Artist Highlight: Funky AutoCrats
Kicking off the first Burnside Park Beer Garden concert, local trumpeter/vocalist Eric Bloom has formed “The “Funky Autocrats”, one of Rhode Island’s newest & hottest funk group. Formed in 2011, Bloom brought together some of Rhode Island’s funkiest musicians with the sole purpose of playing the classic funk, R&B and soul songs rarely heard nowadays. ...
The Burnside Park Beer Garden Music Series
The Burnside Park Beer Garden Music Series takes place by the fountain in the park and will run every Thursday from June 27 to August 29 (excluding July 4). The Beer garden is open from 4:30 – 7:30pm with music from 5:30 – 7pm. In addition to great local music, there are lawn games, local ...
Update on Instagram Photo Contest
At our June 8th WaterFire, we held an Instagram Photo Contest. We would like to thank everyone who participated to help make this event a success! We enjoyed looking through the assortment of submitted photos, it was nice to view the different perceptions of our fans experiences at WaterFire. Because of the high participation, WaterFire ...
WaterFire: Art & Soul of City Television Broadcasts
The WaterFire documentary, WaterFire: Art & Soul of a City, is scheduled for television broadcast on the following dates: June 16th 2013 on MYRI-TV staring at 7:00pm. MYRI-TV is available on the following channels depending on your cable provider: Verizon, 14 (SD) or 514 (HD); Cox 811 (SD) or 1015 (HD); Comcast 292 (SD) or 820 ...
Instagram Photo Contest
WaterFire will be hosting it’s first Instagram Photo Contest. Fans are encouraged to take photos of June 8th’s WaterFire. Participants can submit their photos via Instagram using the hashtag #WFcontest1. The top three photos with the highest number of “likes” will win a free WaterFire T-shirt. Voting will close Monday, June 10th at noon. Winners will be announced ...
Presenting: Ignite Providence an Evening of Live Music at WaterFire
Great Performances at the Steeple Street Stage. WaterFire kicks off Ignite Providence – a WaterFire initiative to showcase the broad range of creative talents of Rhode Island artists and performers, supported in part by the prestigious national ArtPlace grant. WaterFire will launch Ignite Providence on Saturday, June 8th with the Steeple Street Stage (at the ...
The “lend your hand” photo project in memory and celebration of Sunil Tripathi
WaterFire Providence is pleased to reach out in support of Sunil Tripathi’s family to honor and celebrate their son. The family was greatly moved by the outpouring of support from the community during the two-month search for their missing son. In converting their loss into a larger response to the need for better support for ...
Planning For An Enjoyable and Safe WaterFire Experience
WaterFire is a very popular public event where you will join thousands of Rhode Island residents and out of town visitors who to come downtown Providence to enjoy an evening out with art. Like all large public events, it makes sense to plan and prepare for your visit, so we want to give you a ...
Now “it’s hip to be Square” at WaterFire!
WaterFire welcomes Square Wallet users with some burning hot special offers! We are always looking to create a better experience for WaterFire visitors. This year we are introducing new digital payments technology, Square Wallet, for all Official WaterFire merchandise purchases and donations made at the Official WaterFire Store or at Official WaterFire Guest Stations throughout the ...
We need your help to meet this Business Unusual Challenge!
I’ll cut right to the chase. We need your help! Earlier this week we were excited to learn that we are a semifinalist in the ArtsFwd 2013 Business Unusual National Challenge. In order to advance to the final round, we need you to visit their website and vote for WaterFire Providence. Actually, we need you to ...
