Blue Economy Events

Learn about the Cape’s lobster fishery from Captain Chris Townsend and experience the fresh local catch! Enjoy mingling, beer from our sponsor Devil’s Purse Brewing Co., and a tasting of a delicious lobster recipe prepared by Chef Tyler Hadfield.

Join us in welcoming Award-Winning Children's Author and Big Blue 2026 panelist Lauren Wolk, who will read and talk about her new picture book "The Outermost Mouse." For more information and/or other dates, please visit the link below.

Join us for the 18th Annual Quahog Day, where Doug will once again come out of his shell to predict the number of Cape Cod beach days for Summer 2026. His 2025 prediction of 80 glorious beach days was truly a shore thing—and amazingly accurate!

A new exhibition at PAAM celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Center for Coastal Studies. “Persistent Curiosity: Charting the Rippled Fabric of the Sea,” opens May 15 and runs through July 19. An opening reception is scheduled for May 22 at 6 pm.

This exhibition presents a group of large-scale figurative works that expand the possibilities of observational drawing through imagination, movement, and expressive mark-making. Visit and see why CCBEF chose Reeves to design the Big Blue 2026 mural!