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Celebration of Life Concert
September 5, 2025 @ 8:00 pm
On the Friday after Labor Day since 1994, the historic and elegant sanctuary of Provincetown’s Unitarian Universalist Meeting House in the center of town has been the home of an event filled with music, celebration, life, memory, and joy. It is the annual CELEBRATION OF LIFE concert, free in every aspect of the word: free admission, free performances, free space, time and labor. It is Provincetown’s longest running free music festival. This year’s 29th event begins on Friday, September 5 at 8pm.
Hundreds of performers have shared their talents throughout the years. The Celebration of Life’s spirit is another expression of the legendary caregiving capacity that Provincetown’s people continue to express in their daily lives.
This year’s performers include André Bois, Frankie Campofelice, Chanthoeun Collins, Ken Field, Sue Goldberg, Billy Hough, Frederick Jodry, Andy Lantz, Roxanne Layton, Loren Lee, Zoë Lewis, Marissa Miller, Sylvie Richard, Miss Richfield 1981, Fermín Rojas, Sam Sewell, Hilarie Tamar, John Thomas, Janet Villas, Rev. Kate Wilkinson and other surprises.
The Celebration of Life concert is not a fund-raiser: it’s a FUN-raiser. The path to the front door guides hundreds of Provincetown’s extended community into the sanctuary where drumming fill the space. At precisely 8 pm, hundreds of colorful prayer ribbons rise up until they arch from the top of the trompe l’oeilceiling to begin another Celebration of Life.
The Celebration of Life is produced and hosted by John Thomas and co-sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Meeting House of Provincetown and Great Music on Sundays @5. The Celebration of Life is presented in association with the annual Provincetown Swim for Life and Paddler Flotilla, which launches the next morning.
