Things to Do in Provincetown Tonight

Provincetown at the tip of Cape Cod is one of America's great performance towns, where world-class drag, cabaret, and comedy run nightly all summer in rooms like the Crown & Anchor complex on Commercial Street. Carnival week each August is the season's peak — a flamboyant, joyous parade and party that fills the town. The Provincetown International Film Festival brings serious cinema each June, the Portuguese Festival and Blessing of the Fleet honor the town's fishing roots, and the nation's oldest continuous art colony keeps galleries opening shows all season. Even shoulder-season weekends here are programmed within an inch of their lives.