Community Calendar
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APRIL 2025
4/12 - City Election Day at New Castle Senior Center, 8am-6pm.
Cast your ballot for the 2025 City Council Election for the City of New Castle.4/12 - New Castle Sailing Club Beach Clean-Up, Battery Park, 10am-1pm.
Start from the Sail House at the end of West 3rd Street. Gloves, trash bags and volunteer certificates provided. Sponsored by NCSC and the New Castle Hundred Lions Club.4/19 - Native Bee Talk at New Castle Court House Museum, 12pm.
Local Beekeeper Thomas Lunt will talk about the importance of native bees and native plants for those bees.4/20 - Historic New Castle Easter Parade on the Green, 1pm.
The New Castle Hundred Lions Club’s annual, family-friendly Easter promenade on The Green, with music and cash prizes for those of all ages whose Sunday best is above the rest.4/24 - Shaw Alley Expo Vendor Fair at 5 Shaw Alley (behind Zollie’s), 6-9pm.
“An exclusive expo featuring local and nearby businesses as we unveil a stunning newly renovated event space!” Registration is requested (at the link).4/24-25 - New Castle Escape Room at NC Court House Museum, on the hour.
Join staff NCCHM to follow clues and track down an escaped prisoner! Time slots run in one-hour increments. Contact the New Castle Court House Museum to register.4/25 - April Fourth Friday Art Loop, generally 5-8pm, featuring:
Cindee & Jim Performance at the Opera House, 5:30-8pm,
Other events to be posted here as announced.
4/26 - New Castle Public Library Garden Gala at NC Public Library, 5:30-8:30pm.
A cocktail party fundraiser featuring live entertainment, treats from Zollie’s and a library “bar,” special silent auction items and raffle prizes, literary diversions and more. Tickets are $50 each and include one drink ticket and entry for the door prize. Funds raised are intended to complete the Library Friends’ campaign to renovate the garden. Reserve here.
MAY 2025
5/1 - May Market Donation Drop-off Day at The Arsenal, 9am-6pm.
Community members are encouraged to donate gently-used home and garden treasures, as well as plants and starts, for Arasapha’s annual fundraiser. Further info is here.5/2-3 - Arasapha’s May Market in Historic New Castle, Market Square.
Arasapha Garden Club’s beloved annual fundraiser featuring perennial and annual plants, herbs, and donated plants, and gently-used treasures for the home and garden. On Friday from 10am to 5pm, and Saturday from 9am to 3pm. Website | Facebook Event
5/2-3 - May Market Book Sale & Raffle, across Market Street from The Arsenal.
Operating the same hours as May Market, the Book Sale features gently-used cookbooks and gardening books, plus raffles and and free books for kids. It is run by the New Castle Library Friends to benefit New Castle Public Library.5/10 - ONCOR Battery Park Playground Fundraiser at the Mercury, details TBA.
Announced by Suzanne Swift in March, with the possibility of a casino night after party.5/17 - A Day in Old New Castle - 100th Anniversary, Historic District, 10am-4pm.
The nation’s oldest private home-and-garden tour celebrates one hundred years since its founding. Organizers are planning to “recreate the first 1925 event as well as A Day in Old New Castle through the decades.” There will also be “demonstrations, activities, cars from a variety of decades, colonial artisans and crafts.” People in Colonial and Victorian dress get $1 off home tours. More information and advance tickets at the link above.
5/17 - DIONC: 1920’s Swinging Soiree, Zollie’s Shaw Alley, 7-10pm.
Keep the retro vibes going with a speakeasy soiree featuring Jazz music, Zollie’s cuisine, and drinks inspired by the Roaring 20’s. Tickets at historicnewcastle.com.
JUNE 2025
3/1
MONTHLY & ONGOING EVENTS
Fourth Friday Art Loop at participating shops and galleries around downtown, including the Opera House, Mo’zArt Gallery, The Window on Delaware Street, the Mercury Cafe’s in-house gallery, and more!
Third Sundays: ‘Second Street Coffeehouse’ Open Mic nights at NC Presbyterian Church’s fellowship hall on 2nd Street.
Regular Historic Tours at:
New Castle Court House Museum (Monday and Wednesday-Sunday)
Read House & Garden (Wednesday-Saturday)
City Board and Commission Meetings are posted on the City Website, here.
Click here for the many events happening each week at New Castle Public Library.
And click here for New Castle Historical Society’s full event calendar.