What is Wooly?

Legendary for its variety, creativity and immersive playfulness, Wooly Fair is Providence’s homegrown art carnival.

Wooly Fair is built by artists and artists-at-heart whose installations, handmade games, performances and spectacles encourage us all to let go of limiting ideas about performer-audience divides…

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Upcoming Wooly Events

  • A promotional poster for Woody Fair, a participatory art carnival and flocktion fundraiser event featuring 50 Sims, scheduled for December 13th from 6 PM to 9 PM. The poster depicts a tall building with a cartoon sheep standing on top of it, with a colorful, abstract background.

    Wooly Flocktion

    12/13 6:00-9:00PM

    A great opportunity to pick up a special gift for the holidays while supporting your favorite neighborhood art carnival.

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  • The Lint Ball

    The Lint Ball

    3/07/2026

    Wooly Fair’s indoor winter dancey immersive playground of interactive artist projects and live performances.

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  • A cartoon illustration of a dancing sheep on a pink flower background with blue sky.

    Wooly Fair

    Date TBD

    Providence’s own participatory art carnival.

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Nighttime outdoor event with colorful lighting, a crowd of people, and stage setup in front of an old brick building.
Outdoor festival scene showing a colorful, illuminated hanging lantern and a large cupcake-shaped decoration with white cotton candy-like top and a cherry on top, surrounded by people.
Nighttime scene of a crowded alleyway with large illuminated lanterns and decorations, with people walking and socializing.
Night scene at a modern outdoor event with a geodesic dome structure illuminated with colorful lights, and a crowd of people gathering nearby.
People participating in a festive outdoor event, carrying a colorful, painted paper-mâché dragon through a courtyard with hay on the ground, surrounded by onlookers, decorations, and a brick building in the background.
Person riding a bicycle past a large pile of black tires stacked and tangled on a city street at night, with buildings and bright lights in the background.
Woman wearing a colorful costume and a large, pink foam headpiece, giving a thumbs up at an outdoor event.

Our 2025/2026 Donors and Supporters. Thank you!

David Anderson

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David Lee Black

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Casali Liquors

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Jamie Coehlo

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Damian Ewens

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Nidal Fakhouri

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Gather Glass

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Frederick Gorman

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Michaela O'Donnell

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Jessica Ricci

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Scout LLC

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Matt Stone

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Michael Townsend

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John West

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Chuck Whocyznski

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Karina Holyoak Wood

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David Anderson 〰️ David Lee Black 〰️ Casali Liquors 〰️ Jamie Coehlo 〰️ Damian Ewens 〰️ Nidal Fakhouri 〰️ Gather Glass 〰️ Frederick Gorman 〰️ Michaela O'Donnell 〰️ Jessica Ricci 〰️ Scout LLC 〰️ Matt Stone 〰️ Michael Townsend 〰️ John West 〰️ Chuck Whocyznski 〰️ Karina Holyoak Wood 〰️

Historic Event Sponsors

A little Wooly magic from 2006…