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Autumnfest in Woonsocket
Autumnfest brings three full days of music, roaming crowds, and easy conversation to downtown Woonsocket each fall. Families settle into folding chairs and curbside spots as if the whole route were a neighborhood porch, while cool Rhode Island air mixes with food smells and street noise after dark. The city has kept the tradition running since 1978.
You arrive to that crisp fall feeling New England does so well: jackets half-zipped, leaves skittering along the curb, and families drifting toward the noise as if the whole city has agreed to meet outside.