Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Festival at Rockwood Park 2026

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Ice Cream, Music, and Fireworks - OH MY!
The Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Festival is happening on June 27!
This quintessential summer festival features lots of ice cream, live local music, kids' activities, family entertainment, a maker market, fantastic food, museum tours, fireworks, and lots more!
The Best Local Ice Cream
Food Trucks | Museum Tours | Carnival Games
Family Train | 40+ Marketplace Vendors
Family Entertainment | Kids' DJ
Beer and Wine Garden | FIREWORKS AT DUSK!
Ice Cream Vendors:
Bruster's of Wilmington
Cup r Cone
Dino's Ice Cream and Water Ice Truck
Fusco's Water Ice
Woodside Farm Creamery
UDairy Creamery
Kona Ice of South New Castle
Cajun-Sno
The Ice Cream Shoppe
Marvelicious Water Ice & Ice Cream
Desserts/Snacks/Beverage Vendors:
Travelin Tom's Coffee
Philly Funnel Cake
DonutNV Wilmington
Madi LLC
Food Vendors:
Donut NV Wilmington
Delaware Provision food Truck LLC
Flavor’D-ish Food Truck
GG and Big R
Koi on the Go
La Casa de Lulu
Madi LLC
Mitch's Mo’ Better Chicken
Mojo Loco Food Truck
Payne Catering the 3rd generation
Plum Pit
Rice & Beans from Aliza's Kitchen
Rolling Grub LLC
Tom's HandCRAFTed Pizza Cones
Top Five BBQ!
Tuk Tuk Wings & Thai Bowls
Zach's Street Grill
Zaikka on Wheels
Market Vendors:
Martin's Concessions dba Sherri's Crab Cakes
3D Layer Foundry
Absolutely Retro/ Mini mayhem
Bargo
Beauty of Goats Milk Soap
Bond & Bloom Studio
CC's Lather and Lace
Chic Crochet
Children Empowered by Love
Cracked Bell
Crafts by Lovely
Cute as a button
Delco Soaps
Design X Shermeen
Desserts by Dana
Eternal Grove
Forever Freeze
Fusions Tasters Choice
Give Me Some Sugar
Hcreate Inc
Hippie Jane's
Kara Hinson Art
LB Media Arts (Built by the LAB)
Lit Ladies
Little Connie's Kettle Corn
Maryann's Sweet Treats
Me and My dog Pet Bakery LLC
Megan's Creations
Mila's Sparkly Wonders
Mom's pretty Paintings
Ms Gewels Shop
Ms Selina's Creations
Nature's Kitchen
Needful Reminders
Not Just Earrings
Pabonz Printz & Scentz
Parikala by Pariksha
Parlay Creative
Precious Sudz
Randalia Bee Hives
RAVEbandz
Rich Francisco
RoRa
Saved by the Sip
Sharron's Freshly Squeezed Lemonade
Sundyes
Tapproduct
Wild Things Design
Y & S Hand Craft Corp
Get your tickets today at https://www.newcastlede.gov/1103/Ice-Cream-Festival-at-Rockwood-Park
Volunteers always needed! Email [email protected] for information.
Thanks to our 2026 Event Sponsors: Dart, delawareonline, and Christiana Care, and our Fireworks Sponsor: Always Best Care Senior Services.