 6, 2006 - Spring Plant Sale on Second Street, sponosored by Lewes in Bloom.
May 6, 2006 - Nanticoke Heirtage Day at Nanticoke Indian Museum, route 24, 302-945-3400.
July 27 - August 3 - Lewes, Del. 375 Years of History: Four Centuries of Paintings, Prints & Maps at the Peninsula gallery. On July 29, Steve Rogers will be available to sign copies of his limited print of his original, anniversary painting. Kevin Moore will also be available to sign copies of his 375th anniversary book.
*August 4, 2006 – Delaware Symphony Orchestra performance at the College of Marine Studies. Fireworks after the show provided by the DRBA.
September 9-10, 2006 - 29th Annual Nanticoke Indian Festival & Powwow Celebration at the Powwow Grounds, Saturday, Noon-7 PM, 302=945-3400.
*September 14-17, 2006 – Sail Lewes 2006, a festival of sailing ships in Lewes.
September 16 - Festival of Dutch Music at St. Peter's Church, Second Street. 7:30 pm. A lecture and a concert of music for Recorder and Harpsichord with John Burkhalter, lecturer and recorder player and Professor Eugene Roan, harpsichordist from Princeton University . Free and open to the public.
October 7, 2006 - Fall Plant Sale on Second Street, sponsored by Lewes in Bloom
October 14, 2006 - New Netherland Institute Conference at the Virden Center
*- Indicates 375th Anniversary Commission sponsored event.
