Martha's Vineyard Calendar Events
Martha's Vineyard Calendar

Events

Saturday, May 27

Martha's Vineyard Environmental Film Festival

Martha's Vineyard Film Society in collaboration with Vineyard Conservation Society presents the Ninth Annual Environmental Film Festival. This festival...

Exhibit: Photographs by Moss Hanrahan and Scout Austin

Scout Austin and Moss Hanrahan’s perspectives on Vineyard life are a refreshing take on familiar sights! Their photographs will be up through May and are...

Beach BeFrienders Monthly Beach Cleanup

Thanks to a welcome collaboration with Vineyard Conservation Society, Island libraries, Island DWPs and MV Refuse District, there is now a community of Beach...

Farm Visits

Native Earth Teaching Farm offers customized farm experiences available daily by pre-arrangements. Visit the farm animals, learn about native plants and...

Island Folk Pottery Sculpture Trail

Created by artists Bill O'Callaghan and Heather Goff, the quarter-mile private trail meanders through a magical wooded landscape populated with whimsical...

Vinyasa Power Yoga with Colleen Macsuga

Vinyasa (a practice designed to help you heal while keeping you in peak physical shape) incorporates elements of strength-building, making it a dynamic...

Cloud of smoke over Long Point Wildlife Refuge

Are you burning up with curiosity about prescribed burns and native wildflowers at Wasque, located on Chappaquiddick? Let The Trustees of Reservations be...

Yoga at the MV Museum with YogiJay

Join YogiJay (Jason Mazar-Kelly) of Wholesome MV every week at the Martha's Vineyard Museum for a community-based all-levels yoga class. Classes are...

Barnyard Buddies

Spend your Saturday morning exploring the farm and meeting our friendly animals in this program for families! Some examples of activities could be egg...

Plant Sales and Visitor Center Opens for the Season at Polly Hill Arboretum

A favorite Arboretum event that signals the onset of summer season is nearly here! PHA staff will be available to answer plant questions, renew memberships...

We have annuals, perennials and vegetables!

The Community Greenhouse has beautiful vegetable and flowering plants ready for your garden at reasonable prices! The greenhouse is a non-profit organization...

Exhibit: Jaws: Creating Amity Island

In the spring of 1974, Hollywood descended on the Island. Universal Studios had bought the film rights to the book Jawsand the film’s director, a young...

Exhibit: The Extraordinary Life of Dorothy West

Following her life from Boston to New York, Moscow, and Martha’s Vineyard, explore the story of Dorothy West, writer, editor, and youngest member of the...

Exhibit: The Lost Birds Project

Artist Todd McGrain envisioned this exhibition as a public memorial to birds driven to extinction in modern times. Part natural history and part artist’s...

Exhibit: Unfreedom

None of us is wholly free. Our actions are limited by law, custom, and what Gandhi called “the small, still voice within.” The freedom of some individuals,...

Farm to Focaccia: Bread Art with Vineyard Baker

Join Teri Culletto of Vineyard Baker for a hands-on focaccia class! We’ll start our class with a walk through our Friendship Garden to gather herbs, other...

Field Gallery

The Field Gallery offers a comfortable, supportive, ever-changing exhibition environment, featuring contemporary art by both emerging and established...

Flying Horses Restoration

Join the Vineyard Preservation Trust on May 27 for a full day of Flying Horses fun! See the newly renovated horses and platform! Free rides from 10 to 11...

Our Greenhouse all ready before the sale!

The MV Greenhouse Committee is once again hosting their Annual Plant Sale at The Old Mill in West Tisbury over Memorial Weekend! Choose from the array of...

Memorial Day Weekend Market at the P.A. Club

Join us for a Memorial Day Weekend Artisan and Craft Show. Participating artists include: Gillyb baby clothes, RebeccahJ Leather, Tara Reynolds Art, Cinnamon...

Vineyard Artisans Memorial Day Festival

Our opening show of the season! Come and see all the new work our Island Artists have been working on all winter. The only art show on Martha’s Vineyard...

Adult Community Dance Class

This class welcomes adults, seniors, and everyone in between. Instructor Jesse Keller Jason makes every(body) feel comfortable in this dance class. The class...

Island Alpaca Welcomes You to a Walk!

Walking with alpaca is a way to learn more about how gentle they truly are. A wonderful experience for all ages. Every participant will learn the basics of...

"Wave"   by Kathy Poehler

An exhibit of seaweed collage focusing on both "wet" and "dry" techniques.

Sound Bath with Trish Ginter

A sound bath creates an environment that allows you to pause and deeply listen, immerse yourself in sound, and offer your mind and body moments of reprieve...

Storytime with Emily!

Come join Emily for Storytime at the Vineyard Haven Public Library! Please check our website and social media pages for any updates!

Carnegie Tours: Historic Tours of Edgartown

The Carnegie Heritage Center’s Historic Tour is a 60-minute guided walking tour of Edgartown. Learn about the Island’s rich maritime history– from the...

Pickleball paddle and ball on green and white background

Drop in for indoor pickleball. Available every day 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. $10 for pickleball members, $20 for non-members.

Exhibit: Alison Shaw Gallery

Fine art prints of Alison's photographs -- new works and old favorites -- are on view in the gallery located in the Oak Bluffs Arts District.

Exhibit: Oak Bluffs Show

Showcasing a wonderful selection of paintings, pastels, prints, jewelry, woodcuts and more.

Group Exhibit: Pendulum

Winter Street Gallery is excited to return for its 2023 programming with a group exhibition entitled Pendulum, on view from May 6 through June 4. Anchored...

Island Alpaca Yoga

Enjoy a 45-minute session of relaxing yoga, held in our pastures among our friendly alpaca with our instructor, Jason Mazar-Kelly (YogiJay). Bring your own...

Pirates Puzzle Escape Room

Play our fun and immersive escape room games and create new memories. Work with your team to solve a series of puzzles in our Jaws or Vineyard Mystery rooms....

 Exhibit: Vineyard Conservation Society's The Art of Conservation

This annual exhibit features artwork by local high school students - winners of The Art of Conservation contest hosted by VCS. The Art of Conservation is a...

Exhibit: The Art of Flowers

It is that time of year again! Featherstone will present its annual The Art of Flowers show! As the days become warmer, we are seeing hints of spring, with...

May Craft: Jewelry-making

Join the Aquinnah Public Library for jewelry-making. Design friendship bracelets, learn to make earrings, and more! All materials will be provided. This...

Please Don't Feed the Birds

Join us at 100 Lagoon Pond, the Floating Studio, for a unique exhibit and sustainable pop-up art market experience on the water. Please Don't Feed the Birds ...

The Art of Flowers Through the Eyes of Children

Featherstone Center for the Arts is happy to have a special treat during The Art of Flowers at Featherstone exhibit, The Art of Flowers through the Eyes of...

St. Vincent #1

Exhibit of work by the local artist Ed Schulman, on view at the Playhouse Art Space.

Trustees vehicle in the sand dunes

Explore Cape Poge’s magnificent barrier beach and wildlife refuge on an open-air, over-sand adventure. Learn about the rare and protected flora and fauna...

Journey to Headstand with Anne Koza

The Yoga Sutras say a posture should be both sthira (stable) and sukha (comfortable). Headstand, known as the “King Asana”, requires physical strength, and...

Book Signing with Mary Beth Keane, Author of The Half Moon

Plot summary: Malcolm Gephardt, handsome and gregarious longtime bartender at the Half Moon, has always dreamed of owning a bar. When his boss finally...

Visiting Artist Workshop: Needle Felted Flowers

With Rory Valentine. Needle fleeting is a simple yet dynamic technique of using barbed needles to entangle wool fibers into 2-D and 3-D forms. In this class,...

Island Alpaca Welcomes You to a Walk!

Walking with alpaca is a way to learn more about how gentle they truly are. A wonderful experience for all ages. Every participant will learn the basics of...

Teen Photography Workshop Series

If you are interested in learning photography in a mindful way, this is for you! New to mindful photography and need to know what it is? Mindful...

 Martha’s Vineyard in the Roaring Twenties: Radicals and Rascals  - A Talk with Tom Dresser

Local author Thomas Dresser will give a presentation about his new book, Martha’s Vineyard in the Roaring 20s, Radicals and Rascals. Thomas Dresser has...

 Yoga Dance with Yuval Samburski

Express yourself in this unique, fun and freeing offering. YogaDance is a joyous, energizing movement practice. It combines just the right amounts of...

Artist Reception Celebrating Oak Bluffs

Come meet our Island artists and celebrate our love of Oak Bluffs.

MVEFF: The Grab

An investigative journalist uncovers the money, influence and alarming rationale behind covert efforts to control the most vital resource on the planet. From...

North Facing Cliff

Meet and greet with emerging Island painter Jack Yuen as well as the opportunity to view more than 70 new works for the Spring Arrival Show.

 Sound Healing and Reiki with Yuval Samburksi and Anne Koza

Vibration is in all of us. It is the essence of our existence. The sound of the universe is the sound of our Prana, the sound expressed in Ohm. Awakening...

Annual Kick Off

Join our annual tradition celebrating Memorial Day Weekend with live music by Johnny Hoy and the Bluefish, art and dancing.

Best of the Fest: Bad Press

Circuit Arts brings back Bad Press, a new film that was a "best of" pick during the most recent Martha's Vineyard Film Festival. This 2023 documentary...

Irish Repertory Theatre’s The Smuggler

A charming Irish bartender living in a coastal town in New England spins a fierce and witty thriller in rhyme, about immigration, corruption, and the...

MVEFF: The Scale of Hope

The film’s subject is Molly Kawahata, a former climate advisor to the Obama White House. She is also a dedicated alpine climber who dreams of climbing higher...

Saturday, May 27