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35th annual Sea Witch Festival gets off to a rolling start

Costume parade begins at 11 a.m.; full day of entertaining activities on tap
Brock Horner, 4, speeds through the course and leads the pack during the annual Sea Witch Tyke Bike event on Friday afternoon. DAN COOK PHOTO
Chris Flood
October 25, 2025

Story Location:
Rehoboth Avenue
Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971
United States

The Rehoboth Beach-Dewey Beach Chamber of Commerce’s 35th Annual Sea Witch Festival kicked off with an afternoon of fun in the sun Oct. 24. There were the Tyke Bike and Beach Ball Roll on the Boardwalk, activities at the Bandstand, entertainment in the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center and a fall festival at the Sussex Family YMCA.

There’s still a lot to do in Rehoboth Beach over the next two days, highlighted by the costume parade down Rehoboth Avenue at 11 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 25.

Additional Saturday events include pony rides from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., on the beach at Wilmington Avenue; an outdoor kids zone at First Street Station from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; afternoon magic shows at the convention center; old-fashioned kids games and more at 2 p.m. on the beach in front of Baltimore Avenue; a horse show at 4 p.m. on the beach at Rehoboth Avenue; the 4th Street Fall Fest and trick-or-treating in the commercial district at 6:30 p.m.

Sunday events include selfie opportunities with Hilda the Sea Witch Balloon at the convention center from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., the best costumed dog parade on the Boardwalk at 1 p.m. and a second horse show at 4 p.m. on the beach at Rehoboth Avenue.

The weekend weather got off to a good start Friday, and it appears the weather for the rest of the weekend will be right on par for mid-autumn in the Cape Region — sunny, with highs near 60 and a slight breeze.

See a full schedule of popular weekend events on pages 57-60 in the Friday, Oct. 24 edition of the Cape Gazette or online at capegazette.com.

For more information, go to beach-fun.com. Contact the Rehoboth Beach-Dewey Beach Chamber of Commerce at rehoboth@beach-fun.com, 302-227-2233 or 800-441-1329.

Riley Sukanick, 3, tries to capture a bubble from his mom, Katie. DAN COOK PHOTO
DAN COOK PHOTO
Persephone Hope, 9, poses with her unicorn face paint by Catherine Flaherty of Copy Cat Paint Parties. DAN COOK PHOTO
Jackson Mudd,8, speeds through the course. DAN COOK PHOTO
Teddy McGinty, 3, rolls the tyke race on his scooter. DAN COOK PHOTO
Charlotte Hanslovan, 6, leads the pack on her scooter in the second heat of the Tyke Bike event. DAN COOK PHOTO
Liam Mudd, 5, rides casually up the boards at the event. DAN COOK PHOTO
Ellie Arnold, 3, leads the group during the third heat of the Tyke Bike event. DAN COOK PHOTO
Taking the checkered flag with his hot wheels group is Drew Rumberger, 3. DAN COOK PHOTO
Owen Roehling, 4, dribbles the beach ball during the Beach Ball Bounce. DAN COOK PHOTO
Bluey aka Owen Litwa, 4, bounces hsi beach ball during the event’s second heat. DAN COOK PHOTO
Taking a shortcut with her beach ball is Sadie Janson, 2. DAN COOK PHOTO
The start of the beach ball bounce. DAN COOK PHOTO
Racers take off in the second heat of the beach ball race. DAN COOK PHOTO
Allison Membreno holds the small pumpkin while Wilmer Deleon, 8, paints it at the YMCA’s fall festival. CHRIS FLOOD PHOTO
What’s scarier – a haunted house with ghouls and giant green spiders or kids in inflatable costumes. CHRIS FLOOD PHOTO
Dewey Beach’s Sam Heinz quickly gets out of the way after opening the gates at the YMCA. CHRIS FLOOD PHOTO
Jax Bezman may be dresses at the Grim Reaper, but he was still polite when grabbing candy from Karen Breton. CHRIS FLOOD PHOTO
Meg O’Brien, left, and her grandson Elliot O’Brien dressed as Christopher Robin and Eeyore to hand out candy. CHRIS FLOOD PHOTO
Allie Carman, 4, shows off her pumpkin from the patch. CHRIS FLOOD PHOTO
Kelce looks regal customed as a lion. CHRIS FLOOD PHOTO
Jimmy Paden enjoyed dressing up as Mr. Incredible to hand out candy. CHRIS FLOOD PHOTO
Amy Craney recreated Tim Burton’s Coraline entering the portal into another world. CHRIS FLOOD PHOTO

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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. He’s a graduate of the University of Maine and the Landing School of Boat Building & Design.

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