❤️ This Weekend on Martha's Vineyard: 6/19-6/21
Juneteenth, Father's Day, HarborFest in OB, Amity Island, Blooming Art, Strawberry Fest, Solstice, Sharks + more
Holy Summer Weekend! EVERYTHING is here! ☀️👨🌸⚓🍓🦈 ⚾️
🧳 Announcing MVacay’s Guest Travel Guide
I created an editable ~30-page guest travel guide for anyone hosting wedding guests, Airbnb guests, rental home visitors, friends, or family on MV. Purchase it as a ready-made welcome guide, then customize it with your own recommendations and host tips before sharing it privately with guests attending your wedding, event, rental stay, or hosted visit.
It is designed to help guests feel prepared before they arrive with travel logistics, town cheat sheets, food ideas, activities, beaches, rainy day options, and more. It combines about 15+ MVacay guides into one doc for easier sharing. Use the code MVACAY for 10% off.
In the new post, I also shared a few of the actual messages I send guests before their visits so you can help your guests feel prepared:
⏱️ This Week on MVacay
I’m always updating what’s new in this guide below! ⬇️
A reminder you can always use code MVACAY15 for an Insect Shield discount. This guide is always free to use as a resource:
🗺️ What To Do This Weekend
Friday, June 19, 2026 - Juneteenth
🛍️ Bee Blunt Flagship Store Opening at 16 Union St. Suite A, Vineyard Haven, 10a-6p (all weekend, Sun 12-5).
🌸 Blooming Art at The Old Mill, 10a-3p / More Info / $20
View floral arrangements inspired by artwork from Island artists during this MV Garden Club fundraiser.🌊 Juneteenth At The Inkwell at Inkwell Beach, 3-6p / More Info / free
Celebrate Juneteenth at historic Inkwell Beach with music, games, water sports, refreshments, and community fun.🎤 Vineyard Gazette Presents: Juneteenth on MV Panel Discussion at Union Chapel, 3:30-4:30p / More Info / free
A Juneteenth panel explores the meaning of freedom from the Revolutionary era through emancipation and today.🎬 Toy Story 5 at Strand Theatre, 4:30p & 6:30p
Saturday, June 20, 2026
🖼️ Galaxy Arts Art in the Park at Sunset Lake in Oak Bluffs, begins today (online auction bidding thru July 4)
🥕 West Tisbury Farmers Market at MV Agricultural Hall, 9a-12p / More Info
🐚 Family Shellfish Day at Lagoon Pond Family Area, 9-11a / More Info
📸 Free Father’s Day Photos at West Tisbury Library, 9:30-11:30a / More Info / free
⚓ Harbor Fest 2026 at Oak Bluffs Harbor, 10a-6p
Celebrate Oak Bluffs with live music all day, more than 50 vendors, local artisans, merchants, food, and entertainment.🍓 Strawberry Festival at Morning Glory Farm, 11a-3p / More Info
Celebrate strawberry season with shortcakes, donuts, burgers, hot dogs, cheese fries, live music, hay rides, crafts, and games for kids.🦈 Jeffrey Kramer: On Jaws, Life and the Island at MV Museum, 1-2p / More Info / $30
Actor Jeffrey Kramer shares stories from filming Jaws, his career, and his personal connection to the Island.🎶 Juneteenth Concert at Edgartown Public Library, 1-2p / More Info / free
🎉 Juneteenth Jubilee Freedom & Joy Cultural Festival ’26 at Union Chapel, 1p / More Info / free
🦈 The Shark Is Still Working: A Jaws Documentary at MV Museum, 3-5p / More Info / $25
📚 Washashore Writers Volume Two Reading at Featherstone Center for the Arts, 4p / More Info / free
☀️ Aquinnah Solstice Celebration at Aquinnah Circle, 4-7p / More Info / free
🎻 The Arborio Duo at Slough Farm, 5-6:30p / More Info / $35
🎟️ Friends of the Up-Island Council on Aging Fundraiser at Portuguese-American Club, 5-8p
⚾ Sharks Night: Jaws Night + MV Bank at MV Sharks, time TBD / More Info
Sunday, June 21, 2026 - Father’s Day
🛍️ Oak Bluffs Open Market at Washington Park, 10a-2p
⛪ Union Chapel Juneteenth Church Service at Union Chapel, 10a + Walk to Water Ceremony following / More Info
🎨 Vineyard Artisans Festival at Historic Grange Hall, 10a-2p / More Info
🍳 Father’s Day Luncheons at both Alchemy and 11 Circuit
🎶 Vineyard Gazette Presents: Juneteenth Gospel Brunch 2026 at Edgartown Yacht Club, 12p / More Info / $130
🧴 Rona’s Self Care Products Pop-Up at Peaked Hill Studio, 2-4p / More Info / free
🍽️ Taste of Juneteenth at Portuguese-American Club, 2-5p / More Info / $75
🎵 Community Sing at Tisbury Amphitheater, 5-6p / More Info / free
⚾ Sharks Night: Woman in Sports Night with Lululemon at MV Sharks, 7p / More Info
🎶 Sundays In The Park Concerts at Ocean Park, 5:30-7:30p / free
Behind the Paywall: a rumored big-name pop-up, two new shop openings and some shuffling, mahjong lessons, events that sounded cool to me, everything happening the next 6 weeks.