Events in Providence subreddit?

Submitted by cottage-clutter t3_110pow5 in providence

Does anyone know if there's a specific community for events happening in the Providence area? I know that events and promotions are technically allowed in this sub, but it seems like people don't tend to like them and they often get a lot of downvotes. I get that people don't want to see anything that feels like an ad, but I think it would be great if there were a specific place I could go to look for events.

I'd love to support more local performers, creators, and businesses and I think having a separate Providence events sub could provide a community for event hosts and performers to find interested attendees. Also, this subreddit would have fewer of the promotion type posts that other people don't seem to want. If there's interest and there isn't already one I might start the sub myself.

tl;dr is there a subreddit for events in Providence and would you be interested in one?

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LauraPalmersMom430 t1_j8ainak wrote

It would be cool if the mods made a weekly or monthly pinned thread for this

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MrSneaki t1_j8dsqm1 wrote

This makes the most sense, to me. Nobody needs to see / downvote the "promo" posts any more, and people who want this info don't need to leave the site or even this sub to get it

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jus_bos t1_j8aciq8 wrote

I don't know about a subreddit, but there is this website:

https://rishows.com/

They have a lot of shows, readings, etc around the PVD area

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cottage-clutter OP t1_j8fa2js wrote

This is great! Thank you for sharing it.

I will definitely be using this, but I think it’d be great to have a subreddit too. Most events websites like this have a submission process that can delay when the event is posted and can reduce or restrict the information that is posted.

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n0m_chompsky t1_j8an4zw wrote

If you're on Instagram, there's an account called @pvdgcal that is always posting local events on their story

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cowperthwaite t1_j8eao6l wrote

For a very long time, I read this account as "PVD Gal" not "PVD GCal" for (I assume) google calendar.

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oglactation t1_j8aqc15 wrote

I would join a new event sub, people on here always downvote any local recommendation or event post for some reason

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degggendorf t1_j8c1w4p wrote

IDK, I'm totally happy to have any event posted here, assuming it's real people posting events they're interested in and not just some hack promoter spamming their own stuff.

But I don't think I've noticed the latter around here at all.

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Different_Lettuce850 t1_j8aviq2 wrote

i'd support this. or even a RI events sub. events is one of the only reasons i keep FB unfortunately.

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cottage-clutter OP t1_j8txetx wrote

I'm not sure it'll replace FB, but I just started a sub, r/ProvidenceEvents

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OpticalFlatulence t1_j8b23or wrote

Definitely check meetup.com for Providence based events, too!

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FrutaFertil t1_j8bp2d8 wrote

Check out GoProvidence.com

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