Provincetown Calendar of Events for 2012
FREE PARKING IN MUNICIPAL LOTS FROM NOVEMBER 1ST TO APRIL 1ST!
The off season is our favorite time of year in Provincetown. For those of us who adore Cape Cod, not for the masses of tourists, but for the sky and sand and sea, off season is heaven. There are still plenty of wonderful restaurants, events and entertainment to choose from. The clubs are still filled with charming characters.
Our inn is more affordable this time as we offer low off season rates. We invite you to get in a car or on a plane and experience off season in Provincetown. You will not be disappointed.
We have listed Provincetown events below to aid you while making plans to visit our historic town and our recently renovated bed and breakfast, Gabriel’s at Ashbrooke Inn.
APRIL 2012
Whale Watching season begins – www.whalewatch.com, www.ptownwhalewatch.com
Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum Reopens – www.pilgrim-monument.org
6 Easter Good Friday
8 Easter Sunday
9 Easter Monday
13-15 Provincetown Cabaret Fest – www.ptown.org
14-16 Patriot’s Day Weekend
19 Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies Homeport Banquet – www.coastalstudies.org
20-29 Appearances Green Art Festival – www.provincetownconservationtrust.org
27-29 Spiritual Awakening Seminar and Workshop – www.ahundredwaysoflight.com/
MAY 2012
Visitors Center at Province Lands reopens – www.nps.gov/caco
Highland Lighthouse reopens – www.capecodlight.org
1 Artists United! – GalleryEhva.com
1-31 Annual Cape Cod Maritime Days – www.CapeCodMaritimeDays.com
11-12 Concert – www.outercapechorale.org
18-20 Single Women’s Weekend – www.womeninnkeepers.com
18-24 Spring Restaurant Week & Gallery Stroll – www.provincetowntourismoffice.org
19-20 Monumental Yard Sale – – www.ptown.org
28 Memorial Day Weekend
26 Ocean to Bay Run/Walk – www.capecodlight.org
31-June 3 Women of Color & Allies Weekend – www.womenofcolorweekend.com
JUNE 2012
1-8 International Encaustic Conference and Post Conference Workshops at Castle Hil – www.castlehill.org
7 ASGCC Night at Chef’s Table – www.asgcc.org
9 Veterans and Their Families Fishing Event – www.vetsfishptown.com
14-15 Provincetown Heritage Day – www.ptownlib.com
16 PAAM Annual Secret Garden Tour – www.paam.org
13-17 Annual Provincetown International Film festival – www.ptownfilmfest.org, 508-487-FILM
16 Spring Consignment Art Auction – www.paam.org
17 – August 24 Fine Arts Work Center Workshop Program – www.fawc.org
18 Castle Hill, First week of Summer Workshops – www.castlehill.org
21-24 Provincetown Portuguese Festival & Blessing of the Fleet – www.provincetownportuguesefestival.com
27 Summer Jazz with Bart Weisman @ PAAM – www.paam.org
30 Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies Sunset Whale-watch Benefit – www.coastalstudies.org
JULY 2012
June 29 – July 8 4th of July Celebrations - www.onlyatthecrown.com
4 Parade starts at 11am, begins East End, Harbor Hotel (formerly Cape Inn) and proceeds up Commercial to Franklin Street. Fireworks start at dusk (view from any bayside beach)
7 Fine Arts Work Center Summer Awards Celebration – www.fawc.org
7-15 Bear Week in Provincetown – www.ptownbears.org
11 Summer Jazz with Bart Weisman @ PAAM – www.paam.org
17-21 Girl Splash – www.girl-splash.com
23 – 28 Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies presents WHALE WEEK, a Celebration of the Sea! Sunset Whale-watch Benefit on July 28. – www.coastalstudies.org
25 Summer Jazz with Bart Weisman @ PAAM – www.paam.org
28 Cruise for Life – www.cruiseforlife.org
28 – August 4 Family Pride Week – www.familypride.org
AUGUST 2012
4-5 Pan-Massachusetts Challenge – www.pmc.org
11 Summer Jazz with Bart Weisman @ PAAM – www.paam.org
11 Castle Hill Benefit Art Auction – www.castlehill.org
11 & 13 Provincetown Jazz Festival – www.ProvincetownJazzFestival.org
12-18 Carnival Week: “P-town: A Space Odyssey” - www.ptown.org
16 Carnival Parade: “P-town: A Space Odyssey” starts at 3pm – www.ptown.org
18 FAWC Annual Auction, festivities and silent auction start at 4:30pm, live auction starts at 6:30pm – www.fawc.org
22 Summer Jazz with Bart Weisman @ PAAM – www.paam.org
SEPTEMBER 2012
1-3 Labor Day Weekend in Provincetown
1 25th ASGCC Annual Art Auction – www.asgcc.org
1-7 The Great Provincetown Schooner Regatta – www.provincetownschoonerrace.com
7 Celebration of Life Concert – www.swim4life.org
7 Castle Hill Paints the Town – www.castlehill.org
8 Swim for Life & Paddler Flotilla – www.swim4life.org
8 Yankee Lambda Car Club Show and Parade – www.yankeelcc.com and Classic Car Club Ticket to Ride – www.asgcc.org
14-23 10 Days of Art Festival – www.10DaysOfArt.org
15 Harbor to the Bay Bike Ride – www.harbortothebay.org, www.asgcc.org
21-23 2nd Annual Parent’s Weekend at Seashore Point – www.seashorepoint.org
20-23 Tennessee Williams Festival – www.twptown.org
22 PAAM Fall Consignment Auction – www.paam.org
23-25 Pet Appreciation Weekend (PAW) CASAS – www.casasanimalshelter.org 508-487-4243
23-25 Parent’s Weekend at Seashore Point – www.seashorepoint.org
22 Annual House Tour – Pilgrim Monument & Provincetown Museum, 508-487-1310 – www.pilgrim-monument.org
28-30 Mates Leather Weekend – www.matesleatherweekend.com
OCTOBER 2012
6-8 Columbus Day Weekend
8-14 Annual Women’s Week – www.womeninnkeepers.com
6-8 Monumental Yard Sale
14-21 Fantasia Fair – www.fantasiafair.org
17-21 Provincetown Round Up Weekend – www.provincetownroundup.org
27-31 Halloween Festival
27-28 Spooky Bear Weekend – www.ne-ursamen.org
NOVEMBER 2012
FREE parking in our municipal parking lots… COME VISIT!
6 Election Day
3 Daylight Savings Time Ends
11 Veteran’s Day
21 Festival of Lights: Provincetown starts lighting up for the Holiday!
24 Lighting of the Lobster Pot Tree Lopes Square
21 Lighting of the Monument, 5-7pm – www.pilgrim-monument.org
21-25 Thanksgiving Weekend with Craft Fairs and Great Shopping
Nov. 30-Dec. 2 PBG Holly Folly Weekend – www.ptown.org
DECEMBER 2012
FREE parking in our municipal parking lots… COME VISIT!
1 World AIDS Day – www.asgcc.org
Nov. 30-Dec. 2 PBG Holly Folly Weekend – www.ptown.org
9 David Asher Senior Dinner at the VFW
13 Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies Holiday Open House – www.coastalstudies.org
22 Winter Jazz with Bart Weisman – www.paam.org
25 Christmas Day
31 New Year’s Eve Begin the year in Provincetown! Reservations a must! Call your favorite Restaurant and Accommodation.

