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The Feast of the Holy Ghost in Oak Bluffs, held every third full weekend of July since 1928: the Queen Isabel legend behind the free soup, the Sunday parade from the ferry up Circuit Avenue, the crown blessed at Our Lady Star of the Sea, the sopas at the Portuguese-American Club, the club the rest of the year, and how a visitor should behave at the island's Portuguese feast.
The complete guide to Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard's oldest town. Whaling history, the lighthouse, fine dining, South Beach, and the Chappy Ferry.
Read More: Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard: The Complete Town Guide (2026)Every confirmed event on Martha's Vineyard in 2026: AG Fair, Grand Illumination, Derby, July 4th, film festivals, and more.
Read More: Martha's Vineyard Events Calendar 2026: Complete Month-by-Month GuidePlan a Chappaquiddick day trip: the On Time Ferry, Mytoi Japanese garden, Cape Poge Wildlife Refuge, Wasque Beach, and biking routes on Martha's Vineyard.
Read More: Chappaquiddick Day Trip Guide: Martha's Vineyard's Wild Island (2026)The complete guide to West Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard's agricultural heart. The famous farmers market, Alley's General Store, and Lambert's Cove Beach.
Read More: West Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard: The Complete Town Guide (2026)The complete guide to Vineyard Haven, Martha's Vineyard's year-round port town. Main Street shopping, Black Dog Tavern, Owen Park, and ferry terminal.
Read More: Vineyard Haven, Martha's Vineyard: The Complete Town Guide (2026)The 81st Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby runs September 13 – October 17, 2026, and you don't need a rod to enjoy it. Free twice-daily weigh-ins on Dock Street, what it costs to enter, where to watch from shore, and the key-and-lock drawing where somebody wins a boat.
Read More: The Martha's Vineyard Derby: A Visitor's Guide to the 81st Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby (2026)Martha's Vineyard with kids: best beaches, Flying Horses Carousel, free VTA buses, kid-friendly restaurants, rainy day plans, and family budget tips.
Read More: Martha's Vineyard with Kids: The Complete Family Guide (2026)A reader planning a trip for May 2027 asked us what would actually be open. The honest year-round map: restaurants, cafes, trails, museums and services that never close, town by town, plus the calendar of when everything else reopens.
Read More: What's Open Year-Round on Martha's Vineyard (2026-2027)Martha's Vineyard's ponds explained: the great ponds sealed behind the south-shore beach and cut open to the sea by hand, the salt ponds with tides and scallops, the freshwater kettle ponds, why cyanobacteria blooms turn some of them green in August and what MV Cyano's colors mean, the nitrogen under the houses, and where a visitor can swim, paddle and watch the cut.
Read More: The Ponds of Martha's Vineyard: Great Ponds, the Cut, the Blooms and Where to Meet Them (2026)A short virtual walking tour of the Martha's Vineyard Museum in Vineyard Haven. Beautiful outdoor space and exhibits covering centuries of island heritage.
Read More: Vineyard Haven Museum Short WalkThe words you will hear on Martha's Vineyard and what they mean: up-island and down-island, on-island and off, going to America, the boats, wash-ashore versus native, Five Corners, the Triangle, the Blinker, Chappy, OB, the Campground, the Derby, the Fair, island cars and the Vineyard shuffle, with pronunciations.
Read More: How to Speak Vineyard: Island Words, Nicknames and Phrases Explained (2026)The free island library · 2026
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