Country star Garth Brooks is canceling his remaining stadium tour dates in five cities due to rising COVID-19 cases, including a show in October at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough. … MORE
Category Archives: Arts
Rhode Island Folk Festival returns August 29th
From the Rhode Island Folk Festival After a pandemic hiatus, the Rhode Island Folk Festival is returning to Rose Larisa Park in East Providence, RI on Sunday, August 29, 2021. The annual event, beginning at Noon, is a free music festival featuring some of the finest folk, acoustic, and Americana singer-songwriter acts in the Rhode Island area.…… MORE
Music did return to Newport
By Steve Klamkin, WPRO News NEWPORT – “Music will be back in Newport this summer,” proclaimed Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee, soon after he assumed office last winter, and McKee delivered on that promise, leading to nine sold-out concert dates for the Newport Folk Festival and the Newport Jazz Festival. Organizers, fans and musicians all…… MORE
Hamilton returns this fall to PPAC
The smash Broadway hit musical “Hamilton” returns this fall to the Providence Performing Arts Center. … MORE
Newport Folk Festival “Folks On” after a year away
The yearly festival at Fort Adams normally takes place over a 3 day weekend, but was extended to 2 different ‘half capacity’ blocks of shows over a 6 day period.… MORE
Newport Folk Festival announces partial lineup
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Jason Isbell and Allison Russell’s Once & Future Sounds are the scheduled headliners for the first three days of the Newport Folk Festival, July 23, 24 and 25, the first official listing of artists at the venerable music showcase since tickets sold out within minutes after going on sale in May. … MORE
Elvis Costello brings “Hello Again” tour to PPAC in October
The “Hello Again tour comes to the Providence Performing Arts Center on Thursday, October 28th. … MORE
Viola Davis memoir ‘Finding Me’ scheduled for next April
Oscar winner Viola Davis is working on a memoir her publisher calls deeply personal and brutally honest. … MORE
Cultural, humanities nonprofits to share $1M in funding
Cultural and humanities nonprofits in Rhode Island are sharing nearly $1 million in federal coronavirus funding to help them recover from the pandemic, officials said Monday. … MORE
Artists, culture workers eligible for pandemic relief grants
Artists and workers in the state’s cultural institutions who have suffered hardship during the coronavirus pandemic can now apply for help through the latest round of grants from the Artist Relief Fund. … MORE
