Providence Restaurant Weeks (Winter) ★ 4.5
Providence Restaurant Weeks runs a fortnight in late January and February with 90-plus participating restaurants serving prix-fixe lunch and dinner.
Focus: Citywide prix-fixe menus
Food festivals in Providence worth planning a trip around, by month.
Festivals through the year
Providence Restaurant Weeks (Summer) ★ 4.2
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.
Focus: Citywide prix-fixe menus
Federal Hill Summer Festival ★ 4.8
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.
Focus: Italian food, live music, restaurant block party
Galbani Columbus Weekend Festival ★ 4.7
The Galbani Columbus Weekend Festival has run on Federal Hill since 1986. Italian food vendors stretch from Dean Street to Sutton Street on Atwells.
Focus: Italian street food, sausage and peppers, live music
Rhode Island Seafood Festival ★ 4.3
The 15th annual Rhode Island Seafood Festival lands September 12-13 at India Point Park in Providence. Lobster rolls, chowder, oysters from across the state.
Focus: Seafood, lobster rolls, oysters
Bowen's Wharf Seafood Festival ★ 4.6
The 35th annual Bowen's Wharf Seafood Festival lands at the historic Newport waterfront in October with free admission, lobster rolls, chowder and oysters.
Focus: Newport seafood, lobster, raw bar
PVDFest ★ 4.1
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
RI VegFest ★ 4.0
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