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Held annually late September-October. Features an art stroll, live poetry performances, concerts, and viewing of the accepted entries and winners of the annual exhibition in painting, drawing, photography, and other media. Artwork submissions for the show are typically submitted in late August for review. Accepted entries are displayed in the show and considered for prizes.
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Twilight lantern tours through cemeteries and haunted historical areas. Scavenger hunt for the young and young at heart.
Run by the Society of Mayflower Descendants, tour a beautiful 1750s house and visit the authoritative library on Pilgrim genealogy.
Reenactment of a description of the Pilgrims walking to church given by Isaac DeRaisiers, a Dutch trader, in 1627. Costumed actors parade from the Mayflower Society House, down Water Street past Plymouth Rock, and up Leyden Street to Burial Hill. Organized by the Plymouth Rock Foundation and occurs on Friday evenings during the month of August and on Thanksgiving Day.
Performances by various bands are given Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights outdoors during the summer near Plymouth Rock.
Built in 1749, the two-story wood frame building is believed to be the oldest wooden courthouse in the United States; it stands on the site of the first (1620) courthouse built by Plimoth Colony settlers, and may incorporate elements of a 1670 building. Vintage firetruck inside.
One of the oldest cemeteries in America containing graves of several Mayflower passengers, many early settlers, and some interesting epitaphs. High spot with nice views of downtown and the harbor.