Spring Festivals

by C. Oscar Olson

It was an especially long Gray Lady winter on Nantucket, and we’re all ready to savor the summer sun and warmer weather and to spend some time in the great outdoors. Whether it’s coffee on the porch or cocktails by the fire, grilling up your fresh catch or just enjoying the view, there are so many possibilities for island fun in the sunshine (or shade).

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Four Fun Festivals This Spring on Nantucket

For an up-to-date events calendar, visit Insider’s Guide to Nantucket: Nantucket.net.

Nantucket Island is ready for a 2022 spring season that promises to be better than ever!

Four fun festivals are being relaunched featuring in-person events that everyone can enjoy. There will be family activities, picnics, parades, events designed for children and some for 21+, art exhibits, parties, lectures, and gatherings. Also in June, the public will have a chance to climb the stairs inside Sankaty Light to see a sensational view.

A variety of activities in several locations are planned for the 2022 Nantucket Daffodil Festival. This weekend of celebrating spring starts on Friday, April 22 with a Flower Power Party hosted by the Nantucket Historical Association. From 6 to 8:30 pm, guests can enjoy a look at new exhibitions around the museum, music and dancing, hors d’oeuvres, a silent auction. Prizes will be given for the “best blooming” outfits. As of press time, this popular party is sold out: to be added to the waitlist, reach out to Ben Zieff at bzieff@nha.org. Photos taken at the 2022 Flower Power Party will be posted at nha.org after the event.

On Daffy Saturday, April 23, the festival fun organized by the Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce begins at 9:15 am, when dozens of antiques cars and some antique motorcycles -- all decorated for Daffy -- line up on Main Street in advance of the Antique Car Parade. This staging remains in place until 12 noon, giving people several hours to view the vehicles and visit with festival friends. At 10 am on Saturday, Daffy fun at Children's Beach starts with the Daffodil Hat Pageant followed by the Daffodil Children's Parade showcasing bicycles, wagons, and strollers that kids and their families have decorated for Daffy. After these Chamber signature events, there will be more family fun at Children’s Beach that includes a NanPuppets Performance, a visit from Barnaby Bear, and giveLauren Ard

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