Once again lanterns will be hung by the porches with care as Grand Illumination night returns this summer on August 18.
Skunks outnumbered pedestrians in the Oak Bluffs Campground Wednesday evening on what would have been Illumination night.
The Oak Bluffs fireworks will be cancelled this year due to the pandemic, the town firemen’s civic association said late Wednesday.
On Wednesday evening the Grand Illumination started the same way it has for 150 years — with a community sing.
With Illumination Night, the Agricultural Fair and Oak Bluffs fireworks all on the docket, this week marks the high point of traditional summer events on Martha’s Vineyard. It all begins at sundown tonight, with the 150th Grand Illumination.
The Martha’s Vineyard Camp Ground celebrated its 49th annual Grand Illumination Night on Wednesday.