Past Events

New England Artists Rani MacNeal and Sarah Jane Lapp offer a Puzzical Path to Peace.

Feel the beat, move your body!

Private Event Rental: Outdoor Educational Workshop

Create lasting memories and enjoy giant bubbles!

Observe the night sky through high-powered telescopes!

Embrace the crisp winter air and join a fun and playful outdoor yoga class.

Celebrate New Year's Eve in Providence!

Be the Solution to Pollution, in collaboration with Creative Reuse Center of Rhode Island, hosts a volunteer clean-up in the park.

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.