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Live Music This Weekend in Rhode Island

AUGUST 28 — AUGUST 30, 2026

65 events at 22 venues across 3 hubs this week · Full stats →

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Greater Providence Newport South County
THIS WEEK (65) THIS WEEKEND (53) NEXT 4 WEEKS (229) COMING SOON (84)

This week in Rhode Island: Chiodos: It's Not You, It's Me Tour at Fete Music Hall, An evening with Lucinda Williams and her band at Uptown Theater, and Earl Sweatshirt & MIKE – Home on the Range Tour 2026 at The Strand Ballroom & Theatre. 65 shows across 22 venues.

FRIDAY - 8/28

AS220, Providence
  • 7:30pm, 11:30pm — Makedead + Long Birds + Superkick + Marcie! jazz vibes
  • 8:00pm, 11:30pm — Key Found + Dallas Wax + The Apothecary let's go
Bally's Tiverton Casino, Tiverton — Live DJ at 8:30PM get loud
Bally's Twin River Casino, Lincoln — Steve Anthony & Persuasion at 9:00pm get loud
Chan's, Woonsocket — Through The Doors rock out
Fete Music Hall, Providence — Dreamwell, New Forms, Trophy Hunt, Told Not to Worry, Sue, Lorraine, & Spring Breeding at 7:00pm let's go
Machines with Magnets, Pawtucket — A Side Joint at 7:00pm, 12:00am get together
Myrtle, East Providence — The Martha’s Vineyard Ferries / Landowner / Exploding Zones at 8:00 PM, 11:00 PM let's go
Newport Blues Cafe, Newport — Never in Vegas at 2:00am tix
One Pelham East, Newport — Dueling Pianos at 8:00pm rock out
Stadium Theatre, Woonsocket — Styx Tribute - Blue Collar Men rock on
The Blue Room, Cranston
  • 5:00pm, 7:00pm — Marc Trachtenberg get loud
  • 8:30pm, 11:30pm — Angelena Hightower let's go
The Charlestown Rathskeller, Charlestown — Nick Bosse & Northern Roots at 8:00pm, 11:00pm get loud
The Last Resort, Smithfield — LIVE MUSIC: Smashbox at 4:30pm tix
The Music Mansion, Providence — Woods Annual Maintenance at 12:00pm tix
The Narragansett Cafe, Jamestown — YOUR FAVORITE COLOR at 8:30pm tix
The Parlour, Providence — Slurp/Electro Politics Jamstravaganza let's groove
The Red Door, Providence

SATURDAY - 8/29

AS220, Providence
  • 7:00pm, 11:30pm — Crike + Vital Needs + Blood Work + Sic + Choke Out rock out
  • 8:00pm, 11:30pm — RickyRodge + Awdeyo Bangerz + DJ Sidog get loud
Alchemy, Providence
  • 05:30 PM, 09:30 PM — Pollyanna, 8th Grade Slowdance, Acid Crash rock night
  • 10:00 PM, 02:00 AM — Island Saturdays vibe high
Amica Mutual Pavilion, Providence — Los Tigres Del Norte get loud
Bally's Tiverton Casino, Tiverton — Cat N Jimmy at 8:30PM jazz vibes
Bally's Twin River Casino, Lincoln — Midnight Callers at 9:00pm rock out
Chan's, Woonsocket — Mike Zito Band get bluesy
Fete Music Hall, Providence — Dreamwell, New Forms, Trophy Hunt, Told Not to Worry, Sue, Lorraine, & Spring Breeding at 1:59am let's go
Myrtle, East Providence
  • 2:00 PM, 5:00 PM — Ferns & Fiddleheads / John Farone / Sequoia get loud
  • 8:00 PM, 11:00 PM — “Rocket to Your Living Room” - A (Mostly) 80s (Mostly) New Wave Dance Party dance party
Newport Blues Cafe, Newport — Autumn Drive at 2:00am tix
Nick-A-Nees, Providence — High Planes at 9:00pm let's go
One Pelham East, Newport — Dueling Pianos at 8:00pm sing along
Stadium Theatre, Woonsocket — Charles Esten - Solo Acoustic country vibes
The Blue Room, Cranston
The Charlestown Rathskeller, Charlestown — Steve Smith & The Nakeds at 8:00pm, 11:00pm dance party
The Last Resort, Smithfield — LIVE MUSIC: Bulletproof at 4:30pm tix
The Met, Pawtucket — The Pancakes & Booze Underground Art Show at 8:00pm get wild
The Narragansett Cafe, Jamestown — 21 GUNS at 8:30pm tix
The News Cafe Pawtucket, Pawtucket — Hedge, Providence but on Fire, Sullest, TRAGWAG at 12:00am tix
The Parlour, Providence — The Paraplegics 25th Anniversary celebrate now
The Red Door, Providence — Baye at 10:00pm, 2:00am house vibes

SUNDAY - 8/30

AS220, Providence — Moondawgie's Freedom Trail Takeover with KENOPRO79 and REDD40 at 7:00pm, 11:30pm let's go
Alchemy, Providence — The Murder Junkies, Psycho, Frenzy Of Tongs, Typhoid Mary at 07:00 PM, 12:00 AM get wild
Chan's, Woonsocket — Mike Zito Band get bluesy
Myrtle, East Providence
  • 1:00 PM, 5:00 PM — Hot Franks / The Tofanas / Bamboo Steamers rock out
  • 7:00 PM, 9:00 PM — Queens* of the Damned get loud
The Charlestown Rathskeller, Charlestown — Howlin' Rhodes at 4:00pm, 7:00pm classic vibes
The Last Resort, Smithfield — LIVE MUSIC: World Premier at 11:00am tix
The Narragansett Cafe, Jamestown — THE STRUMDAWGS at 4:00pm tix
The Parlour, Providence — The Parlour Jazz Series Presents: Thomas Casale and Friends jazz vibes

LIVE MUSIC VENUES

AS220 (7) The Narragansett Cafe (6) Fete Music Hall (5) Myrtle (5) One Pelham East (4) The Blue Room (4) Newport Blues Cafe (3) The Red Door (3) The Parlour (3) The Last Resort (3) The Charlestown Rathskeller (3) Chan's (3) Alchemy (3) The Music Mansion (2) Bally's Tiverton Casino (2) Bally's Twin River Casino (2) Stadium Theatre (2) Machines with Magnets (1) The News Cafe Pawtucket (1) The Met (1) Nick-A-Nees (1) Amica Mutual Pavilion (1)

65 shows at 22 total venues this week

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