For the 18th consecutive year, the Nantucket Historical Association is pleased to present the annual Festival of Trees for the Nantucket community. This celebration of the holiday season features over eighty trees, each uniquely decorated by local businesses, non-profit groups, and individuals, and serves as the perfect way to get everyone in the spirit of the season.
Housed inside the NHA Whaling Museum, the Festival of Trees opens to the public on Friday, December 2, from 11 AM – 8 PM. Following the grand unveiling on Friday, the Festival will be open Thursday – Monday, December 3 -19, from 11 AM – 4 PM, and then again on Monday and Tuesday, December 26 and 27, from 1 – 4 PM, and finally on Monday and Tuesday, January 2 and 3, from 1 – 4 PM.
The 18th Annual Festival of Trees Committee, chaired by Ciara and Jack Fritsch, includes Joan Allen, Rebecca Bartlett, Toby Greenberg, Wendy Hudson, Mary Malavese, Jackie Peterson, Wendy Rouillard, and Tara Young. This year’s Festival is made possible by the financial generosity of several local businesses: our lead underwriter Marine Home Center, and our sponsors, Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank, Trianon/Seaman Schepps, AtlanticEast Nantucket Real Estate, Cape Air/Nantucket Airlines, CMC Construction, Dujardin Design Associates, Hatch’s Package Store, The Inquirer and Mirror, Jordan William Raveis Real Estate, Killen Real Estate, Madaket Marine, Nantucket Bookworks, Nantucket Pharmacy, Norton Preservation Trust, and The UPS Store.
Attendance at the Festival of Trees is free to NHA members and children under 6, $5 for year-round Nantucket residents, and $17 for general admission. For more information, visit the website, or call the NHA at 508-228-1894, ext. 0.
