July 4th Full Lighting

The WaterFire Artist and Maker Vendors will be located on Washington and College Streets from 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM where visitors can browse and shop for a variety of goods such as glass, photography, jewelry, and more. Visitors can explore vendors including Recycled SilverWear, Bare & Brine, Design WhatHaveYou, Celeste Diaz Falzone, One Oliver, Mike Cohea / Visuals, Sparkles & Glow by Yvonne, UncouthCurations, Moonlight Jewelry, Jessie Jewels Art, Joseph Mushipi Visual Art, Revibed Vinyl, Roses + Dragons Designs, Pourever Creations, Candles By Judith, The Dapper Flapper, James Polisky, Broken Arrow Studios, Parched, Odetta's, Maeven and Me, Into The Woods, Skoshie & Friends.

The WaterFire Marketplace will return to Canal Street: stop by to support WaterFire with a donation or a purchase of locally designed apparel, jewelry, glassware, and gifts. Meet WaterFire Accelerate artists displaying their work as well as glass blowing by Gather Glass. WaterFire will also have additional information and merchandise stations in front of the RISD Auditorium, and on both sides of the basin in Waterplace Park.

Food fairs will be open on Canal Walk from 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM as well. Enjoy local food from festival favorites: Kettle Korn Express, One2Taco&more, Gather Farm Ice Cream, Del's Lemonade, Pita Pocket, Thrive Cakery, Shuckologist, White Dog Distilling, and Newport Craft Brewing + Distilling Co.

R1 Indoor Karting will be located on Canal Street from 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM.

Independence Day Flag Display
There will be a display of over 50 American flags flying along the river in Memorial Boulevard.

Enjoy WaterFire's Cast of Magical Characters and Performers
Catch performances by fire spinners from Cirque de Light and a special appearance by Spogga. Andrew Anselmo, Origami Master will be hanging out all night at Market Square and visitors can find A Silent Soapbox living statue at the bottom of Washington Street Bridge and Canal Walk starting at sunset. Ten31 Productions will be illuminating the World War Monument in Memorial Park with a patriotic flare.

Time:
Sunset ( 8:24 pm ) - 11:00 pm
Onshore programming and vendors open at 6:30 pm