181. Misty Meadows Horse Farm
City: Cape Cod, MA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (508) 693-1870
Description: Misty Meadows is a trail farm that is only open during the summer. It offers family-oriented trail rides in the forest behind the farm.
182. Martha’S Vineyard Ice Arena
City: Cape Cod, MA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (508) 693-5329
Description: This arena is open for skating, lessons, and hockey games from the beginning of Aug through mid-Apr. Summer camps are offered in hockey and figure skating.
183. Martha’S Vineyard Oceansports
City: Cape Cod, MA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (508) 693-8476
Description: This business rents Jet Skis and will take you out for an afternoon of waterskiing or for the ride of your life—parasailing. The instructors are Coast Guard licensed and insured. Call ahead for reservations.
184. Martha’S Vineyard Oceansports
City: Cape Cod, MA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (508) 693-8476
Description: Hourly, daily, weekly, and seasonal rentals of Boston Whalers. You may also rent parasailing, waterskiing, wakeboarding, Jet Skiing, and tubing equipment. Professional instruction is available.
185. Wmvy Annual Chili Contest
City: Cape Cod, MA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (508) 693-5000
Description: This fund-raiser held in late Jan (usually on Sat the weekend before Super Bowl Sunday) and sponsored by WMVY radio station is sure to warm you up. One category involves the island’s top chefs, and the other is for amateurs. A fee, usually about $20, will get you in the door to sample all the chili you can eat.
186. Oak Bluffs Memorial Day 5K Road Race
City: Cape Cod, MA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (508) 693-7887
Description: Memorial Day weekend kickoffs the new tourist season here on the island. It is also the weekend for the annual Memorial Day 5K Road Race, held on Sunday. You can sign up at the Wesley Hotel.
187. Oak Bluffs Annual Harbor Festival
City: Cape Cod, MA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (508) 693-2892
Description: This is a festive waterfront celebration that attracts both locals and tourists in large numbers. Bands fill the air with sound while seafood fills the air with aroma. There are games and arts and crafts booths to keep kids and adults entertained. Admission is free. Sponsored by the Oak Bluffs Association, this event takes place in mid-June from noon to 5 p.m. with a rain date of the next day.
188. A Taste Of The Vineyard
City: Cape Cod, MA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (508) 627-4440
Description: Sample food and drink from the island’s finest eateries and beverage merchants on Thurs night and be wined and dined at the live auction featuring various goods and services on Sat night. It is held in mid-June under a tent next to the Old Whaling Church. Tickets for Thurs night are $125 and $150 Sat night. All money raised benefits the Martha’s Vineyard Preservation Trust.
189. Farmers’ Market
City: Cape Cod, MA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (508) 693-0085
Description: Held at the old Grange Hall on Saturdays from June to Oct and on Wednesdays from June to Aug, this farmers’ market offers fresh locally grown vegetables, homemade baked goods, and artisans selling arts and crafts.
190. Vineyard Haven And Oak Bluffs Band Concerts
City: Cape Cod, MA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (508) 645-3458
Description: Now this is an island vacation—music on a summer night! Sunday night is the night for band concerts, alternating between Owen Park in Vineyard Haven and Ocean Park in Oak Bluffs. You might want to bring your own lawn chair or blanket. The band is the Vineyard Haven Band Inc., and the admission is free.
191. Tisbury Birthday And Street Fair
City: Cape Cod, MA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Description: Tisbury is the second-oldest town on the island, incorporated in 1671 just after Edgartown. To celebrate its incorporation, the town throws itself a party in early July, and you are invited. Festivities include games, live entertainment, and craft booths. Of course, food is available as well.
192. Edgartown Regatta
City: Cape Cod, MA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (508) 627-4364
Description: This 80-year-old regatta is one of the largest amateur sailing events in the area, usually beginning the third Thurs in July and running throughout the weekend. Races include anything from smaller boats to large cruising vessels. The race weekend attracts large crowds to Edgartown, so you may want to make your room reservations months in advance.
193. Portuguese Holy Ghost Feast
City: Cape Cod, MA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (508) 693-9875
Description: Portuguese first arrived on the island in the early to mid-18th century as merchant seamen or on whaling vessels. Portuguese-American heritage is the focus of the Holy Ghost Feast—a festival of games, entertainment, and some of the greatest food on the planet. The festival is held in mid-July at the Portuguese-American Club.
194. Monster Shark Fishing Tournament
City: Cape Cod, MA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (781) 834-2899
Description: This controversial shark tournament has drawn the ire of the Humane Society of the United States and the late Peter Benchley, the author of Jaws, and later his widow. Despite, or perhaps because of, the controversy, this three day tournament held toward the end of July remains popular. Local charters and anglers alike vie to land the largest shark. Registration is held at Oak Bluffs’ Wesley Hotel. Call the Boston Big Game Fishing Club for more information.
195. All Island Art Show
City: Cape Cod, MA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (508) 693-0525
Description: The famed Tabernacle at the Methodist campgrounds in Oak Bluffs is the site of this art show in early Aug. The event is well attended, as the work is of the highest caliber. Admission is free.