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Statewide Must-Do’s

10 essential events this month

Flower fans rejoice: What Cheer Flower Farm’s festival returns

August 6:

InDowncity hosts Open Air Saturdays at Grant’s Block, Aborn Street, Union Street, Biltmore Park, and the BankNewport City Center. Enjoy live music performances, a rotating lineup of food trucks, beer gardens, marketplaces, games, and more. InDowncity.com

August 6 & 27:

The Providence Marriot Downtown hosts Rhody’s “largest comedy murder mystery dinner” with an interactive theater performance from The Dinner Detective paired with a threecourse meal. TheDinnerDetective.com For a statewide listing of events visit us online! HeyRhody.com

August 8-14:

Drive-in, outdoor, or online, the Rhode Island International Film Festival returns with o erings in multiple locations throughout the city. A full roster of activities includes filmmaking workshops, industry events, seminars, and more. Film-Festival.org

August 13:

In a full lighting of WaterFire, the Starry, Starry Night display returns with 100 blue paper stars and donation lanterns to celebrate Black, Indigenous, and people of color communities. WaterFire.org

August 14:

Four-time Grammy-nominated trombonist William Cepeda performs his blend of progressive jazz with his Afro-Rican Jazz band at the Roger Williams Park Bandstand, part of FirstWorks’ Summer Beats Concert Series. FirstWorks.org

August 15:

Celebrate Korean Independence Day with a free-admission event featuring authentic food, musicans and dancers from New York and South Korea at PC’s Bishop McVinney Auditorium. EventBrite: Korea Day Celebration

August 18-21:

Experience a celebration of weird fiction and art at NecronomiCon, four days of movie screenings and workshops as well as a Cthulhu Prayer Breakfast, hosted by the Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council. EventBrite: NecronomiCon Providence 2022

August 27:

Brew at the Zoo is back! This outdoor festival boasts 170 beers from 80+ local and national brewers to enjoy alongside animal encounters, all backdropped by live musical entertainment by Niteflies and Farm Dog Band. RWPZoo.org

August 27:

What Cheer Flower Farm hosts the 2022 Flower Festival, an all-day outdoor floral-themed event benefiting the Olneyville-based flower charity. Find floral displays, children’s activities, themed food and drinks, music, and more. WhatCheerFarm.org

August 28:

The locally grown Rhode Island Folk Festival has three stages with over 50 artists from around the state and beyond, plus vendors and food trucks, at Rose Larisa Park on Narragansett Bay. Riverside, RhodeIslandFolkFestival.com