What is Wooly?

Legendary for its variety, creativity and immersive playfulness, Wooly Fair is Providence’s homegrown art carnival.

Wooly Fair is built by artists and artists-at-heart whose installations, handmade games, performances and spectacles encourage us all to let go of limiting ideas about performer-audience divides…

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Lint Ball 03/07/26

INTALLATION ARTISTS DAVID ALLYN, SAM WHITE, TAPE ART, MATTHEW ZAGAR, JOHN FOLEY, JO POPLAWSKI, NATALIE HOGAN, LIBBY SLADER, IZZY COOKE, NOELLE SANDERSON, GERRY EARABINO, JOHN NILAN, ALEX HORNSTEIN, TRAINTRACKR

SOUND GREG LUNDBERG

DJS BIMBOJACKIE, CHUCKWHO, TENSEGRITY, DUSK NIGHT

PERFORMERS SIMONE LUKAS-JOGL (AERIALIST), AUDACIOUS (BURLESQUE), TRACY CHEVROLET (BARRY GIBB), BONNIE DERMANELIAN (BONSTANCE CONTREAU), FANCY KERRIGAN (GUITAR), THE PROVIDENCE DRUM TROUPE

Upcoming Wooly Events

  • A cartoon illustration of a dancing sheep on a pink flower background with blue sky.

    Wooly Fair : Wooly Floats

    09/26/26

    Steel Yard

    Providence’s own participatory art carnival.

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Nighttime outdoor event with colorful lighting, a crowd of people, and stage setup in front of an old brick building.
Outdoor festival scene showing a colorful, illuminated hanging lantern and a large cupcake-shaped decoration with white cotton candy-like top and a cherry on top, surrounded by people.
Nighttime scene of a crowded alleyway with large illuminated lanterns and decorations, with people walking and socializing.
Night scene at a modern outdoor event with a geodesic dome structure illuminated with colorful lights, and a crowd of people gathering nearby.
People participating in a festive outdoor event, carrying a colorful, painted paper-mâché dragon through a courtyard with hay on the ground, surrounded by onlookers, decorations, and a brick building in the background.
Person riding a bicycle past a large pile of black tires stacked and tangled on a city street at night, with buildings and bright lights in the background.
Woman wearing a colorful costume and a large, pink foam headpiece, giving a thumbs up at an outdoor event.
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photo credits: Stephanie Ewens, Scott Indermaur, Sam White

Our 2025/2026 Donors and Supporters.

Thank you!

David Anderson 〰️ David Lee Black 〰️ Colin Bliss 〰️ Casali Liquors 〰️ Jamie Coehlo 〰️ Kath Connelly 〰️ Devon Curtin 〰️ Design What Have You 〰️ Edge and End Design 〰️ Ellies Bakery 〰️ Damian Ewens 〰️ Nidal Fakhouri 〰️John Foley〰️ Gather Glass 〰️ Frederick Gorman 〰️ Amy Graves 〰️ Wendy Lawton 〰️ Michaela O'Donnell 〰️ Jessica Ricci 〰️ Scout LLC 〰️ Providence Performing Arts Center 〰️ Recovered Relics 〰️ Rhode Island FC 〰️ Shades Pier Optical 〰️ Matt Stone 〰️ Traintrackr 〰️ Michael Townsend 〰️ John West 〰️ White Buffalo 〰️ Chuck Whocyznski 〰️ Karina Holyoak Wood 〰️

Historic Event Sponsors

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Legacy Donors and Foundations

The Big Rock Foundation

FETE Music

The Sinclair Gallery

Alex Levis

Nidal Fakhouri

Everett Abitol

A little Wooly magic from 2006…video by Meredith Younger