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Back in the days of small traveling circuses and vaudevillian entertainment, actors and crew trekked from town to town to present their shows before moving on to the next venue. Sometimes, things get lost along the way. That’s what’s happened to...
August 14, 2025. the ptownie dispatch!
Provincetown in Full Plumage
In Provincetown, Carnival sparkles, art astonishes, theater enchants, and drag dazzles—where every street feels like a stage, every gallery a dream, and every costume a love letter to joy.
The ptownie Calendar ensures you don’t miss a thing.
The Theater Offensive Takes Provincetown!
August 15, 2025 at The Commons
The Theater Offensive Takes Provincetown for a cocktail hour gathering with performances you won’t want to miss at The Commons! Please join us for an early evening gathering where you’ll get to know our work, our artists, and our vision while connecting with new and old friends! Join us between tea dance and dinner for hors d’oeurves catered by Bespoke Soirees New England, wine, beer, and non-alcoholic beverages, and performances.
Sharon McNight
August 15, 2025 thru August 20, 2025 at The Red Room
An evening of song, with TONY nominated Sharon McNight with Yaron Spiwak on piano at The Red Room in Provincetown! Her eclectic repertory ranges from blues to country to good old fashioned entertainment.
On the Edge
August 16, 2025 at The Mary Heaton Vorse House
Provincetown Arts Society presents On the Edge, a new exhibition focused on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, curated by Gene Tartaglia with The Sally Project. Join us August 16 for art, conversation, and cabaret, featuring 30+ artists and Fine Arts Work Center fellows. Proceeds benefit PAS and The Sally Project. Cocktails & Hors d’oeuvres: 5:30PM Conversation: 7:00PM James Jackson Jr. Cabaret Performance: 8:00PM
Outstanding in the Field
August 19, 2025 at MacMillan Pier
We’re excited to share that we’ll be part of Outstanding in the Field’s Provincetown tour stop! This one-of-a-kind event hosts large-scale, family-style dinners nationwide, partnering with local farms and chefs to bring guests right to the source. We can’t wait to showcase the bounty of Cape Cod’s fisheries and farms with you.
Drag BINGO
August 20, 2025 at UU Meeting House
Returning from a 6 year hiatus – Drag BINGO on the lawn of the UU Meeting House in Provincetown’s Carnival! Join up to 300 people in silly DRAG costumes ready for some serious BINGO games, with 50/50 games, food & beverages, door prizes, costume prizes, raffles, and a special grand prize which only people who come in DRAG are eligible to win.
Provincetown Public Art Foundation: Creativity in the Open Air
On the tip of Cape Cod, where the land ends and the Atlantic begins, Provincetown has always drawn artists, dreamers, and free spirits. In 2020, a new chapter in that creative legacy began. The Provincetown Public Art Foundation (PPAF)was formed with one bold mission: to bring art out of galleries and into public spaces. More Story…
47th Annual Provincetown Carnival – “Summer Camp!”
The Provincetown Business Guild is thrilled to announce the 47th Annual Provincetown Carnival: Summer Camp! Running from August 16 to 23, this beloved weeklong festival—Ptown’s original summer extravaganza of community, expression, and creativity—returns with a playful and nostalgic “Summer Camp” theme. Read More…
Express Yourself: “Circle Mirror Transformation” at the Harbor Stage Company
The setting is a local community center, familiar to those of us who’ve spent time in small New England towns. A chair or two against the walls, lots of room for various activities in the center; you can almost smell the cleaning fluid. There are five people sprawled on the floor in darkness, counting off numbers; anytime two people speak at once, the group is told to start over. Long pauses, frequent silences; these are hallmarks of playwright Annie Baker’s style, and staging them is certainly a triumph for director Jonathan Fielding, who perfectly captures the natural rhythms and subtext of real conversations and the spaces between them. More Review…
Wild West Gala
August 17, 2025
Trevor Tea: Camp & Circumstance
August 23, 2025
Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival
September 25 – September 28, 2025
The 11th Annual Vinegrass Music Festival
October 5, 2025
Women’s Week
October 13 – October 19, 2025
Spooky Bear Weekend
October 31 – November 2, 2025
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