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Providence will host its free annual arts and culture festival, PVDFest, on September 5 and 6.

The festival aims to revitalize the downtown area with music, art, and performances.

Despite city budget challenges, funding was allocated for PVDFest to support the local creative economy.

PROVIDENCE – Downtown Providence’s ordinarily sleepy streets will come alive on Sept. 5 and 6 for the city’s free art and culture festival, PVDFest .

The festival draws thousands of attendees annually with a jam-packed lineup of musicians, performance artists, public art installations, family activities and a party-like atmosphere that’s otherwise rare in a neighborhood often synonymous with vacant office buildings and stalled development projects .

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