Save the Date! RI Heritage Festival on Saturday, September 17th
Published on Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Leave your passport at home and explore the world through art and music!
RIHPHC will present Rhode Island's 44th Annual Heritage Festival on Saturday, September 17, from noon to 5 pm at the WaterFire Arts Center in Providence.
Join in a lively celebration of our state's rich cultural heritage. The program will feature cultural exhibits, visual art, musical performances, children's activities, and a multicultural fashion show. Do not miss the Hometown Poke, JA Patty, and Kona Ice of Cumberland food trucks offering an array of traditional food and beverages. Admission to this family event is FREE.
📆 Rhode Island's 44th Heritage Festival
Saturday, September 17th from 12 pm - 5 pm
WaterFire Arts Center - 475 Valley Street - Providence
Performance Schedule
⭐ 11:30 Pre-Show Coyote Brass
Festival Welcome starts at Noon with a Flag Parade
Opening Remarks: RIHPHC Interim Executive Director Jeff Emidy
Land Acknowledgment Welcome: Governor Dan McKee
Emcees: Angela Sharkey and Kobi Dennis
⭐ 12:00 Performance Block
Coyote Brass
Bavarian Brothers
Sidy Maiga
Phoenix Performing Arts
Rhode Island Black Storytellers
⭐ 1:00 Performance Block
Dance BFF
Scandinavian Women’s Chorus
Nazeli Armenian Dance Group
Seoyon Kim
Azama Dance Company
⭐ 2:00 Performance Block
Lydia Pérez and Yoruba 2
Cambodian Society of Rhode Island
India Association of Rhode Island
Aftab Dance Group
Shea Fashion Multicultural Fashion Show
⭐ 3:00 Performance Block
Fraternidad Folklorica Boliviana
Grupo Arcoiris Of RI Performing Arts Academy
Elliniki Yperiphania Greek Pride RI
Kelly School of Irish Dance
PADAM
⭐ 4:00 Performance Block
Arte Latino of New England
Na Pua O' Polynesia
Mohitosh Talukder Taposh and Friends
Venezuela in RI
Falun Dafa
Cultural Tables and Vendors
Arte Latino of New England
Bangladesh table from Taposh and Friends
Books Are Wings
Center for Southeast Asians
Colombia in Rhode Island
Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island
Ecuador Cultural Alliance
Falun Dafa Association of New England
Greater Providence YMCA
Grupo Arcoiris Of RI Performing Arts Academy
India Association of Rhode Island
India Museum & Heritage Society
International House of Rhode Island
Iranian American Cultural Society of Rhode Island
Jamaica Table from JA Patty
Korean American Association of RI
Lady Elfreda H. Thorpe and Williametta Thorpe
National Park Service
Neighborhood Health Plan of RI
Peace Flag Project
Peru table
Providence Children's Museum
Providence Cultural Equity Initiative
RI Day of Portugal
RI Office of Attorney General
RI Office of Division of Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
RI Swedish Heritage Association
RI State Council on the Arts
Roger William Park Zoo
Shea Fashion RI
St Andrew's Society of RI
Turkish American Cultural Society of Rhode Island
United Way of RI
Venezuela in RI
⚓ The RI Heritage Festival is made possible in part by a grant from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, through an appropriation by the Rhode Island General Assembly, a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, and our sponsors: United Way of RI, Neighborhood Health Plan RI, and Coastal1 Credit Union.
