Live Entertainment Venues

Bristol, Rhode Island

Roger Williams University presents touring and student concerts on its waterfront Bristol campus.

Cranston, Rhode Island

Ocean State Theatre Company presents professional theater productions in Cranston, Rhode Island.

Kingston, Rhode Island

Ryan Center at the University of Rhode Island presents Rams basketball and major concerts for the Ocean State — a Kingston arena where URI's passionate fan base creates college athletic events of considerable Atlantic 10 conference significance. URI's remarkable ocean engineering and pharmaceutical programs and its extraordinary community connection create college athletic events of genuine Rhode Island educational and sporting significance.

1 Lincoln Almond Plaza, Kingston, RI 02881

Lincoln, Rhode Island

Twin River Casino Hotel (now Bally's Twin River) in Lincoln is Rhode Island's primary gaming and entertainment complex — a full-service hotel casino with a theater booking live entertainment acts for the Providence and greater New England gaming market. One of the most visited casinos in New England, it serves Rhode Island's compact state gaming market with a full entertainment calendar.

100 Twin River Rd 02865

Newport, Rhode Island

Newport Folk Festival is the most historically significant music festival in America — the 1959-founded Rhode Island summer event where Bob Dylan went electric in 1965 (the most controversial moment in rock history), where Joan Baez and Pete Seeger launched the American folk revival, and where the greatest acoustic musicians continue to gather each July at Fort Adams. The festival's extraordinary historical significance, its waterfront setting, and its continued ability to attract the most important folk, roots, and singer-songwriter artists in the world make it the most culturally resonant music festival in the United States.

Fort Adams State Park, Newport, RI 02840

Newport, Rhode Island

Newport Folk Festival at Fort Adams State Park is one of the most historically significant music festivals in America — the festival where Bob Dylan went electric in 1965 (the most controversial moment in American popular music), Joni Mitchell performed as a teenager, and virtually every important figure in American folk, country, and roots music has performed. Fort Adams's extraordinary Narragansett Bay setting and the festival's remarkable historical significance create a music venue of singular American folk music cultural importance.

Fort Adams State Park, Newport, RI 02840

Newport, Rhode Island

The Newport Folk Festival at Fort Adams State Park is one of the most historically significant music festivals in America — founded in 1959 as the birthplace of American folk revival, the site where Bob Dylan controversially went electric in 1965. Now a beloved annual summer event drawing 10,000 fans to the 18th-century fort grounds overlooking Narragansett Bay, Newport Folk remains a uniquely powerful experience combining musical history with one of New England's most spectacular natural settings.

90 Fort Adams Dr 02840

Newport, Rhode Island

Newport Jazz Festival is the world's oldest and most historically significant jazz festival — a 1954-founded Rhode Island summer event where Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, Thelonious Monk, and every jazz giant since has performed in the first major outdoor jazz festival in American history. The festival's role in creating the modern jazz festival format, its extraordinary Gilded Age setting at Fort Adams, and its continued presentation of jazz's greatest artists make it the most historically significant outdoor music festival in the world.

Fort Adams State Park, Newport, RI 02840

Newport, Rhode Island

Newport Jazz Festival at Fort Adams State Park is the world's most historic jazz festival — founded in 1954, the first outdoor jazz festival ever held, where Miles Davis's definitive live recording "'Round About Midnight" was captured and where every legend of American jazz from Louis Armstrong to Herbie Hancock has performed. Newport Jazz Festival's extraordinary historical significance (it essentially invented the outdoor jazz festival format) creates a music event of singular American jazz cultural importance.

Fort Adams State Park, Newport, RI 02840

Newport, Rhode Island

Newport Music Festival presents classical music in the most opulent setting in America — chamber concerts performed inside the Newport Mansions (the Vanderbilt, Belmont, and Astor cottages) where extraordinary music sounds in the most magnificent rooms ever built in America. The Newport Music Festival's extraordinary combination of world-class classical music performance and the stunning Gilded Age mansion settings creates a performing arts experience of singular American cultural heritage significance.

Bellevue Ave, Newport, RI 02840

Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Pawtucket Armory Center for the Arts presents concerts and community theater in a converted historic armory.

Pawtucket, Rhode Island

McCoy Stadium was the legendary home of the Pawtucket Red Sox — site of the longest game in professional baseball history (33 innings over two days, April 18-19, 1981). The PawSox's extraordinary community connection and the legendary 1981 marathon game create a baseball culture of remarkable minor league historical significance for New England baseball fans.

1 Columbus Ave, Pawtucket, RI 02861

Providence, Rhode Island

AS220 is Providence's most important arts organization and music venue — a non-profit arts incubator with a 300-capacity music venue, gallery, printmaking studio, and restaurant in downtown that has been at the center of Providence's extraordinary creative renaissance since 1985. The venue's uncensored, experimental programming philosophy has made it a home for emerging artists across every medium and a reason why Providence consistently ranks among America's most creative and arts-supportive cities.

115 Empire St 02903

Providence, Rhode Island

Amica Mutual Pavilion is Rhode Island's premier indoor arena — presenting major concerts and events for the Ocean State. Providence's remarkable concentration of creative talent from RISD and Brown University and the arena's consistent programming create concert experiences of considerable Rhode Island entertainment significance.

LaSalle Sq, Providence, RI 02903

Providence, Rhode Island

Brown University presents Ivy League athletics in Providence — a College Hill campus where the Brown Bears compete in football, ice hockey, and basketball with the passionate support of one of America's most intellectually distinguished universities. Brown's remarkable RISD partnership and its extraordinary community arts investment create college athletic events where academic and artistic excellence intersect.

235 Hope St, Providence, RI 02912

Providence, Rhode Island

Columbus Theatre presents touring indie and rock acts in a restored 1926 vaudeville house in Providence.

270 Broadway 02903

Providence, Rhode Island

Dunkin' Donuts Center hosts the Providence Bruins — the Boston Bruins' AHL affiliate and one of the most successful franchises in minor league hockey history. The Bruins' remarkable 10 Calder Cup championships (the most in AHL history) and Providence's passionate hockey community create game-day experiences of extraordinary minor league hockey sporting significance.

1 LaSalle Sq, Providence, RI 02903

Providence, Rhode Island

Amica Mutual Pavilion (formerly Dunkin' Donuts Center) is a 13,000-seat arena in downtown Providence — Rhode Island's primary large-scale concert and sporting event venue. Located steps from the Bally's Twin River gaming corridor and Providence's revitalized Waterplace Park entertainment district, the arena serves New England's smaller gaming markets north of Connecticut.

1 LaSalle Square 02903

Providence, Rhode Island

Amica Mutual Pavilion (Dunkin' Center) is Rhode Island's most important indoor entertainment venue — a 14,000-capacity Providence arena home to Providence College Friars basketball (the most beloved sports team in Rhode Island) and the primary concert destination for the Ocean State. Providence College basketball's extraordinary following in Rhode Island, where the Friars command a near-religious devotion among the state's Irish and Italian Catholic population, creates one of the most intensely passionate college basketball atmospheres in the Big East Conference.

1 LaSalle Sq, Providence, RI 02903

Providence, Rhode Island

Festival Ballet Providence is Rhode Island's most important professional dance company — presenting outstanding classical and contemporary ballet for the Ocean State. Festival Ballet's remarkable programming and its extraordinary community engagement create a dance company of genuine Rhode Island performing arts significance.

825 Hope St, Providence, RI 02906

Providence, Rhode Island

Fete Music Hall is Providence's finest mid-size concert venue — a 1,000-capacity beautifully converted industrial space in the Olneyville neighborhood that represents the next generation of Providence's vibrant live music infrastructure. The venue's commitment to quality sound, excellent sightlines, and diverse programming across dance music, indie, hip-hop, and electronic acts has made it the preferred room for artists playing between club and theater scale in southern New England.

103 Dike St 02909

Providence, Rhode Island

Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel is Providence's most celebrated live music venue — a 1,800-capacity downtown club that has been the anchor of Rhode Island's music scene for decades, booking national touring rock, hip-hop, electronic, and alternative acts for New England's smallest state. Named with self-aware Providence flair after Elvis's classic, Lupo's has provided generations of Brown, RISD, and Providence College students with their most memorable concert experiences.

79 Washington St 02903

Providence, Rhode Island

Providence College Friars basketball at Dunkin' Donuts Center creates the most passionate college basketball atmosphere in the Big East — a Dominican Catholic school whose basketball program has produced All-Americans and NBA players since the 1970s. PC's remarkable basketball tradition and Providence's extraordinary passion for its Friars create game-day experiences of genuine Big East college basketball significance.

1 LaSalle Sq, Providence, RI 02903

Providence, Rhode Island

Providence's performing arts scene includes an extraordinary depth of theater companies serving one of America's most creatively gifted small cities. The Providence Improv Guild, the Burbage Theatre, and dozens of independent companies create a theatrical ecosystem of unusual American small-city performing arts vitality, reflecting the extraordinary creative energy generated by RISD's and Brown's combined artistic community.

Washington St, Providence, RI 02903

Providence, Rhode Island

Providence Performing Arts Center is Rhode Island's grandest theater — a 3,200-seat 1928 Loew's-era movie palace with one of the most opulently restored interiors in New England, serving as the primary venue for Broadway touring productions, major concerts, and large-scale performances in the state's capital city. The PPAC's ornate gilded interior and world-class Broadway programming put it on par with historic theaters in cities many times Providence's size.

220 Weybosset St 02903

Providence, Rhode Island

Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) is Rhode Island's premier Broadway touring venue — a stunning 3,200-seat Loew's theater beautifully restored to present the finest Broadway touring productions and major concerts for the greater Providence area. PPAC's extraordinary 1928 movie palace design (one of the finest surviving examples of 1920s theater architecture in New England), its consistent programming of A-list Broadway tours, and its role as Providence's most important cultural anchor make it Rhode Island's most historically and architecturally significant performing arts venue.

220 Weybosset St, Providence, RI 02903

Providence, Rhode Island

RISD Museum presents cultural events alongside one of the finest college art museums in America — a Providence institution housing 100,000 objects from ancient civilizations to contemporary design. RISD's extraordinary collection (including works by Monet, Rodin, and America's finest industrial design collection) and its remarkable performing arts programming create a cultural venue of genuine American arts education significance.

224 Benefit St, Providence, RI 02903

Providence, Rhode Island

Rhode Island College Roberts Hall presents outstanding theatrical productions and concerts for the Ocean State — a Providence institution serving the broader Rhode Island community with outstanding performing arts. RIC's remarkable community engagement and its extraordinary commitment to accessible performing arts create a venue of genuine Rhode Island community cultural significance.

600 Mount Pleasant Ave, Providence, RI 02908

Providence, Rhode Island

Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra is the Ocean State's most important classical music institution — presenting outstanding orchestral concerts that reflect Rhode Island's remarkable arts-educated community (Providence is home to RISD, the finest art and design university in America). The RIPO's extraordinary programming and its remarkable community engagement create an orchestra of genuine Rhode Island cultural significance.

Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Providence, RI 02903

Providence, Rhode Island

Dunkin' Donuts Center (The Dunk) is Rhode Island's most important arena — a 14,000-capacity Providence venue presenting major concerts, Providence Bruins AHL hockey, and Providence College Friars basketball. The Dunk's central Providence location and its consistent programming of major touring acts create an entertainment venue of considerable Rhode Island sporting and entertainment significance.

1 LaSalle Sq, Providence, RI 02903

Providence, Rhode Island

Trinity Repertory Company is America's most important resident theater — a Providence institution and Tony Award winner that has been producing some of America's most critically acclaimed theatrical work for over 60 years. Trinity Rep's extraordinary artistic ambition, its development of actors including Derek Jacobi and Richard Kneeland, and its role in making Providence one of America's premier theater cities create a theatrical institution of the highest national importance.

201 Washington St, Providence, RI 02903

Providence, Rhode Island

Veterans Memorial Auditorium is Rhode Island's most important performing arts hall — a beautiful Providence theater presenting the RI Philharmonic, Broadway touring shows, and major cultural events. The Vets's remarkable Art Deco design and its consistent programming of world-class entertainment create a performing arts venue of genuine Rhode Island state cultural significance.

1 Avenue of the Arts, Providence, RI 02903

Smithfield, Rhode Island

Bryant University Events Center presents concerts and Bulldogs basketball in Smithfield, Rhode Island.

Warwick, Rhode Island

Rhode Island's sports culture extends across the Ocean State — a tiny state (the smallest in America by land area) with a remarkable density of athletic facilities, sports bars, and passionate fan communities. The Community College of Rhode Island's athletic programs and Rhode Island's extraordinary sports passion (Rhodies are equidistant between Boston and New York, creating an intense sports identity battle) create an athletic environment of genuine Ocean State community significance.

400 East Ave, Warwick, RI 02886

Warwick, Rhode Island

Rhodes on the Pawtuxet presents concerts and ballroom events along the Pawtuxet River, a Rhode Island dance hall since 1915.

60 Rhodes Pl 02905

Woonsocket, Rhode Island

Stadium Theatre is Woonsocket's magnificent restored 1926 theater — a 1,100-seat historic venue in a former mill city that presents concerts, comedy, and community performances for northern Rhode Island and the adjacent Massachusetts Blackstone Valley. The theater's immaculate restoration and programming quality make it one of the great hidden gem performance venues in New England, drawing audiences from throughout the Providence metropolitan area and nearby Massachusetts gaming destinations.

28 Monument Square 02895