2018 Highlighted Events

Annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony and Community Caroling presented by Stop & Shop

Nantucket Noel kicks off at dusk on November 23rd with the annual Tree Lighting & Community Caroling Ceremony sponsored by Stop & Shop. Main Street - closed to traffic - teems with well wishers who gather in anxious expectation as the countdown begins and over 150 trees magically come alive in a blaze of light and joyous caroling fills the air! Sign your Business up! The Annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony & Community Caroling will be Nov. 29, 2019.

Chamber's 45th Annual Nantucket Stroll Weekend presented by The Steamship Authority

Now in its 45^th year, the island’s world-renowned signature event lovingly dubbed “Stroll” takes place the following weekend, November 30 - December 2, featuring the eagerly anticipated arrival of Santa via his nautical “sleigh” at noon on Saturday, December 1^st. Sponsored by The Steamship Authority, this year's theme is "It's a Beautiful Stroll in the Neighborhood". A host of holiday activities, including strolling carolers in Victorian garb, the Magical Talking Tree, craft shows, a European-style Christmas Marketplace and more insure fun for the entire family. Sign your Business up! The Chamber's 46th Annual Nantucket Stroll Weekend will be Dec. 6 - Dec. 8, 2019.

Red Ticket Drawing

To encourage shopping local for the holiday season and promote the sustainability of island commerce, the Chamber continues its popular Holiday Red Ticket Program, with participating Chamber member businesses giving out one red ticket for every $25 purchase.  At 3pm on December 24^th, 5 lucky winners of $1,000, one extra-lucky winner of $5,000 and one surprise winner will be chosen at random from the multitude of tickets filling the enormous bed of a Don Allen Ford truck parked outside the Pacific Bank at the head of Main Street. Sign your Business up!

Nantucket New Year's

The month of December draws to a close with the Nantucket Hotel and Resort’s presentation of a “Gala Nautical Dinner & Dance Party” on New Year’s Eve—its 7^th annual holiday fete.  Resort “chic” and / or nautical attire is encouraged, and attendees will enjoy an Opening Reception with hors d’oeuvres and complimentary wine, and partake of a deconstructed multi-course clambake and dessert to ring in 2019.