Tisbury selectmen have approved the return of Beach Road Weekend, a three-day music festival in Veterans Memorial Park that made its debut last August.
Tisbury selectmen voted unanimously this week to host a second Beach Road Weekend after the three-day summer concert drew glowing reviews from townspeople and business owners.
It began with an open-air screening of Jaws accompanied by the Cape Cod Symphony, and concluded with a set by Phil Lesh and Friends that proved the spirit of Jerry Garcia lived on — at least for one night in Vineyard Haven.
John Fogerty took the stage on Saturday to headline the festivities at Beach Road Weekend with the same Rickenbacker guitar he used at Woodstock in 1969.
Friday’s open-air screening of Jaws with the Cape Symphony drew an excited throng of Vineyarders and visitors to Veterans Memorial Park in Vineyard Haven, which has been transformed into a concert venue for the Beach Road Weekend music festival.
The first-of-its-kind Beach Road Weekend music festival begins Friday night in Tisbury’s Veterans Memorial Park. It opens with a screening of Jaws with live accompaniment from the Cape Symphony.
Beach Road Weekend, the three-day music festival that is expected to draw thousands to Vineyard Haven's Veterans Memorial Park in August, has been a logistical Rube Goldberg invention.
Phil Lesh and Friends will close out Beach Road Weekend, the three-day music festival planned for August 9 to 11 in Vineyard Haven, the Martha’s Vineyard Concert Series announced.
