Common Ground
A Celebration of Culture, Community, & Conservation
Coming Summer 2026
Common Ground is a community festival designed to celebrate the rich diversity of cultures, identities, and voices that shape the Blackstone Valley and beyond.
This outdoor fair invites individuals, organizations, and families to come together through storytelling, music, dialogue, hands-on creativity, and food.
Designed to bring together local councils, organizations, families, artists, educators, and storytellers to engage in open dialogue, cultural exchange, creativity, and healing.
The event will include:
Vendor & info booths
Cultural performances
Storytelling sessions
Panel discussions
Kids/family activity area
Low sensory recharge zone
Culinary Plaza featuring cultural and local cuisine
It’s not a political event.
It’s a people event.
A listening event.
A community event.
And it’s built to be both joyful and restorative.
The event is intentionally designed to foster cross-cultural understanding, bridge generational gaps, and make space for meaningful conversations in a time when many people are looking for connection and common purpose.
From performances to panels, local vendors to youth-led art tables, this event invites people from all walks of life to engage, share, learn, and celebrate what we hold in common—while honoring what makes each of us unique.
Details for vendors, performers, artists, volunteers, speakers, etc. will posted soon! Keep checking back!