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Festivals & markets

The MarketPlace Pop-Up

Providence events calendar (GoProvidence) · 4:00 PM

Festivals & markets

The MarketPlace Pop-Up

Providence events calendar (GoProvidence) · 4:00 PM

Event

18th Annual Providence Fall Home Show

Rhode Island Convention Center · Through Nov 15

Comedy

Andrea Gibson's Love Letter From The Afterlife

Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) · 7:00 PM

Comedy

Saturday Night Show - 11/14

Providence Improv Guild · 7:30 PM

From $10
Comedy

JOKESHOP with Gracie Canaan

Providence events calendar (GoProvidence) · 9:00 PM

Music

Dynamo

The Strand Ballroom & Theatre · 10:00 PM

From $72.45
Music

The Wolf of Wall Street Rave

Providence events calendar (GoProvidence) · 10:00 PM

Art & museums

122nd Annual Little Pictures Show & Sale

Providence Art Club · Through Dec 23

Comedy

John Crist Live!

Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) · 7:00 PM

Event

KAR Convention

Rhode Island Convention Center · 7:00 PM

Sports

Providence Bruins vs Toronto Marlies

Amica Mutual Pavilion · 7:00 PM

Event

ACN: Robotics with Micro:Bit (Grades 7-8)

Workshop (Large Area) · 3:30 PM

3 more dates through Dec 7
Festivals & markets

Pet Nights With Santa

Providence Place (mall events) · Through Dec 14

Art & museums

Trans Day of Remembrance: Bearing Witness to Trans Histories of Providence

Mural Room · 5:00 PM

Event

Cradle to Crayons (1-3 year olds)

Providence Public Library · 9:30 AM

3 more dates through Dec 15
Event

Baby Steps Infant Storytime

Providence Public Library · 11:30 AM

2 more dates through Dec 8
Event

Destress with Mathis Lab

Providence Public Library · 2:30 PM

1 more date through Dec 15
Event

Community Makerspace

Workshop (Large Area) · 2:30 PM

10 more dates through Dec 29
Event

R.I.S.E. Women's Leadership Conference

Rhode Island Convention Center · 7:00 PM

Event

ACN: Robotics with Micro:Bit (Grades 7-8)

Providence Public Library · 3:30 PM

2 more dates through Dec 9
Event

Money Moves Financial Literacy Class

Providence Public Library · 5:40 PM

Event

Reading & Rhyming Together

Providence Public Library · 11:00 AM

3 more dates through Dec 17
Art & museums

Gallery Night Providence: November 2026

Gallery Night Providence · 5:00 PM

Free
Sports

Nike Wicked Good Challenge

Rhode Island Convention Center · Through Nov 20

Music

Ride of the Valkyries! Amica Rush Hour Concert

Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra · 6:30 PM

Music

Thee Phibbs + Coydogs + The Knife Kickers + Dame Jupiter

AS220 · 7:00 PM

Event

New England Oireachtas

Rhode Island Convention Center · Through Nov 22

Theater & dance

The Haus of Glitter Show + Party: The Historical Fantasy of America

The Strand Ballroom & Theatre · 7:30 PM

From $21.75
Comedy

Friday Show - 11/20 - The People vs. PIG

Providence Improv Guild · 7:30 PM

From $10
Music

SPANGLISH NIGHT

AS220 · 8:00 PM

Event

Growing Your Business Tying It All Together

Seminar Room · 9:00 AM

Event

Healing with Play

Providence Children's Museum · 10:00 AM

Event

Liberation World-Building Think Tank, following 'The Historical Fantasy of America' Premiere

AS220 · 1:00 PM

Theater & dance

The Rainbow Beard Show: Home Show!

AS220 · 2:00 PM

Event

Bingo Loco - Early Show

The Strand Ballroom & Theatre · 4:30 PM

From $43.68
Sports

Providence Bruins vs Charlotte Checkers

Amica Mutual Pavilion · 7:00 PM

2 more dates through Mar 20
Festivals & markets

Aftr Vintage Market

Providence Place (mall events) · 7:00 PM

Music

WBRU's Music Potluck

AS220 · 7:00 PM

Music

Julia Minkin + Justice Cow + Space Cowboy Newt

AS220 · 7:00 PM

Music

Ride of the Valkyries!

The VETS (Veterans Memorial Auditorium) · 7:30 PM

Music

Valoria + Northvale + Parts Unknown

AS220 · 7:00 PM

Sports

Providence Bruins vs Milwaukee Admirals

Amica Mutual Pavilion · 7:00 PM

Music

Eliza Edens + Clancy Conlin + Hey Rel

AS220 · 7:00 PM

Theater & dance

'Twas The Night Before... by Cirque Du Soleil

Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) · 7:00 PM

9 more dates through Dec 6
Art & museums

Tour PPL's Renovated Library!

Providence Public Library · 11:00 AM

1 more date through Dec 9
Music

Sutekh Hexen + Sin Pavilion + Valediction + Infinexhuma + The Vomit Arsonist

AS220 · 7:00 PM

Festivals & markets

Lights Up Holiday Tree Lighting

Providence Place (mall events) · 5:00 PM

Music

Orbit Farm + Solution + Abigail East

AS220 · 7:00 PM

Art & museums

Rhode Island Parrot Rescue

Providence Children's Museum · 10:00 AM

Music

Perreoland featuring NICKY JAM

Amica Mutual Pavilion · 7:00 PM

Music

Splash

The Strand Ballroom & Theatre · 9:00 PM

From $72.45
Festivals & markets

St. Andrew's Day Celebration

Providence events calendar (GoProvidence) · 11:30 AM

Music

Tranquill + VICTORIA'S LAST BITE + PolyMorph + The Eggs

AS220 · 7:00 PM

Event

Book Readers Guide to the Galaxy

Seminar Room · 5:45 PM

1 more date through Dec 21
Festivals & markets

PVD Downcity Holiday Market

Providence events calendar (GoProvidence) · Through Dec 6

Music

A Holiday Of Horrors Fest

The Strand Ballroom & Theatre · 6:30 PM

From $21.50
Theater & dance

The Christmas Show

The VETS (Veterans Memorial Auditorium) · 7:00 PM

Music

LUCY (Cooper B. Handy) + F.G.S.

AS220 · 7:00 PM

Sports

Providence Bruins vs Hartford Wolf Pack

Amica Mutual Pavilion · 7:00 PM

4 more dates through Apr 11
Music

Garry & Elas: Love, Music & Memories

The Strand Ballroom & Theatre · 9:00 PM

From $61.85
Festivals & markets

Santa Cares

Providence Place (mall events) · 9:30 AM

Music

Car Girlfriend + Better Living. + Good June + Chance Harbor

AS220 · 7:00 PM

Music

Ferns & Fiddleheads + The Amanda White Band + Typhoid Mary

AS220 · 7:00 PM

Comedy

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) · 7:00 PM

Festivals & markets

Friday, December 11 – Holiday Basin Lighting

WaterFire Providence · 4:00 PM

Music

Cleansed + Faint of Heart + Knives + Cooked + Provenance + Tar

AS220 · 6:30 PM

From $10
Comedy

Matt Rife: Holiday Toy Drive Show

The VETS (Veterans Memorial Auditorium) · 7:00 PM

Music

WILL KILLMOORE + Chrysanthemum + Free Rock + Joyseeking

AS220 · 7:00 PM

Sports

Providence Bruins vs Springfield Thunderbirds

Amica Mutual Pavilion · 7:00 PM

4 more dates through Apr 10
Music

Fetty Wap

The Strand Ballroom & Theatre · 8:00 PM

From $56.55
Event

Kaleidoscope at Community Studios: Make A Fairy Wand!

AS220 · 10:00 AM

Free
Art & museums

Season's Screenings! - Scrooged

Auditorium · 2:00 PM

Event

Stocking Stuffer Event

Providence Place (mall events) · 7:00 PM

Music

Nightmare Before Deathmas 2

AS220 · 7:00 PM

Music

Less Than Jake - Northeast to Nowhere 2026

The Strand Ballroom & Theatre · 7:30 PM

From $38
Music

Boston Pops Holiday Concert with Keith Lockhart

Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) · 3:00 PM

Music

Handel's Messiah

The VETS (Veterans Memorial Auditorium) · 3:00 PM

Sports

Providence Bruins vs Rochester Americans

Amica Mutual Pavilion · 7:00 PM

Music

Ghosts in the Snow + Thousand Years Between + Chance Harbor

AS220 · 7:00 PM

Theater & dance

Hell's Kitchen

Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) · 7:00 PM

5 more dates through Dec 20
Theater & dance

The Nutcracker

The VETS · 7:00 PM

6 more dates through Dec 27
Music

oh Emoviolence? I thought you said Emo Violins + Brownie Points + Soda Seas + PABGAF

AS220 · 7:00 PM

Music

Dr. Jones + Space Cowboy Newt + Lillie Gazer + Dry Eyes

AS220 · 6:00 PM

Theater & dance

Disney On Ice Presents Magic in the Stars

Amica Mutual Pavilion · Through Dec 28

Food & drink

Christmas Day At P.F. Chang's

Providence Place (mall events) · 2:00 PM

Festivals & markets

Starts at Sunset - Thursday, December 31

WaterFire Providence · 5:00 PM

Art & museums

Class and Instructor Exhibition 2027

Providence Art Club · Through Jan 21

Sports

Providence Bruins vs Hershey Bears

Amica Mutual Pavilion · 7:00 PM

1 more date through Apr 3
Theater & dance

Bluey's Big Play

The VETS · 11:00 AM

1 more date through Jan 10
Theater & dance

Shen Yun

Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) · 1:30 PM

1 more date through Jan 10
Theater & dance

All Things Equal: The Life & Trials of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The VETS · 7:00 PM

Sports

Providence Bruins vs Belleville Senators

Amica Mutual Pavilion · 7:00 PM

Music

Romantic Chopin Open Rehearsal

Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra · 5:30 PM

Sports

Providence Bruins vs Chicago Wolves

Amica Mutual Pavilion · 7:00 PM

Music

Romantic Chopin

The VETS (Veterans Memorial Auditorium) · 7:30 PM

Art & museums

Primary Colors, Mary Dorsey Brewster and New Members' Exhibition

Providence Art Club · Through Feb 11

Sports

Providence Bruins vs Lehigh Valley Phantoms

Amica Mutual Pavilion · 7:00 PM

1 more date through Feb 28
Comedy

Gary Owen: No Hard Feelings Tour

The VETS (Veterans Memorial Auditorium) · 7:00 PM

Theater & dance

Death Becomes Her

Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) · 7:00 PM

5 more dates through Jan 31
Theater & dance

Cyrano

Trinity Repertory Company · Through Mar 18

Music

Eliot Thompson Band + Ruby Mac + Alex Medeiros

AS220 · 7:00 PM

Event

Monster Jam 2027

Amica Mutual Pavilion · Through Feb 7

Theater & dance

Mother Russia

Trinity Repertory Company · Through Mar 21

Sports

Harlem Globetrotters: Rivalry Tour

Amica Mutual Pavilion · 7:00 PM

Music

Tchaikovsky's Fifth

The VETS (Veterans Memorial Auditorium) · 7:30 PM

Art & museums

Exhibition with To Be Announced, Craig Masten and Nick Paciorek

Providence Art Club · Through Mar 4

Sports

Providence Bruins vs Laval Rocket

Amica Mutual Pavilion · 7:00 PM

1 more date through Feb 21
Comedy

Ben Miller: Medical Marvel - A Comedy Show!

AS220 · 8:00 PM

Sports

Providence Bruins vs Rockford IceHogs

Amica Mutual Pavilion · 7:00 PM

Art & museums

Spring Members' Exhibition with Prizes

Providence Art Club · Through Mar 25

Sports

Providence Bruins vs Syracuse Crunch

Amica Mutual Pavilion · 7:00 PM

Sports

Providence Bruins vs Hamilton Hammers

Amica Mutual Pavilion · 7:00 PM

Sports

Providence Bruins vs WB/Scranton Penguins

Amica Mutual Pavilion · 7:00 PM

Music

Northern Lights - Nielsen & Sibelius

The VETS (Veterans Memorial Auditorium) · 7:30 PM

Music

Brit Floyd: Animals 50

The VETS (Veterans Memorial Auditorium) · 7:30 PM

Event

Theresa Caputo Live: The Experience

The VETS (Veterans Memorial Auditorium) · 7:30 PM

Comedy

Bridget Everett

The VETS (Veterans Memorial Auditorium) · 8:00 PM

Comedy

Mojo Brookzz: Outta Pocket Comedy Tour

The VETS (Veterans Memorial Auditorium) · 7:00 PM

Comedy

Joe Gatto

The VETS (Veterans Memorial Auditorium) · 7:00 PM

Comedy

Amber Autry

The VETS (Veterans Memorial Auditorium) · 7:00 PM

Music

Calema - Origin Tour

The Strand Ballroom & Theatre · 9:00 PM

From $51.25
Art & museums

Cecilia DelGaudio, Paul Kenney, Eveline Luppi, Susan Hardy and Morocco Photography Group Exhibition

Providence Art Club · Through Apr 16

Theater & dance

August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Trinity Repertory Company · Through May 9

Music

Spano Conducts Puccini

The VETS (Veterans Memorial Auditorium) · 7:30 PM

Comedy

Eric Andre: Subtle

The VETS (Veterans Memorial Auditorium) · 8:00 PM

Art & museums

Barbara Crane, Jossy Lownes, Ed Rose, Daisy Benardo and Angel Dean and Shawn Kenney Exhibition

Providence Art Club · Through May 6

Music

Ruth Conducts Beethoven's Missa Solemnis

The VETS (Veterans Memorial Auditorium) · 7:30 PM

Comedy

Jeff Arcuri: The Road Trip Tour

The VETS (Veterans Memorial Auditorium) · 7:00 PM

Art & museums

Mary Jane Andreozzi, Jim Bush, Michael Manni, Carol Strause FitzSimonds and Kate Chute Exhibition

Providence Art Club · Through May 27

Comedy

Nothing Up My Sleeve...Simple Deceptions for Curious Humans

Trinity Repertory Company · Through Jun 20

Music

Fantasia, Anthony Hamilton & October London

Amica Mutual Pavilion · 7:00 PM

Art & museums

Nina Ackmann, Alison Dale, Kathy Hodge, Nancy Gaucher-Thomas and Tom Monahan Exhibition

Providence Art Club · Through Jun 17

Art & museums

The National Open Juried Exhibition 2027 and 6th Annual Community Invitational Exhibition

Providence Art Club · Through Jul 16

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