31st annual Sea Witch Festival kicks off Oct. 29
The Rehoboth Beach-Dewey Beach Chamber of Commerce’s annual Sea Witch Festival is slated to return the weekend of Friday, Oct. 29. It will be the 31st year for the festival, with the spooky theme being Lobster Monster.
This year’s weekend-long schedule of events is expected to include many fan favorites, such as the Tyke Bike Roll on the Boardwalk, trick or treating in Dewey Beach and Rehoboth Beach, a haunted bonfire in Dewey Beach, an indoor artisan and vendor show at the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center, old-fashioned kids’ games on the beach, a dog costume parade on the Boardwalk and, of course, the famous costume parade that takes over Rehoboth Avenue.
The chamber is always coming up with new events and promotions, and this year will be no different. The most notable new attraction this year will be a new Sea Witch parade balloon. The festival’s original balloon, nicknamed Sally, was retired in 2019 after nearly two decades of service. The chamber has commissioned the making of a new witch, and if everything goes as planned, that balloon will make its debut in this year’s parade.
Some of the events are weather dependent. For the most up-to-date listing of events and details, go to the Rehoboth Beach-Dewey Beach Chamber of Commerce website, beach-fun.com.
Chris Flood has been working for the Cape Gazette since early 2014. He currently covers Rehoboth Beach and Henlopen Acres, but has also covered Dewey Beach and the state government. He covers environmental stories, business stories and random stories on subjects he finds interesting, and he also writes a column called Choppin’ Wood that runs every other week. Additionally, Flood moonlights as the company’s circulation manager, which primarily means fixing boxes that are jammed with coins during daylight hours, but sometimes means delivering papers in the middle of the night. He’s a graduate of the University of Maine and the Landing School of Boat Building & Design.
