We’re back again with a busy update, including some weekday events! We hope you enjoyed Illumination Night last night to kick off an awesome week of events. The island will be busy this week with the Ag Fair, Fireworks and the Jabberwocky 5k. Enjoy!

☀️ Weather Report: looks like high 70s this weekend with no predicted rain!

What To Do This Weekend

All Weekend

⭐👨‍👩‍👧 🎟️MV Agricultural Fair @ Agricultural Hall, 10a-11p daily / Tickets $12 for one adult Info

• The 160th Martha's Vineyard Agricultural Fair runs from August 18 through the 21 at the fairgrounds in West Tisbury. Rides, games, shucking and fiddle contests, animal barns, antique engines, fiber tent, skillet toss and livestock shows are only a few of the attractions. The daily schedule of events is listed on their site, too many to share here 😉 

⭐👨‍👩‍👧 🎟️ Pick Your Own Sunflowers @ FARM Institute Tickets 10-4p

⭐🎟️ Martha’s Vineyard Comedy Fest @ The Strand Theatre Tickets $70 per ticket, 9pm each night

Thursday (8/18)

⭐✊🏿🎟️2022 Hutchins Forum: Culture Wars In Black & White @ Old Whaling Church, 5p / Tickets Sold Out

⭐Flower Picking and Yoga @ Slough Farm, 5:30 / Tickets PWYW

⭐🎟️An Evening of Magic, Illusion and Mind-blowing Juggling @ MV Film Center, 7:30 / Tickets $30

🔄 🎵🆓 Music in the Square with Mike Benjamin and the Keepers @ Eisenhower Gallery, 6-8p

🔄 🎨 Vineyard Artisans Summer Festival @ Grange Hall, 10a-2p Info

🔄👨‍👩‍👧 🎟️ Camp Ground Walking Tour @ Trinity Park Tabernacle, 11a (Tues + Thurs, $12) Info

🔄🎨 Indoor Summer Night Market (Artisans) @ PA Club, 4-7p

Friday (8/19)

⭐✊🏿Black Authors of the Vineyard - Meet + Greet @ Trinity Park Tabernacle, 10a-12

⭐🆓Oak Bluffs Fireworks @ Ocean Park, 9p

• Join us for the band concert before the fireworks, too. Paid parking will be available in Washington and Waban Parks.

🔄 👨‍👩‍👧 🆓Lunch + Learn @ MV Family Center, 10:30-12 (free lunch + STEM demo)

🔄 🎵 🎟️ Johnny Hoy and the Bluefish @ Featherstone, 6:30 / $20

Saturday (8/20)

⭐ 5K Run for Jabberwocky @ FARM Institute / 9a Register $25

⭐👨‍👩‍👧 🎟️The Fabulists: Theater for Children @ Tisbury Amphitheater @ 10a Tickets

⭐✊🏿🎟️Anna Deavere Smith: Race in America: Accepting Difference, Standing Shoulder to Shoulder @ Trinity Park Tabernacle, 7p / Tickets $76

⭐👨‍👩‍👧 🆓Built on Stilts Festival @ Union Chapel, 8p Free Info (Community dance festival, Saturday + Sunday)

🔄 👨‍👩‍👧🥤 West Tisbury Farmers Market @ GRANGE HALL, 9a-12p Info

🔄 👨‍👩‍👧 🐕Chilmark Flea Market @ 142 North Road, Chilmark, 9a-2p Info

🔄 👨‍👩‍👧 🎟️ Jaws @ MV Drive In / YMCA, 8:30p tickets PWYW

Sunday (8/21)

⭐🎵 🎟️MV Concert Series: The Blind Boys of Alabama @ MV Performing Arts center, 7p / tickets $125

🔄 👨‍👩‍👧 Oak Bluffs Open Market @ Washington Park, 9a-1p Info

🔄 🎨 Vineyard Artisans Summer Festival @ Grange Hall, 10a-2p Info

🔄 👨‍👩‍👧 🎵🐕🆓 Sundays in the Park Concert Series @ Ocean Park, 5:30p

🔄 👨‍👩‍👧 🎵🐕🆓 Vineyard Haven Band Summer Concerts @ Owen Park, 7:30p

Tuesday (8/23)

⭐ 👨‍👩‍👧Nancy Luce Day @ MV Museum, 10a-5p Info / Free w museum admission, hands-on activities for kids

⭐🎵 🎟️MV Concert Series: Indigo Girls @ MV Performing Arts center, 8p / tickets $75

🔄🎵🆓 MVY Porch Concert @ Winnetu Patio, 6p Info

Wednesday (8/24)

⭐👨‍👩‍👧Cinema Circus @ Grange Hall, 4-6p Info

• Free filmmaking activities, a live circus show under the big top, and family-friendly shorts in the indoor theater space

⭐✊🏿🆓Curator's Talk and Gallery Walk-Through (Imagine: Celebrating Black Female Creativity) @ Featherstone, 4p Info / Free, register before

🔄 👨‍👩‍👧🥤 West Tisbury Farmers Market @ Agricultural Hall, 9a-12p Info

🔄 👨‍👩‍👧 🐕Chilmark Flea Market @ 142 North Road, Chilmark, 9a-2p Info

🔄Fly Fishing Lessons with Kismet Outfitters @ Edgartown Lighthouse, 5-6p, $45 Info

🔄🎵🆓 MVY Radio Summer Youth Performance Showcase Series @ West Tisbury Library, 5p Info

🔄 Trivia Night @ Bad Martha Brewery, 6-8p

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August 26-28 / Beach Road Weekend Info

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