Today marks just two weeks until PVDFest, September 8-10 at 195 District Park! We can’t wait to see you on the Providence waterfront as we kick off FirstWorks’ 20th anniversary season with legendary artists, local favorites and longtime creative partners. Listen to a mixtape preview and read on for some day-by-day highlights!
PVDFest Day One Highlight • Friday, September 8th • 7:00-9:00 PM at CIC, 225 Dyer Street • Providence
Come down to 195 District Park for an electrifying evening of programming on the District Park Main Stage with festival favorites EhShawnee and Chachi Carvalho and the International Players and then stick around to celebrate at the Opening Night Party!
With food, cash bar, and entertainment by EMPRESS, this party is the place to be to rub shoulders with artists, local champions, and community leaders as we celebrate the kick-off of PVDFest 2023.
Hosted by Barbara Morse Silva and Mario Hilario of WJAR NBC 10, the party will overlook District Park and provide unbeatable views of the new PVDFest footprint.
PVDFest Day Two Highlight • Saturday, September 9th • 6:00-7:15 PM at the District Park Main Stage • 195 District Park • Providence
Mavis Staples is a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award-winner and Gospel Hall of Famer— living, breathing history. She made a name for herself in the 1950s as part of The Staple Singers, went on to contribute to the freedom songs of the Civil Rights era, and later rose to pop radio stardom with hits like “I’ll Take You There” and “Respect Yourself.”
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PVDFest Day Two Highlight • Saturday, September 9th • 6:00-7:15 PM at the District Park Main Stage • 195 District Park • Providence
Mavis Staples is a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award-winner and Gospel Hall of Famer— living, breathing history. She made a name for herself in the 1950s as part of The Staple Singers, went on to contribute to the freedom songs of the Civil Rights era, and later rose to pop radio stardom with hits like “I’ll Take You There” and “Respect Yourself.”
Now in her eighth decade of singing truth, she has a presence “so unfailingly joyful that you never take your eyes off her” (The New Yorker). On September 9th, Chicago’s own Mavis Staples will bring her iconic smoky sound to the PVDFest mainstage in a scintillating evening of soul, gospel and her signature brand of R&B.
Find out more about Mavis Staples at PVDFest