Rhode Island Day of Portugal

Save the date!
We will be remaining at the same location as this year, 195 District Park.
June 7,8 2025

Parade Float winners!
Congratulations all👏🇵🇹

Congratulations to our 50/50 Raffle Winner, Alda!

We sold 282 Raffle tickets
Grosing to $2,820
Payout of $1410 to Alda and RI DOP.

Woohoo🇵🇹🇵🇹!

Thank you so much to everyone who attended our event this past weekend. It was truly such a successful festival. Special thank you to our vendors, sound company, musicians, rancho folclóricos, sponsors, RI State Officals, volunteers, and our wonderful committee. We appreciate everyone’s hard work and dedication in making the 2024 RI Day of Portugal a success. This would not have been possible without all of you!

Viva Portugal! 🇵🇹

Parade still on time maybe a small drizzle but on time

Parade is currently still on, rain is starting to slow down.
Still starting at 2 pm.

Update the chuva está passar. Neste momento em Providence a chuva está diminuindo. E sta ficar mas claro looking good. Still starting on time or close to it.

Okay it’s now raining in Providence next up date at 11:30

Hello folks a parada continua neste momento. All those participating should arrive at the Statehouse for 12:00.

A little rain will not stop our Portuguese culture as I’m in Providence and so far just pingas on and off and sky is not dark.

I’ll continue to look at the weather. As llong as it’s safe to proceed we are starting on time.

Se chover muito esperamos até acabar a chuva e continuamos depois de chuva se chover.

Bring your umbrellas and bring me one. lol

I’ll continue to update this post.

Parade route for tomorrow.
Starts at 2PM from the Rhode Island State House.

Our first day was a success!
Thank you so so much to all our vendors, volunteers, and committee members!
We appreciate all your hard work.
We will see you all tomorrow for another successful day!

We are almost ready for show time!
5pm is when our vendors open.

195 District park

120 Peck St. Providence RI

KEY LOCATIONS THAT MAY HELP:
• The District Hall (right across the street)
• The pedestrian Bridge
• Holy Rosary Church

Saturday, June 8:
• MC: Vovo Brito •
5:00PM- Vendors open (festival begins)
5:15PM- Eterna Luz
6:30PM- Gaitas Da Nossa Terra
7:30PM- Legacy
9:00PM- Starlight
11:00PM- Vendors Close

Sunday, June 9:
• MC: Berta Cunha •
1:00PM- Vendors open
2:00PM- Parade begins from the RI State House
3:15PM- Marching Bands perform
4:00PM- Rancho Sociedade Cultural Açoriana
5:00PM- Rancho Santo António
6:00PM- Arlindo Andrade
7:00PM- Jorge Ferreira
8:30PM- Torch procession
9:30PM- Festival ends

Yum Yum Yum!!
Thank you to our Vendors for Saturday and Sunday! 🍴😋
Stop by and grab some delicious food, beverages, and watch great entertainment!😁

That concludes our Flag Raisings for the week. Thank you to all the cities and towns that hosted a wonderful flag raising ceremony in the State of Rhode Island.

We had our opening ceremony for the weekend at the Rhode Island State House, for our weekend of the Rhode Island Day of Portugal.
Thank you to brands of Portugal, Matos Bakery and Galitos for the wonderful appetizers.
We hope to see everyone Saturday June 8 and Sunday June 9 at the 195 District Park in Providence RI. 🇵🇹
Viva Portugal!

Providence Flag Raising🇵🇹.