The lighting begins at 8:40 p.m. and runs until midnight.

Joel Kipper was named WaterFire's new director of events and operations, making him responsible for production of WaterFire lightings and events.

This week, the Karen Read trial is nearing a conclusion, talk of a Matunuck Oyster Bar comeback filled the air in the State House, the future of a Providence fi ...

In April, WaterFire had to cut a check to the city for nearly $25,000 for past-due police details just to hold an event. So tighten your belts, the cynic might say. It’s time to do more with less.

PROVIDENCE – WaterFire, the popular festival featuring blazing wood fires in floating braziers in the rivers of downtown Providence, has announced its 2024 season, starting with a May 11 partial ...

WaterFire, though, is taking a different approach, and bringing the celebration home. Stay Home WaterFire is a virtual event, live streamed from Providence and viewable all over the world.

But WaterFire, where he has fire danced since the early 2000s, holds a special place for him. “Every year that I would come home from New Orleans, that river was home to me,” Spogga said.

WaterFire released two “wanted” posters last week in an attempt to identify the rescuer and track down the whereabouts of the rabbit, nicknamed “Mr. Bunaby Bunny” after WaterFire creator ...

RI ARTS WaterFire kicks off 2022 season of celebration and light The Aug. 13 lighting will honor Providence’s Black, Indigenous, and People of Color communities, a salute to veterans will be ...

Providence, R.I.’s WaterFire spectacle may come to Long Island next year, when it would be staged on the Peconic River in Riverhead.

A special WaterFire lighting for Juneteenth and Pride on June 19, 2025. (WLNE)PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — WaterFire Providence ...

WaterFire is a public art installation from Evans, featuring dozens of braziers across the rivers of downtown Providence. The festival-like lightings often draw thousands of spectators.