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The fourth annual Wicked Walk: A Trick-Or-Treat Experience is a free public event that provides a safe, accessible, & high-quality immersive environment for youth & families to celebrate Halloween.
Join The Rainbow Beard Show for a program that includes crafts games, puppets, special guests, and a dance party!
Join The Rainbow Beard Show for a program that includes crafts games, puppets, special guests, and a dance party!
Interact with vehicles and their drivers at this free, family-friendly event.
Get to know Rhode Island’s design community with a festive fall networking activity.
Join Seydou Coulibaly, Moussa traore, and Assi Coulibaly for a community workshop in West African dance.
Free brass band performance by Young Fellaz Brass Band
Celebrating Rhode Island's unique oyster culture at the 10th Annual Ocean State Oyster Festival.
A free, open to the public yoga session on the east side of the park.
Taste, sip and savor with us!
Maker Faire Providence features hands-on making, building & hacking, crafting, garage technology, arts and creativity for sale, robots, and more.
Aerialist acrobatic performances in the park
Come celebrate the culture and traditions of Cape Verde!
DAY TRILL features performances from national and regional DJ talent, art activations, and food trucks.
Meet your fellow exploreres, play lawn games, enjoy some live music, and see if you have the lucky key that will open the treasure chest.
Join the Rainbow Beard Show for a children's program that includes craft time, games, puppets, special guests, and a dance party!
Celebrate the end of summer with an all ages concert featuring local, queer, and bipoc musicians playing original music.
Come out and watch some of the best short films in New England.
Rhode Island Black Film Festival presents Randy Ashe & Company Live Jazz and a movie featuring your favorite black cast and directors.
A showcase of culturally diverse DJ sets
Join the Rainbow Beard Show for a children's program that includes craft time, games, puppets, special guests, and a dance party!
New England's largest and most prestigious festival — Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival™ (RIIFF) — will take place in 195 District Park on August 8-10, 2024.
Help make an art installation to show future flood levels due to sea level rise.
The Summer Salsa Blast, an exhilarating outdoor event that celebrates community spirit with free admission. Immerse yourself in the vibrant atmosphere, indulge in delectable offerings from local food vendors, and move to the rhythm of fantastic music - a perfect blend of fun, flavor, and dance for everyone to enjoy!
Join Endicott Dance Academy for a 2-hour event featuring 30-minute beginner-friendly West Coast Swing lessons, alternating with 15-minute open practice sessions.
Free and open to the public yoga session on the east side of the park.
Let’s celebrate our culture, no bem selebra nos kultura!
Cape Verdean culture is a mixture of African and European culture. Cape Verde has, above all, a vast spectrum of music that effects the diverse origins of the Cape Verdean population.
Participants are matched with an initial puzzle partner to assemble an original Sarah Jane Lapp 24-piece jigsaw puzzle for the duration of a song. When the song changes, partners change, too! Delicious hand pies provided. LGBTQIA2S+ welcome.
A day long free and open to the public celebration to conjoin people of the African Diaspora (Americas, Caribbean, and Africa) through art and culture. Juneteenth is a day for honoring the “freedom” of all people living in the United States. The Juneteenth RI Festival fosters unity and takes on the challenge of bringing together people of different cultures and backgrounds and provides an experience that will band us together for generations.
The film screening of Price of Admission and discussion in honor of Juneteenth and the history of black baseball in Rhode Island will take place June 19, 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM.
Michelle Kaminsky brings specially designed xylophones and marimbas of varying sizes to the park as a pop-up invitation to play instruments and collaborate with musicians.
Rhode Island’s Annual PrideFest Celebration & Illuminated Night Parade will be held in beautiful Downtown Providence on Saturday, June 15, 2024. Venture down to the main stage, providing entertainment for festival-goers all day with a variety of local, regional, and national acts.
PrideFest is one of Rhode Island’s biggest festivals, and for one day you won’t find another event that attracts 50,000+ festival-goers.
The 2024 Day of Portugal celebration in Rhode Island is a two-day cultural festival celebrating the language, history, cuisine, folklore dance, music, and culture of the Portuguese, culminating in a display of cultural floats at the RI Day of Portugal Parade.
Join Providence Flea in their new location at 195 District Park from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM every Sunday from June 2, 2024, through September 15, 2024.
Join Jala Studio: Yoga & Art for a free one-hour, all-levels outdoor yoga class taking place on the east side of 195 District Park, Wednesdays from 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM.
The class will be focused around celebrating summer and the gifts of the natural world. Join us! Please bring your own mat, water bottle, insect repellent, and any props you need to enjoy your experience.
ORCA, Honey Comb Studio, Be the Solution to Pollution, and RICARES are hosting a riverwalk cleanup event in Providence, RI.
Wanna see a Play in a Day? Come to the show on May 9, at 6:00 PM.
The show will star the ASTRO after-school program, along with a special guest.
Would you like to be in the show? Or watch your kids and someone else’s kids rehearse the Play in a Day nearby? While you enjoy a cold beer from The PVD Guild from 5:00 PM until 6:00 PM SHOWTIME.
Join us for a series of free hula hoop classes hosted by Jessie Jewels. Located in the Bally's Event Lawn adjacent to The Guild Beer Garden.
The Guild is hosting local musicians on Friday evenings in the PVD Beer Garden. Updates on their lineup can be found on their website: https://www.theguildpvd.com/#events
PVD World Music Series features traditional and fusion global sounds and dance performed by performers from all over the world who call Providence and New England home.
From January 19 to February 20, 195 District Park will be part of Lumina, a month-long light and art installation connecting the Providence Rink Bank Newport City Center and the park via a light-adorned Dorrance Street and featuring several exciting activities throughout the month.
Making its Rhode Island debut, Prismatica transforms the park into a kaleidoscope of color and sound. Twenty-five prisms invite visitors to engage with the rotating forms while soft bell tones blanket the serene riverfront park.
Interact with Amy the Mime in the park!
Rhode Island Computer Museum, in cooperation with DESIGN WEEK RI and 195 District Park, is excited to announce Fabrication Fest, a celebration of design and fabrication on November 4th, 2023 (Rescheduled from 9/22). The focus of the event is on those places where design and fabrication meet. Everything from traditional methods of making things to digital fabrication with machines will be showcased at this show-and-tell event. Fabrication Fest takes place outdoors and will be free and open to the public.
PVD World Music Series features traditional and fusion global sounds and dance performed by performers from all over the world who call Providence and New England home. The concerts, as in previous years, feature indigenous music histories and customs that have been passed down orally from generation to generation for thousands of years with special focus on traditional African and African Diaspora music and dance performances. The concerts provide an opportunity to learn more about the colorful arts of Africa and its diaspora.
There will be rotating food trucks each event including the likes of: Jah Patty, Spanglish, Mings and Farm to Table. Cold beer and non-alcoholic drinks will be available at the Guild Beer Garden.
Take a seat and lose yourself in a foam of short experimental films featuring Portal Rental’s energetic music, live-action footage, stop-motion animation, and puppetry.
Free! Duration: 8 minutes. The portal can hold 4-6 visitors at a time.
Connect, shop and get inspired at a weekly art market curated and produced by Field of Artisans.
Starting again in the fall, Field of Artisans will be at 195 District Park, setup alongside the The Guild PVD Beer Garden. The artisan lineup will be ever changing. Expect to meet someone new and discover new work each week.
PVD World Music Series features traditional and fusion global sounds and dance performed by performers from all over the world who call Providence and New England home. The concerts, as in previous years, feature indigenous music histories and customs that have been passed down orally from generation to generation for thousands of years with special focus on traditional African and African Diaspora music and dance performances. The concerts provide an opportunity to learn more about the colorful arts of Africa and its diaspora.
There will be rotating food trucks each event including the likes of: Jah Patty, Spanglish, Mings and Farm to Table. Cold beer and non-alcoholic drinks will be available at the Guild Beer Garden. In addition to the food and music, during May and June, the concerts will take place next to an artisan market curated by Field of Artisans.
WaterFire Providence announces Starts At Sunset, a new community gathering on the Michael S. Van Leesten Memorial Pedestrian Bridge and 195 District Park sponsored by the Providence Tourism Council. This unique activation invites artists and observers to experience a night of immersive placemaking with living tableaus set against the backdrop of a picturesque sunset. WaterFire volunteers will be illuminating the bridge with the glow of five braziers.
On August 7th Community Libraries of Providence will host a celebration of Guatemalan nature and culture, as they conclude this Summer's Bibliodiversity program.
We bring marimbas and xylophones of varying sizes to public spaces. These instruments, with wind-chime-like sounds, lend themselves to spontaneous music making. Passers-by are invited to join in creating music. No experience necessary, just a little guidance. It is a gentle approach to inviting the public into making music.
From 6-8 PM Ricky will lead a surf-related craft time, and at 8 PM the sun will go down, it’s SHOWTIME! with special guests, puppets, games, dancing, and surprises! See you then! Fun and free for the whole family.
PVD World Music Series features traditional and fusion global sounds and dance performed by performers from all over the world who call Providence and New England home. The concerts, as in previous years, feature indigenous music histories and customs that have been passed down orally from generation to generation for thousands of years with special focus on traditional African and African Diaspora music and dance performances. The concerts provide an opportunity to learn more about the colorful arts of Africa and its diaspora.
There will be rotating food trucks each event including the likes of: Jah Patty, Spanglish, Mings and Farm to Table. Cold beer and non-alcoholic drinks will be available at the Guild Beer Garden. In addition to the food and music, during May and June, the concerts will take place next to an artisan market curated by Field of Artisans.
Join Emily Baroody of Sol & Sound RI as she leads you through a serene Sound Bath Meditation in a beautiful park setting. Relax and embark on an inward journey, guided by the soothing sounds of crystal singing bowls, koshi chimes, and other transformative sound healing instruments.
PCFF is delighted to present five evening screenings in a beautiful park, under the stars and down by the bay. Each Thursday evening's reel has a theme that connects the international short films to our community here. The (free) popcorn will be poppin' as you set up your picnic blankets and chairs for the show, and the Guild Beer Garden will be open until 8:00 PM. Start times and other up-to-date info will be on their website at PCFFRI.ORG.
Join (Bar)re Bell and Yoga for a 45min Barre class overlooking the pedestrian bridge followed by a cocktail/mocktail provided by Plant City.
Born from the pandemic, The Providence Drum Troupe are an interactive group of dynamic musicians, a wide-range of dancers, acrobats, visual artists, puppetry and more from near and far who create funky beats with positive energy, demonstrating that living in harmony with one another is not an antiquated notion.
The Providence Drum Troupe are a whirlwind of creative energy, full of antics and a joyous sense of community.
Join them at 6:00 pm every other Tuesday in Providence Innovation District Park and on the Michael Van Leesten Memorial Bridge for a free performance!
Take in the beautiful outdoors while practicing an all-levels vinyasa yoga class. Free and Open to the public, happening Mondays at 5:30 from May 29th, September 4th.
