Things to Do in Downcity Providence

Downcity is where most of Providence’s big nights happen. Broadway tours and touring comedians play the Providence Performing Arts Center on Weybosset Street and The VETS, concerts fill The Strand on Washington Street, and the P-Bruins and Friars play Amica Mutual Pavilion. On lighting nights, WaterFire burns on the rivers right through the middle of it.

Where to eat before a show

• Ten Steak & Sushi, 55 Pine Street, steps from PPAC
• Oberlin, 266 Westminster Street
• Hemenway’s, 121 South Main Street, on the river