The Vineyard Gazette
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Camp Meeting History
Illumination Night
Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting Association
Illumination Night will held as planned on August 18, but festivities have been modified and scaled back due to Covid concerns.
Illumination Night

2020

The Oak Bluffs fireworks will be cancelled this year due to the pandemic, the town firemen’s civic association said late Wednesday.

2019

On Wednesday evening the Grand Illumination started the same way it has for 150 years — with a community sing.

With Illumination Night, the Agricultural Fair and Oak Bluffs fireworks all on the docket, this week marks the high point of traditional summer events on Martha’s Vineyard. It all begins at sundown tonight, with the 150th Grand Illumination.

2018

The Martha’s Vineyard Camp Ground celebrated its 49th annual Grand Illumination Night on Wednesday.

At sundown the gingerbread houses of the Camp Ground will glow with the light of thousands of lanterns, part of a summertime tradition in Oak Bluffs.

Illumination, the Agricultural Fair, the Oak Bluffs Fireworks, it’s all happening this coming week, the end of summer bonanza that keeps on giving.

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