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    December 16, 2021. The ptownie dispatch!

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    December 16, 2021

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    Live Entertainment at The Club

    December 29, 2021 to December 31, 2021 at 8:00pm

    Ring in the the New Year with Lea DeLaria and The Mike Flanagan Quartet along with several special guests at The Club. They will be serving their winter a la carte menu which features Gloria’s New Year’s Eve Lasagna.

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    Light Bright Bike Ride

    December 31, 2021 at 4:30pm starting at Provincetown Library

    The Light Bright Bike Ride is back to close out the 2021 year. Light up your bike for a fun roll down Commercial Street! The ride starts at 4:30 from the front of the Public Library and heads about a mile down the street to the near West End. Decorating begins at 3:00pm

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    Provincetown Follies

    December 31, 2021 at 7:00pm at The Crown & Anchor

    The gayest show in Provincetown is back for First Light weekend. Join a cast of your favorite Provincetown performers for a New Year’s Eve show you do not want to miss. The show is a benefit for the Provincetown Business Guild.

    Check out the First Light Schedule!

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    Annual Polar Bear Plunge

    January 1, 2022 at 12:00pm at Johnson Street Parking Lot

    Run with the pack of dedicated, courageous costumed people into Provincetown Harbor for a quick dip followed by warm-up cocktails and chili at Harbor Lounge!

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    First Light Fireworks

    January 1, 2022 at Dusk (Approximately 5:30pm) over Provincetown Harbor

    Start your New Year off by heading to Provincetown Harbor for the Annual First Light Fireworks Display. Several local restaurants will be hosting cocktail watch parties for the event.

    First Light Fireworks Cocktail Party

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    From the Town Crier: Gallery District Stroll

    Each Friday evening, beginning around 5PM-9PM, is the Gallery District Stroll. Galleries are of course located throughout Town of course, but a large number are concentrated in the East End of town (roughly between Johnson and Bangs Streets, especially around Kiley Court). Sip some wine, eat a cookie, buy some art!

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    Help us celebrate the people and businesses who make the Provincetown experience even better. Results will go live in the 1st ptownie Magazine issue of 2022. Survey closes at Noon on January 5th, 2022.

     
    Provincetown December Schedule

    Provincetown Offseason, December and Holiday Events

    As the shoulder season comes to an end and we welcome the New Year and the “real” Off Season, here’s what’s happening throughout December and into the new year.

     
    Christmas Dinner Provincetown

    Where to Eat for Christmas and New Years

    These are some of our favorite Provincetown restaurants open New Year’s Eve Weekend 2022.

     
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    Provincetown History Snippet: The KKK in Provincetown

    In the mid-1920s the Ku Klux Klan burned crosses in the churchyard and on Monument Hill (the Portuguese were foreign, Catholic, and in some cases dark-skinned, all making them targets).

     
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    Canteen Holiday Market

    November 26, 2021 – January 2, 2022

     

    Christmas

    December 25, 2021

     

    First Light

    December 30, 2021 – January 2, 2022

     

    Light Bright Bike Ride

    December 31, 2021

     

    Polar Bear Plunge

    January 1, 2022

     

    First Light Fireworks

    January 1, 2022

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