Food festivals in Providence worth planning a trip around, by month.

Festivals through the year

Providence Restaurant Weeks (Summer) ★ 4.3

July and AugustLate Jul to early Aug, ~14 daysdowntown

Providence Restaurant Weeks runs a second time in late July with the same prix-fixe format. Lunch from $15.95, dinner from $35.95; 60-plus participating restaurants across Providence and the surrounding Rhode Island.

Focus: Citywide prix-fixe menus

Citywide, Providence, RI

Federal Hill Summer Festival ★ 4.5

AugustMid-Aug, 3 daysfederal-hill

Federal Hill's Summer Festival is a Victory Day weekend three-day Italian-American block party with 25-plus restaurants serving outdoors and two stages of live music along Atwells Avenue.

Focus: Italian food, live music, restaurant block party

Atwells Avenue, Providence, RI 02903

Bowen's Wharf Seafood Festival ★ 4.5

OctoberMid-Oct, 2 daysdowntown

The 35th annual Bowen's Wharf Seafood Festival lands at the historic Newport waterfront in October. Free admission; lobster, chowder and oyster vendors along the wharf, plus rum cocktails and a kids zone.

Focus: Newport seafood, lobster, raw bar

Bowen's Wharf, Newport, RI 02840

PVDFest ★ 4.3

SeptemberMid-Sep, 2 daysdowntown

PVDFest fills downtown Providence with food trucks, artisan markets, parades and live performances across two days each September; a city-led free festival.

Focus: Food truck village, downtown block parties

Downtown Providence, Providence, RI 02903

RI VegFest ★ 4.2

FebruaryLate Feb, 2 daysTicket neededolneyville

RI VegFest is Rhode Island's first vegan festival, in its sixth year in February 2026 at the WaterFire Arts Center. 90-plus plant-based vendors.

Focus: Plant-based, vegan, vegetarian

475 Valley Street, Providence, RI 02908
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