Category Archives: Arts

Newport Folk Festival wraps up after 3 days of genre-defying music

Newport Folk Festival wraps up after 3 days of genre-defying music

The 2017 Newport Folk Festival hosted a wide array of performers this year, hardly limiting the genre to just ‘folk’ – everything from Dixieland jazz to a tribute to rock and roll founding father Chuck Berry (who appeared at the Jazz Festival in 1958) was represented.MORE

Diana Krall brings jazz, pop to PPAC this weekend

Diana Krall brings jazz, pop to PPAC this weekend

Tickets for Krall’s concert are on sale now at the PPAC Box Office (located at 220 Weybosset Street in downtown Providence), by phone at (401) 421-ARTS (2787) and online at www.ppacri.org – the Box Office is open Monday through Friday, 10A to 5P; Saturday, 10A to 2P and two hours prior to curtain times on performance days.MORE