September 8-10
Schedule & Map
Select a date to view that day’s schedule:
| TIME | Performer | Location |
| 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM | The Grove and Street Seats, Pneuhaus Art Installation | District Park |
| 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM | Food Truck Village | South Water Street |
| 5:10 PM – 6:10 PM | EhShawnee | District Park Main Stage |
| 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM | Chachi Carvalho and the International Players | District Park Main Stage |
| 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM | PVDFest Opening Night Party (Ticketed) |
CIC, 225 Dyer Street |
Schedule subject to change.
Saturday, September 9, 2023
| TIME | Performer | Location |
| 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM | Gallery Night Walking Tours | Starting at URI Providence Campus |
| 11:00 AM | Historic Walking Tours of “Christiana and Edward Bannister’s Providence” with Stages of Freedom Walking Tour | Starting at 10 Westminster Street, Providence |
| 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Won’t You Be My Neighbor Activation | South Water St |
| 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM | The Avenue Concept POP – UP and Self – guided tours via The Avenue Concept Art Tours free app available all weekend! | District Park, Northwest of the Pedestrian Bridge |
| 12:00 PM – 7:00 PM | The Grove and Street Seats, Pneuhaus Art Installation | District Park |
| 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM | PVDFest Artisan Market | Along South Water St and Corner of Point Street and South Water |
| 12:00 PM – 8:30 PM | Food Truck Village | Between South Water St and South Main at the Corner of Point St |
| 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM | Azama Dance Company | Unplugged Bridge Stage |
| 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM | Blue Wave Poetics | Point St Stage |
| 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM | Classical Gas ( Classical High School) | Memorial Park Stage |
| 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM | Alyssa Borreli | PVDFest Lounge |
| 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM | Harris Family Indigenous Dance Troupe | District Park Main Stage |
| 12:30 PM – 4:30 PM | Childrens Art and Ecology Workshop, Hosted by Chroma Council | Memorial Park Staircase by the Water |
| 12:45 PM – 1:15 PM | The Callouts | Point St Stage |
| 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM | Sh8peshiftr: The Human Kaleidoscope | Lower Deck Pavilion, Pedestrian Bridge |
| 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM | Freddie Black | PVDFest Lounge |
| 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM | Trinity Academy of the Performing Arts (TAPA) | Memorial Park Stage |
| 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM | Sh8peshiftr: The Human Kaleidoscope | Roaming |
| 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM | The Haus of Glitter | District Park Main Stage |
| 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM | Big Nazo | Roaming |
| 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM | Coyote Brass Band | Point Street Stage |
| 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM | Sun of Sound | South Water Stage |
| 1:45 PM – 2:15 PM | Grupo Arcoiris of RI Performing Arts Academy | Memorial Park Stage |
| 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM | Rhode Island Women’s Choreography Project | Unplugged Bridge Stage |
| 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM | Providence Poetry Slam | PVDFest Lounge |
| 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM | Dred Buffalo | South Water Stage |
| 2:30 PM – 3:15 PM | The Providence Drum Troupe | Memorial Park Stage |
| 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Flawless | District Park Main Stage |
| 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM | Quisqueya in Action | Unplugged Bridge Stage |
| 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM | Gained In Translation | Point Street Stage |
| 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM | Belly Dance by Eunice | PVDFest Lounge |
| 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM | Jabubu | South Water Stage |
| 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM | LILLMYMY | Memorial Park Stage |
| 3:45 PM – 4:15 PM | Toad and The Stooligans | Point Street Stage |
| 4:00 PM | Avenue Concept Walking Tour | Starts at Avenue Concept Tent in District Park next to the Pedestrian Bridge |
| 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM | Dance BFF | Unplugged Bridge Stage |
| 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM | Moonside | Memorial Park Stage |
| 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM | RI Bucket Drummers | PVDFest Lounge |
| 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM | Chip Douglas presents: Stargazing at PVDFest | District Park Main Stage |
| 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM | Guess Method | South Water Stage |
| 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM | Em’s Femmes | Point Street Stage |
| 4:45 PM – 5:30 PM | Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School | Memorial Park Stage |
| 4:45 PM – 5:15 PM | kamrDANCE | Unplugged Bridge Stage |
| 5:00 PM – 5:30 PM | iamninie330 | PVDFest Lounge |
| 5:15 PM – 6:00 PM | The Benji’s | Point Street Stage |
| 5:30 PM – 6:00 PM | Eastern Medicine Singers | South Water Stage |
| 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM | Mavis Staples | District Park Main Stage |
| 7:05 PM | WaterFire | More details |
Schedule subject to change.
Sunday, September 10, 2023
| TIME | Performer | Location |
| 9:00 AM -3:00 PM | PVDFlea | South Water St next to the Pedestrian Bridge |
| 11:00 AM | Historic Walking Tours of “Christiana and Edward Bannister’s Providence” with Stages of Freedom Walking Tour | Starting at 10 Westminster Street, Providence |
| 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM | The Grove and Street Seats, Pneuhaus Art Installation | District Park |
| 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM | Indigenous Art Market hosted by Tomaquag Museum’s Indigenous Empowerment Center (IEC) | Memorial Park |
| 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM | PVDFest Artisan Market | Along South Water St and Corner of Point Street and South Water |
| 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM | Food Truck Village | Between South Water St and South Main at the Corner of Point St |
| 12:00 PM -12:40 PM | GroovaLottos | District Park Main Stage |
| 12:00 PM -12:30 PM | Rhythm in Rhapsody | Unplugged Bridge Stage |
| 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM | Saint Nichet | PVDFest Lounge |
| 12:30 PM- 1:30 PM | PVDFest Parade | Starts at CIC and ends at Memorial Park |
| 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM | Youngest Sun | Point Street Stage |
| 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM | TJ Soares | Unplugged Bridge Stage |
| 1:30 PM – 2:15 PM | The Gamm Theatre | Memorial Park Stage |
| 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM | Edward M. Bannister Sculpture Unveiling in Market Square | Market Square |
| 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM | Xylos and Marimbas in the Park | South Water St |
| 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM | Carolyn Dutra Dance Studio presented by Dance For Art Inc. | South Water Stage |
| 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM | Smug Honey | Point Street Stage |
| 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM | Big Nazo | Roaming |
| 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM | Afrika Nyaga Drum and Dance Festival Projetu Batuku |
District Park Main Stage |
| 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM | Amy the Mime | Roaming |
| 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM | Siena Moon | PVDFest Lounge (and then Roaming afterwards) |
| 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Circus Dynamics | Roaming |
| 2:15 PM – 2:45 PM | Thee Phibbs | Unplugged Bridge Stage |
| 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM | Rhode Island Kung Fu & Lion Dance Club | South Water Stage |
| 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM | Shaun Lib | Point Street Stage |
| 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM | Betty Hoop | Roaming |
| 2:20 PM – 3:00 PM | Afrika Nyaga Drum and Dance Festival Manolo Mairena & La Pura Vida |
District Park Main Stage |
| 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM | Sira SoFine | PVDFest Lounge |
| 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM | Natyamani School of Dance | South Water Stage |
| 3:15 PM – 3:45 | Molly O’Leary | Memorial Park Stage |
| 3:15 PM – 4:00 PM | Afrika Nyaga Drum and Dance Festival Wunmi |
District Park Main Stage |
| 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM | Vudu Sister | Point Street Stage |
| 3:45 PM – 4:15 PM | Overtones Acapella Performances | Unplugged Bridge Stage |
| 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM | Grupo Ondas Capoeira – Creative Resistance | South Water Stage |
| 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM | Jaime Brannon | PVDFest Lounge |
| 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM | Bill Bartholomew | Memorial Park Stage |
| 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM | Afrika Nyaga Drum and Dance Festival Sidy Maiga & The Bridge Where We Meet with Master Soumy, Oumou Sangaré and Haus of Glitter Dance Company |
District Park Main Stage |
| 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM | An Artist Named Flizz | Unplugged Bridge Stage |
| 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM | Salem Wolves | Point Street Stage |
| 4:45 PM – 5:15 PM | The Whelks | Memorial Park Stage |
| 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM | Tir Na Nog Irish Dance | South Water Stage |
| 5:30 PM – 6:00 PM | Jake Hunsinger and The Rock Bottom Band | Memorial Park Stage |
Schedule subject to change.