Fall Festivals in Cape Cod

The Harwich Cranberry & Music Festival

Cape Cod is a thin hooked shaped peninsula of land in the south-eastern corner of Massachusetts, which in turn is one of the six New England states. 

Cape Cod Bay has been separated from ‘mainland’ Massachusetts by the Cape Cod Canal that cuts across the base of the peninsula. 

From here, it curves around some 70 miles to the LGBT friendly town of Provincetown, where the 'Mayflower Pilgrims' first landed in 1620 and remained for five weeks before opting to settle in what is now Plymouth. 

In doing so it offers miles of pristine shoreline, picture perfect small towns and traditional fishing harbours, and any number of art galleries, antique shops and excellent dining opportunities. 

The best way to appreciate a good part of Cape Cod is to travel the Old King’s Highway, one of America’s true scenic routes. 

Once providing ports for commercial whaling fleets, it is now the whale watching boats that take to sea from Cape Cod. Fall is festival season on Cape Cod, with a range of annual events : 

The Harwich Cranberry & Music Festival (17 and 18 September 2022) 

A weekend of some hundred arts and craft stalls paintings selling jewellery, photography, and other works of art while enjoying a wide variety of live on-stage musicians and a large wooden dance floor. www.harwichcranberryartsandmusicfestival.org 

The Tennessee Williams Theater Festival (22 to 25 September 2022) 

This theatre festival is staged in Provincetown, where Williams spent several summers working on his classic plays. www.twptown.org 

Cape Cod Brew Fest (24 September 2022) 

The best in craft beer on offer at the Cape Cod Brew Fest staged in the Cape Cod Fairgrounds in Falmouth. www.capecodbrewfest.com October festivals in Cape cod include the Mashpee Oktoberfest, the Yarmouth Seaside Festival and Chatham’s wildly creative Pumpkin People in the Park. 

www.capecodchamber.org/events