Family Week to continue in virtual form.

PROVINCETOWN — It’s going to be a quieter summer in Provincetown.

The back-to-back festivals that have come to characterize summertime in Provincetown have largely been canceled as, one by one, organizers have announced the coronavirus pandemic has forced them to change their plans to keep people safe.

The latest additions to the cancellation list: Bear Week, which was scheduled for July 11-18, and Family Week, which was set for July 25-31.

The Provincetown Portuguese Festival already has announced it will be dramatically scaled back, and the Provincetown International Film Festival was called off.

The biggest events of the summer season, Provincetown Pride, June 5-7, and Carnival 2020 Week, Aug. 15-23, are a massive question mark.

“We continue to monitor and assess developments regularly, and are following the guidance of health experts,” Provincetown Business Guild Executive Director Robert Sanborn said. “Currently the objective of our messaging is to be hopeful and to remind people of the magic of Provincetown so that they know we will be here to welcome them back, but for now to stay safe at home until we can be reunited.”

Although many events are being canceled, people such as Sanborn and Provincetown Tourism Director Anthony Fuccillo are adamant that summer in Provincetown is not canceled.

“Summer isn’t canceled. It will be a different kind of summer, like the summers were 25 years ago, before there were so many events and theme weeks,” Fuccillo said. “People will still come here for the beaches, for the environment, to go sailing, to visit all our great restaurants, spend time in our great shops, walk Commercial Street to enjoy the galleries, take in the sights and savor the food scene. It will be a different summer, and it will be amazing.”

But it will be quieter. These events are held, in part, because they draw big crowds, filling up the hotels, the restaurants and the shops. Without the boost, Fuccillo roughly estimated the town would see about half the tourists it would during a typical summer.

“But we don’t know that,” he quickly added.

It’s all going to depend on the timeline of recovery. When will the virus be under control? When will people have money for vacations? When will people be emotionally ready? It’s hard to predict things like that, but Fuccillo said Provincetown will be waiting.

“Once residents and visitors are able to rise out of isolation they are going to want to get out and enjoy themselves, they will want to heal, and Provincetown is that place of comfort for so many people,” he said.

In the meantime, events are pivoting their focus. Although there will not be an in-person Family Week, Stan J. Sloan, CEO of Family Equality, said the spirit is still very much alive.

“As we watched other large destination events like the Tokyo Olympics be postponed or canceled, we realized that the activities and gatherings aren’t what make Family Week — and Provincetown as a whole — so special. It’s the commitment we make as a community to support and protect each other no matter what,” he said in a statement. “We’ve pivoted our efforts: We’re now working harder than ever to deliver the energy, community and entertainment of Provincetown’s Family Week to people’s computer screens ... Family Equality is determined to bring the spirit and support of Provincetown into our families’ homes — at a time when we all dearly need it.”

More information on virtual Family Week, which is no longer confined to a single week but going on now, is available online at familyequality.org/neighborhood/.