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Warwick Weekend May 21: Gaspee Days, Cars

[Credit: WP Composite] This week's Warwick Weekend Events include an arts and crafts festival, fundraiser car wash, fundraiser car show, and dinos.

[Credit: WP Composite] This week's Warwick Weekend Events include an arts and crafts festival, funsraiser car wash and show, and dinos.
[Credit: WP Composite] This week’s Warwick Weekend Events include an arts and crafts festival, fundraiser car wash, fundraiser car show, and dinos.
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WARWICK, RI — The Warwick Weekend features signature Warwick events including the Gaspee Days Arts & Crafts festival, preceeded by the annual block party, with the usual food truck Friday.

The Gaspee Day Arts and Crafts festival is arguably the biggest local event going this weekend, running for three days as locals have come to expect on Memorial Day weekend. The event has been drawing record numbers of vendors and usually draws more that 50,000 people. The festival boasts more than 100 artisans and food vendors, music and kids attractions, arrayed along the closed off stretch of Narragansett Parkway between Warwick and Pawtuxet Village in Cranston.

The weekend also offers a fundraiser car wash, fundraiser car show,  and dinos at Roger Williams Park.

The Warwick Weekend events weather forecast promises a chance of rain Friday, partly sunny with a chance of showers Saturday, and mostly sunny Sunday, the National Weather Service reports.

Here are some events and happenings to help you decide where you’re spending this Warwick weekend:

Warwick Weekend Events Friday: 

Gaspee Days Block Party Gaspee Days Block Party is Almost Here. Join us this Friday night, 6 -11 p.m., at Pawtuxet Park for an evening of live music, great food, and community fun at the Gaspee Days Block Party.
Admission is $5.00 per person and limited to individuals 21+. IDs will be checked at the gate. Drink tickets must be purchased after entry for beer, wine, and bottled water. Children, pets, and outside beverages are not permitted at this event.
  • Salter’s Groove (6:00-7:30)
  • Neal and the Vipers (8:00-10:30)

 Roger Williams Food Truck Fridays End your week at Food Truck Friday – an outdoor food truck festival at Carousel Village starting at 5 pm. Attendance is free, just pay for what you eat and drink from an ever changing rotation of more than 15 food trucks each week.

The Carousel campus has a lot of open space and rolling hills shaded by trees, the perfect spot to grab dinner from a food truck and listen to music and entertainment during the park’s Food Truck Fridays event. The outdoor food truck festival at Carousel Village starts at 5 pm. Attendance is free, just pay for what you eat and drink from an ever changing rotation of more than 15 food trucks each week.

Dinosaurs at Roger Williams Park Zoo  Return of the Dinosaurs runs May 16 – Aug. 10 at Roger Williams Park Zoo & Carousel Village Come face-to-face with nearly 60 life-size animatronic and interactive dinosaurs, including 25 NEW dinosaurs debuting this year! Brave the wilderness to uncover the secrets of the dinosaurs’ return! Witness towering predators, meet curious herbivores, and discover the untold stories of these ancient giants. Get hands-on with digging up ancient fossils, enjoy photos ops with dino eggs and more.

Are you ready to face the roar?

Bring Your Own Improv, WCFA Bring Your Own Improv is back for family friendly live performances every Friday at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Tickets are $11.63. If you’re looking for something fun to do late on a Friday night in Warwick, they’ve got you covered. Their Caffeinated Insomniacs Comedy show – designed for teens and adults – is the place to be at 10 p.m. Their show welcomes voluntary audience participation. You can participate in one of three ways: applaud for a scene you like, yell out fantastic suggestions, or if you feel you’re ready, jump up and get involved.

Thayer Arena Public Skate: Through March, Friday and Sunday, Public Skate is open to skaters of all ages. Cost to Skate is $5 – Children 5 and under are free. Skate Rentals are available at Sandy Lane Sports across the street from the rink.

  • Fridays 3:15-5:15 p.m.
  • Sundays 12:50 – 2:30 p.m.

No Skate Dates: Fridays: 2/9 & 3/22 Sundays: 3/10

Children 12 years and younger must be accompanied and supervised by a guardian who is 18 years or older. Children ages 13-17 without an adult staying onsite must be paid for and signed in by an adult that can leave emergency contact information. Only persons wearing skates are permitted on the ice surface. Helmets are strongly recommended for all skaters.

Warwick Weekend Events Saturday:

Gaspee Days Arts & Crafts Festival Come enjoy two days outside where shopping, eating, music and friends are all brought together in one place. The Gaspee Days Arts & Crafts Festival is a free, fun, and family-friendly experience that showcases over 100 fine artisans, community groups, and non-profits where you will find one-of-a-kind arts and delicious craft fair eats. Over the course of three days, Pawtuxet Park fills with live music by our hand-picked local bands while children enjoy the many amusements available. This event will take place from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

West Bay Knights Fundraiser Car Wash Join the West Bay Knights on Saturday, May 24, 8-11 a.m. for their first annual Fundraiser Car Wash. Cost is $5 donation. All proceeds will go toward purchasing softball uniforms for the team.

Fundraiser Car Show On Saturday, May 24, Pilgrim High School Class of 2026 will be hosting a Fundraiser Car Show from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Located at 111 Pilgrim Parkway, Warwick, RI. Cost is $5 per person to attend, or $10 to put your car in the show.

Dinosaurs at Roger Williams Park Zoo  Return of the Dinosaurs runs May 16 – Aug. 10 at Roger Williams Park Zoo & Carousel Village Come face-to-face with nearly 60 life-size animatronic and interactive dinosaurs, including 25 NEW dinosaurs debuting this year! Brave the wilderness to uncover the secrets of the dinosaurs’ return! Witness towering predators, meet curious herbivores, and discover the untold stories of these ancient giants. Get hands-on with digging up ancient fossils, enjoy photos ops with dino eggs and more.

Are you ready to face the roar?

Warwick Weekend Events Sunday:

Gaspee Days Arts & Crafts Festival Come enjoy two days outside where shopping, eating, music and friends are all brought together in one place. The Gaspee Days Arts & Crafts Festival is a free, fun, and family-friendly experience that showcases over 100 fine artisans, community groups, and non-profits where you will find one-of-a-kind arts and delicious craft fair eats. Over the course of three days, Pawtuxet Park fills with live music by our hand-picked local bands while children enjoy the many amusements available. This event will take place from 10:00 a.m.-5:00p.m.

Thayer Arena Public Skate: Through March, Friday and Sunday, Public Skate is open to skaters of all ages. Cost to Skate is $5 – Children 5 and under are free. Skate Rentals are available at Sandy Lane Sports across the street from the rink.

  • Fridays 3:15-5:15 p.m.
  • Sundays 12:50 – 2:30 p.m.

 Children 12 years and younger must be accompanied

Dinosaurs at Roger Williams Park Zoo  Return of the Dinosaurs runs May 16 – Aug. 10 at Roger Williams Park Zoo & Carousel Village Come face-to-face with nearly 60 life-size animatronic and interactive dinosaurs, including 25 NEW dinosaurs debuting this year! Brave the wilderness to uncover the secrets of the dinosaurs’ return! Witness towering predators, meet curious herbivores, and discover the untold stories of these ancient giants. Get hands-on with digging up ancient fossils, enjoy photos ops with dino eggs and more.

Are you ready to face the roar?

Warwick Weekend Events Memorial Day:

 

RIPTA runs holiday schedule The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) will run a Sunday/Holiday service schedule on Monday, May 26, 2025, in observance of Memorial Day. The Sunday/Holiday schedule will apply to all regular fixed-route buses and trolleys.

Gaspee Days Arts & Crafts Festival Come enjoy two days outside where shopping, eating, music and friends are all brought together in one place. The Gaspee Days Arts & Crafts Festival is a free, fun, and family-friendly experience that showcases over 100 fine artisans, community groups, and non-profits where you will find one-of-a-kind arts and delicious craft fair eats. Over the course of three days, Pawtuxet Park fills with live music by our hand-picked local bands while children enjoy the many amusements available. This event will take place from 10 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.

 

Natalie Ferland
Author: Natalie Ferland

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