Newark Delaware Entertainment & Events

Special Events

• Halloween Celebration
  715 Christiana Mall Road • Newark, DE 19702
  JCPenny Court
  302-731-9815
  Dress up and enjoy the Halloween Show at Christiana Mall on October 27th at 10:30am and 12:00pm. This event is for children 12 and under. more...

Concerts & Performances

• Newark Symphony Orchestra
  318 South College Avenue • Newark, DE 19711
  302-369-3466
  The city's official orchestra which performs numerous times at many different functions throughout the year. more...

Plays & Productions

• University of Delaware Center for Black Culture
  192 South College Avenue • Newark, DE 19716
  302-831-2991
  Numerous performing-arts programs throughout the academic year designed to showcase African-American culture and enhance ethnic awareness. more...

• Performing Arts Series
  South College Avenue • Newark, DE 19716
  Mitchell Hall
  302-831-2341
  Musical performances and play productions for the whole family are part of this yearly series of events at Mitchell Hall on the University of Delaware's Newark campus. more...

• Resident Ensemble Players & PTTP
  413 Academy Street • Newark, DE 19716
  302-831-2204
  The REP consists of 10 Equity actors and an Equity Stage Manager who are contracted for a four year period of residency that commences with the beginning of each PTTP training cycle. The company is composed of some of America's most experienced and respected regional theatre actors and actresses as well as two members directly from the most recent PTTP graduating class. The PTTP is a nationally acclaimed graduate conservatory for acting, stage management and technical production, and admits only one class every four years. Students train and perform together for three years and in the fourth year the faculty selects a new class through nationally conducted auditions. A new professional acting company joins the University of Delaware’s Professional Theatre Training Program (PTTP) this fall, inaugurating a bold new dimension to their nationally acclaimed graduate conservatory. In conjunction with the incoming PTTP graduate class, they introduce the Resident Ensemble Players (REP), a resident professional acting company consisting of some of America’s most experienced and respected regional theatre actors.  more...

• Chapel Street Players
  27 North Chapel Street • Newark, DE 19715
  (302) 368-2248
  Offering 75 years of quality community theater. This is an all volunteer organization. more...

• Resident Ensemble Players
  110 Orchard Avenue • Newark, DE 19716
  Roselle Center for the Arts
  302-831-2204
  Resident Ensemble Players is Delaware's only resident professional acting company located on the University of Delaware campus in downtown Newark. They present a variety of classic and contemporary plays each season, September-May. more...

Festivals & Fairs

• Winterfest
  Academy Lawn and Main & Academy Streets
  302-366-7060
  Main Street comes alive with the sights and sounds of the holidays during this event that takes place in early December and includes roasted chestnuts, caroling, ice carving, a tree lighting ceremony, and more. This event takes place on December 7th at 6:00pm-8:00pm. In case of rain the event will take place on December 8th from 6:00pm-8:00pm more...

Sporting Events

• University of Delaware Women's Ice Hockey
  110 Carpenter Sports Building • Newark, DE 19715
  302-831-1542
  Members of the USA Hockey's Women Division, this organization welcomes girls and womens hockey players of all skill levels and ages. There is currently a team skating in the United Women's Ice Hockey League and Mid-Atlantic Women's Hockey. Their schedule runs from the end of October to March. more...