Get ready to unfurl the Red, White and Blue for this summer’s Independence Day in Nantucket. On Friday, July 4, the Town of Nantucket will host patriotic activities across Main Street, Children’s Beach, and Jetties Beach.
Main Street Area
From 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sustainable Nantucket’s Farmer’s Market will be on Cambridge Street and food trucks will be on Federal Street.
At 9 a.m. Nantucket’s Unitarian Universalist Church will host the 26th anniversary reading of the Declaration of Independence.
From 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. DJ Scott Capizzo will play live music.
At 10:30 a.m. the Nantucket Fire Department will face off against the Boynton Lane Reserves in a barrel filling challenge for the Annual Water Competition.
Children’s Beach
The National Anthem and other patriotic songs will be performed from 10-10:20 a.m. by P.J Moody. The Nanpuppets Puppet Show will be from 10:30-11 a.m. From 11:15-11:45 a.m. Magic Mark will perform, then P.J Moody will return from noon to 12:30 at the bandstand.
From 10:30 a.m. to noon, there will be the Matt Fee Tea Toss and cornhole tournaments on the lawn and face painting near the boat ramps and playground.
The Bike Parade around the park is set to begin at 11:55 a.m.
At 5 p.m. children’s beach games will be held.
Jetties Beach
At 9 p.m. the Town of Nantucket firework show will launch from a barge offshore. All are welcome to watch the incredible show.
