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The
weeklong festivities include events for sailors, visitors
and spectators. Provincetown’s museums and galleries
offer special exhibits and talks. Look for Sail
in the Arts™ at locations all around
town during Regatta week. Visitors may tour historic
vessels, learn more about them, reserve a seat on a
schooner, listen to historians and watch races from
spectator boats and advantageous areas all about town.
All events are open and free to the public except where
noted.
Friday, Sept 2
Gallery walk and openings in the early evening – visit many of the town’s commercial art galleries and the Provincetown Art Association and Museum to view the collections. Admission charged during the day at PAAM, except Friday night opening shows.
Saturday, September 3 and all week
Visit the Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum. Open 7 days a week, 9:00 am to 7:00 pm. Climb to the top and enjoy the spectacular view. Visit the museum and see works of Provincetown art on display as well as exhibits covering aspects of Provincetown history, the collections of Provincetown native son Admiral Donald MacMillan who sailed the Schooner Bowdoin to the Arctic, and the early American theater enacted here with Eugene O’Neill. The eclectic collection of Napi Van Derek will also be on display. Admission $7.00, $5.00 for students and seniors, $3.50 for children under 15, includes both the museum and the Pilgrim Monument.
Sunday, September 4
Visit one of our local churches. At St. Mary of the Harbor, view ship models and a memorial to the 40 men who lost their lives on an S-4 submarine off Provincetown in 1927, (Episcopal, open to all), 517 Commercial Street. Services are Sunday at 10:00 am, Wednesday at 5:30 pm and Saturday at 8:00 am. At St. Peter’s Church (Roman Catholic), view the beautiful stained glass windows dedicated to fishermen. Located on Prince Street. Services Sunday, at 7:00 am and 12:00 noon, Tuesday and Thursday at 8:00 am, and Saturday at 4:00 pm.
 Monday, September 5
In collaboration with the Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum, the GPSR will co-host an illustrated presentation and book signing by Mark Wilkins, author of "Cape Cod's Oldest Ship Wreck: the Desperate Crossing of the Sparrow Hawk" at 2:00 pm at the Museum.
Tuesday, September 6
Visit the Provincetown Public Library and see the half-scale model of the Schooner Rose Dorothea, constructed as part of the library’s interior. The actual silver Fishermen’s Cup sponsored by Sir Thomas Lipton and photos and artifacts from the 1907 schooner race that made the schooner a local hero are on display. Open Noon-8 pm Tuesday.
Wednesday, September 7
Screening film: Captain Ron starring Kurt Russell and Martin Short, at Whaler’s Wharf Cinema, 7:30 pm, tickets at the door. A Chicago family inherits a boat once owned by Clark Gable.
Friday, September 9
Faculty from the Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill will be directing a children’s art program.
Saturday September 10
Long Point Schooner & Yacht Race – Race begins at noon. Participate in “Paint the Race” on board one of the Dolphin Fleet boats. Follow the schooners as they race alongside local yachts - excellent up close views to paint or photograph. Sponsored by Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill.
All week, Tuesday - Friday
Town offices are closed on Labor Day, Monday, September 5 and weekends.
View the Town’s extensive art collection depicting nautical themes at Provincetown Town Hall and the Provincetown Public Library. Both are located on Commercial Street in the downtown area. Town Hall is open 8:00 am- 5:00 pm, except Friday, closing at noon; Provincetown Public Library, is open Friday 10-5, Saturday 10-2, Sunday 1-5, Monday, Labor Day, closed , Tuesday Noon-8, Wednesday 10-8, Thursday Noon-8, Friday 10-5, Saturday 10-2. No admission charge.
View larger than life photographs “They also Faced the Sea” from the end of MacMillan Wharf across the water on the outer wall of the building on Fisherman’s Wharf. Photographs by international photographer Norma Holt of local women whose lives were entwined with the Portuguese fishing community.
Go into either branch of Seamen’s Bank, located at 221 Commercial Street and 28 Shankpainter Road (next to the Stop and Shop) and see works depicting the town’s fishing industry and sailing tradition.
Walk to the end of the town and visit the Provincetown Inn to see murals on the walls of the lobby and public corridors depicting historic Provincetown, her wharves and fishing fleet.
In the East End of town at the corner of Duncan Lane and Bradford Street see a schooner under construction at the home of Charles ”Stormy” Mayo. She is a labor of love, still in the works. When will she be launched?
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