2022 Pridefest (Photo: Rick Farrell)

The 46th Annual Rhode Island PrideFest Celebration was held in downtown Providence on Saturday, June 18, 2022.

More than 250 nonprofit organizations, businesses, and food vendors were on hand for the event at the Providence Innovation District Park, which also included entertainment for festival-goers from a variety of local and regional acts.

What’sUpNewp’s Rick Farrell was at the event and shares this photo gallery.

​Rick Farrell of Mojo Photography has been drawn to music his entire life. Maybe it was growing up in Newport, RI, host to the venerable Newport Jazz and Folk festivals. Or maybe it was the countless hours listening to his older siblings' classic LP's and 45's on the stereo in the 1960's. Whatever the reason, there has always been a strong connection. He had originally taken up photography as a hobby, eventually gravitating towards shooting professionally in 2007. Never knowing what his true...