Martha's Vineyard Calendar Events
Martha's Vineyard Calendar

Events

Sunday, August 27

Exhibit: Artwork by Rose Margetson

Works inspired by nature, dreams, beauty and chaos, created by paint and pen and ink. On display throughout August.

Exhibit: Works by Ed (Woody) Schulman

Paintings with an African theme created by Ed (Woody) Schulman will be on display during August.

A historic look at the Steamship Pier. Hear the history directly from Thomas Dresser in this tour!

Enjoy the Historic Oak Bluffs Self-Guided walking tour! Created by acclaimed local author and historian Thomas Dresser. Tour takers see, hear and read from...

Enjoy a charming stroll through Vineyard Haven - on your time! The app takes you right to each spot with turn by turn directions, and audio.

Straight from author Thomas Dresser – enjoy the Vineyard Haven Walking Tour! Self-guided, the app provides you with turn-by-turn walking directions to get...

Oar and Paddle Regatta

About the race: Every year Island Spirit Kayak helps to host the Martha's Vineyard Oar and Paddle Regatta from our beach location in Sengekontacket pond....

Yoga with Bri

Brianna Kenney is a Certified Vinyasa and Yin Yoga teacher. She completed her first 200hr Vinyasa teacher training through Lighthouse Yoga School in New York...

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...

Life Begins by Elysha Joy

Please Join us for the Full Moon opening celebration of new works of wearable art and sculpture by island artist Elysha Joy. Elysha's new work explores...

Oak Bluffs Open Market: Sundays in the Park

Enjoy Sundays in the park by the harbor! Open Market is an ever- changing variety of locally grown produce, specialty foods, flowers, indie designers,...

Oar and Paddle Regatta

Every year Island Spirit Kayak helps to host the Martha's Vineyard Oar and Paddle Regatta from our beach location in Sengekontacket Pond. Swimmers and...

Pickleball Drop In for Advanced Beginners and Intermediate

Drop in for advanced beginner and intermediate pickleball players looking to enhance their game, meet new opponents, and have a blast!

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 Pirate Mystery...

Poucha Pond Discovery Kayak

Explore the saltmarsh and coastal ponds of Cape Pogue Wildlife Refuge with a natural history and engagement ranger in this guided discovery kayak tour. Learn...

picture taken at a Tabernacle Service

Join the MVCMA for our summer season of services which includes worship in traditional songs, meaningful sermons and community fellowship with donuts and...

Art Exhibit: On a Path

A solo exhibit featuring Island paintings by Katherine Gagnon.

Eisenhauer Gallery

The Eisenhauer Gallery is known for its eclectic paintings and playful but elegant showroom. More than 40 artists from places as far away as New Zealand and...

Exhibit: 1923: A Kid's Life

As part of the Museum’s centennial celebration, this exhibit explores different aspects of life on Martha’s Vineyard through the eyes of a modern child,...

Photo by Edith Blake

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

Exhibit: Maritime Nostalgia

Solo exhibition featuring the work of realist painter Michel Brosseau. Inspired by the Vineyard’s majestic sailboats, tranquil harbors, and quaint...

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 Perfect Craft: Wooden Boat Building, Then and Now

Small craft made of wood have been part of Island culture for thousands of years. They have helped to feed local families, connect the Vineyard to the wider...

Exhibit: They Were Heard, the Unique Voice of the Martha's Vineyard Deaf Community

From 1694 to 1952, Martha’s Vineyard – and specifically the towns of Chilmark and West Tisbury – had an unusually large population of people with hereditary...

Featured Exhibit: Carol Maguire and Jim Holland

Stop by North Water Gallery, Edgartown to view new work by Carol Maguire and Jim Holland. Jim Holland visited Cape Cod on college road trips with friends,...

Featured Exhibit: Traeger di Pietro, Adam Thompson and Judy Bramhall

Visit the Field Gallery's new exhibit of works by Traeger di Pietro, Adam Thompson and Judy Bramhall.

Flying Horses Carousel

Ride the carousel and try to grab the brass ring at the Flying Horses, America's oldest carousel.

Gay Head Lighthouse

The Gay Head Lighthouse was the first lighthouse constructed on Martha’s Vineyard. In 1799 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts deeded two acres and four rods...

Bodhi Path Martha's Vineyard

Bodhi Path of Martha's Vineyard has group meditation on Sundays from 10 to 11 a.m. and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 to 7 p.m. If you are new to meditation,...

Pet Memorial Service

Pet Memorial Service held by the Chilmark Community Church. We will gather after Sunday service for a short memorial service for those beloved pets that we...

The Grey Barn Public Farm Tour

Enjoy a 45-minute guided tour around the farm! See the behind-the-scenes and learn more about how we make our certified-organic cheese, raise cows, pigs and...

Union Chapel Sunday Service - Rev. D. Darnell Griffin

Join us for featured speaker Rev. D. Darrell Griffin. Union Chapel Sunday services will be held in person and virtually for the 2023 season.

Vineyard Artisans 26th Annual Summer Festival

A Vineyard Summer tradition and the only weekly juried art show where the public can meet more than 70 Island artisans and buy directly from them. Many...

 Discussion: A Love for More than Just Survival with Rev. DL Helfer

For any marginalized community, there are watershed moments, when its very survival is in question. In this time of visceral anti-trans* legislation, we...

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...

Pickleball Drop In for Beginners

Drop in for advanced beginner pickleball players looking to enhance their game, meet new opponents, and have a blast!

Third Annual Amity Shark Race

On August 27 at 10:30 am the waters beneath Oak Bluffs Little Bridge will be swarming with the Island’s most famous predator. A shiver of sharks will be...

Exhibit: Boundless, with Works by Mitch Gordon

Turpentine Gallery is a new exhibition space in West Tisbury. The current exhibit is titled Boundless and features works by Mitch Gordon.

Exhibit: Menemsha Fishing Shacks and Island Birds

Visit the Ashley Medowski Gallery in Lambert's Cove to view new paintings and driftwood sculptures.

Exhibit: Nightfall

The most beautiful time of day on the Vineyard. Embrace the sunsets and twilight. Reflect on the quiet of the evening. Lights in windows, starry skies,...

Exhibit: Sean Roach Solo Show

Realist oil paintings of Martha's Vineyard by local artist Sean Roach.

Exhibit: The Significance of 5

Knowhere Art Gallery proudly presents Significance of 5, an exhibition that marks our five-year anniversary, exhibiting works by artists on and off the Island.

Exhibit: Widow's Walk

Winter Street Gallery is pleased to present Widow’s Walk, an exhibition of historical and contemporary art and design curated by New York / Los Angeles-based...

Kara Taylor Gallery

Featuring oil paintings and mixed media work by Kara Taylor with occasional pop-up guest artists. The outdoor meadow features site specific works: Stone...

Lord Ganesha

Kirtan call and response devotional chanting with our yogic band Bhakti. Come as you are, grow and evolve with us, every Sunday, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Donations...

Open Gallery: Simon Gallery

Featuring Peter Simon Photography and Ronni Simon Designs.

Ruel Gallery

The Ruel Gallery is open for its fourth season, featuring paintings by Colin Ruel. New this season: his one of a kind oyster knives! Also featured is Nettie...

Stitching Time: Quilts by Men Serving Life Sentences

Twenty quilts by men serving life sentences at Louisiana State Penitentiary — aka "Angola" prison — for the former plantation on which it was built, combine...

Exhibit: Collide

Special guest curator: Kara Taylor. Here 23 artists come together in a multitude of expressive mediums, each unique to themselves and their country of...

Exhibit: Fibers of My Soul

Group exhibition featuring on-Island and off-Island artists: Adana Tillman, Amber Robles-Gordan, Andrea Grillo, Daryl Royster Alexander, Ella Mahoney,...

Exhibit: the Gretchen Feldman Collection

View works painted by Gretchen Feldman in her Chilmark studio. Gretchen, a former textile conservator, was born in 1934 in Philadelphia. She lived and...

Living Landmarks: Scrimshaw from the Carnegie Heritage Center

The Vineyard Preservation Trust's collection of traditional scrimshaw will be on exhibit, paired with contemporary pieces by Island artist Darrel Morris.

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.

Indigo Vat Natural Dye Class

Bring something to dye indigo blue for our natural dyes weekly workshop! We will have some white goods for sale. Just watching is fine too!

Cape Pogue Discovery Tour

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

Kriya Himalayan Yoga

Awakening Souls Festival of Music and Art. Join us for Kriya Himalayan Yoga with Maggie Ward.

Book Signing with Antonia Deignan, author of Underwater Daughter: A Memoir of Survival and Healing

Underwater Daughter follows how Tuni grappled with her relationship with her parents, the aftermath of her rape, an eating disorder, drug and alcohol...

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...

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...

Poetry, Meet and Greet with Danny Simmons Jr.

Join the Mariposa Museum for a reception for Danny's mixed media Sister2Sista series, on view and yours to acquire at the Mariposa Museum. Meet Danny and...

Climate Book Club

Come join us for our Climate Book Club at the West Tisbury Library! Our next meeting will be August 27 at 4 p.m. at the library on our back porch. We will...

Family Flower You-Pick

Bring family and friends to pick yourself some flowers! This event takes place on Sundays throughout the summer! Join our garden manager Carla in our...

Live Music: Sean and Kate McMahon

Join us on the Tavern patio from 4 to 6 p.m. every Sunday for some stripped down originals and renditions of Americana, jazz, and rock classics.

Art Reception: Gretchen Feldman

On view: A Joyful Journey, a collection of beautiful soft landscapes painted at Gretchen's Chilmark studio.

Oil Painting on Canvas by Marjorie Mason

An exhibition of plein aire paintings created on-Island by seven artissts. This is AIRE MV's 10th anniversary!

Community Sing

Sing simple songs from around the world with song leader Roberta Kirn. No experience necessary. All ages welcome!

Jah Baba

Come dance in the field! Concert features Jah Baba, master drummer and global ambassdor of Yoruba culture, the legendary Phil Solomon on Steel Pans, and...

Sundays in the Park Concerts

The Sundays In The Park Concerts at the Ocean Park Bandstand in Oak Bluffs will begin May 28 with John O’Toole. The concerts will take place on Sundays from...

Film Screening: Eskawata Kayawai - The Spirit of Transformation; an unreleased film from the Brazilian Amazon

Join us at the Milokan Cultural Center in Chilmark for a very special screening of Eskawata Kayawai - The Spirit of Transformation. The film tells the story...

Live Music: Jon Zeeman and Co.

Live music by Jon Zeeman and Co. Rain or shine.

MV Ballroom Dancing presents Swing with Tom Carberry

MV Ballroom Dancing presents Swing with Tom Carberry. Fun informal classes teach dance for beginners as well as creative routines for experienced dancers....

Live Music: Holy Rock and Roll Revival

Brothers Sean and Griffin McMahon provide music and comic relief at this feel-good performance.

Sunday at Sea

Featuring well-known professional island musicians Mark Alan Lovewell and Molly Conole, Sunday at Sea is a show that will make you feel at home. The show...

Sunday, August 27