Phil daRosa is a brave man. Come summer there are all manner of forces that work against putting on a successful artistic event on Martha’s Vineyard. Organizing, first of all, takes a lot of work and forethought. Then there are so many other events, some long scheduled, others spontaneous, that compete for an audience limited by the miles of ocean that surrounds it. And if one decides to proceed anyway, as Mr. daRosa did last weekend, to throw a jam-packed two-day music festival, one must be prepared for the vagaries of Mother Nature, who served up two of the hottest and best beach days of the summer.

And yet the Martha’s Vineyard Sound festival at Waban Park rocked and rolled and by all accounts was a success. Bands from on-Island and off sounded great and attendance ebbed and flowed like a solid rhythm section. Daytime was a tougher draw due to the lure of the ocean just over the seawall, but the beauty of an outdoor music festival is that you can hear the music even while doing the backstroke or pushing a stroller along the Oak Bluffs boulevard.

Mr. daRosa has a dream of bringing the music back to the Vineyard. But the truth is the music is back thanks to people like Mr. daRosa, a musician himself, who have long dedicated themselves not just to their craft but to the community of art.

Martha’s Vineyard feels awash right now in art entrepreneurs, artists who so love their craft that they can’t help themselves from creating platforms to engage and delight the wider community.

Abby Bender personifies this perfectly. Next weekend she will perform a dance piece at the Yard and then from August 13 to 18, she will once again host Built on Stilts at Union Chapel, the free community dance extravaganza she created 19 years ago.

Film guys Richard Paradise and Thomas Bena also fit the bill. Mr. Paradise helped transform the Martha’s Vineyard Film Society into what he once called “a gypsy organization,” showing movies all over the Island, to a first-rate year-round cinema center. A surfer and a former carpenter who loved movies, Mr. Bena has evolved from a guy who shows movies to a man who wants to change the world by screening documentaries and feature films that not only engage but inspire action, too. And Mark Snider adds to this treasure trove of cinematic riches with the resurrection of the Strand and the Capawock theatres.

Consider too Whatever the Outcome, an arts organization started in 2013 by chief instigator Craig Miner. The group creates happenings that involve participants in a creative process. Last weekend, dozens of people took part in a Great Gatsby event at the Chappy Beach Club that culminated in the communal assembly of a work of art.

The Vineyard always feels full during the summer months, but this summer it’s not just the beaches and streets that are overflowing. For artists and art lovers, there is always something happening at The Yard, the Vineyard Arts Project, Featherstone, the Playhouse, the movie houses and film festivals, the Book Festival, Consenses, the many art galleries, incubators and instigators and in the bars and sidewalks and parks that serve as venues for musicians and other performance artists.

There is a vibrant community of art on the Vineyard, made up of older artists who remember a different heyday and younger ones who are inventing a new one. The arts keep moving closer and closer to center stage here on the Island, as both a creative hothouse and an economic engine. Not every show will be as crowded as Five Corners in July, but it is inspiring to see the energy and optimism at work.

Matt Heineman, who spent his summers in Chilmark and whose documentary film Cartel Land opens tonight at the Film Center, spoke to the Gazette this week about the creative process.

“If you end up with the story you started with, then you weren’t listening along the way,” he said.

This is as true for the creation of art as for the creation of an arts culture. The scene on Martha’s Vineyard will continue to grow and change. This is a moment to be grateful for the courageous creative ones who keep bringing it back for all of us.