Starboard Derby Run festivities set May 7

Live events are fully back in Dewey Beach and there’s no better way to kick off the season than with the Starboard’s 4th Annual Derby Run, set to begin at 4 p.m., Saturday, May 7.

As the Kentucky Derby is happening in Louisville, Ky., Starboard Derby Run participants will also be donning their best attire and most fashionable hats as they prepare to mount broomsticks with horse heads and race around the block for all the fleeting glory.

Starboard Restaurant owner Steve “Monty” Montgomery said, “This is a great way for us to kick off what is sure to be a great season. This event is just a good time before the official start of the season. Come out, see your friends, get silly, and have some drinks with the local crowd!”

This Broomstick Derby will be fully loaded with hundreds of broomstick horses on hand, a starting line and a finish line, an official bugler to kick off the race, roses at its completion, and of course lots of Maker’s Mark cocktails in true Kentucky Derby style. The party will go deep into the night, and Kristen and the Noise will welcome the nighttime vibes at 9:30 p.m.

For those who want to join in the race, the course will go around one entire block in Dewey Beach. This is truly an amateur’s time to shine, a race anyone can finish in true top form.