Announcing the 2025 Ely Neighborhood Performance Schedule

Each summer Providence Parks come alive with activity. Whether sports, markets, concerts, picnics, or parties Providence Parks are a wonderful place to experience our capital city in the summer.

Thanks to an endowment left by the first Commissioner of Providence Parks, Edward Francis Ely, ACT and the Parks Department are able to fund an entire series of small events across our neighborhood parks all summer long. This summer’s 17 artists and organizers are producing 45 individual events in 18 different parks from July 8-Sept 30. We hope you appreciate the range of offerings and come check out a few.

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ADRIAN HALL SKATE PARK (Fountain St & Adrian Hall Way)

• Saturday August 16, 12-4pm: Break Your Board: Fashion, Skate and Community organized by The Friends of Adrian Hall

BILLY TAYLOR PARK (140 Camp St)

• Thursday July 17, 12-2:30pm: Storytelling in the Parks with Mark Binder
• Thursday July 24, 12-2:30pm: Storytelling in the Parks with Mark Binder
• Thursday July 31, 12-2:30pm: Storytelling in the Parks with Mark Binder

CABRAL PARK (505 Wickenden St)

• Wednesday July 16, 12-2:30pm: Storytelling in the Parks with Mark Binder
• Wednesday July 23, 12-2:30pm: Storytelling in the Parks with Mark Binder
• Wednesday July 30, 12-2:30pm: Storytelling in the Parks with Mark Binder
• Wednesday August 6, 12-2pm: A Tale of Fox Point: Storytellers and Crafts organized by The Friends of Cabral Park

DEXTER TRAINING GROUND (73 Dexter St)

• Tue July 8, 5-6:30pm: RI Latino Arts Drumming and Live Painting RESCHEDULED RAIN
• Thursday July 10, 4-5:30pm: Play in a Day: All ages theater workshop and performance organized by Elizabeth Keiser
• Thu July 10, 5-6:30pm: RI Latino Arts Drumming and Live Painting RESCHEDULED RAIN
• Tuesday July 15, 5-6:30pm: RI Latino Arts Drumming and Live Painting
• Saturday July 19, 1-3pm: Project401 Summer Jam: Art, Dance, Music from the Bboy Crew 
• Thursday July 24, 5-6:30pm: RI Latino Arts Drumming and Live Painting
• Thursday July 31, 5-6:30pm: RI Latino Arts Drumming and Live Painting

DONIGIAN PARK (228 Valley St)

• Wednesday July 16, 11:30am-12pm: Storytelling with RI Black Storytellers
• Wednesday July 23, 11:30am-12pm: Storytelling with RI Black Storytellers
• Wednesday July 30, 11:30am-12pm: Storytelling with RI Black Storytellers
• Thursday August 7, 5-6pm: Xylos and Marimbas: Participatory Music Making organized by Michelle Kaminsky
• Saturday August 23, 6-7:30pm: Bachata and Community Dance Night organized by the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council
• Tuesday September 30, 5-6pm: Circus Dynamics: Fun family circus show

FARGNOLI PARK (945 Smith St)

• Tuesday July 15, 12-12:30pm: Storytelling in the Parks with Mark Binder
• Tuesday July 22, 12-12:30pm: Storytelling in the Parks with Mark Binder
• Tuesday July 29, 12-12:30pm: Storytelling in the Parks with Mark Binder

GANO PARK (87 Fremont St)

• Tuesday August 26, 5-6pm: Circus Dynamics: Fun family circus show

HOPKINS SQUARE PARK (71 Admiral St)

• Sunday July 13, 5-6:30pm: Encore Opera: Pre-Concert Jazz Duo and Arias & Broadway Favorites
• Sunday July 20, 5-6:30pm: Encore Opera: Pre-Concert Jazz Duo and Operetta favorites

LIPPITT PARK (1015 Hope St)

• Friday July 25, 5-6pm: Xylos and Marimbas: Participatory Music Making organized by Michelle Kaminsky

MARKET SQUARE (near RISD on North Main St)

• Wednesday September 10, 12:15-1:15pm: Stages of Freedom: No Man Ever Would Have Been Treated So: The Trials of Elleanor Eldridge, a one-woman show

MICHAEL VAN LEESTEN MEMORIAL BRIDGE (1 James St)

• Thursday July 10, 7-9pm: Cajun Music and Dancing organized by Michelle Kaminsky
• Friday July 11, 5-6pm: Xylos and Marimbas: Participatory Music Making organized by Michelle Kaminsky
• Tuesday July 29, 5-6pm: Circus Dynamics: Fun family circus show
• Saturday August 23, 11am-1pm: Grupo Ondas Capoeira: All ages Capoeira demonstrations and workshop
• Sunday September 28, 2-3:30pm: Shakespeare in the PORK!: Comedy performance inspired by Shakespeare organized by Mycah Hogan

MIGUEL LUNA PARK (110 Sackett St)

• Friday August 8, 3-6pm: Salsa y Son: Grupo Sazón, drumming, snacks, and volleyball organized by the Multi Service Center for All and the Ana Teresa Foundation

NEUTACONKANUT PARK (120 Killingly St)

• Monday July 14, 5-6pm: Xylos and Marimbas: Participatory Music Making organized by Michelle Kaminsky

PEACE AND PLENTY PARK (86 Peace St)

• Friday September 19, 4-5:30pm: Shakespeare in the PORK!: Comedy performance inspired by Shakespeare organized by Mycah Hogan
• Friday September 26, 5:30-7pm: Play in a Day: All ages theater workshop and performance organized by Elizabeth Keiser

PROSPECT TERRACE (184 Pratt St)

• Thursday September 11, 5:30-6:30pm: Stages of Freedom: No Man Ever Would Have Been Treated So: The Trials of Elleanor Eldridge, a one-woman show

RIVERSIDE PARK (50 Aleppo St)

• Wednesday July 23, 5:30-7:30pm: Stop-motion-making workshop with a movie screening organized by the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council
• Wednesday July 30, 5:30-7:30pm: Stop-motion-making workshop with a movie screening organized by the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council
• Thursday August 7, 11am-12:30pm: Play in a Day: All ages theater workshop and performance organized by Elizabeth Keiser

ROGER WILLIAMS PARK GATEWAY CENTER (1197 Broad St)

• Wednesday August 6, 11:30am-12:30pm: Storytelling with RI Black Storytellers
• Saturday August 9, 3:30-4:30pm: The Rainbow Beard Show: PIZZA DAY Interactive show for kids and their grown-ups 
• Wednesday August 13, 11:30am-12:30pm: Storytelling with RI Black Storytellers
• Wednesday August 20, 11:30am-12:30pm: Storytelling with RI Black Storytellers

ROGER WILLIAMS PARK BROAD ST ENTRANCE (near 1197 Broad St)

• Tuesday July 22, 5-6:30pm: RI Latino Arts Drumming and Live Painting

STATION MEADOW PARK

• Thursday July 24, 5-6pm: Xylos and Marimbas: Participatory Music Making organized by Michelle Kaminsky

You can also access the schedule here.