2010 Annual Events

36th Annual Nantucket Daffodil Festival

April 23-25
508-228-1700
The weekend has grown into a full-scale celebration of winter´s thaw, joyous for both islanders and visitors alike. Daffodils adorn the Island´s roadsides, gardens and shop windows with blossoms of yellow, orange, white and even pale pink.

14th Annual Nantucket Wine Festival

May 19-23

508-228-1128
Nantucket Island becomes host to over 100 wineries of international acclaim with special events including celebrity chef cooking demonstrations, seminars, auction and new Lunch Symposia. Come sip wine in grand homes and dine in Nantucket's world-class restaurants! Call for reservations or visit NantucketWineFestival.com

39th Annual Figawi Weekend

May 29-31

Serious fun, camaraderie, and sailing... that's what Figawi Race Weekend is all about. Over 240 boats & a thousand+ sailors will convene for the Northeast's first major regatta to kickoff every summer.

Nantucket Iron Teams Relay

Island-wide

June 20 12pm

A unique six-leg multi-sport race. Benefits Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Nantucket. Register online www.bbbsnantucket.org

Nantucket Film Festival

June 17-20

508-325-6274

For over ten years, the Nantucket Film Festival has been renowned for its eschewing of Hollywood glamour and its focus on the substantive art of screen writing. The festival boasts independent films, celebrity panels and readings and the annual screenwriters tribute. For more information, please call or visit NantucketFilmFestival.org

Fourth of July Events

July 4

228-7213 or 228-0925

Main St. festivities: 10am - noon. At Childrens Beach: community games, races & band concert, 5pm - dusk. Fireworks at dusk at Jetties Beach

3rd Annual Nantucket Comedy Festival

July 28-31

A week of comedy events benefiting local charities. Last year's events were all sellouts, so please be sure to take advantage of our Patron Pass service to guarantee your tickets. www.nantucketcomedyfestival.com

33rd Annual August Antiques Show

August 6-8

10am-5pm

Nantucket New School, 15 Nobadeer Farm Rd. 508-228-1894

Featuring a wide variety of top-quality antiques from around the world, managed by the Antiques Council.

ACK Race Week

August 7-15

Nantucket Race Week is an eight-day experience that marshals the entire Nantucket community together in a fun-filled week of regattas, awards ceremonies, and parties. For further information visit www.nantucketraceweek.org

14th Annual Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra

August 14

508-825-8181

The Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra will be performing again on Jetties Beach to benefit the Nantucket Cottage Hospital. Tickets are now limited to 8,000 to keep the size of the crowd in line with the beach capacity. Reserved tickets are now on sale online only. General admission tickets ($30/adults and $10/children 12 and under) go on sale by phone in July.

Sandcastle & Sculpture Day

August 21

508-228-1700 Jetties Beach

The rules are simple - be creative! Tools and building aids, ornaments and decorations all may be used, but none are supplied. Contestants are urged to work with biodegradable items,and must take away any non-biodegradable items used. Pre-registration is necessary.

Nantucket Arts Festival

TBD

508-325-8588

Celebrating the arts on Nantucket representing all media & disciplines. For further information call or visit www.nantucketartscouncil.org

5th Annual Nantucket Restaurant Week

September 27 - October 4

Experience exceptional food, wine and Nantucket hospitality in many of the island's great restaurants. Three course dinners offered at $25 and $45. For additional information visit www.nantucketrestaurantweek.com

Cranberry Festival

October 10 11am-4pm

Milestone Cranberry Bog

508-228-2884

Hundreds of acres of cranberry bogs are open to the public for tours. Special buses transport visitors from downtown to the area off Milestone Road, where they watch the process of harvesting plump, scarlet berries by floating them in the flooded bogs.

Annual Chowder Contest

October 16

508-228-1700

This delicious contest challenges Island restaurants to compete for the title of Best Nantucket Chowder as voted by the tasting public.

Festival of Wreaths

November 24 ,26 ,27, 28

Whaling Museum, 13 Broad Street

508-228-18194

Unique and creative wreaths donated by Nantucket artists, merchants and community members.

Thanksgiving Day Turkey Plunge

November 25 10am

Childrens Beach,

Harborview Way

508-228-1110

Plungers should arrive between 9 and 9:30 a.m. to allow enough time to find a parking space. Contact Bess Clarke at the Nantucket Atheneum.

36th Annual Christmas Stroll

December 3-5

A weekend full of Holiday cheer. Enjoy decorated trees, shop windows and residential door contest. Town Crier greets Santa on the Coast Guard cutter as he arrives on Main Street.

17th Annual Festival of Trees

December 3-20, 26, 27 January 2, 3

Nantucket Whaling Museum,

13 Broad St.

Opens to the public featuring over seventy brilliantly decorated trees also designed by local merchants, nonprofit organizations, community members, artists, artisans, and school children, the Whaling Museum will be transformed into a festive winter wonderland.