The International Portuguese Music Awards (IPMA) is an awards show recognizing outstanding achievement in the music industry by artists of Portuguese ancestry. Our 12th annual show features performances by prominent artists and is televised online and on various media outlets, including on RTP International which reaches 20 million households worldwide. Awards are handed out in multiple categories and the two New Talent finalists perform live. The performer lineup will be announced on Dec. 9, 2023 at our Launch Party. 

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International Portuguese Music Awards

Providence Performing Arts Center

Shen Yun

An Intimate Evening with David Foster and Katharine McPhee is just that: an intimate evening with one of the biggest musical forces of our time. The 16-time Grammy award winning writer/producer performs songs with Katharine McPhee that he wrote or produced from his four decades of hits and includes fascinating storytelling about the songs, artists and moments of his life.  They also perform a selection of hit songs that are beloved by Katharine’s fans.

David Foster & Katharine McPhee

With a legendary career spanning five decades, KANSAS has firmly established itself as one of America’s iconic classic rock bands. This "garage band" from Topeka released their debut album in 1974 after being discovered by Wally Gold, who worked for Don Kirshner, and have gone on to sell more than 30 million albums worldwide. With no signs of slowing down, KANSAS continues to perform in front of large and enthusiastic audiences.

Kansas

Raffi is a singer, songwriter, producer, author, lecturer, and tireless advocate for children.  He is best known for his work as a children’s entertainer and advocate whose string of gold and platinum-selling recordings includes his iconic song, “Baby Beluga”.  Once called “the most popular children’s singer in the English-speaking world” (Washington Post) and “Canada’s all-time children’s champion” (Toronto Star), Raffi is also a recipient of the Order of Canada and the United Nations’ Earth Achievement Award.  He has published three books for adults and holds five honorary degrees.

Raffi

Veterans Memorial Auditorium (The VETS)

Written and narrated by Ricardo Pitts-Wiley of Mixed Magic Theatre, performed by a special gathering of community singers and musicians, and accompanied by PPAC’s Wondrous Wurlitzer played by PPAC’s House Organist Peter Edwin Krasinski, please join us for this commemoration of a journey that spans continents, centuries and shall continue until we are once again free.

From Free to Freedom: A Juneteenth Celebration

Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and now calling Colorado home, horticulturist/musician Gregory Alan Isakov has cast an impressive presence on the indie-rock and folk worlds with his six full-length studio albums: That Sea, The Gambler; This Empty Northern Hemisphere; The Weatherman; Gregory Alan Isakov with the Colorado Symphony; Evening Machines (nominated for a Grammy award for Best Folk Album), and his newest album, Appaloosa Bones. Isakov tours internationally with his band, and has performed with several national symphony orchestras across the United States.

Gregory Alan Isakov with Special Guest Mon Rovîa

Matt Ryan performed as “Bruce Springsteen” in the Las Vegas show “Legends in Concert” starting in 2000. His Bruce Springsteen character evolved into Bruce in the USA. The band made their official debut in Las Vegas in the winter of 2004. Bruce in the USA consists of seasoned world-class professional musicians; they have taken this genre of performance art to a whole new level, making them the world’s #1 Tribute to the E Street Band’s musical legacy.

Bruce in the USA

Jason Mraz is living full spiral. It’s not full circle, exactly, because he’s changed and his experiences have changed, but on his 8th studio album, Mystical Magical Rhythmical Radical Ride, the musician has found himself returning to a familiar junction in space. Throughout the album, there are hints of Mraz’s formative releases, including his 2002 debut Waiting For My Rocket to Come and 2005’s Mr. A-Z, but it ultimately finds a kinship with 2008’s We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. The new songs, which are unabashedly pop, see Mraz reuniting with numerous collaborators, including L.A. band Raining Jane and producer Martin Terefe, who helmed the 2008 breakout album. The songs grapple with the emotions and experiences that come with being in your mid-life, a time that is often ignored by pop songwriters. Its optimistic, inspiring sensibility reflects the musician’s overall approach to being in the world. It is, in fact, full spiral, reflecting the past but becoming something new.

Jason Mraz

John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band returns to PPAC on Saturday, July 13 at 8P. They will be joined by special guests Steve Smith & The Nakeds as an opening act. Based in Rhode Island, they gained mainstream success in the 1980s with John Cafferty’s score to the motion picture Eddie & The Cruisers. The soundtrack received triple platinum certification by the RIAA and led to the band signing with Columbia Records. John Cafferty and The Beaver Brown Band are beloved in Rhode Island and around the world; they were inducted into the Rhode Island Hall of Fame in 2012.

John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band

The nautical-suited and captain’s-hat-clad Yachtley Crew (otherwise known as “The Titans Of Soft Rock) is comprised of lead vocalist Phillip Daniel (Philly Ocean), drummer Rob Jones (Sailor Hawkins), bassist Chaz Ruiz (Baba Buoy), guitarist Thomas Gardner Jr. (Tommy Buoy), backing vocalist Curt Clendenin (Stoney Shores), saxophone/flutist Paul Pate (Pauly Shores) and keyboardist Matt Grossman (Matthew McDonald).

Providence Performing Arts Center

May 4, 2024

International Portuguese Music Awards

10 - 11 May, 2024

Shen Yun

May 12, 2024

David Foster & Katharine McPhee

May 17, 2024

Kansas

May 19, 2024

Raffi

Providence Performing Arts Center

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