Gaspee Days Arts & Crafts Back for 2022

WARWICK, RI — The Gaspee Days Arts and Crafts Festival treats crowds to the food and wares of more than 100 art, craft and food vendors for its annual celebration along Narragansett Parkway this coming Memorial Day weekend.

About 60,000 people are expected to stroll Narragansett Parkway throughout the long weekend starting Saturday, May 26, lasting through Monday.

The three days also feature a food court full of craft-fair fare, Pawtuxet Park filled with live music and children’s amusements and games.

The fair usually helps raise about half of the approximately $40,000 the Gaspee Days Committee needs to fund the Gaspee Days Parade, scheduled for June 11 this year. The Committee runs several other fundraisers for the event from May through June.

The festival begins at 10 a.m. each day:

Saturday, May 28, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sunday, May 29, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday, May 30, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Music Schedule

Saturday 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Rob Davis Band
Sunday 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm | D Train
Monday 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Sundance

The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) will detour Route 4 (Warwick Ave.) beginning Saturday, May 28 through Monday, May 30 to accommodate the Gaspee Days Celebration. The detour will be in effect from the first trip of the day on Saturday, May 28 until the last trip of the day on Monday, May 30, 2022. Route 4 (Warwick Ave.) will detour as follows: Inbound trips will travel the regular route to Warwick Avenue, turn right onto Post Road, left onto Narraganset Parkway through to Broad Street and then resume regular route. Outbound trips will travel regular route to the intersection of Broad Street and Post Road, turn right onto Post Road, left onto Warwick Avenue, and then resume regular route.