Saturday, October 24th from 10 AM–2 PM at the Ag Hall
Sábado, 24 de outubro, das 10h às 14h, no Ag Hall.
Mark your calendars for our sixth annual Harvest Festival! Expect all the classics: pumpkin carving, local farm animals, crafts and games for kids and adults, gardening and sustainability demos, tractors, antique power displays, and scavenger hunts. Plus plenty of contests (Corn husking! Squash toss! Pie eating!), a clothing swap, indigo dyeing, local eats, and live music by Blues Switch and the Flying Elbows.
Reserve a data para o nosso sexto Festival da Colheita anual! Espere por todas as atrações clássicas: escultura em abóboras, animais de sítios locais, artesanato e brincadeiras para crianças e adultos, demonstrações de jardinagem e sustentabilidade, tratores, exposição de maquinário antigo e caça ao tesouro. Além disso, haverá muitas competições (descascamento de milho, arremesso de abóbora, concurso de tortas), troca de roupas, tingimento com índigo, comidas locais e música ao vivo com as bandas Blues Switch e Flying Elbows.
We can't wait to celebrate the season with you all!
Mal podemos esperar para celebrar a estação com todos vocês!
COST: FREE and open to all, no registration required. This program is funded in part by a grant from the Martha’s Vineyard Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
CUSTO: Gratuito e aberto a todos; não é necessária inscrição. Este programa é financiado em parte por uma subvenção do Martha’s Vineyard Cultural Council, uma agência local apoiada pelo Mass Cultural Council, uma agência estadual.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
All-Day Activities
Pumpkin Carving
Face Painting
Touch a Tractor
Clothing Swap
Hay Bale Maze
Scavenger Hunt
Oat Pools and Mud Kitchens
Cow Chip Bingo
Chilmark the Ox
Antique Power Museum
Local Food Vendors
Timed Activities
9 AM to 12 PM: West Tisbury Farmers Market
9 AM to 12 PM: Music by Blues Switch
10 AM to 12 PM: Meet a Beekeeper
10:30 AM: Indigo Dyeing with Rebecca Gilbert
10:30 AM: Sack Races
11 AM: Shucking Lesson and Demo with MV Shellfish Group
11:30 AM: Corn Husking
12 PM: Indigo Dyeing with Rebecca Gilbert
12 to 1 PM: Music by the Flying Elbows
12 to 2 PM: Ask Me Anything with Gardener Faren Osnoss
12:30 PM: Squash Toss
1 to 2 PM: Square Dance
1:30 PM: Indigo Dyeing with Rebecca Gilbert
2 PM: Pie Eating Contest
Family Education
Why Knot? Knot-Tying with the Ag Society
Celebrate the Joy of Saving and Sharing Seeds with the MV Community Seed Library
Learn about Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency with Vineyard Power
Founding Foods: Seasonal Eating on Martha's Vineyard Before Refrigeration with Norah Van Riper, Itinerant Historian
Nature’s Tiny Helpers: Build a Pollinator with Slough Farm
Play Corn Hole with Felix Neck
Learn How to Shuck Shellfish with the MV Shellfish Group
Button Making, Bookmark Making, and Mobile Library with Martha's Vineyard Library Association
Learn how to "Put Up the Harvest" and Make Your Own Colorful Mosaic Takeaway Craft with MV Museum
Halloween Costume Swap, Corn Hole, and DIY Tote-Bag Making with Vineyard Conservation Society
Tick and Deer Activities with Tick Free MV
Learn about Time Banking with Time Bank MV
Apple Cider Pressing with Island Grown Initiative
WE NEED VOLUNTEERS!
It takes a village to pull off a free community event. If you love the Harvest Festival, please volunteer! Sign up here. All volunteers will receive a free 2026 Fair volunteer shirt!