Provincetown 2012 Calendar of Events
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January
JANUARY 2012
FREE parking in our municipal parking lots… COME VISIT!
1 New Year’s Day
14-16 Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend in Provincetown
27-29 GLSEN Educator Retreat GLSEN.org
February
FEBRUARY 2012
FREE parking in our municipal parking lots… COME VISIT!
3 Chinese New Year
11 2nd Annual Fire & Ice Ball at Seashore Point – SeashorePoint.org
14 Valentine’s Day – Bring your love to Provincetown!
17 Say I Love You With Art! – GalleryEhva.com
17-20 President’s Day Weekend
24-26 Snowbound Leather Weekend – MatesLeatherWeekend.com
March
MARCH 2012
FREE parking in our municipal parking lots… COME VISIT!
10 Monte Carlo Night with the Lions Club. Info The Crown & Anchor
17 St. Patrick’s Day
24 Concert at Provincetown Town Hall featuring “Blind Boys of Alabama” – Info & tickets: Payomet.org
April
APRIL 2012
Whale Watching season begins – www.whalewatch.com, www.ptownwhalewatch.com
Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum Reopens – www.pilgrim-monument.org
13-15 Provincetown Cabaret Fest – www.ptown.org
14-16 Patriot’s Day Weekend
19 Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies Homeport Banquet – www.coastalstudies.org
20-29 Appearances Green Art Festival – www.provincetownconservationtrust.org
27-29 Spiritual Awakening Seminar and Workshop – www.ahundredwaysoflight.com/
May
MAY 2012
Visitors Center at Province Lands reopens – www.nps.gov/caco
Highland Lighthouse reopens – www.capecodlight.org
1 Artists United! – GalleryEhva.com
1-31 Annual Cape Cod Maritime Days – www.CapeCodMaritimeDays.com
18-19 Concert – www.outercapechorale.org
18-20 Single Women’s Weekend – www.womeninnkeepers.com
18-24 Spring Restaurant Week & Gallery Stroll – www.provincetowntourismoffice.org
19-20 Monumental Yard Sale – – www.ptown.org
28 Memorial Day Weekend
26 Ocean to Bay Run/Walk – www.capecodlight.org
31-June 3 Women of Color & Allies Weekend – www.womenofcolorweekend.com
June
JUNE 2012
1-8 International Encaustic Conference and Post Conference Workshops at Castle Hil – www.castlehill.org
7 ASGCC Night at Chef’s Table – www.asgcc.org
9 Veterans and Their Families Fishing Event – www.vetsfishptown.com
14-15 Provincetown Heritage Day – www.ptownlib.com
16 PAAM Annual Secret Garden Tour – www.paam.org
13-17 Annual Provincetown International Film festival – www.ptownfilmfest.org, 508-487-FILM
16 Spring Consignment Art Auction – www.paam.org
17 – August 24 Fine Arts Work Center Workshop Program – www.fawc.org
18 Castle Hill, First week of Summer Workshops – www.castlehill.org
21-24 Provincetown Portuguese Festival & Blessing of the Fleet – www.provincetownportuguesefestival.com
27 Summer Jazz with Bart Weisman @ PAAM – www.paam.org
30 Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies Sunset Whale-watch Benefit – www.coastalstudies.org
July
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JULY 2012
June 29 – July 8 4th of July Celebrations - www.onlyatthecrown.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)
7 Fine Arts Work Center Summer Awards Celebration – www.fawc.org
7-15 Bear Week in Provincetown – www.ptownbears.org
11 Summer Jazz with Bart Weisman @ PAAM – www.paam.org
17-21 Girl Splash – www.girl-splash.com
23 – 28 Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies presents WHALE WEEK, a Celebration of the Sea! Sunset Whale-watch Benefit on July 28. – www.coastalstudies.org
25 Summer Jazz with Bart Weisman @ PAAM – www.paam.org
28 Cruise for Life – www.cruiseforlife.org
28 – August 4 Family Pride Week – www.familypride.org
August
AUGUST 2012
4-5 Pan-Massachusetts Challenge – www.pmc.org
11 Summer Jazz with Bart Weisman @ PAAM – www.paam.org
11 Castle Hill Benefit Art Auction – www.castlehill.org
11 & 13 Provincetown Jazz Festival – www.ProvincetownJazzFestival.org
12-18 Carnival Week: “P-town: A Space Odyssey” - www.ptown.org
16 Carnival Parade: “P-town: A Space Odyssey” starts at 3pm – www.ptown.org
18 FAWC Annual Auction, festivities and silent auction start at 4:30pm, live auction starts at 6:30pm – www.fawc.org
22 Summer Jazz with Bart Weisman @ PAAM – www.paam.org
September
SEPTEMBER 2012
1-3 Labor Day Weekend in Provincetown
1 25th ASGCC Annual Art Auction – www.asgcc.org
1-7 The Great Provincetown Schooner Regatta – www.provincetownschoonerrace.com
7 Celebration of Life Concert – www.swim4life.org
7 Castle Hill Paints the Town – www.castlehill.org
8 Swim for Life & Paddler Flotilla – www.swim4life.org
8 Yankee Lambda Car Club Show and Parade – www.yankeelcc.com and Classic Car Club Ticket to Ride – www.asgcc.org
14-23 10 Days of Art Festival – www.10DaysOfArt.org
15 Harbor to the Bay Bike Ride – www.harbortothebay.org, www.asgcc.org
21-23 2nd Annual Parent’s Weekend at Seashore Point – www.seashorepoint.org
20-23 Tennessee Williams Festival – www.twptown.org
22 PAAM Fall Consignment Auction – www.paam.org
23-25 Pet Appreciation Weekend (PAW) CASAS – www.casasanimalshelter.org 508-487-4243
23-25 Parent’s Weekend at Seashore Point – www.seashorepoint.org
22 Annual House Tour – Pilgrim Monument & Provincetown Museum, 508-487-1310 – www.pilgrim-monument.org
28-30 Mates Leather Weekend – www.matesleatherweekend.com
October
OCTOBER 2012
6-8 Columbus Day Weekend
8-14 Annual Women’s Week – www.womeninnkeepers.com
6-8 Monumental Yard Sale
14-21 Fantasia Fair – www.fantasiafair.org
17-21 Provincetown Round Up Weekend – www.provincetownroundup.org
27-31 Halloween Festival
27-28 Spooky Bear Weekend – www.ne-ursamen.org
November
NOVEMBER 2012
FREE parking in our municipal parking lots… COME VISIT!
6 Election Day
3 Daylight Savings Time Ends
11 Veteran’s Day
21 Festival of Lights: Provincetown starts lighting up for the Holiday!
24 Lighting of the Lobster Pot Tree Lopes Square
21 Lighting of the Monument, 5-7pm – www.pilgrim-monument.org
21-25 Thanksgiving Weekend with Craft Fairs and Great Shopping
Nov. 30-Dec. 2 PBG Holly Folly Weekend – www.ptown.org
December
DECEMBER 2012
FREE parking in our municipal parking lots… COME VISIT!
1 World AIDS Day – www.asgcc.org
Nov. 30-Dec. 2 PBG Holly Folly Weekend – www.ptown.org
9 David Asher Senior Dinner at the VFW
13 Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies Holiday Open House – www.coastalstudies.org
22 Winter Jazz with Bart Weisman – www.paam.org
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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