Thank to all of our sponsors, partners, supporters, and visitors for an awesome 2014 Event Season!
For 2015 events please see our 2015 Season Schedule.
This is a very special year for WaterFire as it marks 20 years since the first bonfires were lit on the rivers in Providence during the 1994 First Night celebration.
You can stay up-to-date by following WaterFire on our Facebook page, on Twitter, or by joining our email list.
WaterFire Providence would like to thank all of our 2014 sponsors, their support helped make our 2014 event season a success.
You can help us as we prepare for the 2015 event season by making a donation to keep the fires burning, becoming a Brazier Society Member, or by becoming a WaterFire sponsor.
Schedule of WaterFire Providence Lightings
All Full WaterFire installations light up over eighty braziers from Waterplace Park to Memorial/South Main Street Park on the below scheduled evenings. Lighting occurs shortly after sunset and the event continues until half past midnight.
Basin Fire WaterFire installations are a smaller version of the event; lighting up the circle of twenty-two braziers in the Waterplace Park Basin and the five braziers leading up to the Providence Place mall.
Wednesday, May 14th – Basin Lighting
Sunset 7:58 p.m.
Sponsored by: Nitto Avecia
Friday, May 30th – Basin Lighting
Sunset 8:13 p.m.
Sponsored by: Providence College Alumni Association
Saturday, May 24th – Full Lighting
Sunset 8:07 p.m.
Sponsored by: Brown Alumni Association and Brown University’s 250th Anniversary, and Bank of America
Saturday, June 14th – Full Lighting
Sunset 8:22 p.m.
Sponsored by: University of Rhode Island College of Business and The Rhode Island Hospitality Community
Saturday, June 28th – Full Lighting
Sunset 8:25 p.m.
Sponsored by: Unitarian Universalist Association
Saturday, July 12th – Full Lighting
Sunset 8:21 p.m.
Sponsored by: Fidelity Investments and Nortek, Inc.
Saturday, July 26th – Full Lighting
Sunset 8:11 p.m.
C is for Cure: A WaterFire Lighting for RI Defeats Hep C
Supported by: Gilead
Saturday, August 9th – Full Lighting
Sunset 7:55 p.m.
Sponsored by: National Grid
Saturday, August 23rd – Full Lighting
Sunset 7:35 p.m.
Sponsored by: Amica Insurance and Cox Business
Thursday, September 4th – Partial Lighting
Sunset 7:14 p.m.
Sponsored by: Federal Bar Association, Rhode Island Chapter
Friday, September 19th – Basin Lighting
Sunset 6:48 p.m.
Sponsored by: Land Trust Alliance
Tuesday, September 23rd – Basin Lighting
6:41 p.m.
WaterFire Presents Elemental – The 8th Annual WaterFire Providence Fundraiser
Saturday, September 27th – Full Lighting
Sunset 6:36 p.m.
Sponsored by: Webster Bank and the Confucius Institute
Saturday, October 11th – Full Lighting
Sunset 6:12 p.m.
Sponsored by: Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation – Flames of Hope: A Celebration of Life®
Tuesday, October 21st – Basin Lighting
Sunset 5:51 p.m.
Sponsored by: Uno Pizzeria & Grill
Saturday, October 25th – Full Lighting
Sunset 5:51 p.m.
Sponsored by: Brown University in celebration of its 250th Anniversary
Saturday, November 8th – WaterFire Salute to Veterans
Sunset 4:33 p.m.
Sponsored by: Alex and Ani, Bank of America, and the Walmart Foundation. With the generous support of the Textron Charitable Trust
Saturday, November 29th – Basin Lighting
Sunset 4:17 p.m.
Sponsored by: New England Bridge Conference
Friday, December 19th – Basin Lighting
Sunset 4:17 p.m. | Lighting 4:30 p.m.
A Very Special Christmas WaterFire to Benefit the Providence Rescue Mission
Are you still doing Waterfire weekend lightings this summer 2021
want to be sure to be in the area for it
Probably starting late summer/fall. Depends on how the public safety situation unfolds.