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Carnival Week in Provincetown

Ptown's original summer celebration of community, expression, and creativity—now with the 2024 theme Renaissance + Revolution.

Carnival: Provincetown's Original Summer Celebration

Created by the Provincetown Business Guild in 1978, Carnival is Ptown's original summer celebration of community, expression, and creativity. The weeklong festival attracts tens of thousands of guests from all over the world to enjoy parties, events, costume contests, and the celebrated parade down Commercial Street. It's the moment when Provincetown becomes itself—a place where everyone is welcome to celebrate exactly as they are.

Carnival Week Essentials

What makes Provincetown's celebration unmissable

  • Legendary parade down Commercial Street

  • Costume contests celebrating creativity

  • Global community, thousands strong

Your Base for Carnival Week

Carnival Week draws tens of thousands of visitors to Provincetown for a celebration of community, expression, and creativity that's been running since 1978. You could chase the action from a standard hotel room. Or you could retreat to a luxury rental with a private entrance, a full kitchen, and views of the harbor and town. After the parade down Commercial Street, after the costume contests and parties, you have somewhere to rest that feels like your own. That's the difference between visiting Carnival and actually living it.

Carnival Week 2024

Renaissance + Revolution awaits

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