Tonight’s WaterFire is presented by:
Amica Mutual Insurance Company
Special Events
All Night Please help keep the fires burning by dedicating and lighting a luminaria candle lantern for a donation of $10. Luminaria can be found in Memorial Park and in front of RISD. Click here for a map of locations.
5:30 PM Walking Tour of Historical Providence presented by the RI Historical Society. Tour starts at the John Brown House at 52 Power Street. Tickets are $10/person. Reservations appreciated at (401) 438 0463.
7:00PM - 7:45PM Swing dance lesson with Michael Lai and Christina Johnson of the Brown University Swing Club at the Sovereign Plaza Ballroom
7:30PM - 10:30PM Sales Table opens at the RISD auditorium for the night. Purchase WaterFire merchandise and help keep the fires burning!
7:50PM & 9:45PM Swing Dance Demo with Providence Swings at the Sovereign Plaza Ballroom
8:00PM- MIDNIGHT Band: Roger Ceresi and The Allstarz; Deejay: Swing Daddy at the Sovereign Plaza Ballroom
8:00PM- MIDNIGHT Kelley Lennon performs at The Verizon Jazz Stage
8:20PM - 12:30AM Sunset and the beginning of the music program. Please pick up a complete music program listing from a WaterFire ambassador in the park. (Please make a donation to keep the fires burning!) Here is a listing of all the music for this evening listed by time.
8:30PM Luminaria Candle Lighting Ceremony to honor RI high school Valedictorians from the class of 2007 at the Sovereign Plaza Ballroom Stage, plus a special thank you to the former Board of Regents President Jim DiPrete. This recognition for the outstanding scholars of our state is sponsored by CVS Caremark which has a long standing commitment to education. The presentation will be made by Mayor David N. Cicilline.
8:40PM - Midnight The lighting of WaterFire
8:40PM - 9:00PM Spogga, the WaterFire Fire Dancer, will light the twelve braziers in front of Memorial Park
9:00PM-11:00PM Discover the Gargoyles at the WWI monument
8:43PM A special salute for Bastille Day by Django Reinhardt