There is plenty to do in the Brandywine Valley! Major attractions offer daily exhibits and activities as well as special events. Outdoor activities are popular during the summer season at our county parks and state parks, and indoor activities are available throughout the year. Make your first stop our Chester County Visitors Center where personal service is there to help you or call our Visitors Center at 800-228-9933 to find out more.
Please scroll down the entire calendar for individual attraction events listed separately.
August 2008
Aug 23 -Spring Garden Days Flea Market, Rusty Gate Antique Center (610)942-4834 or (610)942-4890
Aug 30,31,Sept 1 - Simon Pearce on the Brandywine - Glass blowing demonstration - 11am - 7pm - 610-793-0948
Aug 31 –Kennett Underground Railroad Heritage Tours; Reservations (610)347-2237
September 2008
Sept 6,7 – Chadds Ford Days – Chadds Ford Historical (610)388-7376; www.chaddsfordhistory.org
Sept 14 – Radnor Hunt Concours d’Elegance – Classic cars, motorcycles & carriages; www.radnorconcours.org for discounted tickets & info (610)353-3536
Sept 20 -Spring Garden Days Flea Market, Rusty Gate Antique Center (610)942-4834 or (610)942-4890
Sept 26-28 –Garden Fair at Winterthur, spectacular autumn sale & showcase. www.winterthur.org.
Sept 27 – 11th Annual Main Line 5K RUN & Fun Walk at The Main Line Chamber of Commerce. (610)687-6232
Sept 27,28 – 12-6pm, Brandywine Harvest Festival; Visit six wineries for tastings, concerts, picnics, vineyard tours, more. Brandywine Valley Wine Trail (610)388-6221
Ongoing Events
May 16 - Dec 6 - Historic Houses through Artist's Eyes - Chadds Ford Historical Society (610)-388-7376
May 24 – Aug 30 – Tours of John Chads’ House & Barns-Brinton House by costumed guides. (610) 388-7376 www.chaddsfordhistory.org
May 28 thru July 31 – Summer Evening Tours, Mt. Cuba Center; advanced registration required. www.mtcubacenter.org (302)239-4244
Aug 12 – Nov 1 – “Barefoot in the Park”, Rainbow Dinner Theatre (800)292-4301 www.rainbowdinnertheatre.com
Events listed by individual Attractions
Sept 6,7 – Revolutionary Times, 10am-5pm. Annual re-enactment of the Battle of Brandywine; Brandywine Battlefield; Admission. (610)459-3342 Sept 11 – Commemoration Ceremony, 6pm at the Flagpole near Washington’s Headquarters; Brandywine Battlefield; free (610)459-3342
610-388-2700
Ongoing - Call for additional details and times - guided tours, Mondays - Thursdays, 2 & 3 p.m.
with Victoria Browning Wyeth.
Ongoing - Call about information on our art workshops for kids and more.
Ongoing - Jamie Wyeth's 14 Spectacular Bird Paintings in the Bayard and Mary Sharp Galleries
on the 3rd floor of the museum.
April 1 thru Nov 16 – N.C. Wyeth House and Studio Tours
April 3 thru Nov 16 – Kuerner Farm Tours
June 7 thru Sept 1 – Alfred J. Munnings from Regional Collections
Sept thru Nov 23 – Double Lives: American Painters as Illustrators, 1850-1950
Phone: 610-388-6221 - Chaddsford Winery
Sept 27, 28 & Oct 4, 5 - Brandywine Valley Wine Trail Harvest Festival- visit all the Wine Trail members for tastings, concerts, picnics, hayrides, vineyard tours and other special activities.
Phone: 610-388-6221
June 6 thru Sept 12 Friday Nights – Summer Nights Under The Stars, Outdoor Concert Series.
Aug 29,30 & Sept 1 – 12-6pm, Labor Day Weekend Jazz Festival – Wine, music & picnicking on the Winery grounds.
Chase Center on the Waterfront
Phone: (302)425-3929
Sept 6,7 –Delaware LIVE! Luxury Home Show
Sept 26,27,28 –Sugarloaf Crafts Festival
Chester County Historical Society
Phone: 610-692-4800
Current Exhibits - Three Hundred Years of Chester County History. Decorative Arts in Chester County -
featuring a notable collection of furniture and tall case clocks. History Lab - interactive and hands-on for all ages
Chester County Parks & Recreation
Phone: 610-344-6415
Sept. 13-School Blues Fun Daze 10–4 Last entry 3PM, Make crafts, watch black(smith) magic, toss cow pies and play life size “tic tac toe.”
Phone: 302-571-9590
June 28-Sept 21 - Garry Bennett Knox: Call me Chair Maker - 52 one of a kind sculptural chairs by the foremost contemporary studio furniture maker in America.
Delaware Museum of Natural History
Phone: 302-658-9111
May 24 - Sept 1 - Animal Secrets - Discover hidden secrets habits and lives of forest animals such as chipmunks,
eagles and bats at this special exhibit.
Through Jan 4 2009- Eyes on Earth - This interactive special exhibit explores the space technology used to predict storms, monitor forest fires, study the ozone layer and more!
Oct 25 - Bats and Other Creatures of the Night - get ready for Halloween with nocturnal animal games, presentations, crafts and more.
Dec 27 & 28 - Dino Days - annual dinosaur extravaganza with a fossil dig, paleontology talks, live animals, face painting and more.
Phone: 610- 593-7013
Aug 12-Oct 4 – Two senior citizens are set up on a blind date by their children
Oct 21-Dec 23 – Amish Family Christmas – Celebrate Christmas with the King family
Phone: 302-658-2400
Aug 2,9,16,23,30 - Dollar Days at Hagley, 9:30am-4:30 pm
Aug 6,13,20,27 – Bike and Hike at Hagley, 5-8pm
Sept 14 – Hagley Car Show
Sept 27 – Hagley’s Golden Pheasants Harvest Party, 4-7pm
Phone: 800-63-snack
Aug 21 – Bike Night, 5pm-dusk
Phone: 610- 444-8188
June 20, Aug 15, Sept 19 - Independent Movie Program in the Back Alley Theater 8pm -$5
May 16 -Farmers Market opens
Sept 6, 7 - Mushroom Festival
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Phone: 610- 582-8773
Sept 6 - Apple sales begin
Sept 20 - Harvest time
Phone: 610-388-1000
Contact the office of Continuing Education for the Continuing Education calendar. Phone Extension: 516.
May 24- Sept 1 - Festival of Fountains - experience Longwood's famous illuminated fountain display Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays as the gardens burst with summer bloom and stunning water lilies. Enjoy outdoor concerts, spectacular dining and summer fun.
July 4, July 19, Aug 31 and Sept 6 - Fireworks and Fountains at Longwood Gardens - spectacular fireworks and colorful fountains light up the sky and dance to stirring music.
Sept 2 - Nov 23 - Autumns' Colors - celebrate the harvest season amid the glowing reds, brilliant golds and bright oranges of nature's foliage,
Media Theatre for the Performing Arts
610-891-0100.
Oct 1- Nov 2 - My Fair Lady
Dec 3 - Jan 4, 2009 - Oliver
Jan 28,2009- Feb 15, 2009 - Alter Boyz
March 11, 2009 - April 5, 2009 - All Shook Up
Flour Milling Demonstrations:
August 27- Farmers Market at the Mill Festival Day
Sept. 13- Milling Demonstration & Children's Book Signing
People's Light and Theatre Company
610-647-1900. Box Office: 610-644-3500
Sept 24-Oct 19 - The Persians
Nov 19 - Jan 4, 2009 - Cinderella
Jan 28-Feb 22 - Day of the Picnic
March 11- May 3 - A Tale of Two Cities
June 3- 28 - Doubt: A Parable
July 8- Aug 2 - End Days
717-442-4915
June 14- Aug 30 - 2008 Gazebo Concert Series - Saturdays 6:30 -9:30 pm
Phone: 610-738-3350
First Fridays - 1st Friday of Each Month - 5pm-9pm
Sept 4 - Summer Thursdays – Live Music, Crafters, Entertainment and Outdoor Dining on Gay Street
Phone: 302-888-4734
July 4-Sept 21 – Silversmiths to the Nation: Thomas Fletcher & Sidney Gardiner, 1808-1842.
Looking Ahead: Fall/Winter 2008/2009
Chaddsford Winery
Spiced Apple Sundays -October 5, 12, 19, 2008
Chester County Art Association
Annual Pumpkin Art Carve and Fall Festival - October 22, 2008
Chadds Ford Historical Society
The Great Pumpkin Carve - October 23-25 , 2008
Herrs Snack Factory Tour
Halloween Night - October 27 , 2008
45th Annual Delaware Antiques Show at Chase Riverfront Center - November 7-9 , 2008
Herrs Snack Factory Tour
Christmas Light Display - November 25 , 2008 - January 1, 2009
Home for the Holidays at the Grand Opera House
Delightful Holiday Musical based on the Three Little Bakers revue- November 29 , 2008 -December 28, 2008
A Longwood Gardens Christmas
November 27, 2008 - January 11, 2009
A Brandywine Christmas at Brandywine River Museum
November 28, 2008 - January 11, 2009
Winterthur Museum & Country Estate
Yuletide at Winterthur - November 22 , 2008 - January 4,2009
DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.