West Side Creative Market
Live Music • Local Artists • Food Trucks • Craft Cocktails
Mondays & Fridays | 5–9 PM | West Rehoboth
Memorial Day Weekend → September
Why People Love Creative Market? Because when you’re here, you feel like you’re part of something. Creative Market has generated over $1,000,000 in artist sales and has become one of the most vibrant creative events in coastal Delaware.
Each event is something completely different in West Rehoboth on Monday & Friday nights, 5-9PM:
✔ 20+ Local Artists, a unique line-up at each event.
✔ Live Local Music Every Night
✔ Rotating Food Trucks, Craft Cocktails, Wine, & Beer
✔ Great for adults, kids, and well-trained dogs!
✔ Family Fun Games & Outdoor Summer Vibes
✔ Located in West Rehoboth • Free Admission & Free Parking
Why Visit Creative Market?
Plan Your Visit
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Something New Each Visit
No two markets are the same. With rotating artists, live music, food trucks, and new creative discoveries each week, every visit to Creative Market offers something fresh. Check out the upcoming schedule to see what’s happening next.
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NEW Creative Market Tour for Groups
Planning a visit with friends, coworkers, or a group? Our guided Creative Market Tours take you through the market, down the street to the Fresh Art Pop-Up show at the Artpothecary, and into the history of West Rehoboth. Meet local artists, explore the neighborhood, and experience the full creative scene together.
Bonus: unlimited drinks are included.
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Unique Handmade Quality Art
Discover work from over 20 talented local artists each night, featuring ceramics, paintings, jewelry, textiles, and more. Every piece is handmade and created by artists from our community, making each visit a chance to find something truly unique.
2026 Calendar of Events
Creative Market takes place every Monday and Friday from 5–9 PM, starting Memorial Day Weekend and continuing through September. Each evening features rotating artists, live music, and food trucks — so every visit feels different.
Meet Artists That Will Blow Your Mind
Prepare to be inspired by the extraordinary talent of our DAC Artist community, who create incredible work fueled by passion and belief in their craft. And the experience doesn’t stop at the West Side Creative Market; we’re here to connect you with the art and artists you love. We serve 130+ artists each season!
Creative Market has generated over $1.3 MILLION in artist sales and has become one of the most vibrant creative events in coastal Delaware.
Visit The Artpothecary
Just steps from Creative Market, the Artpothecary hosts rotating Fresh Art Pop-Up exhibitions featuring DAC artists. Visitors can explore both spaces in one evening for a deeper creative experience.
The Creative Market Experience
Expect live music drifting through the air, artists sharing their work, friends gathering for drinks, and new discoveries around every corner at this Rehoboth Beach art market. Creative Market is more than shopping — it’s a place where art and community come together.
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West Side Creative Market is open every Monday & Friday from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Come by from 5-9pm to shop local Artists, grab a drink, and enjoy the vibe of summer.
We operate on Saturdays in September, the Saturday of Seawitch Festival Weekend in October, and the Holidays!
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The Market features 20+ local Artist showing and selling their work, and connecting the community. Come by, have some fun, and support the arts!
Market bar featuring craft cocktails, beer, wine, and nonalcoholic beverages
Live music and entertainment
Rotating food trucks and culinary Artists
Creative activities
Fun for the whole family- and our furry pals!
FREE to attend, all ages
Donations welcome
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Want to be a DAC Artist vendor?
All DAC Artist Members are eligible to apply to vend at the Market. Applications are live January-March 1st for the summer season.
We welcome art of all kinds! Become a member today to share your handmade products with the community. Follow this link at the to learn more.
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Starting in 2026, we are proud to announce that West Side Creative Market is now a RAIN or SHINE event.
We are building an incredible awning this Spring 2026 to protect our artists from unfavorable elements. We will no longer cancel the event in advance of the event start.
If there is lightning during the event, the Creative Market will shut down.
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The Market is open to the public & FREE to attend! We welcome guests of all ages to this family & pet friendly event.
The Market Bar, run by the DAC, is one of our biggest, most consistent fundraising opportunities. Grab a drink for sale to support our mission and Artist programming!
All Artist Vendor sales are through the Artist, not DAC. Support the amazing vendors of this event by purchasing directly through them.
It All Started as an Empty Parking Lot
West Side Creative Market began as an empty parking lot and a simple idea: create a place where artists could consistently show and sell their work while the community gathered around creativity.
What exists today was built slowly, year by year, through determination, program revenue, and a few carefully taken loans. Every improvement, from infrastructure to lighting to gathering spaces, was funded through DAC’s own programming and reinvested back into the space.
The market grew organically alongside the artists and community who showed up week after week. It wasn’t until 2024 that DAC received its first grant support for the space through the Creative Market awning project - thanks to the Delaware Community Foundation and the Welfare Foundation.
Today, the West Side Creative Market stands as proof of what can happen when artists, community members, and a small team with a big vision commit to building something together.
The Delaware Division of Tourism, Delaware Division of the Arts, & Longwood Foundation have been incredibly helpful with general operating funds to support all DAC programming.