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February 7, 2024

RuPaul’s Drag Race Viewing Party

Every Fridays through April 26, 2024 at The Crown and Anchor

Provincetown’s premiere RuPaul’s Drag Race Viewing Party is BACK at The Crown & Anchor! Join Austin Tyler & Mackenzie as the host season 16, every Friday, ALL WINTER LONG! We blew last year out of the water and this year, we’re going BIGGER AND BADDER! Doors at 7pm with show at 8pm! LIVE PERFORMANCES! GIVEAWAYS! POPCORN!

Rev your engines with Provincetown Brewing Co. every Friday this Drag Race Season starting at 6:30pm at Pit Stop! Eat up, drink up, and catch up while we screen last week’s episode before heading on over to the big viewing party at The Crown and Anchor.

Little Devils

February 8-18, 2024 at The Provincetown Theater

Little Devils: 6 fascinating worlds, 6 unique voices, 6 captivating shorts plays. Little Devils will take you on 6 hilarious and heart-warming journeys you will never forget. The Provincetown Theater – February 8 – 18, Thursdays – Saturdays at 7:30pm and Sundays at 2:00pm.

Starting Tuesday, February 20th, our new free monthly Winter Sing-A-Long Movie Night with GREASE, the classic film starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John at Provincetown Theater. Bring the kids! Bring your friends! Cash bar, movie snacks, free parking. Doors open at 5:30pm, and Grease at 6pm!

Thirsty Through the Years

February 10, 2024 at Gifford House

Thirsty Through the Years on February 10 (Lunar New Year) we celebrate the icon that is Thirsty Burlington at the Gifford House in Provincetown.
6pm: Doors open for drinks & to secure one of the limited seats in the FRONT ROW on the runway!
7pm: We will have a fashion show showcasing looks from Thirsty’s closet & pieces she’s handed down to our models over the years!
8pm: will be an auction of pieces showcased on the runway & more!

The Big Gay Sassy Super Bowl Party is Back! And BIGGER and SASSIER than ever!
Spend your Super Bowl Sunday at The Crown, watching the game on our Paramount 188″ LED Screen while also benefiting our beloved local non profit- SUMMER OF SASS! Not into football? Come for Taylor Swift/Usher. Or for the Games, the Bingo, the Food from Provincetown Brewing Co. and our beloved hosts, Peter Toto and Kristen Becker!

Snowbound Leather Weekend XVI

February 23-25, 2024 throughout Provincetown

Welcome to Snowbound Leather Weekend XVI in Provincetown. GET OUTTA THE COLD AND INTO THE HEAT! FEBRUARY 23-25, 2024. The tentative schedule of events is listed below. Please check back periodically as the event draws near as there is always a possibility of last-minute changes.
Sponsored by The Watership Inn, The Atlantic House, The Crown and Anchor, Gifford House Inn, Bayside Betsy’s, Full Kit Gear, Provincetown Brewing Company and produced by Mates Leather Weekend and Creative Director Boggy Fryer.
Meal discounts (other than SNOWBOUND BRUNCH I and II) available at Bayside Betsy’s, Crown & Anchor Restaurant and Provincetown Brewing Company.

It may be winter, but the bears come Out Of Hibernation in Provincetown in March 7-10, 2024. Provincetown is one of the most popular destinations for bears and chasers in the US.
The Out of Hibernation weekend is organized by UrsaMen and the Crown & Anchor. The event is a celebration of the coming springtime and getting out to celebrate. Out of Hibernation Bear Weekend is a fun time of year in Provincetown for all the Bears, Cubs, Otters, Wolves, and friends to get together for an amazing weekend of parties, Contest, games, and more.

Seaside table at the Mews restaurant in Provincetown, MA.

Provin cetown Dining in the Winter!

In the winter, Provincetown’s dining scene transforms into a cozy haven, embracing the charm of the season. We are always asked “What’s Open for Food in the Winter?” Well here it is at ptownie!

The Provincetown Art Association Museum illuminated during sunset.

Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM)

Since 1914, the Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM) has welcomed, nurtured and inspired artists from all over the world– not just to create, but also to connect with the town and its people. Only in Provincetown could this unique relationship between artists and community members become the defining experience of this fabled, outermost point of Cape Cod.

Artists sit outside of the Mary Heaton Vorse house in Provincetown, MA.

The Provincetown Arts Society

There’s a place in the town’s East End that could give Alice and her Wonderland a run for their money. From the outside, the Mary Heaton Vorse House looks like any other venerable Cape Cod abode. But step through the door and you’re immersed in a magical world of beauty, warmth, and charm that is intoxicating.

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Provincetown and Outer Cape Year Rounders Festival
March 9, 2024

LoVeSeXy is New England’s premier tribute to the music of PRINCE
March 30, 2024

Pilgrim Monument Reopens
April 1, 2024

Whale Watch Season Begins
April 13, 2024

Gays For Patsy: Spring Stomp
April 19 – 21, 2024

Provincetown Ferry Service Resumes
May 16, 2024

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