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WaterFire returns to R.I. for the 2025 season

Advertisement During full lightings, more than 80 braziers are lit up from Waterplace Park to the South Main Street Park. Lightings take place after sunset and the fires typically remain lit until midnight. The events also include onshore programming like performances and vendors, such as food trucks and artist tents featuring prints of their work, hand-poured candles, and handmade jewelry, among other goods. Get Globe Rhode Island Food Club A weekly newsletter about food and dining in Rhode Island, by Globe Rhode Island reporter Alexa Gagosz. Enter Email Sign Up Partial lightings can include braziers in any section of the river, and are more subdued. They do not have other onshore programming or food vendors. A Waterfire event overlooking the Waterfire basin in Providence, R.I. MARK STOCKWELL FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE/FILE The 'Starts At Sunset' series is a community gathering at the pedestrian bridge, where volunteers illuminate the bridge with the glow of five braziers. Meanwhile, the lower deck of the bridge is transformed into a dedicated performance area, which includes acoustic music, a fire spinner or flow artist, and other performances. Advertisement A basin lighting includes the circle of 22 braziers in the Waterplace Park basin and eight braziers leading up to the Providence Place Mall. Here is the full 2025 schedule. Thursday, May 15 — Starts at Sunset lighting Sunset: 7:59 p.m. Lighting ends at 10 p.m Saturday, May 31 — Full lighting Sunset: 8:14 p.m. Lighting ends at midnight Onshore programming and vendors open at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 19 — Partial lighting: RISD + Memorial Park area Sunset: 8:22 p.m. Lighting ends at 10:30 p.m. Friday, July 4 — Full Lighting: Celebrating Independence Day Sunset: 8:24 p.m. Lighting ends at midnight Onshore programming and vendors open at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 17 — Starts at Sunset lighting Sunset: 8:17 p.m. Lighting ends at 10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9 — Full Lighting Sunset: 7:45 p.m. Lighting ends at midnight Onshore programming and vendors open at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 18 — Basin lighting Sunset: 7:41 p.m. Lighting ends at 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27 — Full lighting: Celebrating Rhode Island educators Sunset: 6:34 p.m. Lighting ends at midnight Onshore programming and vendors open at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4 — Full lighting in support of the Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation Sunset: 6:22 p.m. Lighting ends at 11 p.m. Onshore programming and vendors open at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30 — Starts at Sunset lighting Sunset: 5:42 p.m. Lighting ends at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1 — Full lighting: 13th Annual Salute to Veterans Sunset: 5:40 p.m. Lighting ends at 10 p.m. Onshore programming and vendors open at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 31 — Starts at Sunset lighting Sunset: 4:25 p.m. Lighting ends at 9 p.m. Alexa Gagosz can be reached at