Nantucket 4th of July Activities Lineup

Main Street Area

• 8:30 am – 12:30 pm: Sustainable Nantucket’s Farmer’s Market, Cambridge Street between Federal and South Water Streets.
• 8:30 am – 12:30 pm: Food trucks will be located on Federal Street between Main and India Streets.
• 9 am: 26th Anniversary Reading of the Declaration of Independence at Unitarian Universalist Church, 11 Orange St
• 10:00 am – 12:30pm: DJ Scott Capizzo
• 10:30 am: Water competition between the Nantucket Fire Department and Boynton Lane Reserves. The public should expect to get wet within the “Spray Zone” and will be limited in participating in handling the fire hoses of both Fire Companies, but not in the fun of getting wet! Both firetrucks will compete for bragging rights to fill 55-gallon drums with water! Attendees are asked to refrain from bringing water balloons, soakers, and other 'water competition' materials.

Children's Beach

• 10:00 am – 10:20 am: P.J. Moody sings the National Anthem, Children’s Beach bandstand, and other patriotic music.
• 10:30 am – noon: Matt Fee Tea Toss, lawn in front of bandstand Cornhole tournament, lawn in front of bandstand
• Face painting, the corner lawn near the boat ramp and the corner near the playground
• 10:30 am – 11:00 am: Nanpuppets puppet show on the bandstand.
• 11:15 am – 11:45 am: Magic Mark on the bandstand.
• 11:55 am: Bike parade around the park
• Noon – 12:30 pm: P.J. Moody returns to sing on the bandstand.

Jetties Beach

• 9:00 pm: Fireworks. The show lasts approximately 25-27 minutes; fireworks are shot offshore from a barge.

For transportation to Jetties Beach, starting at 6:00 PM, NRTA Wave buses depart every 10-15 minutes from in front of Town Hall on 16 Broad Street. They return from Jetties after the fireworks until 10:30 PM. People are encouraged to use public transportation like the bus service as the parking area at Jetties Beach is limited.

Fourth of July event map below courtesy of the Town of Nantucket: