Festivals on the Cape and Islands
Early Season (Before July 4th)
Nantucket Daffodil Festival, Nantucket Wine and Food Festival, Figawi Race Weekend, Cape Cod Maritime Days, Provincetown Portuguese Festival and Blessing of the Fleet, SandwichFest
Mid-Season (July 4th to Labor Day)
Independence Day on Cape Cod and the Islands, Cahoon Museum Brush Off Festival and Art Auction, Mashpee Wampanoag Powwow, Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival, Grecian Festival at St. George Greek Orthodox Church, Barnstable County Fair, Woods Hole Film Festival, Citizen’s Bank Pops by the Sea, Martha’s Vineyard Grand Illumination, Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Fair, New Balance Falmouth Road Race, Provincetown Carnival
Late Season (Post-Labor Day)
Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival, Eastham Windmill Weekend, Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival, Nantucket Cranberry Festival, Yarmouth Seaside Festival, Wellfleet OysterFest, Martha’s Vineyard Food and Wine Festival, Eastham Turnip Festival, Christmas on Cape Cod and the Islands
Other festivals include
Osterville Chocolate Fest, Brewster in Bloom, ArtWeek Cape Cod, Rhododendron Festival, Cape Cod Quahog Day, Cape Cod Canal Day by the Railroad Bridge, Harwich Cranberry Art and Music Festival, Provincetown Book Festival, NantucketGrown Food Festival, Oktoberfests in Chatham and Mashpee, and Halloween in Provincetown.
From Celebrating Cape Cod & the Islands: Traditions, Festivals, and Food, by Kathryn Kleekamp. (Schiffer, 2021)
