Market · Providence metro · within 25 miles
The Providence market books about 710 shows a year across 636 venues, with 387 already on the calendar. Rock leads the tagged shows at 27%, ahead of Variety / Tribute at 17%. Saturdays are the busiest night and Mondays the quietest, and Friday and Saturday together carry 57% of the year. August is the peak month. Alchemy is the most-booked venue, with 61 shows on record. The market covers Providence and 60 nearby cities within 25 miles, including Newport, Warwick and Bristol.
Refreshed September 29, 2026 · from Cultivate's live dataset
The venues
Ranked by shows on record. Genre focus comes from what each venue has actually booked.
The shape of the market
What else competes for the night
Fairs, festivals, sports and civic events pull the same crowd. Cultivate weighs each one by expected draw and scores every night in Providence from 0 to 100 before you commit a date.
2 dates on the calendar · very large draw
2 dates on the calendar · very large draw
2 dates on the calendar · very large draw
2 dates on the calendar · very large draw
1 date on the calendar · very large draw
1 date on the calendar · very large draw
1 date on the calendar · very large draw
1 date on the calendar · very large draw
Questions
Cultivate tracks 636 venues that book live music within 25 miles of Providence, Rhode Island, from bar stages to arenas, with about 710 shows in the last twelve months and 387 upcoming.
Saturday. In 2026, 321 shows fall on a Saturday, against 21 on a Monday, the quietest night. Friday and Saturday together account for 57% of the year's shows.
Rock leads with 27% of the shows that carry a genre, followed by Variety / Tribute at 17%. Genre comes from what venues actually book, not from how they describe themselves.
Alchemy in Providence, with 61 shows on record and 22 upcoming. Booking contacts and exact capacities for every venue are available in the Cultivate console.
This is a sample of the Providence data
The console has every venue, every act, the booking contacts, the Competition Grid and the Tour Planner, for Providence and every other market in the country.