Upcoming events.
Providence Popfest!
PROVIDENCE POPFEST 2026 SCHEDULE
5/3: Future Stories, Malasada, Hidden Driver, Older Brother, special guest (announcement coming 04/2026), Lightheaded, Linda Smith
5/3: Betty Brite, Strange Passage, Outer World, special guest (announcement coming 04/2026), Sweeping Promises
Providence Poetry Slam: Open Mic ft. Tatiana Johnson-Boria
Join us on Thursday May 7 for an open mic featuring Tatiana Johnson-Boria!
Doors & sign-up at 7pm. Show starts around 8pm.
Sign-ups are always in-person, day of the show.
Admission: $5-10 suggested donation, or pay what you can. No one turned away for lack of funds.
OPEN MIC - open to all artists of all genres, and all ages. Bring your stories, poems, songs--and your friends!
MORE ABOUT OUR FEATURE:
Tatiana Johnson-Boria (she/her) is the author of Nocturne in Joy (2023), winner of the 2024 Julia Ward Howe Book Prize in Poetry. As an educator, artist, facilitator, and mother; she uses her writing practice to dismantle racism, reckon with trauma, cultivate healing, and to explore the complex magic of mothering. She has received fellowships and awards from Tin House, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, MacDowell, the Brother Thomas Fellowship, and St. Botolph Club Foundation, among others. Tatiana is a 2017 Pushcart Prize nominee, teaches at GrubStreet, and has been on faculty at Emerson College, among other institutions. Her work appears or is forthcoming in The Academy of American Poets, Ploughshares, Kenyon Review, and more. She is represented by Lauren Scovel at Laura Gross Literary.
Pop-Up West African Dance Class
Join us in exploring and uplifting traditional West African dance rooted in the Mande culture of Mali, brought to life by live Djembe and Djun Djun drumming. Led by Seydou Coulibaly, co-founder and co-director of The Yeredon Centre, alongside his daughter Sita Coulibaly—founder and co-director of The Haus of Glitter, Director of Creative Education at AS220, and Director of Legacy Arts & Education at The Yeredon Centre; this experience honors culture, lineage, and legacy.
The Yeredon Centre is an arts and culture center in Bamako, Mali, founded in 2001 and run by Seydou Coulibaly and Michelle Bach-Coulibaly. It offers programs in traditional Bamana dance, music, language, and culture, while supporting local Malian artists. For over 20 years, it has hosted an inclusive summer program for artists and researchers from around the world.
Wolf Eyes + more TBA
7 PM doors / 8 PM show
Wolf Eyes is a band from Michigan. Formed in the fall of 1996 by N. Young. They are known for their bizarre and otherworldly approach to music. Creating a sound that is both disturbing and hypnotic. The band has released numerous albums and EPs on various labels. With their intense and bizarre live performances, Wolf Eyes has garnered a reputation as one of the most frightening and weird bands in the world. Wolf Eyes is currently John Olson and Nate Young. They have performed together for over 20 years.
MAY's GALLERY OPENINGS!
IN THE GALLERIES | MAY 2-30th, 2026
Opening Reception | Saturday May 2nd, 5-7pm
ABORN GALLERY
95 Empire St. 2nd Fl.
When Can History Repair: experiments in anticolonial practice
Vazira Fazila-Yacoobali Zamindar
PROJECT SPACE
@93 Mathewson St
Inferna
Adam Kelley
READING ROOM
Clay and Blood Both Dry Brown
Juliette Bechard
AS220 MAIN GALLERY
@115 Empire St.
Elastic Terrain
Antoinetta Kies
Refrain; Forbidden 🚫
Indigo Winslet
RESIDENT GALLERY
@131 Washington St.
PROV Always Been: The Receipts
Ylsanita
Providence Popfest!
PROVIDENCE POPFEST 2026 SCHEDULE
5/2 afternoon: Sun Urchins, Anna Altman, Beachplums, Emotional World, 22º Halo, Mirah
5/2 evening: Try The Pie, Jeanines, Galore, Dear Nora, The Softies
Providence Popfest!
PROVIDENCE POPFEST 2026 SCHEDULE
5/1: Time Thief, Cursor, Mesh, Touch Girl Apple Blossom, Good Flying Birds, Pylon Reenactment Society
Dance for the Diaspora - Full Day of Dance + Wellness
A FULL DAY OF WELLNESS AND MOVEMENT WORKSHOPS CURATED + FACILITATED BY THE HAUS OF GLITTER TO CELEBRATE BLACK + INDIGENOUS + GLOBAL DIASPORAS.
