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Providence offers great things to do, food, visual and performing arts, and culture. WaterFire lights the three rivers of downtown with gondolas transporting fire-goers. The Roger Williams Park Zoo is open year-round, as are the Botanical Gardens, with beautiful, seasonal plantings, and a waterfall. There’s ice skating in the heart of the city and one of the finest surviving examples of hand-carved carousels in the country built in 1900 is on hand. The city and environs is home to stylish boutique hotels.
Frozen Pumpkin - Roger Williams Park Zoo - Providence, RI
Roger Williams Park Zoo

1000 Elmwood Avenue Providence, RI, 02907 Phone: 401-785-3510

Spectacular Zoo Events Happening All Year Long

Roger Williams Park Zoo is home to more than 100 species of rare and fascinating animals from around the world. Open year round, the Zoo offers up close and personal animal encounters, new and exciting rides and attractions, year-round educational family programming, and a variety of special events. Don’t miss Zoobilee: Feast with the Beasts in late June, local favorite Brew at the Zoo in August, and the Zoo’s renowned 32-night Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular in October. For more information and a full calendar of events please visit rwpzoo.org.
Roger Williams Park Carousel - Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau - Providence, RI
Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau

10 Memorial Boulevard Providence, RI, 02903 Phone: 401-456-0200

Providence - The Creative Capital

Providence is known for its vibrant culinary, and arts and culture scenes. The RISD Museum is home to nearly 100,000 works of art ranging from the ancient to the avant-garde. Theater lovers will want to see a show at the beautifully gilded Providence Performing Arts Center or at the Tony Award-winning Trinity Rep. One of the city's most popular events, WaterFire, is a multisensory art installation highlighted by a series of bonfires installed on the three rivers of downtown Providence. Roger Williams Park Zoo & Carousel Village has delighted generations of visitors and The Alex and Ani City Center boasts ice skating in the heart of downtown. For more things to do in Providence, visit GoProvidence.com.
Proclamation Ale - Warwick Office of Tourism - Warwick, RI
Proclamation Ale

298 Kilvert Street Warwick, RI, 02886 Phone: 401-787-6450

Big beer from a small FUN state!

Believe it or not, breweries (also true of wineries) are becoming venues for socializing and entertainment well beyond the confines of just drinking or buying beer. Proclamation Ale welcomes guests to its large tasting room and retail area, where music is playing, a projector is streaming TV shows and movies, and food trucks (on weekends) stand by to match the flow of beer with its counterpart of tasty bites. Kids are allowed to come in if parents keep a close eye on them, and your dog may accompany you to the outdoor patio, too. It’s like a party zone, with onsite crafted beer!
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Launch Trampoline Park

920 Bald Hill Road Warwick, RI, 02886 Phone: 401-828-5867

Launch Trampoline Park is a 26,000-square-foot indoor sports and family entertainment facility. With over 11,000 sq. feet of connected trampolines forming one GIANT jumping surface and angled trampoline walls to bounce off of, Launch will get your whole family off the couch and in the air in no time! Launch Trampoline Park is suitable for all ages and fitness levels. We offer guests a wide variety of physical activities including open jump time, group exercise classes, trampoline dodgeball, and foam pit fun! This makes us the perfect venue for your next date night, birthday party, family event, or corporate event.
Go Providence, the Creative Capital, for your Late Summer Weekend Wherever - visit goprovidence.com for more info!
Sekkonk Grand Prix Family Track Seekonk MA
Seekonk Grand Prix

1098 Fall River Avenue Seekonk, MA, 02771 Phone: 508-336-8307

A grand day out at the Grand Prix

Imagine that a friendly game on mini golf course and 60 of your favorite video games are just the appetizers. It’s go karts on specially designed state of the art tracks that make this place sing and dance. There’s the ¼ miles Family Track, the largest in New England that gets you humming through speedy straight-aways, hairpin curves, tunnels and new two-seater go-karts. There’s the slippery Slick Track to test your skills, a new Rookie Track for the youngest, and a Kiddy Track and Beginner Track got the growing youth. Bumper cars and boats in a gigantic pool will whet your appetites and your buddies. And who doesn’t love go karts. Check out the group rates and bring the gang.
Central Rock Warwick - Warwick Office of Tourism - Warwick, RI
Central Rock Warwick

275 West Natick Road Warwick, RI, 02886 Phone: 401-889-5452

Get yourself and you kids up and moving, enjoy some (overdue?) exercise for yourself, and build family bonds with a day or afternoon at Central Rock Gym Warwick, an indoor rock climbing facility that welcomes everyone. Kick it free-style and just spend some time messing around on the walls with your kids, or get more serious by joining a coach-led weekly climbing team. The 20,000-square-foot facility offers space for adult or kid birthday parties. Try staffed climbing, when experts take you out on high wall ‘top rope’ climbing in any area of our facility. Create a family outing tradition!
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Roger Williams Park Botanical Center

1000 Elmwood Avenue Cranston, RI, 02907 Phone: 401-785-9450

Indoor conservatory is open year-round. Beautiful, seasonal plantings, waterfall, warm interlude in cold weather. See full description of Roger Williams Park Botanical Center.
Crescent Park Carousel

Crescent Park, 700 Bullocks Point Avenue Riverside, RI, 02915 Phone: 401-435-7518

The Crescent Park Carousel, one of the finest surviving examples of hand-carved carousels in the country, was built just prior to 1900 by Charles I. D. Looff as a display model. Open Wednesday through Sunday, noon to 7 pm. Easter weekend and Memorial Day weekend and from June through Labor Day. After Labor Day through Columbus Day, open Saturday and Sunday, noon to 8 pm. Wheelchair accessible.