Wyoming, Delaware Peach Festival Cancelled Due to COVID-19
The Peach Festival has been celebrated for the past 29 years in the town of Wyoming, Delaware. But similar to many other festivals and events, the Wyoming Peach Festival is now cancelled due to the outbreak of COVID-19. Two departments from the state rejected the Peach Festival committee’s proposal to host the event on August 1.
State officials decided the event would be too large to keep all its attendees safe.
“Given the number of attendees, it was determined that it would be extremely difficult to put in the types of controls needed to make it a safe environment,” said Michael Chesney, director of communications for the Delaware Division of Small Business.
Wyoming Mayor Steve Bilbrough wasn’t thrilled with the state’s decision to cancel the festival but said the town will move on and concentrate on hosting the 2021 return of the event.
“Really, it is disappointing,” Mayor Bilbrough said. “I feel like if the governor’s office is allowing the (Delaware) State Fair to happen, then there’s no reason that our town couldn’t host our annual event.
“But I’m not going to dwell on it. We’ll just move forward and hope we can make a comeback for next year.”
