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Bennett Hall
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Bennett Hall
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Bennett Hall
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September 2025

Guided Tour of Coskata-Coatue Wildlife RefugeExpired

Join our expert guides on this over-sand vehicle beach tour and learn about the fascinating flora and fauna at Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge. Experience beautiful and unique habitats including salt marshes, the barrier beach system, and the marine environment. Learn how sea level rise and more frequent and severe storms threaten the integrity of this rare […]
12 Sep, 2025
9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Wauwinet Gatehouse
111 Wauwinet Road
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Earth Story Walk & TalkExpired

Carl Sagan once wrote, “The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.” While that may be true in terms of physical size, the Earth’s 4.6 billion-year history is anything but boring. Join Dr. Rich Blundell on a journey through the extraordinary story of planet Earth. Along the way we will stop […]
12 Sep, 2025
10:00 am - 11:30 am
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Deconstruction and Reuse WorkshopExpired

Professionals in the building trades can learn more about the basics of deconstruction and materials reuse in these day-long workshops presented by Remain, Boston Building Resources, and the Nantucket Community School. This 4-hour course is designed to introduce sustainable strategies for deconstruction and material reuse. Learn how to give building materials a second life and contribute […]
12 Sep, 2025
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Nantucket Community Music Center Parlor
56 Centre Street
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The Signature Tour: a traditional historic tour of NantucketExpired

Join friendly & knowledgeable guides for a 75-minute tour of the historic sites in Nantucket Town, Sconset, & more. See The Oldest House, The Old Windmill, Sconset Village, Sankaty Head Lighthouse & more. Tour departs daily at 11:15, 1:00, and 2:45. Tickets $45. Book at 42 Straight Wharf, on line at nantucketbustours.com or at 508-228-0334.
12 Sep, 2025
11:15 am - 2:45 pm
42 Straight Wharf
$45.00
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Nantucket Walkabout – Gardner FarmExpired

Formerly a vegetable farm along the east of side of Hummock Pond, the Land Bank’s Gardner Farm property runs along Hummock Pond, a glacial meltwater river bed that once ran roughly 75 miles south out to the edge of the continental shelf. Now closed off to the ocean and filled with slightly brackish water — […]
12 Sep, 2025
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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MiseryOngoing

Misery follows successful romance novelist Paul Sheldon, who is rescued from a car crash by his “number one fan,” Annie Wilkes, and wakes up captive in her secluded home. While Paul is convalescing, Annie reads his latest book and becomes enraged when she discovers the author has killed off her favorite character, Misery Chastain. Annie […]
12 Sep, 2025
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Bennett Hall
62 Centre Street
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Nantucket by Water Sunset Cruise

Nothing beats a Nantucket Sunset. Grab a favorite beverage & snacks and c’mon aboard for one of the best shows in town! Departure time will vary with sunset. Call 508-228-7037 or book online nantucketbywater.com
12 Sep, 2025
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Nantucket by Water
Straight Wharf, Slip #1011
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Open Night: Stargazing at Loines Observatory

Join our professional astronomers for Stargazing Open Nights at Loines Observatory. Get a chance to view an impressive tour of Nantucket’s night sky. The MMA will host varying time sessions of Open Night Stargazing from June 9 through August 30. Please see our calendar for days and times. MMA staff will guide you in viewing […]
12 Sep, 2025
8:00 pm - 8:45 pm
Loines Observatory
59 Milk Street Extension
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Clean Team

Help Clean up various parts of Nantucket. The Clean Team is a group of over four hundred Nantucketers that is dedicated to keeping our Island’s beaches, dunes, roadsides, and bike paths free of litter.  
13 Sep, 2025
8:00 am
The Handlebar Café
15 Washington St
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Clean Team

meeting at End of South Shore Rd. – near the sewer beds lot; Help Clean up various parts of Nantucket. The Clean Team is a group of over four hundred Nantucketers that is dedicated to keeping our Island’s beaches, dunes, roadsides, and bike paths free of litter.  
13 Sep, 2025
8:00 am
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Guided Tour of Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge

Join our expert guides on this over-sand vehicle beach tour and learn about the fascinating flora and fauna at Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge. Experience beautiful and unique habitats including salt marshes, the barrier beach system, and the marine environment. Learn how sea level rise and more frequent and severe storms threaten the integrity of this rare […]
13 Sep, 2025
9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Wauwinet Gatehouse
111 Wauwinet Road
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Storytime with Marshall the Sea Dog!

Join us at the Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum for a special Storytime with our beloved mascot, Marshall! Families with young children are invited to gather for a morning reading and craft session featuring ocean-themed tales and heroic adventures inspired by Nantucket’s maritime history. This program is perfect for children ages 2–7 and their caregivers. Does your child […]
13 Sep, 2025
9:30 am - 10:15 am
Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum
158 Polpis Road
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Dance Party in the Garden

Get ready to move, groove, and giggle at our Dance Party in the Garden! Every Thursday morning, Cory Morgan leads an energetic, joy-filled dance time at the Nantucket Atheneum Garden With songs, silly dance moves, and fun challenges like Freeze Dance and the Cha-Cha Slide, this is the perfect way for kids to kick off […]
13 Sep, 2025
9:45 am - 10:30 am
Nantucket Atheneum
1 India St, Nantucket, MA
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Nantucket Island Fair

The Nantucket Island Fair is a festive, family-friendly celebration with local food competitions, artisan booths, live music, hayrides, and classic games. With activities from pumpkin painting to a dog show, it’s a joyful nod to island traditions and community spirit.
13 Sep, 2025
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
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Deconstruction and Reuse Workshop

Professionals in the building trades can learn more about the basics of deconstruction and materials reuse in these day-long workshops presented by Remain, Boston Building Resources, and the Nantucket Community School. This 4-hour course is designed to introduce sustainable strategies for deconstruction and material reuse. Learn how to give building materials a second life and contribute […]
13 Sep, 2025
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Nantucket Community Music Center Parlor
56 Centre Street
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Read to a Buddy

NiSHA and our certified animal therapy teams, in collaboration with NCS, offer Read to a Buddy, a literacy program encouraging pre-reading and reading skills. This program is a fun, relaxed, and nonjudgemental way to become more confident and simply enjoy reading. Bring a book from home or choose a book from the collection. Registration will […]
13 Sep, 2025
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Early Childhood Playroom
56 Centre Street, 106
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The Signature Tour: a traditional historic tour of Nantucket

Join friendly & knowledgeable guides for a 75-minute tour of the historic sites in Nantucket Town, Sconset, & more. See The Oldest House, The Old Windmill, Sconset Village, Sankaty Head Lighthouse & more. Tour departs daily at 11:15, 1:00, and 2:45. Tickets $45. Book at 42 Straight Wharf, on line at nantucketbustours.com or at 508-228-0334.
13 Sep, 2025
11:15 am - 2:45 pm
42 Straight Wharf
$45.00
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Nantucket Walkabout – Polpis Harbor

Although Polpis Harbor is part of Nantucket Harbor, with its own narrow channel leading into it and two distinct coves or, lobes, this former kettle hole definitely feels like its own small harbor with a mooring field in its east lobe and a few boats in its west cove. Native Americans living around it spelled […]
13 Sep, 2025
2:45 pm - 4:45 pm
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Nantucket Walkabout – Shawkemo Hills Sunset

After hiking through kettle and kame terrain in the moors learning about frost bottoms and when to pick beach plums with Nantucket Walkabout Guide Peter Brace, soak up the best view of Nantucket Harbor watching the sunset over the harbor and Nantucket Sound at the end of the day from Radar Hill. Shawkemo Hills offers […]
13 Sep, 2025
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
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Nantucket by Water Sunset Cruise

Nothing beats a Nantucket Sunset. Grab a favorite beverage & snacks and c’mon aboard for one of the best shows in town! Departure time will vary with sunset. Call 508-228-7037 or book online nantucketbywater.com
13 Sep, 2025
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Nantucket by Water
Straight Wharf, Slip #1011
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Sylvia

Greg and Kate have moved to Manhattan after twenty-two years of child-raising in the suburbs. Greg’s career as a financial trader is winding down, while Kate’s career, as a public-school English teacher, is beginning to offer her more opportunities. Greg brings home a dog he found in the park—or that has found him—bearing only the […]
13 Sep, 2025
7:00 pm - 9:15 pm
Bennett Hall
62 Centre Street
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Nantucket Bird Walk with Ginger Andrews

Explore Nantucket’s birdy landscapes and hidden nooks with local bird guide and Inquirer and Mirror columnist, Ginger Andrews. With so many varied habitats so close together, the Island is a great place to look and listen for birds. Our location out at sea makes for a fascinating mix of migratory species and year-round residents. Dry […]
14 Sep, 2025
7:45 am - 10:00 am
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Nantucket Walkabout – Gardner Farm

Formerly a vegetable farm along the east of side of Hummock Pond, the Land Bank’s Gardner Farm property runs along Hummock Pond, a glacial meltwater river bed that once ran roughly 75 miles south out to the edge of the continental shelf. Now closed off to the ocean and filled with slightly brackish water — […]
14 Sep, 2025
8:00 am - 10:00 am
View Detail

Guided Tour of Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge

Join our expert guides on this over-sand vehicle beach tour and learn about the fascinating flora and fauna at Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge. Experience beautiful and unique habitats including salt marshes, the barrier beach system, and the marine environment. Learn how sea level rise and more frequent and severe storms threaten the integrity of this rare […]
14 Sep, 2025
9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Wauwinet Gatehouse
111 Wauwinet Road
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Nantucket Island Fair

The Nantucket Island Fair is a festive, family-friendly celebration with local food competitions, artisan booths, live music, hayrides, and classic games. With activities from pumpkin painting to a dog show, it’s a joyful nod to island traditions and community spirit.
14 Sep, 2025
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
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Pre-Release Book Signing with Elin Hilderbrand

Meet the author of many Nantucket novels as she introduces The Academy at Mitchell’s Book Corner, 54 Main Street. The first 120 in line at Mitchell’s will get a ticket. No pre-purchase is required. You can start lining up at 10am. Only books purchased at Nantucket Book Partners can be signed. 
14 Sep, 2025
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Mitchell's Book Corner
54 Main Street
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The Signature Tour: a traditional historic tour of Nantucket

Join friendly & knowledgeable guides for a 75-minute tour of the historic sites in Nantucket Town, Sconset, & more. See The Oldest House, The Old Windmill, Sconset Village, Sankaty Head Lighthouse & more. Tour departs daily at 11:15, 1:00, and 2:45. Tickets $45. Book at 42 Straight Wharf, on line at nantucketbustours.com or at 508-228-0334.
14 Sep, 2025
11:15 am - 2:45 pm
42 Straight Wharf
$45.00
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Elin Hilderbrand Blue Book Tour

This new tour is straight from the pages of Elin’s ultimate “Must See, Can’t Miss, Won’t Forget” guide to Nantucket, The Blue Book.  Led by Elin’s sister, Heather Thorpe, this tour highlights Elin’s favorite shops, restaurants, & beaches, & showcases island spots prominent in her novels.  Tickets $100.  Book at 42 Straight Wharf, on line […]
14 Sep, 2025
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
42 Straight Wharf
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Nantucket Walkabout – Smith’s Point Sunset

Smith’s Point is a treat whenever you can get out there. Jutting out into the channel between Madaket Harbor and Tuckernuck Island, Smith’s Point alternates between including Esther’s Island, so named when Hurricane Esther in September 1961 cleaved off half of Smith’s Point from the rest of Nantucket. Although we islanders still refer to Esther’s […]
14 Sep, 2025
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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Misery

Misery follows successful romance novelist Paul Sheldon, who is rescued from a car crash by his “number one fan,” Annie Wilkes, and wakes up captive in her secluded home. While Paul is convalescing, Annie reads his latest book and becomes enraged when she discovers the author has killed off her favorite character, Misery Chastain. Annie […]
14 Sep, 2025
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Bennett Hall
62 Centre Street
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Nantucket by Water Sunset Cruise

Nothing beats a Nantucket Sunset. Grab a favorite beverage & snacks and c’mon aboard for one of the best shows in town! Departure time will vary with sunset. Call 508-228-7037 or book online nantucketbywater.com
14 Sep, 2025
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Nantucket by Water
Straight Wharf, Slip #1011
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Nantucket Walkabout – Sankaty Bluff

Sand, gravel and boulders laid down by the last glacier during the Wisconsinan Glacial Stage was not the first layer of foundation for Nantucket; an ocean bottom created during the Sangamonian Interglacial Stage and another pavement of glacial material during the Illinoian Glacial Stage are also underneath us. The only place to see all three […]
15 Sep, 2025
8:00 am - 10:00 am
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The Signature Tour: a traditional historic tour of Nantucket

Join friendly & knowledgeable guides for a 75-minute tour of the historic sites in Nantucket Town, Sconset, & more. See The Oldest House, The Old Windmill, Sconset Village, Sankaty Head Lighthouse & more. Tour departs daily at 11:15, 1:00, and 2:45. Tickets $45. Book at 42 Straight Wharf, on line at nantucketbustours.com or at 508-228-0334.
15 Sep, 2025
11:15 am - 2:45 pm
42 Straight Wharf
$45.00
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The Westender Tour with Nantucket Island Tours

The Westender Tour covers historic sites in Town then heads West to the Village of Madaket. After that exploration, enjoy stops at Bartlett’s Ocean View Farm plus a stop at Cisco Brewery where you can enjoy libations & the food vendors.  The overall experience lasts about two and a half hours. Tickets $85. Book at 42 Straight […]
15 Sep, 2025
11:45 am - 3:15 pm
42 Straight Wharf
$75.00
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Nantucket Walkabout – Shawkemo Hills

Shawkemo Hills offers a hiking experience through a portion of the island dramatically shaped by the last glacier to cover most of North America. From a high spot on this hike, see and learn about the formation of Coatue, Great Point, the Haulover, Nantucket Harbor and inner harbor shores. And from a low spot along […]
15 Sep, 2025
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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Head of the Plains Sunset Walk

Come for a walk at dusk with us out on one of Nantucket’s most extraordinary conservation properties to experience a unique island ecosystem painted with vibrant, waning sunlight, maybe catch a moonrise and see the stars in darker skies at sea. Book at WalkNantucket.com
15 Sep, 2025
5:30 pm
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Nantucket by Water Sunset Cruise

Nothing beats a Nantucket Sunset. Grab a favorite beverage & snacks and c’mon aboard for one of the best shows in town! Departure time will vary with sunset. Call 508-228-7037 or book online nantucketbywater.com
15 Sep, 2025
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Nantucket by Water
Straight Wharf, Slip #1011
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Nantucket Walkabout – Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge — Coskata Pond & Woods

Based on a foundation of gravel, rock and clay, Coskata is the reason Nantucket Harbor exists. All around the wooded area of Coskata, which likely translates in the Algonquian Native American language that the Wampanoag Indians spoke to “at the broad woods”, are post-glacial deposits moved northward by littoral drift from Nantucket’s east shore over […]
16 Sep, 2025
8:00 am - 12:00 pm
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The Signature Tour: a traditional historic tour of Nantucket

Join friendly & knowledgeable guides for a 75-minute tour of the historic sites in Nantucket Town, Sconset, & more. See The Oldest House, The Old Windmill, Sconset Village, Sankaty Head Lighthouse & more. Tour departs daily at 11:15, 1:00, and 2:45. Tickets $45. Book at 42 Straight Wharf, on line at nantucketbustours.com or at 508-228-0334.
16 Sep, 2025
11:15 am - 2:45 pm
42 Straight Wharf
$45.00
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The Westender Tour with Nantucket Island Tours

The Westender Tour covers historic sites in Town then heads West to the Village of Madaket. After that exploration, enjoy stops at Bartlett’s Ocean View Farm plus a stop at Cisco Brewery where you can enjoy libations & the food vendors.  The overall experience lasts about two and a half hours. Tickets $85. Book at 42 Straight […]
16 Sep, 2025
11:45 am - 3:15 pm
42 Straight Wharf
$75.00
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Somatic Yoga at the Atheneum

Join us at 12:30 for a yoga practice for everyone! We will move through the practice focusing our attention on what it feels like to be in the body through slow focused movement. We will conclude with a full body relaxation.  This is a short 45 minute practice that will leave one feeling relaxed and recharged […]
16 Sep, 2025
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Nantucket Atheneum
1 India St, Nantucket, MA
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Nantucket Walkabout – Polpis Harbor

Although Polpis Harbor is part of Nantucket Harbor, with its own narrow channel leading into it and two distinct coves or, lobes, this former kettle hole definitely feels like its own small harbor with a mooring field in its east lobe and a few boats in its west cove. Native Americans living around it spelled […]
16 Sep, 2025
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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Main Street Walking

NPT’s classic tour provides an overview of Nantucket in its heyday and focuses on the portion of Main Street between the Pacific National Bank and the Civil War Monument. Learn about the street’s development and the area’s early residents and architectural styles, as well as how the houses have come to symbolize the island’s whaling […]
16 Sep, 2025
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
$15.00
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A Walk Down Main Street Tour

Nantucket Preservation Trust’s classic tour provides an overview of Nantucket in its heyday and focuses on the portion of Main Street between the Pacific National Bank and the Civil War Monument. Learn about the street’s development and the area’s early residents and architectural styles, as well as how the houses have come to symbolize the […]
16 Sep, 2025
3:00 pm
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Mindfulness Meditation

Each weekly class includes a short talk, a guided meditation, and time for reflection or questions—designed to support a clearer understanding of the methods and help build a consistent meditation practice. Registration encouraged. No experience needed. Open to all.
16 Sep, 2025
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Nantucket Atheneum
1 India St, Nantucket, MA
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Open Arts Night!

We are expanding Open Mic Night into OPEN ARTS NIGHT! Our stage and mic are still open for any and all, but now we’ve added an Arts & Craft component so people may feel free to come and work on any kind of art project while watching the stage show. Bring your knitting! Embroidery! Coloring […]
16 Sep, 2025
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Nantucket Atheneum
1 India St, Nantucket, MA
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Sylvia

Greg and Kate have moved to Manhattan after twenty-two years of child-raising in the suburbs. Greg’s career as a financial trader is winding down, while Kate’s career, as a public-school English teacher, is beginning to offer her more opportunities. Greg brings home a dog he found in the park—or that has found him—bearing only the […]
16 Sep, 2025
7:00 pm - 9:15 pm
Bennett Hall
62 Centre Street
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2025 Annual Events

April 24 -27, Daffodil Festival

May 14 – 18, Wine & Food Festival

June, Nantucket Preservation Month

June 12 -15, Book Festival

June 25 – 30, Film Festival

July 4,  – Independence Day Festivities

July 8 – 13, Nantucket Dance Festival

July 8 – 10, Nantucket Garden Festival

July 10 – 12, Comedy Festival

July , Nantucket Art and Artisan Show

July 14 -17, NHA’s Nantucket by Design

July 18 & 19, Weekend at the Atheneum

August 6, Garden Club House & Garden Tour

August 9, Boston Pops

August 13 – 17, Nantucket Race Week

August 17, Opera House Cup

August, Marine Life Release Day

September: Nantucket Harvest Fair

November, NHA’s Festival of Wreaths

December 5-7, Christmas Stroll

December, NHA’s Festival of Trees