Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Festival

Thanks to our donors!

Ice Festival Donors 2022
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Ice Cream, Music, and Fireworks - OH MY!

The Ice Cream Festival is Back on June 25!


This quintessential summer festival features lots of ice cream, live local music, kids' activities, a maker market, fantastic food, museum tours, and lots more!

The Best Local Ice Cream

Food trucks | Beer Garden

Museum Tours | Carnival Games

Family Train | Explore Local Museums

30+ Marketplace Vendors

Family Entertainment | Kid's DJ

We can't wait to see your smiling face!

We are always working to improve our events. Have a question or a comment? Send us an email.

Thank you to our donors

Christiana Care, DART First State, Vandermark & Lunch. Inc., Mix 99.5 WJBR, Rockwood Park Preservation Society, CBRE, Inc.

June 25, 2022

1 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

Tickets $5

Kids 12 and under FREE


Rockwood Park & Museum

  • Live Music

  • Ice Cream Vendors

  • Maker Market

  • Fireworks


volunteer

Community members donate their time and talent to help make these free family events possible! The Ice Cream Festival is looking for people to help with set-up, games and activities, ticket booth and greeters, as well as help with parking and volunteer check-in.

Volunteer for the Ice Cream Festival

Ice Cream and Sweet Treats

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Ice Cream Shoppe

Woodside Farms Creamery 

UDairy Creamery

Paleteria Y Neveria Tocumbo 

Cup'r Cone 

Kona Ice

Marvelicious Water Ice

Dino's Water Ice

Local Music Lineup


1:30-2:30

Hot Breakfast!

3:00- 4:00

Nic Snow

4:30- 5:30

Frantastic Noise

6:00- 7:00

Bickel Brothers

7:30- 9:00

Universal Funk Order

Music lineup by Gable Music Ventures
Gable Music Ventures

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Family Entertainment Stage

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2:00

Magic Show with Ran'D Shine

3:00

Hula Hoop with Lois

4:00

Bubble Show with Jennifer Shannon

5:00

Dancing with Fierce Dance Academy

6:00

Reptile Show with Jungle John

7:00

Balloon Show with Jungle John

Maker Marketplace

ARW Design Co

Billy T's Natural Foods LLC

BoBiddle Cards and Creations

Cindy's Crafts

Creative Cutting Maven

Dear Anna Designs

Fusion Tasters Choice

Gigi and Cat

Hammer and Needle Heirlooms

HandiCraftsbyEyeAsia

Home made crafts for you from Mary

JillDaisyCrochet

Julieta Zavala/sewing and design

Juniors Favorite Dog Treats

Little Deharts Creations

LLB Tie Dyes

Megan's Creations

Moore Candles Please & Something yoonek

Needful Reminders

PC Crafts

Precious Sudz

Randalia Honey

Rivers Edge Driftwood

She So Crafty

Shirley Ellison

Solace Vibes 

SonRise Stitching

Sundyes.good.vibes

The Kitchen Cupboard

The Lonely Art

Tracey Damiani

Tuloh's Nest

Virtuous Body Scrubs

Walls with Intrigue


Vendors wanted: 

  • Ice cream vendors

  • Restaurant & food vendors

  • Handmade goods makers for our market

Join the fest:

email suzanne.casey@newcastlede.gov today!

2022 ICF FAQ

PARKING: All parking including handicap parking will be at the Rockwood Office Park at 501 Carr Road and at Mount Pleasant High School at 5201 Washington Street Extension with quick shuttle rides to the festival. Busses equipped with lifts will be available for visitors with wheelchairs and large strollers.

Visitors are discouraged from parking in neighborhoods and along Washington Street Extension. Those who park in these locations are subject to towing at the owner’s expense.

ACCESSIBILITY: The Ice Cream Festival is accessible and will have handicap shuttles running from the Rockwood Office Park, but please know the ground where the event is held is grass that is bumpy and uneven and on a gentle slope. The music meadow is in full sun all-day

DOGS AND PETS: Please leave your dog and all other pets at home. This is for the comfort of fellow festival guests and your pets.

COMFORT: Rockwood has hilly, uneven ground and the music meadow is in full sun all day. Please bring your blankets and chairs for your comfort, wear sunscreen, a hat, and other sun protection. Be sure your shoes are appropriate for uneven ground.

ALCOHOL: You must be 21 to purchase and consume alcohol. Festival guests who violate this expectation will be dealt with by the New Castle County Police.

SMOKING/TOBACCO: All New Caste County parks are non-smoking. Consumption of tobacco of any kind is prohibited at this event.

BEHAVIOR: All festival guests are expected to treat fellow guests and staff with the utmost respect. Guests who are not able to remain respectful will be removed from the event by the New Castle County Police.

WEAPONS: Weapons of any kind are prohibited in New Castle County Parks. Please leave them at home.

SAFETY: Festival guests are expected to be alert and pay attention to all announcements relating to weather and safety.

INCLEMENT AND SEVERE WEATHER: In the case of bad or severe weather on the day of the event, updates will be posted on the Facebook Event Page, through Eventbrite, Instagram, and Twitter, as well as on our event hotline. Please call (302) 395-5659 for updates. For severe weather during the event, please listen to all announcements and follow instructions quickly.