The Hope Street Merchants Association (HSMA) will host its biggest annual event, the Hope Street Spring Block Party, Saturday, May 21 from 12 noon-6 p.m. The party is Providence’s premier spring event, drawing thousands of people to celebrate in the streets of one of the city’s most unique and vibrant neighborhoods. The event features local music, food trucks, a fashion show, kids’ activities, a beer garden, and much, much more. Approximately 5,000 people are expected to attend.
Hope Street will be closed to car traffic from Rochambeau Avenue to Fifth Street, creating more than a quarter-mile of fun, food, music, art, activities, sidewalk sales and performances. The “Beers for Ballet” beer garden features selections from local breweries and benefits Hope Street’s neighborhood performing arts institution, Festival Ballet. There will be two stages of live, local music featuring Boo City, Happiness, Last Good Tooth, Medusah Black, and the Extraordinary Rendition Band, among others. There will also be performances by community groups, including the Classical High School Jazz Band, Project 401 Dance Squad and Chinese Lion Dance Club.
The fashion show will showcase Hope Street Merchants and use local business owners, students, community members and Festival Ballet dancers for models.
More than 20 food trucks and vendors will be on site, including Poco Loco Tacos, Noble Knots, Presto Strange O Coffee, Sarcastic Sweets, and Del’s Lemonade. Children’s activities include the YMCA Pop-up Playground, a rock climbing wall, and face painting. IndieCycle will also be collecting electronics for recycling.
“This year is going to be bigger and better than ever,” promises HSMA co-president Dixie Carroll. “We’re so excited to see how this event grows every year as more and more people discover what a wonderful place Hope Street is. This is our way of celebrating the amazing community where we get to come to work every day.”
The Block Party is produced by the generous sponsorship of Narragansett Beer, the Providence Tourism Council, Revival Brewing, Jonathan Edwards Winery, Wingate Residences on Blackstone Boulevard, ZipCar, and CVS Health. For more information visit www.hopestreetprov.com.
The Hope Street Merchants Association organizes businesses in the Hope Street Area of Providence with the goal of promoting the diverse urban community as a unique destination and of being a unified voice for issues related to the merchants. Our mission is to provide useful and important information to businesses, to create opportunities for members to better market their products and services, to organize community friendly street festivals and other events, and to beautify the neighborhood.
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