Waterfire

If your visit falls on a weekend night in summer, you will be fortunate to experience Waterfire. A crowning tribute to Providence’s renaissance, Waterfire is a living sculpture. An award-winning creation by sculpturer, Barnaby Evans, Waterfire pays homage to the importance of fire in human civilization as depicted in Greek mythology. Volunteers, clad in black, act as fire tenders and ply the waters of the Woonasquatucket and Moshassuck Rivers in boats named after the gods, traveling from one of the 42 braziers to the next, igniting the wood set in the sculptures, sparking bonfires that crackle above the water passage. With a backdrop of enchanting music and the aromatic fragrance of wood smoke, this is a hauntingly memorable experience.