Milford Ladybug Music Festival to return Sept. 30

The fourth annual Milford Ladybug Music Festival will be held from 4 to 9 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 30, with the main stage on Walnut Street at Park Avenue in downtown Milford. More than 35 live music performances will take place at seven indoor and outdoor venues. The rain date is Sunday, Oct. 1.

Walnut Street will be closed to vehicle traffic from SE to NE Front Street, along with a large portion of Park Avenue. Plenty of food trucks, and adult libations and craft vendors will be on hand.

Organized by Downtown Milford Inc. and Wilmington-based Gable Music Ventures, the Ladybug Music Festival is the largest free celebration of women in music in the country, boasting a 100% female-led lineup, creating opportunities for women in both live music engineering and event production.

Nitro Nitra, a Delaware-based rock band featured on NBC’s “American Song Contest,” will be the headliner at 8 p.m. on the main stage at the intersection of Walnut Street and Park Avenue. 

“We are excited to continue to be given the opportunity to bring this event to Milford. This city continues to engage with many creative events, becoming an example for other communities in how to harness the power of music in drawing tourism and reinvigorating the local economy,” said Gayle Dillman, Ladybug Music Festival founder and Gable Music Ventures CEO.

The City of Milford, incorporated in 1807 and located in Kent and Sussex counties along the Mispillion River, is home to 11,000-plus year-round residents, 500-plus retail businesses and nonprofits, local restaurants, parks, trails, small-town events, major healthcare providers, a historic shipyard, and its own school district. Known throughout the state as River Town, Art Town, Home Town, the city celebrates the beauty of its natural resources, the ingenuity of its people and its commitment to quality of life.

Thanks go to sponsors the City of Milford, Downtown Milford Inc., Bayhealth, WSFS Bank, Delaware’s Quaint Villages, The Parker Group, Eye Specialists of Delaware, La Hacienda, Gallery 37, North Pole Creamery, Beebe Healthcare, Dogfish Head Beer & Benevolence, John Mollura Photography, Mostly Film Stuff, Collective Event Group, Soundgirls and Interiorstate. The event is created, produced and managed by Gable Music Ventures.

For a full lineup, schedule and map, go to theladybugfestival.com.