Other Attractions | WaterFire

Throughout the summer and fall you can find amazing events / entertainment from the following community organizations and businesses: For special events at the next upcoming WaterFire and all the details and late breaking additions to the program, please click here.

	La Gondola We invite your to see the sights of the City from a unique vantage point that captures the heart of Providence. A gondola trip is a great way to relax, celebrate a birthday, anniversary, engagement, wedding, or simply a truly unique night out.
	Roger Williams Park Zoo Roger Williams Park Zoo is home to hundreds of rare and fascinating animals from around the world including polar bears, snow leopards, moon bears, giraffes and elephants all in naturalistic settings. The zoo’s population numbers over 1000 animals, with some 139 different species on display at any given time.
	Downtown Providence Come and live it up in the exciting and beautiful Downtown Providence District. Walk the streets of historic buildings and experience fabulous restaurants, incredible shops, and daily and weekly fun and exciting cultural events. Click on the logo to visit the website which contains maps and many other important details for you to know as you plan your trip to Providence. For more information visit www.shopdowncity.com
	Providence Place Providence Place is the ideal venue for tour de force shopping excursions, family outings and intimate rendezvous. With over 170 stores, eight restaurants, and entertainment venues, you’ll find something for every age, taste and style. This shopping, dining and entertainment destination is the centerpiece of a downtown Providence renaissance. The impressive line-up of retailers includes the area’s only Nordstrom, Coach, The Apple Store, The Cheesecake Factory, Sephora, J. Jill, Sony Style, Ross-Simons, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Dave & Buster’s and Feinstein IMAX Theatre. With its stunning architecture, a downtown location, a lively streetscape and carpeted floors, Providence Place provides a one-of-a-kind shopping experience.
	Providence Performing Arts Center A world-class facility hosting first-class Broadway touring shows, plays, contemporary acts, concerts, and much more.
	Providence Children’s Museum Rhode Island’s only museum especially for children and their families. Providence Children’s Museum is a hands-on place where kids, ages 1-11, and grown-ups play and learn together. Come and explore the swirling, whirling ways of water, discover the bones beneath your muscles and learn how much fun learning can be!
	The Providence Black Repertory Company The Providence Black Repertory Company (Black Rep) produces and presents artistic performances that bring people together, provoke thought, inspire hope, and create understanding. The Black Rep is an arts organization that provides a unique experience inspired by the cultural traditions of the African Diaspora in three key areas: Theater, Education, and Public Programs.
	Trinity Repertory Company Trinity Repertory Company brings together a world of theater experiences that provokes people to think, moves them emotionally, and challenges their perspectives. We do this through nationally recognized stage productions, a resident company, the Brown/Trinity graduate theater programs, and K - 12 education programs.

	The Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau is one-stop shopping for things to see and do in the Providence area. Before your trip, check out our Web site www.pwcvb.com for affordable getaway packages and listings of hotels, restaurants, attractions and more. Once you’re here, stop by our Visitor’s Center, conveniently located in the heart of downtown at Rhode Island Convention Center for suggestions on where to eat, shop, dine and have fun.
	RI Historical Society River Walks Providence Riverwalk: Evenings of full WaterFire lightings at 5:30 pm - Tickets: $10 This 60 minute walk departs from the John Brown House Museum, 52 Power Street, Providence. Free parking is available in our lot at the corner of Charlesfield and Benefit Streets. Tours on June 21, June 28, August 2, August 16, August 30, September 13, September 20, September 27 & October 11.
	Inca Son "The international award winning group, Inca Son, will lift your spirits playing enchanting melodies on their Andean pan-flutes at all the Waterfire events at Union Plaza near The Capitol Grille Restaurant."
	First Works Providence Dedicated to firsts, FirstWorks’ mission is to connect arts to audiences through artists’ first appearances in Providence, children’s first experiences with performance, and the premiering of new works. FirstWorks produces two annual performing arts festivals – FirstWorksKids and FirstWorksProv – and programs year-round outreach that extends throughout Rhode Island. Since 2004, FirstWorks has presented seven world-class arts festivals, attracted more than 40,000 participants and engaged more than 25 schools and social service agencies through our year-round youth programming. Providence Mayor, David N. Cicilline, has proclaimed FirstWorks an “unprecedented success.”