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When is Illumination Night? What time is the parade? Where are the fireworks? Mark your calendar now for these 2018 events on Martha’s Vineyard.
Updated June 2018: We now have an interactive calendar of events that is more up to date than this one.
- June 14 & June 16: Taste of the Vineyard, Edgartown
- June 17 Harbor Festival, Oak Bluffs; Carb-B-Q Classic, Edgartown
- June 22: Martha’s Vineyard Museum Opening Party, Vineyard Haven
- June 22-25: FILMUSIC Festival, Vineyard Haven
- June 23: Morning Glory Farm Strawberry Festival, 11 1.m.-3 p.m.
- July 4: Annual Kids Parade at the Tabernacle, Oak Bluffs
- July 4: Independence Day Parade & Barbecue, 5 p.m. & Fireworks after dark, Edgartown
- July 4: Murdick’s 5 Mile Run the Chop Challenge
- July 8: Tisbury Annual Street Fair, Vineyard Haven
- July TBA: Feast of the Holy Ghost, Vineyard Haven
- July 12-15: Vineyard Cup, Vineyard Haven
- July 19-21: Edgartown Yacht Club Race Weekend
- July 18-21: Blue Water Classic Fishing Tournament, Oak Bluffs
- July 27-29: Opera at Featherstone: The Daughter of the Regiment, Oak Bluffs
- July 29: Possible Dreams Auction, Edgartown
- July 30-Aug 3: Martha’s Vineyard Documentary Week, Vineyard Haven
- Aug 1: South Beach Sand Sculpture Contest, Edgartown
- Aug 6-11: Martha’s Vineyard African-American Film Festival, Oak Bluffs
- August 9-11: Built on Stilts Dance Festival, Oak Bluffs
- August 15: Illumination Night, Oak Bluffs
- August 11: Chilmark Road Race
- August 16-19: Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Fair, West Tisbury
- August 18-21: Built on Stilts Dance Festival, Oak Bluffs
- Aug 17: Band Concert & Fireworks, Oak Bluffs
- Sept 1-3: Martha’s Vineyard Jazz and Blues Summerfest, Oak Bluffs
- Sept 4-9: Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival, Vineyard Haven
- Sept. 8: Annual Wind & Kite Festival, Oak Bluffs
- Sept. 9-Oct. 13: Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass & Bluefish Derby (Awards ceremony Oct. 14)
- Sept. TBA: Tivoli Day Festival, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Oak Bluffs
- Sept. 16: Kids Day at the Derby
- Sept 22-23: MV Craft Beer Festival, Oak Bluffs
- Oct. 7: Popcorn Festival, Chilmark
- Oct 18-24: Martha’s Vineyard Food & Wine Festival, Edgartown
- October 20: Morning Glory Farm Pumpkin Festival
- Oct 28: Happy Haunting, Edgartown
- Nov. 23: Mass Audubon Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary Fall Festival (rain date Nov. 24)
- Nov. 28: Oak Bluffs Christmas Tree Lighting and Arrival of Santa
- Dec. 1-2: Island Community Chorus Holiday Concerts, Edgartown
- Dec. 1, 8, 15: West Tisbury Farmer’s Market
- Dec. 6-8: 37th Annual Christmas in Edgartown
- Dec. 7: Community Hanukkah Service & Celebration, Vineyard Haven
- Dec. 8: Morning Glory Farm Holiday Open House, Edgartown
- Dec. 15: Old Fashioned Farm Christmas, Edgartown
- Dec. 16: Martha’s Vineyard Children’s Chorus Winter Concert, Edgartown