Soul Storytelling - SOULstice: Jazz, Soul, & Sankofa

🧡 SOUL STORYTELLING
Saturday, September 12, 2026 • 5:00PM–6:30PM
Michael S. Van Leesten Memorial Bridge • Providence, RI

SOULstice closes with Soul Storytelling — an evening centered on voice, narrative, groove, and emotional connection through Black musical traditions.

Set against the Providence River at the Michael S. Van Leesten Memorial Bridge, this final gathering reflects on memory, lineage, love, resilience, and collective experience through music designed to bring people together.

As the final chapter of the summer series, Soul Storytelling invites audiences into a shared space of reflection, celebration, and community.

Free and open to the public.

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SOULstice: Jazz, Soul, & Sankofa is a free outdoor summer music series celebrating Black musical lineage through jazz, soul, improvisation, storytelling, and diasporic musical traditions across Providence public spaces.

Made possible through support from the City of Providence’s Ely Fund, the series brings together jazz, soul, improvisation, storytelling, and diasporic musical traditions through three intimate park performances designed for gathering, reflection, joy, and connection.

✨ Full 2026 Summer Series Dates ✨

🌿 Diasporic Roots
Saturday, July 18, 2026
Billy Taylor Park • 5:00PM–6:30PM

🎷 Jazz Continuum
Saturday, August 22, 2026
Riverside Park • 5:00PM–6:30PM

🧡 Soul Storytelling
Saturday, September 12, 2026
Michael S. Van Leesten Memorial Bridge • 5:00PM–6:30PM

SOULstice is rooted in Sankofa — looking to the past to inform the future — and exists to create accessible, intentional spaces where Black musical traditions can be experienced not just as entertainment, but as living lineage, cultural memory, and collective expression.

These performances are free and open to the public. Bring a blanket, bring your people, and join the gathering.