Delaware River Festival: A Virtual Feast for the Eyes

This has been a strange year, but that hasn’t stopped us from finding innovative ways to have fun, especially in celebrating the Delaware River. PDE was a proud partner of the 2020 Delaware River Festival with organizations including the Philadelphia Water Department, Center for Aquatic Sciences, Alliance for Watershed Education of the Delaware River, Camden County, and the Independence Seaport Museum. Instead of celebrating the Delaware River for one day, the festival offered a week of 60 free online and in-person events, including birding, kayaking, hikes, yoga, kite flying, a drive-in movie, panel discussions, demonstrations, stories, educational songs for children, and a live music concert.

“Although we were disappointed that we could not hold our annual face-to-face celebration along the banks of the Delaware River in Philadelphia and Camden, all of the partners involved with planning the Festival did a fantastic job,” Kathy Klein, Executive Director of PDE, said. “I encourge people to to check out the robust virtual content created for the 2020 Festival that lives on at DelawareRiverFest.org.”

We can’t wait for next year’s event to be just as spectacular!

This article relates to the Delaware Estuary Program’s Comprehensive Conservation & Management Plan: Goal 2 Improve Public Awareness & Stakeholder Engagement. Strategy C2.2 Utilize events to increase stewardship and engage new people.