PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Mayor Jorge O. Elorza and FirstWorks on Wednesday morning announced details of PVDFest, which is set to take over downtown Providence from June 1 to 4.

This year's event will feature more than 800 artists, 15 stages, 30 food vendors and 11 local arts organizations, according to a news release.

PVDFest Map

Here is a partial schedule. For more information go to pvdfest.com.

Thursday, June 1:

— "Making a Lively Experiment" conference, beginning at 8:30 a.m. at the Aurora, 276 Westminster St.; $30 for artists, students and nonprofits; $45 general admission.

— Free nighttime dance party at The Steel Yard, 27 Sims Ave.

Friday, June 2:

— Quarter Moon Market & Super Soul Dance Party, hosted by the Dean Hotel and AS220, 5 to 10 p.m., Dean Hotel parking lot.

— Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island Sabbath dinner, 5 p.m., Biltmore Park. First come, first served.

— Screening and panel discussion of "Ivy League Rumba" at the Aurora, 5 p.m.

— Salsa y Gaitas, Alex and Ani Center Stage (Kennedy Plaza), 7 p.m.

— PALO!, Alex and Ani Center Stage (Kennedy Plaza), 8:30 p.m.

— BANDALOOP scales the facade of 10 Dorrance St. for world premiere of #PVDPublicCanvas, in collaboration with Christopher Johnson, 8 p.m.

Saturday, June 3:

— PVDFest Marketplace, noon to 8 p.m., Westminster Street.

— Bike Fest 2017 at Mathewson Street Stage, noon to 4 p.m.

— Family Fun at Burnside Park, noon to 8 p.m.

— Skylett White, Liberian hip-hop, noon, Washington Street

— Keith Munslow, kids music, 1 p.m., Grant's Block (Westminster and Union Streets)

— Doppelgänger Dance Collective, City Hall, 2 and 6 p.m.

— Rhode Island Mini Maker Faire presented by Johnson & Wales University, 2 to 8 p.m., Washington Street

— Artist on the Rise, opportunity to share your own talent, 3:30 p.m., City Hall; and 9:30 p.m., Coastway Stage (63 Snow St.)

— Eastern Medicine Singers, Algonquin drum group, 3:30 p.m., FirstWorks Plaza Stage (27 Exchange St.)

— Kalifa and Koliba, West African music, Alex and Ani City Center Stage (Kennedy Plaza)



— Parade on Washington Street, 4 p.m.

— Big Nazo Intergalactic Creature Dance Party, 4:30 p.m., FirstWorks Plaza Stage (27 Exchange St.)

— Aurelio Martinez, Latin American singer songwriter, 5 p.m., Alex and Ani City Center Stage (Kennedy Plaza)

— Joe Wilson Jr. of Trinity Repertory Company, "Dark Lady's Transformations," 5, 7 and 11 p.m.

— Las Cafeteras, alternative Latin music, 6:30 p.m., FirstWorks Plaza Stage (27 Exchange St.)

— The Funk Underground, 6:30 p.m., Coastway Stage (63 Snow St.)

— Soul singer Betty Bonifassi, 7 p.m., Alex and Ani City Center Stage (Kennedy Plaza)

— Case Closed! Hip-hop dance and theater collaboration, 7:30 p.m., City Hall

— BANDALOOP, #PVDPublicCavas, 8 and 10 p.m., 10 Dorrance St.

— International Rebels featuring Chachi Cavalho and Sidy Maiga, 8:30 p.m.



— Gonzalo Grau and The Guyaba Latin Combo, 8:30 p.m., Alex and Ani City Center Stage (Kennedy Plaza)

— Trumpeter Etienne Charles, 10:30 p.m., Alex and Ani City Center Stage (Kennedy Plaza)

— Soul singer Bettye LaVette, 10:30 p.m., FirstWorks Plaza Stage (27 Exchange St.)

Sunday, June 4:

— "Armory Animated by Art" at Cranston Street Armory, 1 p.m. With tours of armory in English and Spanish, RISD Museum art installations in repurposed box trucks along Hollywood Road

— Daniel Bernard Roumain's "En Masse," a composition created for up to 500 musicians, 3 to 5:30 p.m. at Cranston Street Armory. Featuring What Cheer? Brigade, Becky Bass, Extraordinary Rendition Band, and Christopher Johnson along with local student ensembles and music groups. Visual artist Paul Cote will create a live painting synchronized to the performance.

— Reprise of "Fantasia con Guyaba Habanera," featuring Community MusicWorks, Gonzalo Grau and La Clave Secreta, Johnny Gandelsman and special guests, 6 p.m., Cranston Street Armory.