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WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE WATERFIRE ARTS CENTER

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Upcoming WaterFire Lightings

Due to declining revenue from sponsorship, the long-term financial impacts caused by the pandemic and in an effort to reduce expenses, our WaterFire events will now end one hour earlier than in previous years. Thank you for understanding.

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WaterFire Event Schedule

Check out upcoming WaterFire events.

Volunteering

For the community, by the community.

The Brazier Society

You’re invited to be a part of the magic!

Celebrate at WaterFire

Proposals, anniversaries, date nights. Make memories at WaterFire.

Explore The WaterFire Arts Center

Events & Exhibitions Calendar

Community and Culture at the WaterFire Arts Center

Explore our Exhibitions

See what’s new in our galleries.

Art by WaterFire Accelerate artists

WaterFire // Accelerate

A year-long professional development program for emerging artists under 30

Rent Our Spaces

Host your next event at the WaterFire Arts Center

Explore Providence

Plan Your Visit to Providence Guide

Restaurants, hotels, attractions, and more!

Explore Arts & Culture

Providence is home to amazing museums, shopping, and so much more!

Dining & Shopping In Providence

Restaurants and shops in and around Downtown Providence.

Providence Hotels

Comfy to quirky and everything in between.

Burning braziers, at WaterFire in Providence, Rhode Island. Photograph by Erin Cuddigan.

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WaterFire has literally and figuratively illuminated Rhode Island for nearly three decades. Every season, around a million visitors flock to the state to experience this incredible public art installation. One small non-profit organization has transformed our city and state in incredible ways, but we cannot do it alone.

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WaterFire Providence Supporters

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New England Foundation for the Arts

Video credits: Fire dancer Spogga has performed at WaterFire events for many years. He is also a talented musician living and working in New Orleans. Storyteller Len Cabral is shown during his appearance at our Rosa Parks House Project exhibition. Luke Jerram’s Museum of the Moon was the centerpiece of our To the Moon and Beyond: Celebrating the 50th-Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing exhibition.