🌸 This Weekend on Martha's Vineyard: 4/17 -4/19
spring break, earth day, film series, estate sales, town meetings, business updates + save the dates
Happy Spring! With a high of 64 tomorrow, spring break for island kiddos next week, there are lots of things to look forward to!
⏱️ This Week on MVacay
With Spring Break coming up this week it reminded me of some of my favorite family-friendly guides!
🗺️ What To Do This Weekend
Friday, April 17, 2026
🦪 The Bivalve Ball - Tickets SOLD OUT
🎬 Best of the Fest Film Series at the Grange Hall, starting 5p / Tickets
Everybody to Kenmure Street, 5p Fri
When a Witness Recants, 7:30p Fri
Nuisance Bear, 5p (Sat)
The Christophers, 7:30p (Sat)
Saturday, April 18, 2026
🏠 Estate Sale – Second Treasures MV at 24 Beetleswamp Rd, Edgartown, 10a-2p (Sun too) / More Info
A multi-day estate sale with a broad mix of household goods, vintage finds, and assorted treasures.🌱 34th Annual Earth Day Beach Cleanup and Conservation Festival at Martha’s Vineyard Museum, 10a-3p / More Info / Free
A community-wide Earth Day tradition that pairs a large Island beach cleanup with an afternoon conservation festival.👕 Clothing Swap at Oak Bluffs Public Library, 11a-3p / More Info / Free
This free community swap welcomes all ages and sizes for an afternoon of sharing gently used clothing.🌸 Orchid Class with Mariko and Grace at Donaroma’s Nursery, 1-3p / More Info / $95
An orchid-focused workshop covers care, styling, and re-blooming, and each participant takes home a plant.🎨 Significant Objects Memory Collages Workshops at Featherstone Center for the Arts, 1-3p / More Info / $50
Personal memories take shape in this guided mixed-media workshop led by two local artists.
Sunday, April 19, 2026
🎬 National Theatre Live – The Audience at MV Film Center, 1p / More Info
🎶 Music Series: Mike Benjamin and Friends at PathwaysARTS, 3-4:30p / More Info / Free
A relaxed Sunday matinee brings together four songwriters for an acoustic in-the-round performance.
Spring Break Weekday Highlights
4/21-24 - Free Soup & Bread Lunch @ West Tisbury Library, Tues-Fri (11:30a-1p)
4/21 - Make Your Own Charm Bracelet @ OB Library, 3:30p
4/22 - The Wild World of Animals Show @ Tisbury School, 3:30p
4/23 - Pancakes and Cartoons @ West Tisbury Library, 9:30a
Behind the paywall this week: some town meeting results, SSA woes continue, new data on deer and ticks. Plus 4 business updates, and a full breakdown of what’s opening when!
