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Old Swedes to hold its first Swedish summer festival

Betsy PriceCulture, Headlines

  Old Swedes Historic Site, a quiet corner of First State National Historical Park, this month will hold its first summer festival, complete with a Swedish meatball competition. Organizers hope the Midsommar Festival, set for June 25 on Wilmington’s east side, will become an annual event and raise the profile of Old Swedes. Leoné L. Cahill-Krout, who became executive director …

Souvlaki (Photo by Markus Winkler from Pexels)

Greek favorites fill menu of Wilmington’s Festival to Go

Betsy PriceFood

Souvlaki (Photo by Markus Winkler from Pexels) The to-go version of Wilmington’s Greek Festival will focus on food, with nightly dance performances. It will run 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. June 2-5 at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 808 N. Broom St., Wilmington. The event – the largest Greek festival in the Delaware Valley – normally draws massive crowds for the food, entertainment …

Winterthur Point-to-Point (file photo)

Summer’s on the way, and so are some of your favorite events

luke dollardCulture, Don't Miss, Featured, Headlines, Scene About Town

A few events are canceled. Some are coy. But Firefly, Point-to-Point and others say they will go on this year.