ACK August Events 2025
August is just around the corner, and so are some of our absolute favorite events of the summer! See below for our abbreviated calendar, and make sure to get your tickets before these island festivities sell out. For even more island events, visit the Nantucket Chamber of Commerce website.
NISHA's Great Catsby Gala Fundraiser
August 1st, 2025
- Hosted by the Nantucket Island Safe Harbor for Animals, this fundraiser features live music, adoptable animals, and auctioned items. Taking place at Bartlett's farm on August 1st, this event is a great opportunity to support Nantucket's animal shelter. More information can be found here.
Nantucket Historical Association's A Nantucket Night
August 2nd, 2025
- Hosted by the Nantucket Historical Association, 'A Nantucket Night' will "present over 150 objects from the NHA’s costume and textiles collections to tell stories of making, meaning, and island identity from across Nantucket history." More information (including tickets) can be found here.
69th Annual House & Garden Club Walking Tour
August 6th, 2025
- Led by the Nantucket Garden club, this "scenic 'Sconset stroll" will take place from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm on August 6th. For more information, please visit the Nantucket Garden Club website.
The 53rd Opera House Cup Regatta
August 17th, 2025
- "The Opera House Cup Regatta was the first all-wooden, single-hulled classic boat regatta on the East Coast, and attracts some of the finest wooden sailboats in the world. The Opera House Cup encourages the appreciation, understanding, restoration and use of classic wooden boats by amateur sailors." For more information on the Opera House Cup Regatta, please visit their website.