Calling to mind another nativity story, the Yard, the Island’s incubator for dance performance, was born in a barn.

Beach Road Weekend opened Thursday evening with a Jaws screening, and then switched over to three days and nights of music that saw more than 30 acts travel to the Island to play back-to-back sets on two stages.

The Oak Bluffs Select board held a special meeting on August 24 to discuss with Beach Road Weekend proprietor Adam Epstein a schedule of nighttime water taxis from Oak Bluffs to transport festival attendees.

On Sunday, Lucinda Williams plays Beach Road Weekend, beginning at 4:15 p.m., picking up after her friend Emmylou Harris finishes her set.

On Friday, thousands of concert-goers are expected to descend on Veterans Memorial Park in Vineyard Haven for Beach Road Weekend, the three-day music festival returning in full for the first time since its debut in 2019.

It’s show time again at the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse, which this weekend opens a play by Chilean author Antonio Skármeta.