Please note that these events are preliminary. Check back for updates.

Three Great Locations on One Great Day!

On Saturday, July 4th, the Town of Nantucket will offer activities all day long to celebrate the nation’s Independence Day. Locations include the Main Street area, Children’s Beach, and Jetties Beach.

Main Street Area

8:30 am-12:30 pm: Sustainable Nantucket’s Farmer’s Market, Cambridge Street between Federal and South Water Streets.
8:30 am-12:30 pm: Food trucks will be located on Federal Street between Main and India Streets.
10:00 am-12:30 pm: DJ Scott Capizzo
10:30 am: The water competition between the Nantucket Fire Department and Boynton Lane Reserves may not take place this year due to the ongoing drought. Please check back.

Children’s Beach
10:30 am: P.J. Moody sings the National Anthem and other patriotic music, Children’s Beach bandstand.
10:30 am-Noon: Matt Fee Tea Toss, on the lawn in front of bandstand. Cornhole tournament, on the lawn in front of bandstand. Face painting.
11 am: Nanpuppets puppet show on the bandstand
11:30 am: P.J. Moody returns to sing on the bandstand
11:55 am: Bike parade around the park
5:00 pm: Children’s Games on the beach, 3-legged, wheelbarrow, and potato sack races ending with the tug of war

Jetties Beach
9:00 pm: Fireworks. The show lasts approximately 25-27 minutes and is shot from a barge just offshore.
Patriotic music will be simulcast on 97.7fm WACK radio.
Starting at 6:00 pm NRTA Wave buses will depart from in front of The Whaling Museum on Broad Street every 10-15 minutes. Buses will return from Jetties Beach after the fireworks up to 10:30 pm.

NOTICE: Activities, locations, and times may be subject to change or cancellation at the last minute

For information about events sponsored by the Town of Nantucket, please visit their website here.