Providence Restaurant Weeks (Winter) ★ 4.4
Providence Restaurant Weeks runs a fortnight in late January and February with 90-plus participating restaurants serving prix-fixe lunch and dinner.
RI VegFest is a food festival in Olneyville, Providence.
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.
Address: 475 Valley Street, Providence, RI 02908
Providence Restaurant Weeks runs a fortnight in late January and February with 90-plus participating restaurants serving prix-fixe lunch and dinner.
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.
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.
The Galbani Columbus Weekend Festival has run on Federal Hill since 1986. Italian food vendors stretch from Dean Street to Sutton Street on Atwells.
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.
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.