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Yahoo
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Rock and Roll Yard Sale finds new home in Providence's West End
PROVIDENCE (WPRI) — Providence's beloved Rock and Roll Yard Sale, an open-air market and neighborhood block party, will return this Saturday in the city's West End. The event will be held from noon to 5 p.m. on West Fountain Street, with new sponsors Moniker Brewery and the West Broadway Neighborhood Association. It will feature live music, food, vintage dealers, records, and other interesting creations from local makers. 'It should be fun. It's a unique event,' Jennifer Daltry told 12 News. 'There are a lot of events that are either vintage focused or makers focused, and ours kind of has a good mix of all of it.' Organizers Chris and Jennifer Daltry, who own the online retail shop What Cheer? Records + Vintage, have been putting on the event since 2003. 'We were just thinking about how there really isn't anything like this in Providence, and maybe we could create something like this,' Jennifer Daltry said. PVDFest returns Sept. 5-6: Here's what's in store Over the past 22 years, they've seen the event go from humble beginnings at AS220 to its most recent incarnation on Westminster Street that annually drew thousands to downtown Providence. Earlier this year, the Rock and Roll Yard Sale appeared to be in jeopardy after the couple learned that the event's main sponsor no longer wanted to support it. They credit a social media post highlighting their dilemma with bringing them both a new sponsor and a new neighborhood to embrace. 'People reached out, including Moniker,' Jennifer Daltry said. 'We started to have meetings with Moniker. They brought in West Broadway Neighborhood Association, and it grew from there.' 'It's been a really good collaboration this time around with the West Broadway Neighborhood Association stepping in to help out and create kind of a neighborhood party,' Chris Daltry said. 'It feels like a good fit.' You can find more information about the Rock and Roll Yard Sale both on Facebook and Instagram. Download the and apps to get breaking news and weather alerts. Watch or with the new . Follow us on social media: Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Boston Globe
03-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
The show will go on: After doubts, ‘Rock and Roll Yard Sale' in Providence set for Saturday
Related : But Chris Daltry, who co-organizes the 'yard sale' with his wife, Jennifer, told the Globe the show will continue on after all, with new partners, Moniker Brewery and the West Broadway Neighborhood Association. Advertisement 'As long as the weather cooperates, it feels really good,' Daltry said Monday, when asked how it feels knowing the fair is returning. (A rain date is scheduled for Sunday, he said.) 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 The Daltrys, who own the online retail shop, What Cheer?, have organized the event for more than 20 years, which had been held on Westminster Street in downtown Providence for the last 15. But Chris Daltry said earlier this year the 'part marketplace and part block party' was on the rocks after In Downcity, a small business marketing group focused on the city's downtown, opted to end its partnership with the event. Joanna Levitt, In Downcity's marketing manager, said at the time the event had 'become larger than we have the capacity to manage in the way we have been in the past.' Advertisement Daltry had also said city officials had complained about alcohol issues at last year's 'Rock and Roll Yard Sale.' Josh Estrella, a city spokesman, said in February there were several regulatory protocols that were not followed, including 'insufficient oversight in the beer garden area, failure to conduct ID checks, and the absence of a clear designated space for alcohol service, which is required at outdoor events like this one.' A food truck also unlawfully served alcohol, Estrella said. This year, with the event moving to West Fountain Street, drinking areas will be contained to two breweries there, Moniker Brewery and Origin Beer Project, Chris Daltry said. 'We have made an effort to bring on extra security and volunteers, and, you know, to make sure that the people that want to drink can stay within the parking lots and areas that are on the property where the breweries are, and then the rest is more of a just an open air marketplace,' he said. 'So in a way, it works better than downtown, because there's more space than there was for the bars and stuff.' In an email on Monday, Estrella wrote that after the concerns around last year's event, a meeting between the organizers and city officials was held to 'review all necessary protocols and ensure compliance with regulations moving forward, including an agreed upon revision to the event's sanitation plan.' 'The City's existing requirements for these events have not changed, which include mandatory ID checks for alcohol purchases, a designated and enclosed area for alcohol service and an event organizer or designated security personnel monitoring the space whenever alcohol is being served,' Estrella wrote. 'As of today, event organizers have met the guidelines and requirements outlined in the application process and we look forward to a successful event.' Advertisement Chris Daltry said he is already thinking how the 'Rock and Roll Yard Sale' could grow next year, pointing to the bevy of restaurants and bars that call West Fountain Street home. 'This little strip, it's kind of a gem,' he said. 'It's still cobblestone. It's turning from what used to be all like auto and auto body [places]. There's been investment in some of the infrastructure in the buildings to turn it into more of a kind of a place to hang out and to eat and drink and whatnot. So there's a future there as well.' Christopher Gavin can be reached at
Boston Globe
12-02-2025
- Business
- Boston Globe
‘We just can't do it on our own': Without partnership, future of Providence's ‘Rock and Roll Yard Sale' is uncertain
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 As a result, the organizers are now looking for a new venue or potential location, and noted the 'yard sale' will likely not be a large-scale fair but 'local small scale pop-ups.' Advertisement 'What worries us the most is that this has taken income away from people that were expecting for this to keep happening and, you know, our vendors are the core of what we do,' Chris Daltry told the Globe on Tuesday. 'So it's them that we kind of want to find a way of moving forward for.' The Daltrys, who own the online retail shop, What Cheer?, have stewarded the Providence 'Rock and Roll Yard Sale,' typically held during the first Saturday in May, for more than 20 years. For approximately the last 15, the yard sale has taken over Westminster Street, expanding beyond its roots into something that's now 'part marketplace and part block party,' Chris Daltry said. (The Daltrys also organize a similar event in Somerville, scheduled this year for Sept. 7.) According to the Daltrys, In Downcity opted to leave the partnership 'because of the amount of grief they were given after last year by the City of Providence, and that is mostly due to public alcohol consumption.' Advertisement 'The current PVD mayor appears to have a vendetta against any public event that involves alcohol, and even though everything was done in compliance with the city rules in past years, they still created accusations against the event,' the website reads. Chris Daltry said alcohol issues at last year's event were 'the main thing' officials complained about, adding that the city doesn't 'want it on the streets.' 'That seems to be their biggest issue with pretty much all outdoor events in Providence,' he said, pointing to the annual On Tuesday, city spokesperson Josh Estrella pushed back on the notion Smiley has targeted public outdoor events where alcohol is served. In an email, Estrella wrote alcohol restrictions at events like the yard sale have been in place since before Smiley took office. 'The city has supported a multitude of other events that have followed all guidelines and state laws and provided a safe and exciting space for attendees and neighbors,' Estrella wrote. 'These requirements are enforced to ensure a safe environment for all attendees while maintaining compliance with both state and local laws.' According to Estrella, there were several regulatory protocols that were not followed at last year's yard sale event, including 'insufficient oversight in the beer garden area, failure to conduct ID checks, and the absence of a clear designated space for alcohol service, which is required at outdoor events like this one.' A food truck also unlawfully served alcohol, Estrella wrote. Advertisement 'These violations were immediately addressed on-site and the vendor and event organizer were informed,' Estrella wrote. 'Following the event, a meeting was held to review these concerns and clear steps were outlined with the organizers to ensure compliance with regulations moving forward.' Joanna Levitt, In Downcity's marketing manager, said concerns from city officials were not just about alcohol, but also about trash and 'the size of the event.' 'They just wanted to make sure that we're doing all of the things that we, you know, agreed to, which we were,' Levitt said Tuesday of the meeting with the city held after last year's event. 'I think we left it with them that, you know, we'd be extra cognizant of anything … related to alcohol or trash or anything like that this year if we were to do it again.' The conversation with the city, however, didn't really factor into In Downcity's decision to step back from its position as lead partner this year, Levitt said. Rather, the event is 'a capacity issue for us,' she said. 'We're a very small group, In Downcity,' Levitt said. 'There's two of us, and so the event has kind of become larger than we have the capacity to manage in the way we have been in the past.' Levitt said In Downcity has been hoping to find another partner who could lead the planning effort. Chris Daltry said, however, he and his wife are now considering locations beyond Providence. (There will soon be small, monthly 'curated sales with rotating vendors' at Advertisement 'We're kind of feeling that the city doesn't have enough of an appreciation for the kind of thing that we do for us to stick with Providence,' Chris Daltry said. 'So right now, we're looking elsewhere, unless someone can bring something to the table where there's actually support that would make it feasible for us.' Christopher Gavin can be reached at
