Provincetown 2013 Calendar of Events

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Happy New Year! 2013

January

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


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February

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 WeekendMatesLeatherWeekend.com


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March

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 Hibernationwww.ne-ursamen.org

20 First Day of Spring

26 Passover

29-31 Easter Weekend – Bring your Easter bonnet and jelly beans to Provincetown!


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April

April

APRIL 2013


Whale Watching season beginswww.whalewatch.com, www.ptownwhalewatch.com

1 Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum Reopenswww.pilgrim-monument.org

1 All Fool’s Day

12-14 Provincetown Cabaret Festwww.ptown.org

12-15 Patriot’s Day Weekend

12-15 Chocolate Festival & Egg Huntwww.thepurplefeather.com

22 Earth Day

19-28 Appearances Green Art Festivalwww.provincetownconservationtrust.org


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May

May

MAY 2013


25-September 2 Visitors Center at Province Lands reopenswww.nps.gov/caco

Highland Lighthouse reopenswww.capecodlight.org

3-4 Ragnar Relay Racewww.ragnarrelay.com/

13-19 Cape Cod Restaurant Weekwww.capecodrestaurantweek.com/

16 Ferry Service Resumes

17-18 Concertwww.outercapechorale.org

17-19 Single Women’s Weekendwww.womeninnkeepers.com

17-19 Monumental Yard Salewww.ptown.org

17-22 Restaurant Week & Gallery Strollwww.ptowntourism.com

19- June 21 Annual Cape Cod Maritime Dayswww.capecodchamber.org/capecodmaritimedays

24-27 Memorial Day Weekend

25 Ocean to Bay Run/Walkwww.capecodlight.org

30- June 2 Women of Color & Allies Weekendwww.womenofcolorweekend.com

31-June 6 International Encaustic Conference and Post Conference Workshops at Castle Hilwww.castlehill.org


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June

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 Trekwww.HelpingOurWomen.org

1-2 WorldFestwww.facebook.com/worldfestptown

6 Community Beach Clean-upwww.ptown.org

6 ASGCC Night at Chef’s Tablewww.asgcc.org

8 Truro Vineyards Summer Kick-Off Party “Wine & Whales”www.trurovineyardsofcapecod.com

8 Veterans and Their Families Fishing Eventwww.vetsfishptown.com

TBA Provincetown Heritage Daywww.ptownlib.com

15 Outriders Boston to Ptown Bike Ridewww.outriders.org

16 Soup Kitchen Benefitwww.PtownSoup.org

19-23 15th Annual Provincetown International Film festivalwww.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 Fleetwww.provincetownportuguesefestival.com


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July

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 Provincetownwww.ptownbears.org

14 PAAM Annual Secret Garden Tourwww.paam.org

20 Taste of Provincetown, a benefit for MassEquality – www.MassEquality.org/events/taste-provincetown

23-27 Girl Splashwww.girl-splash.com

24 Summer Jazz with Bart Weisman @ PAAM – www.paam.org

27 Cruise for Lifewww.cruiseforlife.org

27 Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders’ Annual Summer Party @ Pilgrim Monumentwww.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


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August

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 Challengewww.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 Festivalwww.ProvincetownJazzFestival.org

18-24 Carnival Week - www.ptown.org

22 Carnival Parade: starts at 3pmwww.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


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September

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 Auctionwww.asgcc.org

2-6 The Great Provincetown Schooner Regattawww.provincetownschoonerrace.com

6 Celebration of Life Concertwww.swim4life.org

6 Castle Hill Paints the Townwww.castlehill.org

7 Swim for Life & Paddler Flotillawww.swim4life.org

7 Yankee Lambda Car Club Show and Paradewww.yankeelcc.com and Classic Car Club Ticket to Ridewww.asgcc.org

9-15 Afterglow Alternative Performance Arts Festivalwww.AfterGlow Festival.org

13-22 10 Days of Art Festivalwww.10DaysOfArt.org

20-22 Friends & Family Weekend in Provincetownwww.seashorepoint.org

21 Harbor to the Bay Bike Ridewww.harbortothebay.org, www.asgcc.org

21 PAAM Fall Consignment Auctionwww.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 Festivalwww.twptown.org

28-29 2nd Annual Provincetown Dahlia Showwww.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


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October

October

OCTOBER 2013


Race Point Lighthouse Tours On the first and third Saturdays June – Oct. 2013 – www.racepointlighthouse.org

3-6 Mates Leather Weekendwww.matesleatherweekend.com

4-6 First Annual Wine & Food Festivalwww.festandfestivals.com/

12 Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner at PAAM Galawww.paam.org

12-13 Provincetown Health & Wellness Expo

12-14 Columbus Day Weekend

14-20 Annual Women’s Weekwww.womeninnkeepers.com

17-19 Provincetown Dance Festivalwww.CastleHill.org

20-27 Fantasia Fairwww.fantasiafair.org

23-27 Provincetown Round Up Weekendwww.provincetownroundup.org

24-31 David Flowers Ghost Townwww.davidflower.com

31-November 3 Spooky Bear Weekendwww.ne-ursamen.org

26-November 3 Halloween Week in Provincetown BOO! Very popular week! Call your favorite Restaurant and Accommodation.


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November

November

NOVEMBER 2013


FREE parking in our municipal parking lots… COME VISIT!

3 Daylight Savings Time Ends

7 Soup Kitchen Benefitwww.PtownSoup.org

9-11 Men’s Weekendwww.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 Nightwww.Ptown.org

30 Lighting of the Lobster Pot Tree Lopes Square – ProvincetownView.com


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December

December

DECEMBER 2013


FREE parking in our municipal parking lots… COME SHOPPING!

1 World AIDS Daywww.asgcc.org

6-8 PBG Holly Folly Weekendwww.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 EveBegin the year in Provincetown! Reservations a must! Call your favorite Restaurant and Accommodation.

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