Admission is free. It is a fundraiser for Martha's Vineyard Community Services in which you can bid on everything from a sailboat ride with Walter Cronkite to a tour of CBS and the 60 Minutes ' studios with Mike Wallace or lunch with Carly Simon. Anything is possible, so bring your checkbook. This large antiques show, now in its 29th year, features hundreds of vendors from Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York showcasing their treasures. Benefitting the Rotary Club of Martha's Vineyard, the two-day event is held at the Oak Bluffs School the first weekend of August from 10 AM to 6 PM on Friday and from 10 AM to 5 PM on Saturday.
Admission is free.
It benefits the Chilmark Community Center. In the Spirit Festival is a multicultural extravaganza that combines music, dance, food, and merrymaking. You could possibly call this JAWS II since it follows the Monster Shark Tourney in July, but this one's for marlin and tuna. Pastoral West Tisbury is the perfect setting, complete with cotton candy and pie contests. In the livestock barn, different farm critters are judged daily throughout the four days.