Daffodils on Main St. Make sure to check back this afternoon for pictures from the Antique Car Parade.
The Nantucket Daffodil Festival Weekend is a celebration of Spring on Nantucket organized by the Nantucket Chamber of Commerce. Make sure to send your photos of the weekend to ackphotos@plumtv.com for placement on the web and on channel 22.
Saturday:
9 AM - 4 PM. Daffodil Day Craft Show. Nantucket handmade,
featuring arts and crafts made on island. Clay Art Studio/Nantucket
Artisans Collective, Nantucket Preservation Institute, 11 Centre St.
508-228-2376. ClayArtStudioAck.com
9 AM - 6 PM. Monogram Open Studio.
10 AM. Annual Daffodil Festival Weekend Children’s Parade.
10 AM Staging. 10:15 AM Start. Fun for children of all ages and their
families. Decorate your bicycle, wagon, skateboard, baby carriage or
other self-propelled wheeled transportation with a Daffodil theme.
Cookies, lemonade and ribbons for all! Children under 10 should be
accompanied by an adult and all children on bicycles must wear a
helmet. Sponsored by the Nantucket Island Chamber of
Commerce and White Elephant Hotel, Children’s Beach, South Beach
St. 508-228-1700. NantucketChamber.org
10 AM - 6 PM. Free Daffodil Festival Rug Raffle. Win a 36” round hand-hooked rug - periwinkle blue and golden yellow,
valued at $160. Claire Murray, 11 South Water St. 508-228-1913.
ClaireMurray.com
10:45 AM. Annual Daffodil Festival Weekend Daffy Hat Pageant.
Show off your creativity! Festively decorate a daffodil themed hat -
from elegant to goofy - and come join the pageant! Open to men, women
and children! Ribbons awarded in Adult and Children’s categories.
Sponsored by the Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce, Children’s Beach
Bandstand, South
Beach St. 508-228-1700. NantucketChamber.org
12 PM. Annual Daffodil Festival Weekend Antique Car Parade.
Car staging 9:30 AM - 12 PM on Main Street. Parade begins by taking a
right onto Centre Street, down Broad Street, another right onto S.
Water Street and back up Main Street before taking a left on Orange
Street, through the Rotary out Milestone Road to ‘Sconset. The cars
will line up on Main Street in ‘Sconset for viewing and the Tailgate
Picnic. (please see map on following page)
12 - 3 PM. Fine Art and Daffodils. Fine art reception. Fresh as the flowers! The Gallery at Four India Street, 4 India St. 508-228-8509. GalleryAtFourIndia.com
12:30 - 2:30 PM. Country Village Daffodil Party! Stop by the Sconset office for refreshments! Country Village Real Estate, 10 Main St., Siasconset. 508-228-0030. CountryVillageRE.com
1 - 3 PM. Annual Daffodil Festival Weekend Tailgate
Picnic. Bring along your picnics and blankets and watch the antique
cars vie for top tailgate picnic honors! Sponsored by the Nantucket
Island Chamber of Commerce, Main St., Siasconset. 508-228-1700.
NantucketChamber.org
2 - 5 PM. 34th Annual Nantucket Daffodil Show - Rainbow of Daffodils. Includes entries in horticulture, arrangement and photography. Sponsored by The American Daffodil Society Inc. & The Nantucket Garden Club, The Coffin School, 4 Winter St. 508-228-4912. Nantucket.org/gardenclub
Sunday:
10 AM - 5 PM. 34th Annual Nantucket Daffodil Show - Rainbow of Daffodils. See Saturday's Listing.
10 AM - 6 PM. Daffodil Festival Drawing. Enter our
drawing to win our exclusive Soy Lotion Candle. Nantucket Lite Candle
& Soap Co. 14 South Water St. 508-228-8494. NantucketLite.com
10 AM - 6 PM. Free Daffodil Festival Rug Raffle. See Saturday's Listing.
11 AM - 12:30 PM. Hydrangea Lovers! Show and tell session on pruning techniques for home
gardeners. Hydrangea Farm Nursery, 86 Madaket Rd. 508-228-6493.
HydrangeaFarm.net
11 AM - 5 PM. Expressions of Don Freedman Annual Daffodil Week-end Sale. Expressions of Don Freedman, 14 Centre St. 508-228-3291.
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The last weekend in April celebrates the bloom of over three million daffodils on Nantucket Island. Locals and visitors alike show up for Daffodil Weekend, the Annual Antique Car Parade, and welcome of the arrival Spring.
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