2023 Summer on Martha’s Vineyard!
HoverFly Events was delighted to be involved in many of the
great events that happened on the island last season.
Meet the HoverFly Events Team!
PAST EVENT
Vineyard Gazette Presents: Free as the Wind - The Amistad
June 15-19
Edgartown, MA | Vineyard Haven, MA
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Best of the Vineyard 2023
June 8, 2023
Farm Neck Golf Club, Oak Bluffs, MA
Client: Martha’s Vineyard Magazine/Vineyard Gazette Media Group
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Martha’s Party Wedding + Event Planners Conference
May 15-17, 2023
The Winnetu Oceanside Hotel & Resort
Client: Island Weddings/Vineyard Gazette Media Group
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PAST EVENT
Juneteenth on Martha’s Vineyard - The Amistad
Client: Vineyard Gazette Media Group
The schooner Amistad, a replica of the historic ship that became famous after a group of enslaved Africans led a successful revolt and won their freedom in the U.S. Supreme Court, will drop anchor here on the island for Juneteenth weekend.
Organized by the Vineyard Gazette Media Group. and sponsored by Vineyard Wind, the History Makers and Toyota, the Amistad's arrival on Friday, June 16 will kick off a packed, three-day holiday weekend of speakers and events with the theme of Free as the Wind, celebrating escapes from enslavement in America on the high seas.
PAST EVENT
Juneteenth Jubilee Celebration on Martha's Vineyard - Vineyard Gazette Media Group
Come celebrate joy and culture on the beautiful island of Martha's Vineyard. There are family events, arts, history, and entertainment for everyone!
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A world class line up of LIVE performances for our first ever Jubilee Fest to celebrate Juneteenth as a national holiday of freedom and joy. We have a local and national line-up of trailblazers and icons to help us celebrate. General admission is free but we do ask that we register for open seating. We do have dedicated seating for sponsor who donate to the Haven Arts Foundation. There will be virtual tickets for those who cannot be on island but wish to support and participate.
The festival is a 3-day multi-disciplinary celebration of freedom and joy with an acknowledgement of the contributions of African Americans to the cultural diaspora of the nation. The event is welcome to all and free to the public and will include icons and trailblazers in multi-disciplinary arts including film, music, art, literature, history and culinary arts.
PAST EVENT
Martha’s Vineyard Magazine announces the 2022 Best of the Vineyard winners! Come celebrate at the season's opening party!
Food, drinks, door prizes, music, and the awards!
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Def Poetry Reunion benefit performance presented by Danny Simmons - Martha's Vineyard Performing Arts Center
Featuring performances by Black Ice, Jessica Care Moore, Ursula Rucker, Kayo Charles, and Elisabet Velasquez.
In support of The August Wilson African American Cultural Center, The Mariposa Museum, and Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation.
PAST EVENT
Cook The Vineyard Presents: Beyond Recipes, How Stories Shape the New Cookbook - Atria Restaurant, Edgartown.
With Authors, Bryant Terry and Nicole A. Taylor - Moderated by Bon Appetit & Epicurious Editor-in-Chief, Dawn Davis.
PAST EVENT
2022 Union Chapel Young Preacher Series Presents - Matters of the Heart
Join Pastor Gabby Cudjoe Wilkes & Pastor Andrew Wilkes, Rev. William D. Carter - Psalmist, Rev. Edwin Estevez, Pastor Danielle Brown, Pastor Charles Goodman, and Pastor Ashley Abercrombie.
PAST EVENT
Union Chapel Free Concert Series - Every Wednesday at noon.
Featuring Bands: The Vineyard Sound, Jeremy Berlin and Eric Johnson, Harper and the Minstrel, Johnny Hoy and Delonie Pickering, Mike Benjamin, Becky Williams and Rich Giaimo, and Blue Yonder.
FREE EVENT | OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | ALL AGES
PAST EVENT
Charles Ogletree Public Forum Series Presents: Telling Our Stories - Perspectives from Blacks in the Media.
Featured Panelists Include Kimberly Atkins Stohr - Senior Opinion Writer and Columnist - The Boston Globe | Kimbriell Kelly Washington Bureau Chief - Los Angeles Times | Michael Holley - NBC Sports Boston, Best-Selling Author | Kelle Rozell - Chief Marketing & Storytelling Officer, Color Of Change
FREE EVENT | OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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The Black Party - A Long Talk, Community of Change
An event for the A Long Talk Martha’s Vineyard Community of Change - presenting the Martha’s Vineyard community. Organizations from around the island participate in this day of fun for all ages.
FREE EVENT | OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | ALL AGES
PAST EVENT
Charles Ogletree Public Forum Series Presents: 1619 Project: Race and American History
Featuring Nikole Hannah-Jones Creator of 1619 Project Pulitzer Prize Journalist NY Times #1 Best Selling Author | Khalil Gibran Muhammad Ford Foundation Professor of History, Race and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School | Dr. Kellie Carter-Jackson, Knafel Assistant Professor of Humanities and Africana Studies at Wellesley College.
FREE EVENT | OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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Turning the Tassel 2022
Cocktails and Golf at the annual summer fete to benefit the HBCU College Gap Fund.
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Misty Meadows Presents: HORSE, a Conversation with Geraldine Brooks & Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.
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Charles Ogletree Public Forum Series Presents: Voting Rights: The Struggle Continues!
Featured Panelists Include Rep Ayanna Pressley, D-MA 7th District Massachusetts | Michael Curry - NAACP National Board | Duvalier Malone - Political Columnist & Author, Professor | Deborah Archer - NYU School of Law.
FREE EVENT | OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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Charles Ogletree Public Forum Series Presents: Black Philanthropy
Featured Panelists Include Bakari Sellers - Moderator, Vi Lyles - Mayor of Charlotte North Carolina | Makeeba McCreary - New Commonwealth Fund | Valaida Fullwood - NGAAP | John Jackson - Schott Foundation | Aisha Alexander-Young - Giving Gap.
FREE EVENT | OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
PAST EVENT
Anna Deavere Smith, Race in America: Accepting Difference, Standing Shoulder to Shoulder presented by the August Wilson African Amerian Cultural Center.
