Providence New Year's Eve Celebration & Illuminate PVD Fireworks

As 2025 comes to a close and we reflect on the importance of community connection, Providence will host the 3rd Annual New Year’s Eve Celebration and Illuminate PVD: Fireworks Display, a free, all-ages-friendly offering featuring music, food, and fireworks.

Event Line-Up

• 5:00 pm Come together for a We Love PVD Community Gathering: A moment of healing and renewal #ProvidenceStrong
• 5:30 pm Starts at Sunset WaterFirebridge lighting
• 6:00 pm Hush Crew KPop dance performance
• 7:00 pm Salsa takeover on the main stage by Cultura Dance Arts
• 8:00 pm NYE Parade to the countdown
• 8:30 pm Illuminate PVD Fireworks show

Hosted by the Providence Tourism Council, Mayor Brett P. Smiley and the City of Providence, this event will take place on Wednesday, December 31, 2025, from 5:00-9:00 p.m. at 195 District Park with the Illuminate PVD Fireworks display at 8:30 p.m. sharp.

All evening, enjoy live music, a DJ and pop-up dance performances on the mainstage, local food trucks and a heated beverage garden with live music from Kara McKee and Beer, Wine, and Spirits from The Guild and Rhodium.

Explore the illuminated playground featuring glowing games, swings, and free activities, including face-painting and balloon twisting.

Activities throughout the park will keep you entertained until the fireworks countdown, including a 360° photo booth, roaming performers, , an enchanted forest with NYE Wishing Trees, inflatable sculptures and photo displays.

Official programming wraps up at 9:00 p.m., giving visitors plenty of time to continue celebrating at Providence’s many downtown restaurants, bars, clubs, and hotels.

This annual event has quickly become one of the city’s most anticipated year-end traditions - bringing residents and visitors together for a celebration of light, culture, creativity, and community to mark the start of the new year. Bring your friends, soak in the festive atmosphere, and watch the night sky light up as we welcome the New Year together. #ProvidenceStrong

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