Payomet: Big Names, Big Tent, Outer Cape Magic.

August 30, 2026

There is something wonderfully unexpected about arriving at the Payomet Performing Arts Center. Follow Old Dewline Road through North Truro and the landscape of a former Cold War military installation gives way to a large white tent. Inside, Grammy-winning musicians, emerging artists, actors, circus performers, and storytellers have made Payomet one of the Outer Cape’s most distinctive cultural institutions.

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