Provincetown Carnival

Let’s start with a little history about Provincetown Carnival. The third week in August once ominously signaled “August-itis”, the pre-Labor Day doldrums when tourist-dollars began to slump precipitously. In 1978 the Provincetown Business Guild (comprised of local business owners) wanted to attract an untapped market—one which would keep local Ptown businesses afloat. Ptown’s local business…