Join us in celebrating the Delaware River at the

Delaware River Festival

Saturday, September 26, 2026

A family wearing lifejackets pose at Delaware RiverFest showing off the kids' facepaint. The river and edge of a boat are visible behind them.

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
at Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia

(211 S. Christopher Columbus Blvd. Philadelphia, PA 19106)

Ride the Riverlink Ferry* to Wiggins Waterfront Park in Camden for even more family fun!

Everything is FREE!

A family wearing life jackets laugh as the small children attempt to help operate a paddle boat shaped like a giant duck.
  • Admission to the Independence Seaport Museum* (during festival hours only)
  • Pedal Boat Rides*
  • Environmental Exhibitors
  • Live Bird Show*
  • Arts and Crafts
  • Face Painting
  • And Prizes!

*Activities are for September 26, 2026 at Penn’s Landing only, and while supplies last.
Tickets for activities must be obtained at the Delaware River Festival information table at Penn’s Landing. Attendees must be 18 years old or accompanied by an adult 18 years or older to ride the pedal boats.

Visit www.DelawareRiverFest.org for more information.

Map of the Delaware River Festival - spanning both sides of the river, the festival is mostly on the Philadelphia side at Penn's Landing, accessible via a nearby subway stop at 2nd and Market, bus stops on Columbus Blvd and others nearby, and by car with several parking lots nearby. The RiverLink Ferry connects you to the New Jersey side of the Festival at Wiggins Waterfront Park and Adventure Aquarium.

Thank you to our supporters

EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) logo

Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, Inc. received financial support from the EPA under an Assistance Agreement to support this work.

Pennsylvania Coastal Resources Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection logos
Philadelphia Water Department
Camden County logo features two overlapping C shapes, one reversed, with a dot over the intersection to loosely resemble a person, between the words, all lowercase. Below that in small text reads "Making It Better, Together."
Liberty Coca Cola Beverages logo includes the red script Coca Cola logo, with "LIBERTY" above and "BEVERAGES" below in black serif capitals, overlaid on a light gray silhouette that seems to be a combination of of the Statue of Liberty's crown atop the Liberty Bell. Below, in small casual font reads "Locally owned and operated", and the whole thing is enclosed by a thin red circle.
New Jersey American Water logo features the text "New Jersey" in small blue sans-serif capitals, "American Water" in thin red serif capitals, and "We keep life flowing" in the same blue lettering below. To the left of the name there is a blue star with stripes cut out of the right center.

Thank you to this year’s planning partners:

Partnership for the Delaware Estuary logo features the name in dark green sans-serif font, next to an image in shades of blue and green of birds flying over a lighthouse on a grassy dune, with a river and city skyline in the background. Over all this, a banner reads "Celebrating 30 years!" with 1996 on the left side and 2026 on the right.
Independence Seaport Museum logo features the name in black text next to a blue circular mark with a white anchor on waves, surrounded by a ring of 13 blue stars.
Center for Aquatic Sciences logo features the name stacked, one word per line except "for" tucked in vertically on the first, next to a mark resembling a city skyline on top swooshing into a wave with a fish leaping out of it, in a gradient from teal at the top to a deep blue at the bottom.
For event information, visit www.DelawareRiverFest.org or call 1‑302‑655‑4990

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