Provincetown 2017 Calendar of Events

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Provincetown celebrates New Year 2017 with fireworks at MacMillan Pier

January

JANUARY 2017

Dec. 30-Jan 2 First Light Provincetown, Fireworks, Food and Fun! Thursday, 29 December 2016 – Monday, 2 January 2017. Come!
Sun, Jan. 1, Fireworks at dusk over Provincetown Harbor! at dusk (approx. 5:30 pm)
Sun, Jan. 1, Provincetown Theater Gala: The theme is “Studio 54” provincetowntheater.org
Sun, Jan. 1, Polar Bear Plunge, Johnson Street Parking Lot, early afternoon at high tide
Fri, Sat & Sun, Dec. 30-Jan 1 – Canteen Holiday Market, at The Canteen 225 Commercial Street
Fri & Sat, Dec. 30-31 – Entertainment for families on at Provincetown Town Hall and at the Library.
For more information visit www.ptown.org

FREE parking in our municipal parking lots… COME VISIT!

Dec 29-Jan 2 First Light Provincetown & Fireworks – Ptown.org

1 New Year’s Day

13-16 Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend

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February

FEBRUARY 2017

FREE parking in our municipal parking lots… COME VISIT!

2 Groundhog Day 2017

12 Lincoln’s Birthday

10-14 Valentine’s Day Weekend ~ Bring your Love to Provincetown!

17-20 President’s Day Weekend and Washington’s Birthday

24-26 Snowbound Leather Weekend IX – MatesLeatherWeekend.com/Snowbound

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March

MARCH 2017

FREE parking in our municipal parking lots… COME VISIT!

11 Year Rounders Festival – Provincetown Town Hall

12 Daylight Saving

17-19 St. Patrick’s Day Weekend

18-20 Out of Hibernation Ursamen – ne-ursamen.org

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April

APRIL 2017

Mid April – Whale Watching season begins – WhaleWatch.com, PtownWhalewatch.com

1 Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum Reopens – Pilgrim-Monument.org

1 April Fool’s Day

10 Monday, Passover begins at sunset; ends Tuesday at nightfall April 18

14-16 Easter Weekend Bring your Easter basket to Provincetown!

14-17 Patriot’s Day Weekend

15-16 Miss Gay Mass US of A – OnlyAtTheCrown.com

21-23 Moby-Dick Marathon at Provincetown Public Library – Friday, April 21 – 2:00 pm to 8:00 pm; Saturday, April 2​2​ – 10:00 am to 10:00 pm; Sunday, April 23​ – 10 am to 4:00 pm.​ The Moby-Dick Marathon ​bring​s​ together over 120 participants to read Melville’s classic work aloud over three days for a total of 24 hours. ​The event​ honor​s​ Provincetown’s​ ​maritime and literary heritage and an international group of Melville​ enthusiasts. – ProvincetownLibrary.org

28-30 Gays for Patsy Annual Stomp: A Hoedown in P-town – – gfp.org

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May

MAY 2017

Mid May Ferry Service Resumes

Visitors Center at Province Lands reopens – NPS.gov/caco

Highland Lighthouse reopens – Highlandlighthouse.org

5-13 Appearances Green Art Festival – facebook.com/AppearancesProvincetown/

7 Run to the Top of the Pilgrim Monument – RunToTheTop.org

12-13 Ragnar Relay Race: Hull to Provincetown – RagnarRelay.com

12-31 Twenty Summers at Hawthorne Barn event series – 20Summers.org

14 Mother’s Day

18 and 19 Outer Cape Chorale Spring Concert 2017 under the direction of Allison Beavan, Mass of the Children by John Rutter, Provincetown Town Hall, 7pm – OuterCapeChorale.org

Provincetown 10K – Provincetown10K.com

19-21 Monumental Yard Sale – Ptown.org

19-21 Single Women’s Weekend – ProvincetownForWomen.com

26-29 Memorial Day Weekend

28 Annual Piano & Organ Celebration Concert, 5 pm – PtownMusic.com

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June

JUNE 2017

1 A Night at the Chef’s Table – ASGCC.org

1-10 Twenty Summers at Hawthorne Barn event series – 20Summers.org

1-4 CABARET FEST – Provincetowncabaretfest.com

1-5 Women of Color & Friends Weekend – ProvincetownForWomen.com

4 Provincetown 10K – Provincetown10K.com

TBA Sisters in the Name of Love – ASGCC.org

10 Provincetown Coastal Rowing Regatta – Regatta Central

11-12 WorldFest – Provincetown’s International Cultural Festival – Facebook.com/WorldFestPtown

2-4 The 11th International Encaustic Conference; Pre-Conference workshops: May 30 – June 1, Post-Conference workshops: June 5 – 9 – CastleHill.org

13 Provincetown Public Library, Heritage Day Celebration, Tuesday 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm – ProvincetownLibrary.org

14-18 Provincetown International Film Festival – PtownFilmFest.org, 508-487-FILM

22-25 Provincetown Portuguese Festival & Blessing of the Fleet – ProvincetownPortugueseFestival.com

22-August 31 Artisan Craft Fair at UU Church green lawn , every Thursday, 10am-4:30pm. The only exception is week of Carnival: Craft Fair is on Friday Aug 18th instead of Thursday. For more information contact UU Meeting House website – uumh.org

23-24 12th Annual Provincetown Dance Festival presents seven professional dance companies performing tap, contemporary, ballet, hip-hop and more at the Provincetown Theater/238 Bradford St., Provincetown, MA 02657 PH: (508) 487-7487. For tickets and more information go to: CastleHill.org

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July

JULY 2017

June 30-July 4 Independence Day Weekend ~ July 4th Parade starts at 11am, begins East End, Harbor Hotel and proceeds up Commercial to Franklin Street. Fireworks start at dusk over Provincetown Harbor (view from any bayside beach)

1 Provincetown Library Super Classy Dog Show, 1pm – – ProvincetownLibrary.org

1-8 Independence 2017 – OnlyAtTheCrown.com/independence

8-12 Bear Week in Provincetown – www.ptownbears.org

16 PAAM Annual Secret Garden Tour – www.paam.org

18-22 Girl Splash – www.girl-splash.com

22 Bride Pride Provincetown – Join us in Provincetown at Bride Pride, the World’s Largest All-Girl Wedding and Renewal Ceremony, now in its second year. You’ll find yourself in the company of hundreds of women simultaneously declaring their never-ending love for each other beneath the stunningly sun-soaked and surreal July sky during Provincetown’s epic Girl Splash week – Bride-Pride

28-August 5 21st Annual Family Week – www.familyequality.org/familyweek/

31 The Ptown Show: An evening of live storytelling with The Generations Project at Paramount Theater, 7 PM; Kids $20; Adults $35 – thegenerationsproject.org

30-August 5 6th Annual Whale Week to benefit the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies – www.coastalstudies.org

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August

AUGUST 2017

3 Homemade Boat Race – www.coastalstudies.org

10 The 13th Annual Provincetown Jazz Festival – ProvincetownJazzFestival.org

12 The 7th Annual Lobsterfest, Saturday, 3pm-7pm, Fisherman’s Pier, Provincetown. It will include exciting auctions, live entertainment, a reception and rustic lobster dinner. For more information visit our web site www.outercape.org/events/ – Tickets can be purchased by calling 508 905-2800 extension 2252 or by emailing:[email protected] – OuterCape.org

12-19 Carnival Week – www.ptown.org

17 39th Carnival Parade: starts at 3pm – www.ptown.org

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September

SEPTEMBER 2017

2 The 31st Annual White Party, Saturday, 2pm til Tea, Delft Haven on the Bay, Provincetown – OuterCape.org

2-9 Labor Day Weekend

4-7 The Great Provincetown Schooner Regatta – ProvincetownSchoonerRace.com

8 24th Annual Celebration of Life Concert

Swim for Life!

9 30th Annual Swim for Life and Paddler Flotilla – Swim4Life.org

11-17 Afterglow Alternative Performance Arts Festival – AfterGlowFestival.org

14-17 National Gay Pilots Association Cape Cod Classic – ngpa.org

15 Provincetown Public Library Rose Dorothea Award Ceremony, Friday, 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm, 356 Commercial Street, 508 487-7094 – ProvincetownLibrary.org

15-16 Provincetown Public Library, Provincetown Book Festival, Friday, September 15: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm; Saturday, September 16: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, 356 Commercial Street, 508 487-7094 – ProvincetownLibrary.org

15-17 12th Kate Clinton Classic Women’s Flag Football Tournament, sanctioned by International Women’s Flag Football Association, Provincetown Motta Field – www.IWFFA.com

16 COASTSWEEP beach clean-up at Long Point. We’ll meet at 9:45 am at the CCS kiosk on MacMillan Wharf and board a shuttle to Long Point courtesy of Flyer’s Boat Rentals. We’ll be back on the pier by noon, then take a short walk into town for a delicious lunch at Napi’s Restaurant, courtesy of Helen and Napi Van Dereck. REGISTRATION IS A MUST! Please contact Jesse Mechling at 508-487-3623 x 114 to reserve your spot. Please bring gloves, water, and a positive attitude about trash! – CoastalStudies.org

16-18 21st Annual Yankee Lambda Classic Car Show & Parade. 2017 theme is First Ladies and Their Presidents., Saturday, Sept. 16, 1:30pm Parade through town – yankeelcc.com/invitational/

23 Harbor to the Bay Bike Ride Boston to Cape Cod, Saturday – ASGCC.org

23 PAAM Fall Consignment Auction, Saturday, 7pm – PAAM.org

21-24 11th Annual Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival – TWPtown.org

22-24 Pet Appreciation Weekend (PAW) CASAS – CasasAnimalShelter.org 508-487-4243

24 Bike Run for K9 Fundraiser

28-October 2 Mates Leather Weekend – www.matesleatherweekend.com

29-October 1 4rd Annual Provincetown Inspiration Weekend! – www.inspirationgatherings.org

30 Provincetown Dance Trophy Ballroom Dance Competition, Provincetown Town Hall, 339-832-2812 – BostonOpenDanceSport.com

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October

OCTOBER 2017

2 Provincetown Dahlia Show – www.facebook.com/groups/PtownDahlias

6-9 Columbus Day Weekend

6-9 Fall Monumental Yard Sale Weekend – Ptown.org

9-15 33rd Annual Women’s Week – WomensWeekProvincetown.com

15-22 Fantasia Fair – FantasiaFair.org

19-23 Provincetown Round Up Weekend – ProvincetownRoundUp.org

TBA Third Annual Halloween Greet n’ Treat Provincetown Recreation, at 4:30 (the kids parade through town from 3:30-4:30). Looking for businesses and organizations to decorate a vehicle and hand out candy to kids! The kids go trick-or-treating from vehicle to vehicle on Motta Field. –
Click for Registration Form

27-31 Halloween Week in Provincetown BOO! Haunted attractions, lots of parties, kids parade and much more! Call your favorite Restaurant and Accommodation.

28 3rd Annual Provincetown Halloween Gala, from 7 to 11. Calling all you ‘Creatures of the Night’ for an amazing night of excitement and surprises! More information or to buy tickets: www.provincetownmasqueradeball.com/

30 Dead Silence – with a thrilling new and original Halloween experience. The Disease of Astonishment, a fully theatrical, immersive, horror attraction that digs into the secret history of the Provincetown witches. – www.deadsilence-terror.com/tickets/

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November

NOVEMBER 2017

FREE parking in our municipal parking lots… COME VISIT!

2 Provincetown Annual Day of the Dead Performing Arts Festival – ProvincetownDayoftheDead.com

11 Veteran’s Day

17-19 Mr. New England Leather – MrNewEnglandLeather.com

22 Lighting of the Monument Wednesday, 5-7pm – Pilgrim-Monument.org

23 Thanksgiving Day

23 Annual Pilgrim 5k Trot, Thanksgiving morning, 9am – A benefit for the PAAM – www.PAAM.org

24 Drag Brunch – www.Ptown.org

24-26 Thanksgiving Weekend Art & Craft Fairs! Great Holiday Shopping!

Lobster Pot Tree

25 Lighting of the Lobster Pot Tree @Lopes Square, Lighting of the Lobster Pot Tree @Lopes Square, Saturday at dusk – ProvincetownView.com

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December

DECEMBER 2017

FREE parking in our municipal parking lots… COME SHOPPING!

1 World AIDS Day – www.asgcc.org

1-3 PBG Holly Folly Weekend – www.ptown.org

2 “Souper Saturday” Fundraiser for Soup Kitchen in Provincetown – www.ptownsoup.org

8-9 Outer Cape Chorale Concert – OuterCapeChorale.org

13 Chanukah (first day)

20 Last Day of Chanukah

24 Christmas Eve

25 Christmas Day

28-January 1 First Light Provincetown, Fireworks, Food and Fun! www.ptown.org

31 New Year’s Eve – Begin the year in Provincetown! Reservations a must! Call your favorite Restaurant and Accommodation.

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Provincetown Town Hall and Pilgrim Monument decorated with lights for Holiday Season and New Year celebrations.

Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum decorated with lights for Holiday Season