Provincetown Theme Weeks

Gay’s for Patsy‘s annual LGBTQA+ (queer) spring dance weekend held in Provincetown, Massachusetts featuring country western dancing with three dances, multiple dance workshops, and a whole bunch of socializing.

Planning is underway for Provincetown’s first Lesbian Visibility Week which celebrates lesbians and all LGBTQ+ women, queer and non-binary folx.

The three-day marathon reading of this nineteenth century masterwork will be held at the Provincetown Library on the starboard side of the Rose Dorothea Model.

Spring is a great time for cleaning house! Provincetown businesses are welcome to market their offerings curbside and residents are encouraged to organize yard sales as part of the Monumental Yard Sale.

Twenty Summers is an incubator for art and ideas. It imagines a more equitable and sustainable future, twenty summers from today.

A fast, fun way for single lesbians to meet other single lesbians – live and in person.

A beautiful weekend, full of beautiful people. Explore Ptown with thousands of LGBTQ+ Women, Non-Binary & Trans friends.

This annual celebration raises awareness about social justice, empowerment, sharing experiences, and healing through workshops and shows.

Celebrate the full spectrum of our community with a festival and rally at Town Hall, the Queer Comedy showcase, the annual Feet Over Front Street Pride 5K + so much more!

Bringing a community of artists together with gallerists, curators, critics and collectors engaged with wax, printmaking, mixed media and professional practices.

CabaretFest "The Golden Era of Night Clubs" celebrate the glamor, romance and singers of the 1940's-1950's.

This 5-day festival showcases over 80 American and international independent narrative, documentary and animated features and shorts as well as panel discussions and special events.

Frolic Weekend is a 5 day celebration of queer joy for men of color from all over the world!

Juneteenth in Provincetown is a time of reflection and celebration, honoring African American heritage and freedom.

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.

Join the Party! REVOLUTION: Independence Week, Provincetown’s renowned 4th of July Circuit Party week features a line-up of international DJs, dance parties, pool parties and more!

Partake in the 4th of July Parade at 11:00 AM on Commercial Street and enjoy the fireworks at dusk from MacMillan Pier!

Provincetown welcomes Bear Week for a special 8-day, annual get-together. Ptown's clubs & orgs schedule events throughout the week for full days of fun, relaxation, community, & true vacation.

Now in its 16th year, the ASGCC Provincetown 5K Run/Walk is a great way to support AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod and enjoy the beauty of Provincetown in the summertime.

This is a great opportunity to meet others who are here for Girl Splash. Concerts, comediennes, parties, dancing and more for the summer women’s festival in Provincetown.

Family Week is the largest annual gathering of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer-identified families in the world. The 2023 fun-filled Family Week will include more opportunities than ever to build community and to get empowered on today’s issues.

Since 2005, The Provincetown Jazz Festival™ has been held in Provincetown, the oldest continuous art colony in America. The festival is a 501(c)(3) Tax-Exempt Non-Profit Organization donating a portion of the proceeds to worthy causes including the Jazz in the Schools program on Cape Cod.

Carnival was created by the Provincetown Business Guild in 1978 and is Ptown’s original summer celebration of community, expression, and creativity. The weeklong festival attracts tens of thousands of guests from all over the world to enjoy parties, events, costume contests and the celebrated Carnival parade down Commercial Street. Start planning now for 2024’s theme: Renaissance X Revolution There will be fun and festive activities all week and the Carnival Parade will be held on Thursday, August 22nd.

The Provincetown Swim for Life & Paddler Flotilla essence embodies Provincetown as a place of healing and compassion.

IWFFA – the International Women’s Flag Football Association is an opportunity for local women and traveling teams to compete in the annual IWFFA-Ptown Classic Women Flag Football Tournament. All skill levels are welcome!

From humble beginnings over 30 years ago, the Cape Cod Classic, held annually in Provincetown, MA, has grown to become NGPA’s flagship East Coast event. This beautiful and intimate setting provides the perfect backdrop to catch up with old friends, meet new ones, and bond over our common love of aviation.

If you are looking for a great way to be social within the LGBTQ community, this is the place for you and that passion for your automotive interests.

Our 19th season will turn to memory: fables, yarns, and revelations by Tennessee Williams.

The 2024 Provincetown Book Festival is a weekend of literary events for readers, writers, and book lovers and highlight Provincetown’s significant literary heritage.

An event that brings together people who are looking to socialize and party with like-minded and leather-wearing peers.

Provincetown’s genre-bending, Queer music festival that celebrates the freedom, breadth, and power of Queer expression in a village at the end of the world that has long been a safe haven for rebels, adventurers, artists, and liberated souls of all stripes.

Provincetown has a new theatre festival in town and unlike the other festivals, this one is devoted to the development of new dramatic works written by the Cape’s most promising playwrights.

40 years with Women, Our culture & Our community Women’s Week has grown into a festival with over 300 events that attracts some of the most talented performers in the LGBTQ scene from all across the world as well as from the local community.

TransWeek is Celebrating 50 Years! Part learning experience, part social gathering, and part reunion, TransWeek (previously known as Fantasia Fair), is a full immersion experience

Provincetown is an opportunity to “do” Halloween right—Bear style! Northeast Ursamen will be Spooky!

The Provincetown Food & Wine Festival will focus on the local cuisine, chefs and restaurants of Ptown.

The Annual Lighting of the Pilgrim Monument commemorates the day in 1620 that the Mayflower Pilgrims made first landfall in the New World and dropped anchor in Provincetown Harbor.

In addition to the competition and the following Victory Celebration, the weekend is full of opportunities to socialize and show off your gear.

A quintessential New England holiday awaits you along Commercial Street as Ptown’s shops, galleries, restaurants & attractions offer a charming, intimate getaway.

With hundreds of unique shops, galleries and attractions in Provincetown, the Provincetown Business Guild encourages the LGBTQ+ community and our friends to support small businesses here in town on Friday, November 24th – what the PBG & our member businesses are calling ‘Pink Friday’.

A Provincetown tradition to ring in the holiday season the community gathers to sing carols, drink hot cocoa and count down for the lights to be illuminated.

ASGCC’S 41st Anniversary Commemoration World AIDS Day with the Provincetown AIDS Memorial next to Town Hall

Holly Folly’s biggest traditions is welcoming entertainers to Provincetown throughout the weekend. There is a holiday market, Jingle Bell Run and Champagne Brunch (a Santa run in bathing suits), dance parties, sing-alongs, and drag bingo, to just name a few other events.

A four-day-long event featuring holiday parties, events, and performances. The biggest event of the celebration is the fireworks celebration from MacMillan Pier

On New Years Day, Provincetown celebrates the annual Polar Bear Plunge! Hundreds of intrepid plungers meet to run, splash and plunge into the waters of Provincetown Harbor.