Provincetown 2013 Calendar of Events
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Happy New Year! 2013

January
JANUARY 2013
FREE parking in our municipal parking lots… COME VISIT!
1 New Year’s Day
19-21 Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend in Provincetown

February
FEBRUARY 2013
FREE parking in our municipal parking lots… COME VISIT!
14 Valentine’s Day – Bring your love to Provincetown!
14-18 Say I Love You With Art! – GalleryEhva.com
15-18 President’s Day Weekend
22-24 Snowbound Leather Weekend – MatesLeatherWeekend.com

March
MARCH 2013
FREE parking in our municipal parking lots… COME VISIT!
9 Year Rounders Festival – Provincetown Town Hall
10 Daylight Savings Time Begins
15-17 St. Patrick’s Day Weekend
15-17 Out Of Hibernation – www.ne-ursamen.org
20 First Day of Spring
26 Passover
29-31 Easter Weekend – Bring your Easter bonnet and jelly beans to Provincetown!

April
APRIL 2013
Whale Watching season begins – www.whalewatch.com, www.ptownwhalewatch.com
1 Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum Reopens – www.pilgrim-monument.org
1 All Fool’s Day
12-14 Provincetown Cabaret Fest – www.ptown.org
12-15 Patriot’s Day Weekend
12-15 Chocolate Festival & Egg Hunt – www.thepurplefeather.com
22 Earth Day
19-28 Appearances Green Art Festival – www.provincetownconservationtrust.org

May
MAY 2013
25-September 2 Visitors Center at Province Lands reopens – www.nps.gov/caco
Highland Lighthouse reopens – www.capecodlight.org
3-4 Ragnar Relay Race – www.ragnarrelay.com/
13-19 Cape Cod Restaurant Week – www.capecodrestaurantweek.com/
16 Ferry Service Resumes
17-18 Concert – www.outercapechorale.org
17-19 Single Women’s Weekend – www.womeninnkeepers.com
17-19 Monumental Yard Sale – www.ptown.org
17-22 Restaurant Week & Gallery Stroll – www.ptowntourism.com
19- June 21 Annual Cape Cod Maritime Days – www.capecodchamber.org/capecodmaritimedays
24-27 Memorial Day Weekend
25 Ocean to Bay Run/Walk – www.capecodlight.org
30- June 2 Women of Color & Allies Weekend – www.womenofcolorweekend.com
31-June 6 International Encaustic Conference and Post Conference Workshops at Castle Hil – www.castlehill.org

June
JUNE 2013
Race Point Lighthouse Tours On the first and third Saturdays June – Oct. 2013 – www.racepointlighthouse.org
1 HOW By The Sea Bike Trek – www.HelpingOurWomen.org
1-2 WorldFest – www.facebook.com/worldfestptown
6 Community Beach Clean-up – www.ptown.org
6 ASGCC Night at Chef’s Table – www.asgcc.org
8 Truro Vineyards Summer Kick-Off Party “Wine & Whales” – www.trurovineyardsofcapecod.com
8 Veterans and Their Families Fishing Event – www.vetsfishptown.com
TBA Provincetown Heritage Day – www.ptownlib.com
15 Outriders Boston to Ptown Bike Ride – www.outriders.org
16 Soup Kitchen Benefit – www.PtownSoup.org
19-23 15th Annual Provincetown International Film festival – www.ptownfilmfest.org, 508-487-FILM
21 First Day of Summer
Castle Hill First week of Summer Workshops – www.castlehill.org
Fine Arts Work Center Summer Workshops begin – www.fawc.org
26 Summer Jazz with Bart Weisman @ PAAM – www.paam.org
27-30 Provincetown Portuguese Festival & Blessing of the Fleet – www.provincetownportuguesefestival.com

July
JULY 2013
Race Point Lighthouse Tours On the first and third Saturdays June – Oct. 2013 – www.racepointlighthouse.org
Truro Vineyards Of Cape Cod Wine, Art, Appetizers and Music! Every Wednesday in July & August – www.trurovineyardsofcapecod.com
1-7 4th of July Celebrations - www.onlyatthecrown.com
3-7 David Flowers Summer Camp circuit Celebration – www.davidflower.com
4 Parade starts at 11am, begins East End, Harbor Hotel (formerly Cape Inn) and proceeds up Commercial to Franklin Street. Fireworks start at dusk (view from any bayside beach)
TBA Fine Arts Work Center Summer Awards Celebration – www.fawc.org
7 Masonic Lodge Sunset Cruise – $25, 508 487-7175
10 Summer Jazz with Bart Weisman @ PAAM – www.paam.org
13-21 Bear Week in Provincetown – www.ptownbears.org
14 PAAM Annual Secret Garden Tour – www.paam.org
20 Taste of Provincetown, a benefit for MassEquality – www.MassEquality.org/events/taste-provincetown
23-27 Girl Splash – www.girl-splash.com
24 Summer Jazz with Bart Weisman @ PAAM – www.paam.org
27 Cruise for Life – www.cruiseforlife.org
27 Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders’ Annual Summer Party @ Pilgrim Monument – www.glad.org/2013-summer-party
July 28 – August 24 Camp Lightbulb, Summer Camp for GLBT Teens – www.camplightbulb.org
29 Homemade Boat Race to benefit the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies – www.capeboating.com
29 – August 3 Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies WHALE WEEK – www.coastalstudies.org

August
AUGUST 2013
Race Point Lighthouse Tours On the first and third Saturdays June – Oct. 2013 – www.racepointlighthouse.org
Truro Vineyards Of Cape Cod Wine, Art, Appetizers and Music! Every Wednesday in July & August – www.trurovineyardsofcapecod.com
3-4 Pan-Massachusetts Challenge – www.pmc.org
3-10 Family Week – www.familyequality.org/familyweek/
7 Summer Jazz with Bart Weisman @ PAAM – www.paam.org
TBA Castle Hill Benefit Art Auction – www.castlehill.org
17 & 19 Provincetown Jazz Festival – www.ProvincetownJazzFestival.org
18-24 Carnival Week - www.ptown.org
22 Carnival Parade: starts at 3pm – www.ptown.org
TBA FAWC Annual Auction Festivities and silent auction start at 4:30pm, live auction starts at 6:30pm – www.fawc.org
21 Summer Jazz with Bart Weisman @ PAAM – www.paam.org

September
SEPTEMBER 2013
Race Point Lighthouse Tours On the first and third Saturdays June – Oct. 2013 – www.racepointlighthouse.org
August 30 – 2 Labor Day Weekend in Provincetown
1 25th ASGCC Annual Art Auction – www.asgcc.org
2-6 The Great Provincetown Schooner Regatta – www.provincetownschoonerrace.com
6 Celebration of Life Concert – www.swim4life.org
6 Castle Hill Paints the Town – www.castlehill.org
7 Swim for Life & Paddler Flotilla – www.swim4life.org
7 Yankee Lambda Car Club Show and Parade – www.yankeelcc.com and Classic Car Club Ticket to Ride – www.asgcc.org
9-15 Afterglow Alternative Performance Arts Festival – www.AfterGlow Festival.org
13-22 10 Days of Art Festival – www.10DaysOfArt.org
20-22 Friends & Family Weekend in Provincetown – www.seashorepoint.org
21 Harbor to the Bay Bike Ride – www.harbortothebay.org, www.asgcc.org
21 PAAM Fall Consignment Auction – www.paam.org
22 First Day of Autumn
22 Truro Vineyards Of Cape Cod 15th Annual Truro Treasures Grape Stomp and Jazz Fest. Free admission and parking. – www.trurovineyardsofcapecod.com
26-29 Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival – www.twptown.org
28-29 2nd Annual Provincetown Dahlia Show – www.facebook.com/groups/PtownDahlias
TBA Annual House Tour – Pilgrim Monument & Provincetown Museum, 508-487-1310 – www.pilgrim-monument.org
27-29 Pet Appreciation Weekend (PAW) CASAS – www.casasanimalshelter.org 508-487-4243

October
OCTOBER 2013
Race Point Lighthouse Tours On the first and third Saturdays June – Oct. 2013 – www.racepointlighthouse.org
3-6 Mates Leather Weekend – www.matesleatherweekend.com
4-6 First Annual Wine & Food Festival – www.festandfestivals.com/
12 Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner at PAAM Gala – www.paam.org
12-13 Provincetown Health & Wellness Expo
12-14 Columbus Day Weekend
14-20 Annual Women’s Week – www.womeninnkeepers.com
17-19 Provincetown Dance Festivalwww.CastleHill.org
20-27 Fantasia Fair – www.fantasiafair.org
23-27 Provincetown Round Up Weekend – www.provincetownroundup.org
24-31 David Flowers Ghost Town – www.davidflower.com
31-November 3 Spooky Bear Weekend – www.ne-ursamen.org
26-November 3 Halloween Week in Provincetown BOO! Very popular week! Call your favorite Restaurant and Accommodation.

November
NOVEMBER 2013
FREE parking in our municipal parking lots… COME VISIT!
3 Daylight Savings Time Ends
7 Soup Kitchen Benefit – www.PtownSoup.org
9-11 Men’s Weekend – www.PtownMensWeekend.com
11 Veteran’s Day
27 Lighting of the Monument 5-7pm – www.Pilgrim-Monument.org
28-Dec 1 Thanksgiving Weekend Art & Craft Fairs! Great Holiday Shopping!
28 Hanukkah begins
28 Thanksgiving Day
29 PBG Casino Night – www.Ptown.org
30 Lighting of the Lobster Pot Tree Lopes Square – ProvincetownView.com

December
DECEMBER 2013
FREE parking in our municipal parking lots… COME SHOPPING!
1 World AIDS Day – www.asgcc.org
6-8 PBG Holly Folly Weekend – www.ptown.org
15 David Asher Senior Dinner at the VFW
TBA Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies Holiday Open House – www.coastalstudies.org
21 Holiday Concert with Bart Weisman @ PAAM – www.paam.org
21 First Day of Winter
25 Christmas Day
31 New Year’s Eve – Begin the year in Provincetown! Reservations a must! Call your favorite Restaurant and Accommodation.
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