Over 100,00 participants attended the four-day festival June 7-10, 2018 in Providence, RI

Live music, dance, food, and visual art installations transformed the city in a four-day, multi-arts take-over of public spaces, parks, and outdoor stages in the heart of Providence, Rhode Island. Discover more about the Creative Capital’s signature summer arts festival!

A participatory interactive art experience from the legendary performance group, The Umbrella Project is a colorful spectacle in which audience members wield lighted umbrellas devised by Pilobolus in collaboration with MIT.

FirstWorks presents Squonk Opera’s celebration of “all things bicycle,” featuring human-powered stages propelled by original chamber rock music!

FirstWorks presents “the voice of freedom” Concha Buika – a Mallorcan cantaora with a profound flamenco accent.

Expect astonishment as these world-renowned acrobats perform atop incredible sway-pole masts as their vessel “The Fabulist” pitches and rolls above the crowd!

The soulful songs of the Gullah culture are brought to life by this band of native South Carolinians who mix the low country traditions with large doses of jazz, gospel, funk, and R&B.

Harnessing music from their respective countries of origin –Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela and the United States, the group utilizes traditional and non-traditional instruments from across the Americas, but with a modern twist.

The rebirth of Ethiopian Pop! “…fierce, jagged, complex, and galvanizing music.” -New York Times

As the newest installment of their multi-year partnership with FirstWorks, this year’s Jazz and Civil Rights residency focuses on Jazz as an instrument of Social Change, and concludes with a public performance and Second Line march to the PVDFest parade.

A hip hop power couple’s musical movement conceived in Providence and taking Austin by storm

Be dazzled by the spellbinding rhythms of the Japanese big drum.

Muscular jazz and mariachi infused with the grit and groove of funk and electronica.

Mobile and colorful folk art on wheels by internationally acclaimed truck artist, Haider Ali.

A cautionary shadow puppet play about trying to go home again.

This performance of artistic fusion melds painting, music, and dance to create a unique visual experience!

Join Alien Go-Go Dancers, mischievous Cycloptic Astro-Trolls, Rowdy Robots and a cast of bizarre and unusual Creature Characters as they rock out with Mutant Musicians in a variety of mask & puppet performance styles.

A modern exponent of the great vocal traditions of India and Pakistan, her original compositions embody the essence of Indian music while embracing influences from Malian and Western blues, rock, R & B and nuances of jazz.

Rhode Island’s very own Master of Rhythm! In the hands of master drummer Sidy Maiga the djembe does not just beat—it sings, shouts, whispers, laughs, cries, and electrifies.