FirstWorks

Design the official 2026 PVDFest poster! 🔊

ACT, FirstWorks, and The Boston Globe Rhode Island are calling on Rhode Island artists to submit their work.

Apply at https://pvdfest.com/poster/
Submission period: May 4-May 31
Open to Rhode Island-based artists, 21+

-Preference for Providence-based artists-

3…2…1… Lineup drop 🎺🪘🎤
Our FirstWorks Summer Beats concert series returns this July and August to Roger Williams Park and 195 District Park!
Three FREE concerts
Etienne Charles Gullah Roots: July 10
Roger Williams Park Boathouse Lawn
🎺Global jazz with deep American roots
The GroovaLottos: July 24
Roger Williams Park Boathouse Lawn
🪘Soul-funk Afrobeats jam band
Pedro Pastor and his band Los Locos Descalzos: August 14
195 District Park
🎤Spain's voice of global folk-fusion

For full details visit our website https://firstworks.org

Co-presented with
Roger Williams Park Conservancy Providence Parks Department 195 District Park
Thanks to our sponsors and supporters!
Providence Tourism Council
BankNewport
Collette
Rhode Island 250
NEFA
Mid Atlantic Arts
RISCA - Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
Boston Globe
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