The 54th annual Great Delaware Kite Festival, set for this spring at Cape Henlopen State Park, has been grounded due to a construction conflict, organizers announced.
The event, co-sponsored by the Lewes Chamber of Commerce and the Delaware Division of Parks and Recreation, had been scheduled for Good Friday, April 7.
Thousands of people attend the event each year and many guests park at the Bathhouse parking lot, which would have been an issue this year.
That’s because the Bathhouse parking lot closed recently and will so until the end of May for a repaving project. This initiative is part of several planned infrastructure projects at Cape Henlopen State Park, according to Kite Festival organizers.
Organizers said they considered other options to possibly run this year’s event, but were forced to pull the plug due to “safety concerns related to the inability to provide adequate parking.”
The Kite Festival hasn’t been soaring much over the last few years, as COVID-19 canceled the event in 2020 and 2021.
So this year feels like déjà vu again.
“We are very disappointed that we cannot stage the Kite Festival this year but our organizing committee is already planning for next year’s event,” Betsy Reamer, executive director of the Lewes Chamber of Commerce, said in a statement.
She added, “Mark your calendars for March 29, 2024!”
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