Culture, art, music, movement, food, and dialogue will converge in Fall River and Providence festival

FABRIC Arts Festival returns this fall with four days of multidisciplinary programming unfolding across Fall River, MA and Providence, RI. Now in its 6th edition, FABRIC remains a vibrant platform where diverse communities and creative cultures intersect—through art, food, movement, and dialogue—rooted in collaboration and shared experience.

FABRIC’s 2025 edition will include exhibitions, performances, talks, a guided walk, and a series of communal dinners conceived as artistic events. These dinners—now a signature of the festival—invite artists and chefs to collaborate in creating immersive experiences that combine food, storytelling, and performance. The program also expands through co-curation with regional partners, reinforcing FABRIC’s commitment to shared authorship and community collaboration.

The festival will take place from October 9–12, 2025,

First Highlights 2025 Edition

OCTOBER 10, FALL RIVER
A highlight of this edition is an Artistic Dinner on October 10 with Project Calafonas, a long-term research project exploring the sound and cultural memory of the Portuguese-Azorean diaspora. Taking place at The Cultural Center in Fall River, the evening will feature a curated listening session led by DJ Milhafre (Henrique Ferreira) and a menu created by chef Hugo Ferreira in collaboration with Rhode Island chef Mitch Mauricio, inviting guests to taste, listen, and remember.

OCTOBER 11, PROVIDENCE

The following night, October 11, FABRIC teams up with Stay Silent, one of Providence’s leading platforms for global diasporic sound, to host the festival’s main party at CRIB. The evening is headlined by Branko—Lisbon-based DJ, producer, and founder of Enchufada—whose genre-defying sets and globe-spanning influences promise an unforgettable dancefloor experience.

Organized by Casa dos Açores da Nova Inglaterra (CANI), a Fall River-based non-profit fostering cultural and educational exchange between the Azores and the Portuguese-American diaspora, FABRIC continues to build bridges between local traditions and global creativity. This year’s edition coincides with the annual gathering of the World Council of Casas dos Açores, welcoming representatives from 13 diasporic organizations around the world to Fall River.

FABRIC 2025 is supported by a network of local and international partners, including the Barr Foundation, Bristol County Savings Bank, BayCoast Bank, Matouk, BankFive, FLAD – Luso-American Development Foundation, the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and venues such as ODD-KIN, CRIB, AS220, Portugalia Marketplace, Gather, and The Cultural Center.

The full program—including details on exhibitions, talks, educational initiatives, and registration—will be announced in September.