🔥 This Weekend on Martha's Vineyard: 7/10-7/12
lots of kids events + magic, flea market, variety show, author talk, sharks + a glass workshop
This weekend is SO family focused! It seemed like every event that popped onto my radar was kid-friendly.
⏱️ This Week on MVacay
I updated this guide for 2026 with all kinds of new information throughout:
I added a new Activity Category to my site, including this new experience (discount code inside!):
🗺️ What To Do This Weekend
The Thursday Events today and next week look PACKED. MVacay Weekend Updates are Fri-Sun, but you can find Mon-Thurs events all behind the paywall for the coming week.
Friday, July 10, 2026
Vineyard Cup Regatta and Fluke for Luke Tournament Weekend Begin
🪶 Chilmark Community Trust: Wampanoag Traditions with Brad Lopes at The Yard, 1:30-3:30p / More Info
Create pinch pots and corn dolls while learning about Wampanoag traditions; open to all ages, bring your own picnic.🎩 Magic Show with Daniel Jay at Katharine Cornell Theater, 5:30p / free
A free, family-friendly magic show presented by Vineyard Haven Public Library; no tickets or reservations required.🎶 Sunset Concert Series: Mike Benjamin at Trinity Park Tabernacle, 6-7:30p / More Info / free-will offering
💃 Cirio Collective: Open Ground — Showing and Discussion at MV Performing Arts Center, 7-8:30p / More Info / donations accepted
🎬 Drive-In Movie: The Breakfast Club at The Vineyard’s Drive-In at the YMCA, 8:30p / More Info / pay-what-you-can ticketing, suggested $40 per car
Saturday, July 11, 2026
🥕 West Tisbury Farmers Market at MV Agricultural Hall, 9a-12p / More Info
🛍️ Chilmark Flea Market at Flea Market Field, Chilmark, 9a-2p / More Info / Free
🛍️ Camp Ground Flea Market at Trinity Park Tabernacle, 9a-1p / More Info
Browse antiques, furniture, pottery, books, jewelry, household goods and more.🐓 Barnyard Buddies (age 2-5) at The FARM Institute, 9:30-10:30a / More Info / $25/non-member pair
🐟 Annual Seine Net Event at State Beach, Little Bridge, 10-11:30a / More Info / free
Join Great Pond Foundation scientists to help discover and identify marine life caught in a beach seine.🪧 Seawall Stand at Vineyard Haven Seawall (with CONNECT to End Violence), 10a-12p / More Info
🎵 Kids Music Time at West Tisbury Town Hall Playground, 10-10:30a / donation-based (Tuesdays too)
🐴 Misty Meadows Saturday Pony Rides at Misty Meadows Equine Learning Center, 10a-12p / More Info / $30 registration required
🎭 The Fabulists at Tisbury Amphitheater, 10a / More Info / suggested $10 for adults, $5 for kids
🐐 Goat Yoga MV at Native Earth Teaching Farm, 11a-12p / More Info / $30 registration required
🇺🇸 Presidents for Kids at The Carnegie: Exploring Leadership & History at The Carnegie, 12-4p / More Info / free
🪶 An Introduction to Nôepe History – What is the Wampanoag history of MV? at Oak Bluffs Public Library, Downstairs Meeting Room, 12-2p / More Info
📚 One Book, One Island: Discussion of David McCullough’s 1776 at West Tisbury Public Library, 3-4p / More Info / free
🎶 The Variety Show for Island Elderly Housing at Featherstone Center for the Arts, 6-8p / More Info / $125
Sunday, July 12, 2026
🛍️ Oak Bluffs Open Market at Washington Park, 10a-2p
🎨 Vineyard Artisans Festival at Historic Grange Hall, 10a-2p / More Info
🎭 Merrily We Roll Along with James Lapine at MV Film Center, 4p / More Info / $18 general admission, $12 child
Screening of the Broadway musical production followed by a Q&A with playwright/director James Lapine.🎶 Sundays In The Park Concerts at Ocean Park, 5:30-7:30p / free + Vineyard Haven Band Concert At Ocean Park at 7:30
📚 Author Talk: Tayari Jones at MVPAC, 7-8:30p / More Info / $75
Tayari Jones discusses her novel Kin in conversation with journalist Michele Norris.⚾ Edgartown Resident Appreciation Night + Hat Giveaway at MV Sharks at Shark Tank: MVRHS, 7:05p / More Info
Cheer on the MV Sharks as they take on the Danbury Westerners, with a hat giveaway for Edgartown Resident Appreciation Night.
Behind the Paywall: an opening date for VH Library, a fish house you’ve been waiting on, a new pizza option, a few star-studded talks, and 100+ events coming this summer.