💃 Weekend Update: 7/14-7/16
Making of Jaws, Catboat, DisABILITY festival, MVY Dance Party and more
Lots going on :)
What To Do This Weekend
Friday (7/14)
🔄👨👩👧🎨Vineyard Antique and Flea at Grange Hall, 9a-3p
Art, jewelry, maps, antiques, sterling, vintage clothing, antique woodworking tools, rugs and more. Plenty of parking.
🔄🎟️🎵Friday at Featherstone: Johnny Hoy and the Bluefish, 6:30p / tickets
🔄🎟️🎵 Vineyard Sound at Federated Church, 5-6p
🔄🎟️🎬👨👩👧The Vineyard's Drive-In: Fantastic Mr. Fox at 8:30p / tickets
The Vineyard's Drive-In at the YMCA is a pay-what-you-can event. Reserve your car in advance.
👨👩👧🎵Sunset Concert Series: Mike Benjamin at Trinity Park Tabernacle, 6-7:30p
🎟️Play: We Swim, We Talk, We Go To War at MV Playhouse, 7p Fri+Sat / tickets
🎟️Play: Twelfth Night at Tisbury Amphitheater, 6p (Daily Wed-Sat) / tickets
⭐Botanical Spotlight Tour at Polly Hill Arboretum, 10a
⭐Martha’s Vineyard and the Making of Jaws at MV Museum, 5:30 / info
Saturday (7/15)
🔄👨👩👧🎨Chilmark Flea Market at 142 North Rd, 9a-2p
Outdoor flea market offering antiques, imports, vintage finds and high-quality handmade items from Vineyard artists. Free entry and parking.
🔄👨👩👧West Tisbury Farmers' Market at Ag Hall, 9a-12p
Outdoor farmers market features locally grown produce and meat and locally made products. Restrooms and parking available.
🔄🎟️🎬👨👩👧The Vineyard's Drive-In: The Princess Bride, 8:30p / tickets
🔄🎟️👨👩👧The Fabulists: Theater for Children at Tisbury Amphitheater, 10a / tickets
A troupe of adult actors and writers perform witty adaptations and fun new scripts for children on Saturday mornings
⭐Feast of the Holy Ghost at PA Club, 5-10p
Live music, food, games and an auction. Saturday from 5-10, and then Sunday there is a parade in downtown OB at 11:30 and a celebration following at the PA Club
⭐Black Authors of the Vineyard at Trinity Park Tabernacle, 10a
⭐🎨Annual Native Artisan Market and Festival at Aquinnah Cultural Center, 11a-4p / info
Each year, the Aquinnah Cultural Center hosts the Native Artisan Market and festival to highlight Native artisans and showcase their work. Join us to shop directly from artisans, listen to live music, watch artist demos, and make a craft of your own!
⭐Edgartown Catboat Rendezvous at 12p
The annual Catboard Parade of Sail throughout Edgartown harbor returns. All catboats are welcome. Catboats will assemble in the down harbor area, to be led in a Catboat Parade of Sail. A few catboats originally designed and built by Manuel Schwarz Roberts will be among the vessels participating in the parade. The public is welcome to view, with suggested viewing points at Memorial Wharf, at Chappy Beach, Lighthouse Beach and Fuller Street Beach.
⭐Aquinnah Public Safety Day at Aquinnah Circle, 12-4p
Food, giveaways and Touch a Truck. Special guest: Smokey the Bear! Presented by the Aquinnah fire department, Aquinnah police department and Tri-Town Ambulance.
⭐🎨Oak Bluffs Arts District Stroll, 4-7p
Dukes County Avenue Art District galleries will open their doors and invite the public for art, socializing and entertainment. Come down and enjoy the artist festivities that each gallery is serving up.
⭐🎟️Meals in the Meadow at FARM Institute, 5-10p / tickets
Experience the joy of your local farm, your local food, and your local friends. Join us to celebrate The FARM Institute with a farm-to-table dinner, silent auction and live music from The Sultans.
⭐🎨👨👩👧Celebrate disAbility Festival: Community Picnic at Grange Hall, 5:30p
Join us for a free community picnic with special equine guest Tony Smalls and an exhibition of art, videos, and decor created by organizations supporting independence, creativity, and inclusion.
⭐🎵MVY Radio 40th Anniversary Dance Party at the Tabernacle, 6-8p
Help MVY Radio celebrate its 40th Anniversary with a free, family-friendly Dance Party at the Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs. Dance the night away as MVY Radio DJs will spin some of the station's favorite tunes to boogie to. For 40 years, MVY has been providing a radio soundtrack to the summer experience.
Sunday (7/16)
🔄👨👩👧🎨Vineyard Artisans Summer Festival at Grange Hall, 10a-2p
Weekly art show where the public can meet more than 70 Island artisans and buy directly from them. Many demonstrations, weaving, fine furniture, pottery, stained glass, oil paintings, pastels, mixed media, sculpture, wampum jewelry, quilts, clothing, sea glass windows, handmade books and much more.
Free parking, free admission, great food and a playground for kids.
🔄👨👩👧🎵🎨Oak Bluffs Open Market at Washington Park, 9a-1p
Open Market is an ever- changing variety of locally grown produce, specialty foods, flowers, indie designers, artisans, antique and vintage dealers.
🔄👨👩👧🎵Music in the Park - Concerts at Ocean Park, 5:30 and 7:30p
🔄Public Farm Tour at The Grey Barn, 10a / first-come, first-served
Enjoy a 45-minute guided tour around the farm! See the behind-the-scenes and learn more about how we make our certified-organic cheese, raise cows, pigs and more! Sundays in July + August
🔄🎟️🎵 Vineyard Sound at United Methodist Church, 7-8p
⭐🎟️🎵 Martha's Vineyard Hospital Summer Soiree at Farm Neck Golf Club, 8p / info
Join us Sunday as we kick off our premier fundraising event of the year with an evening of food, drinks, entertainment and an auction
👨👩👧🎵Pinkletinks Concert at Chilmark Community Center Lawn, 4-6p
Free family festival with live music by the Pinkletinks, face painting and games.
⚾🎟️👨👩👧MV Sharks vs. Ocean State Waves at MVRHS, 7:05p / tickets
Save The Date
It’s the two busiest months of the year!!
July 19-22 - To My White Friends Who Know Me at MV Playhouse / info
July 21 - Sunset Concert Series: Dock Dance Band
July 21 - Mushroom identification and Watercolor Class at WT Library
July 22 - Christmas in July at American Legion Post 257
July 22 - Truth and Joy Celebration at Trinity Park Tabernacle
July 22 - Family Mushroom Foray at Felix Neck Sanctuary
July 23 - Possible Dreams Fundraiser / info
July 25 - An Evening with Emma Lovewell at Old Whaling Church / info
July 27 - Paint Party with the MV Camp Meeting Association / info
July 27 - Harbor View Hotel 132nd Birthday Celebration / rsvp
July 29 - Live Music: The Wallflowers at MV Performing Arts Center / info
July 29 - Annual Vineyard Sound Concert at the Tabernacle / info
July 31-August 18 - MV Comedy Fest / info
August 1 - An Evening with David Sedaris at MV Performing Arts Center / info
August 3 - Meet the Fleet at Menemsha Docks
August 5 - The Black Party MV: A Long Talk, Community of Change
August 5 - 34th Annual Sullivan 5K Run/Walk for Health and Fitness / info
August 5 - Annual MVCMA Craft and Artisan Fair at The Tabernacle / info
August 5 - Martha's Vineyard Book Festival / info
August 8 - Inaugural Jewish Culture Festival
August 9 - MV Golf Classic Getaway Pairings Party / info
August 9 - The Cottagers, Inc. Sundown Soiree Fundraiser at Featherstone / info
For Save the Dates for August and Beyond, check out the full list in our App.
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