Providence nightlife offers a full range of arts, culture and entertainment venues as well as bars, pubs and restaurants. Many nightlife venues are located Downcity, but the Jewelry District also has a large cluster of clubs and bars. Almost every neighborhood in Providence has some degree of nightlife. Browse the neighborhood pages to find nightlife in other neighborhoods.
Arts & Culture
Theater
Trinity Repertory Company - Internationally renowned repertory theater company; Downcity
Providence Performing Arts Center - Hosts touring companies of popular musicals; Downcity
AS220 Black Box (95 Empire Street) - Eclectic theater performance; Downcity
Dance
Galleries
Yellow Peril Gallery - Modern art with a focus on social issues; Olneyville
AS220 Gallery (115 Empire Street) - The original AS220 project; "Unjuried and Uncensored"; Downcity
Art Trolley - A dedicated RIPTA trolley bus with stops at many popular galleries
Classical Music
RI Philharmonic - Concerts usually held at Veterans Memorial Auditorium
WaterFire
WaterFire is a unique Providence arts experience created by Barnaby Evans in 1994. Floating braziers anchored in the area surrounding the confluence of the Moshassuck and Wanasquatucket Rivers hold fires tended through the night by boat. Visitors stroll the river walks, enjoying the hypnotic effect of fires in the river set to an eclectic soundtrack of early classical and world music.
First Works
First Works is an organization that brings world-class performing arts to Providence. Events usually held at Veterans Memorial Auditorium.
Entertainment
Movie Theaters
Providence Place - Commercial multiplex
IMAX Providence Place - Immersive cinematic experience
Avon Cinema - Independent movie theater on Thayer Street
Cable Car Cinema - Independent movie theater on South Main Street
Sports
Dunkin Donuts Center - Hosts Providence Bruins, Providence College men's basketball, WWE events, boxing events
Providence Convention Center - Hosts some Providence Roller Derby events
Pizzitola Center - Hosts Brown University men's and women's basketball and other sporting events
Meehan Auditorium - Hosts Brown University men's and women's hockey events
Bank of America Skating Center - Family skating, including skate rentals (winter only)
Live Music
Dunkin Donuts Center - Hosts major touring artists; Downcity
Providence Performing Arts Center - Occasional touring artists; Downcity
Lupo's - National touring artists playing the club circuit; Downcity
The Met - Local, regional and national touring artists playing smaller clubs; just over the city line in Pawtucket
Fete - Local, regional and national touring artists playing larger (Fete Ballroom) and smaller (Fete Lounge) clubs; area's premier hip hop venue; Olneyville
Columbus Theatre - Local, regional and national touring artists playing larger (downstairs) and smaller (upstairs) clubs; home to recording studio of Nonesuch recording artists The Low Anthem; area's premier new folk venue; West Side
Dance Clubs
Tantric - Summit
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Food & Drink
Restaurants
Pubs
