📅 2026 Save the Dates: Big Events on Martha's Vineyard
a roundup of all the big events happening on island in 2026, updated frequently as new dates are announced
Let’s plan when you’re visiting MV in 2026! I will only update this post when an event is officially announced, not just speculated.
Last Updated April 2, 2026. If you would like a more updated list, check out the Local Guides for an update each Thursday year-round.
📅 2026 Confirmed Event Dates on Martha’s Vineyard
March 14-15, 2026 - Islanders Write
March 21, 2026 - Meat Ball at Ag Hall, Night Out for Nonprofits at The PA Club
March 25–29, 2026 - Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival
April 3, 2026 - MV SWELL Lip Sync Contest at the PA Club
April 4, 2026 - Misty Meadows Annual Egg Hunt / Annual Farm Institute Egg Hunt
April 5, 2026 - Easter Sunday Service at Inkwell Beach, Menemsha Beach
April 8, 2026 - Martha's Vineyard Career & Networking Night at Grange Hall
April 11, 2026 - Martha’s Vineyard Hospital Community Health Fair
April 17, 2026 – Bivalve Ball at Chilmark Community Center
April 18, 2026 - Earth Day Conservation Festival and Beach Cleanup with VCS
April 26, 2026 - MV Spring Classic Marathon and Half Marathon
May 2, 2026 - Bike MS MV
May 6-10, 2026 - No Bones Comedy Festival
May 8, 2026 - Vineyard Montessori School’s Big Night Out at The PA Club
May 9. 2026 - Aquinnah Variety Show at Aquinnah Town Hall
May 9, 2026 - Second Annual Mother’s Day Brunch and Market at Town
May 14, 2026 - OB First Ferry Party
May 16, 2026 - Porchfest Edgartown
May 18, 2026 - Martha’s Party Event Conference
May 21–24, 2026 – MV Environmental Film Festival (MV Film Society)
May 23-24, 2026 - MDW Vineyard Artisans Festival
May 23-24, 2026 - Martha’s Vineyard Garden Club Plant Sale at The Old Mill
May 25, 2026 – Memorial Day
June 4, 2026 - Martha’s Vineyard Sharks First Home Game of the Season at the MVRHS Shark Tank
June 5, 2026 - First Friday Vineyard Haven
June 5, 2026 - Renee Balter Retrospective Opening Reception at OB Library
June 6, 2026 - First West Tisbury Farmers Market of the season
June 7, 2026 - MV Boys & Girls Club Golf Tournament at Farm Neck
June 11, 2026 - Taste of The Vineyard
June 13, 2026 - Pride on Island Parade in Oak Bluffs
June 13, 2026 - Bloomsday at the Katharine Cornell Theater
June 14, 2026 - Vineyard Artisans Summer Festivals Begin
June 19, 2026 - NAACP Taste of Juneteenth
June 19, 2026 - Juneteenth Jubilee Festival / The Vineyard Mindset: Where Heritage, Creativity, and Business Meet at MV Museum
June 19-21, 2026 - Blooming Art with MV Garden Club at The Old Mill
June 20-21 - Return to Amity - Jaws Regatta Celebration at Wharf Pub
June 20, 2026 - Harbor Fest in Oak Bluffs
June 20, 2026 – Strawberry Festival at Morning Glory Farm
June 20-July 4 - Art in the Park (40 Gingerbread Cottages) in Oak Bluffs
June 20, 2026 - Martha’s Vineyard Sharks 2nd Annual Jaws Night at the MVRHS Shark Tank
June 22 – June 28, 2026 - Amity Week Edgartown
June 22, 2026 - Juneteenth Gospel Brunch
June 25–28, 2026 – FILMUSIC Festival (MV Film Society)
June 27, 2026 - D’Lux MV Black Biz Tour
June 28, 2026 - 30th Anniversary Celebration at Featherstone Center for the Arts
July 1, 2026 - Weekly Wednesday Community Sing at MVCMA Tabernacle begins
July 1, 2026 - The Sound of the Vineyard begins (Weekly on Wednesdays thru 9/2)
July 3, 2026 - First Friday Vineyard Haven
July 3, 2026 - Sunset Concert Series - Sean McMahon at MVCMA
July 4, 2026 - Edgartown Fireworks
July 4, 2026 - MVCMA: Children’s Fourth fo July Parade, Frederick Douglass Speech, Island Community Chorus
July 4, 2026 - Darty off Circuit 6 with Real Never Fades
July 4, 2026 - Red White + Boom with Vineyard Legacy
July 7, 2026 - Voices of Independence at The Old Whaling Church
July 7, 2026 - Martha’s Vineyard Sharks Veterans and Bicentennial Night at the MVRHS Shark Tank
July 8, 2026 - Tisbury Street Fair
July 9, 2026 - Sail MV Seafood Buffet & Auction
July 10, 2026 - Sunset Concert Series - Mike Benjamin at MVCMA
July 10-12, 2026 - Vineyard Cup Regatta
July 10, 2026 - VPT Generations Picnic
July 11, 2026 - Fluke for Luke Tournament
July 11, 2026 - Presidents for Kids at The Carnegie Heritage Center
July 11, 2026 - Campground Flea at MVCMA Tabernacle
July 11, 2026 - Island Elderly Housing Benefit Concert at Featherstone
July 15-16 - Islanders Write
July 15, 2026 - A Revolution Worn: Clothing that Marked Cultural Change in America with VPT
July 17, 2026 - Sunset Concert Series - Phil Darosa at MVCMA
July 18 - Annual Summer Gala at Featherstone Center for the Arts
July 18-19 - PA Club Annual Feast
July 24, 2026 - Sunset Concert Series - Alwyn Robinson at MVCMA
July 25, 2026 - Children’s Festival at MVCMA
July 25, 2026 - Flying Horses Carousel 150th Birthday Party
July 26-August 1, 2026 - HBCU Legacy Week
July 27–31, 2026 – MV Documentary Week (MV Film Society)
July 28, 2026 - BiodiversityWorks Summer Gathering at Tashmoo Springs
July 30, 2026 - Union Chapel Social
July 30, 2026 - August 1 - Sankofa Festival at Oak Bluffs Library
July 30, 2026 - Martha’s Vineyard Sharks Last Home Game of the Season at the MVRHS Shark Tank
July 31, 2026 - Sunset Concert Series - The Dukes of Circuit Ave at MVCMA
August 1, 2026 - Annual Craft & Artisan Fair at MVCMA Tabernacle
August 2, 2026 - Misty Meadows Summer Benefit
August 3, 2026 - All Island Art Show at MVCMA Tabernacle (Children’s 8/4)
August 3, 2026 - Hospice Summer Soiree at Farm Neck Golf Club
August 3-21, 2026 - MV Comedy Festival
August 6-9, 14-17, 2026 - Built on Stilts Festival
August 7, 2026 - Sunset Concert Series - Anna Laura Quinn at MVCMA Tabernacle
August 7, 2026 - First Friday Vineyard Haven
August 7, 2026 - Grace Kelly Benefit Concert at The Old Whaling Church, Edgartown
August 7-15, 2026 - Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival
August 8, 2026 - Possible Dreams Auction with MV Community Services
August 9, 2026 - Anonymous Art at Featherstone Center for the Arts
August 12, 2026 - Chilmark Road Race
August 13, 2026 - The Momentum Summit
August 13th–16th, 2026 - Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Fair
August 14, 2026 -Sunset Concert Series - The Roundabouts at MVCMA Tabernacle
August 15, 2026 - MVCMA Fundraising Concert at the Tabernacle
August 15, 2026 - MV Black Book Festival
August 15–22, 2026 – Martha’s Vineyard Soulfest 5th Year Anniversary
August 19, 2026 - Grand Illumination Night at MVCMA
August 21, 2026 - Oak Bluffs Fireworks Display
August 21, 2026 - Sunset Concert Series - Jon Bates Band at MVCMA Tabernacle
August 22, 2026 - MV Jazz Experience
August 26, 2026 - Last Wednesday West Tisbury Farmers Market of the season
August 28, 2026 - Sunset Concert Series - Dock Dance Band at MVCMA Tabernacle
September 5, 2026 – Corn Shuck and Shimmy at Morning Glory Farm
September 7, 2026 – Labor Day
September 4, 2026 - First Friday Vineyard Haven
September 4, 2026 - Sunset Concert Series - Johnny Hoy and the Bluefish at MVCMA Tabernacle
September 4-5, 2026 - Vineyard Artisans Labor Day Festival
September 4-5, 2026 - Oak Bluffs Tennis Club Labor Day Weekend at the East Chop Tennis Club
September 5, 2026 - Wind Festival at Waban-Alley Park (Oak Bluffs)
September 8–13, 2026 – Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival (MV Film Society)
September 13, 2026 - October 17, 2026 - MV Striped Bass + Bluefish Derby
September 13, 2026 - Potter’s Bowl at Featherstone Center for the Arts
September 18-19, 2026 - Habitat Art Show and Sale at Grange Hall (West Tisbury)
September 19, 2026 - Tivoli Day
September 20, 2026 - Hospice of MV Memorial Golf Tournament
October 2, 2026 - First Friday Vineyard Haven
October 3, 2026 - Family Day at The PA Club (rain 10/4)
October 3, 2026 - Misty Meadows Ponies & Pumpkins
October 6, 2026 - Martha’s Vineyard Chamber of Commerce State of the Island Tourism Breakfast
October 10-11, 2026 - Vineyard Artisans Fall Festival
October 12, 2026 – Indigenous Peoples’ Day
October 16–18, 2026 – Women in Film Festival (MV Film Society)
October 17, 2026 – Pumpkin Festival at Morning Glory Farm
October 24, 2026 - Harvest Festival with the Ag Society
October 24, 2026 - Brunch under the Tent with MV Cancer Support Group
October 25, 2026 - Happy Haunting Edgartown
October 31, 2026 - Last Saturday West Tisbury Farmers Market of the season
October 31, 2026 - Halloween in OB OBA + Flying Horses + OB PTA Trick or Treating
November 7, 2026 - Barn Raisers Ball with the Ag Society
November 11, 2026 - Veteran’s Day
November 27-28, 2026 - Vineyard Artisans Thanksgiving Weekend Festival
November 28, 2026 - Chowder Cup Edgartown / Small Business Saturday
December 5, 2026 - Light Up Oak Bluffs
December 10 – December 13, 2026 - 45th Annual Christmas in Edgartown
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