June 22, 2023. the ptownie dispatch!
Provincetown Portuguese Festival & Blessing of the Fleet
June 23 – June 25, 2023 Throughout Provincetown
Preparations for the 2023 Provincetown Portuguese Festival & Blessing of the Fleet are currently underway. This year’s festivities promise to be a wonderful celebration of Portuguese heritage and the historic fishing fleet of Provincetown. Live music and dancing, delicious food, presentations by local fishermen, a crafts fair, and other exciting activities are in store.
The Fishermen’s Mass will take place on Sunday, followed by a procession to MacMillan Pier and a Blessing of the Fleet. Although there will be no parade this year, the schedule is filled with performances and special events that will make attending in 2023 a memorable experience.
Great Music on Sundays @5 is Provincetown’s longest-running concert series of music of our world. Since the inaugural 1999 season, more than 350 concerts with hundreds of performers have provided music without borders for thousands of concertgoers.
UMPO Jaws at the White Lotus
Saturdays June 24 – September 23, 2023 at 9pm at Crown & Anchor
UMPO Jaws at the White Lotus is the latest installment (#18) in the UMPO SERIES. What would happen if “Jennifer Coolidge” visited the White Lotus at the Crown & Anchor in Provincetown during a shark attack? See for yourself this summer as the team from UMPO (The “Unauthorized Musical Parody of…”) tells you through incredible vocals, arrangements and over the top comedy. This popular Los Angeles parody series has been featured on Access Hollywood, Entertainment Tonight and the Hollywood Reporter.
Schartt$ Creek 2. Ew! the Rose family is back in Ptown by popular demand at the Post Office Cabaret with an alternate ending imagined by playwright Jamie Morris who also plays Moira.
Far Land on the Beach Sunset Music
Wednesdays, June 28 – August 30, 2023 at 6:30pm at Herring Cove Beach
Far Land on the Beach is very happy to announce the return of Sunset Music on the Beach for the 2023 summer season at the Herring Cove concession. Live local music will once again return center stage on Wednesdays. So bring your beach chairs and a hearty appetite for food, drinks, music and dancing! The concession itself will open Memorial Day Weekend for our 11th season. See you on the beach!
Head over to the picturesque courtyard at the Crown and Anchor, where from 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM every Tuesday for an enchanting musical journey brought to you by the sensational Donnelly and Richardson this remarkable musical experience comes to you free of charge.
Space Pussy
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 at 10pm at Governor Bradford
There are parties. … And then there are PARTIES!
Everyone’s favorite rock band “SPACE PUSSY” at the Governor Bradford!
Billy Hough is a longtime musician and a 20-year denizen of Provincetown. Thursdays at 5:30pm new show brings together his love of music, his encyclopedic knowledge of rock history, and lots of juicy gossip he’s heard from people who were there.
2023 Provincetown Guides: Summer Magazine
No matter what is happening in Ptown, and no matter what generation is bringing new ideas, knowledge, expertise, and energy to the town, the one thing we know will always be here is Provincetown’s inimitable magic, and ptownie feels blessed to be a part of this crazy, beautiful, intimate, outrageous place.
A (Black) Flash in the Pan: Provincetown’s Boogeyman
A number of names were tried on to describe it, some calling it the Devil of the Dunes, others the Provincetown Phantom; but it’s the name that stuck, the Black Flash, which took into account the creature’s impossible speed.
Take a Moment for Moment Sailing, 10 Years Young!
If you want a more private sailing experience than those offered by the whale watch and the schooners, then Moment Sailing is for you! This beautiful sailboat offers private, captained two-, four- or six-hour sails in Provincetown Harbor for up to six guests from late May to September.
Provincetown Portuguese Festival
June 23, 2023 to June 25, 2023
Great Music on Sundays
June 25, 2023 to September 17, 2023
Far Land on the Beach – Sunset Music
Wednesdays, June 28, 2023 to August 30, 2023
Revolution: Independence Week
July 1, 2023 to July 8, 2023
Bear Week
July 9, 2023 to July 15, 2023
Girl Splash
July 19, 2023 to July 22, 2023