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FirstWorks Summer Beats Concerts: La Excelencia

Roger Williams Park Bandstand Providence, RI, United States

The third concert of this year’s FirstWorks Summer Beats concert series transports audiences to the dance floors of New York City’s Salsa scene with an electrifying performance by La Excelencia. The 12-piece Salsa Dura band is inspired by the salsa sounds of the 1970’s and the sociopolitical landscape of today. La Excelencia’s in-your-face sound and […]

FirstWorks Summer Beats Bonus Concert: Swanky Kitchen Band

Roger Williams Park Dalrymple Boathouse Lawn 1000 Elmwood Ave, Providence, RI, United States

Come dance with us during Food Truck Friday! Swanky Kitchen Band is on an essential quest to revive the traditional music of the Cayman Islands. Set amidst the crystal blue waters of the Caribbean Sea, the three tiny islands are home to Kitchen Dance Music, an infectiously danceable fiddle-driven style. The Kitchen Dance sound, created […]

PVDFest

Downtown Providence 25 Dorrance Street, Providence, RI, United States

The Signature Arts Festival of Our Creative Capital Mayor Brett P. Smiley, the City’s Department of Art, Culture, Tourism and Producing Partner FirstWorks once again host PVDFest, Providence’s signature outdoor arts festival, September 6-7, 2024. This year’s festival returns to the beating heart of Downtown, animating the streets of the Creative Capital with astonishing international […]

FirstWorks Spectacle: Italy’s eVenti Verticali

PVDFest Spectacle Stage Providence, RI, United States

After spellbinding performances at PVDFest 2019, the gravity-defying Italian aerialists return with SPHERE, a thrilling new 30-minute spectacle delivered by five aerial dancers suspended from a crane some 60 feet above the ground. The performance begins with the “stage,” a transparent sphere, deflated and shapeless with one aerialist suspended inside. The sphere is raised high […]

Chip Doug presents: Stargazing @ PVDFest

City Hall Stage 25 Dorrance Street, Providence, RI, United States

An explosion of raw talent grown in Divine Providence. Get ready to witness a soulful blend of hip-hop, R&B and dance. Anchored by Providence’s own DJ Nyce Hitz along with Derrick Jones and band, the show will highlight various genres of music. Once the first beat starts, the audience will be on a captivating ride […]

FirstWorks Spectacle: Italy’s eVenti Verticali

PVDFest Spectacle Stage Providence, RI, United States

After spellbinding performances at PVDFest 2019, the gravity-defying Italian aerialists return with SPHERE, a thrilling new 30-minute spectacle delivered by five aerial dancers suspended from a crane some 60 feet above the ground. The performance begins with the “stage,” a transparent sphere, deflated and shapeless with one aerialist suspended inside. The sphere is raised high […]

Salsa Night with Lulada Club

City Hall Stage 25 Dorrance Street, Providence, RI, United States

New York’s All-Women Salsa Orchestra Experience the captivating rhythms of Lulada Club, the electrifying all-women salsa band setting the New York City music scene ablaze. These accomplished and brilliant musicians are infused with an irresistible blend of vibrancy and skill. Bring your dancing shoes and join in with a lesson from Providence’s own instructor Rodney […]

FirstWorks Spectacle: Italy’s eVenti Verticali

PVDFest Spectacle Stage Providence, RI, United States

After spellbinding performances at PVDFest 2019, the gravity-defying Italian aerialists return with SPHERE, a thrilling new 30-minute spectacle delivered by five aerial dancers suspended from a crane some 60 feet above the ground. The performance begins with the “stage,” a transparent sphere, deflated and shapeless with one aerialist suspended inside. The sphere is raised high […]

Sidy Maiga presents: 12th Annual Afrika Nyaga Drum and Dance Festival

City Hall Stage 25 Dorrance Street, Providence, RI, United States

Sidy Maiga returns to PVDFest with the 12th annual Afrika Nyaga Drum & Dance Festival, a ground-shaking celebration of West African music and dance and its influence on the African diaspora. Maiga envisions Afrika Nyaga as a sonic synthesis of African traditions and Rhode Island's diverse communities. The festival nurtures artistic exchange through the universal language […]

FirstWorks Spectacle: Italy’s eVenti Verticali

PVDFest Spectacle Stage Providence, RI, United States

After spellbinding performances at PVDFest 2019, the gravity-defying Italian aerialists return with SPHERE, a thrilling new 30-minute spectacle delivered by five aerial dancers suspended from a crane some 60 feet above the ground. The performance begins with the “stage,” a transparent sphere, deflated and shapeless with one aerialist suspended inside. The sphere is raised high […]

Creative Conversation with Jake Blount

Community MusicWorks Center 1326 Westminster Street, Providence, RI, United States

This Creative Conversation features artist Jake Blount; Adrienne Taylor, Resident Musician at Community MusicWorks; and Professor Jamille Pinheiro Dias, visiting faculty at Brown University. Moderated by Sebastian Ruth, Founder and Artistic Director of Community MusicWorks. Join Community MusicWorks (CMW) and FirstWorks as panelists share insights about their creative processes and the meaning-making involved in their […]

Jake Blount + Mali Obomsawin

Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street, Providence, RI, United States

Jake Blount and Mali Obomsawin are award-winning musicians who have joined forces on their Smithsonian Folkways release, symbiont (2024). Blount (pronounced “blunt”) is a renowned interpreter of Black folk music who is recognized for his skill as a string band musician and for his unprecedented Afrofuturist work in sound archives and song collections. In his hands, the banjo, […]