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Atlantis Rising Sand Sculpture Competition

Atlantis Rising 2023

 

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May 30 - June 1    Ninigret Park, Charlestown, RI

RAIN OR SHINE - NO DOGS ALLOWED

 

Tickets at the door.

$15 for adults and children over 10.

$7 for children 10 - 6.

Children 5 and under FREE!

 

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

 

Friday, May 30, 2025

12 PM Gates Open

12-2 PM Glimmertree - a harp trio plays enchanting music as you explore.

1-1:30 PM Pirate School/Musical Toadstools at Pirate Cove - great fun for the kids! Captain Jack Sparrow will teach them how to be a pirate and play musical toadstools in the Pirate Cove.

2:30-4:30 PM Take It to the Bridge quartet  

5:30-7:30 PM Sugar

7:30 PM Gates Close

 

Saturday, May 31, 2025

10 AM Gates Open

10 AM - 12:30 PM Glimmertree - a harp trio plays enchanting music as you explore.

12:30-1PM Pirate School/Musical Toadstools at Pirate Cove- great fun for the kids! Captain Jack Sparrow will teach them how to be a pirate and play musical toadstools in the Pirate Cove.

1-1:45 PM Bubbly Fairy at the Ring of Faerie - The Bubble Fairy spreads love and joy with bubbles - another fun for kids activity in the Ring of Faerie where the fairies and other enchanted creatures live and photo opportunities abound. 

2-2:30 PM Pirate School/Musical Toadstools at Pirate Cove - great fun for the kids! Captain Jack Sparrow will teach them how to be a pirate and play musical toadstools in the Pirate Cove.

1-4PM The Nomadics 

4:30-5 PM Pirate School/Musical Toadstools at Pirate Cove- great fun for the kids! Captain Jack Sparrow will teach them how to be a pirate and play musical toadstools in the Pirate Cove.

4:30-7:30 PM Steve Smith and the Nakeds 

7:30 PM Gates Close

 

Sunday, June 1, 2025

10 AM Gates Open

10:30 AM - 1:30 PM Buddy Fanjoy

1-1:45 PM Bubbly Fairy at the Ring of Faerie - The Bubble Fairy spreads love and joy with bubbles - another fun for kids activity in the Ring of Faerie where the fairies and other enchanted creatures live and photo opportunities abound. 

1:30-2 PM Pirate School/Musical Toadstools at Pirate Cove- great fun for the kids! Captain Jack Sparrow will teach them how to be a pirate and play musical toadstools in the Pirate Cove.

2 PM Judges' Choice Awards

2:30-5 PM Room Full of Blues 

2:30-3PM Pirate School/Musical Toadstools at Pirate Cove- great fun for the kids! Captain Jack Sparrow will teach them how to be a pirate and play musical toadstools in the Pirate Cove.

5 PM Peoples' Choice Award Voting Closes

6 PM Gates Close

The best way to enjoy Atlantis RIsing is to get your tickets at the gate - no need to buy tickets ahead. There is plenty of parking at Ninigret Park. When you purchase your tickets, you will get a stamp (there are different stamps for each day) so that you can come and go for that day. You will also be given a colored bean. Yes, that's correct, a dried bean that has been painted. The color doesn't matter. The bean is your vote. As you view the gallery of sculptures, you can cast your vote with your bean at the ballot boxes in the gallery tent. We will announce the People's Choice winner shortly after the event closes. 

Different areas such as The Pirate Cove, The Ring of Faerie and more will house different characters, enchanted creatures and photo opportunities as well as fun entertainment for kids such as Pirate School with Captain Jack Sparrow and the Bubbly Fairy. As the theme for this year's event is "enchanted garden" we encourage you to come as your favorite fairytale character. Don some wings and come as a fairy, or dress up like a toadstool, hobbit, forest king or queen. Have fun and use your imagination!

Don't worry, while the kids are having fun, there's plenty of fun for the adults, too. The beer and wine tent will have adult beverages and there will be lots of delicious food vendors to pair with your beverages while shopping for products made by local vendors and artisans. Don't forget to stop by the Atlantis RIsing merchandise tent for official Atlantis Rising t-shirts, hoodies and more. There will even be new Thomas Dambo Troll t-shirts for sale for the whole family.

That reminds me, while, you're in the park, go visit Erik and Greta, our resident trolls. They love people! 

 

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A big thank you to our 2025 Atlantis Rising Sponsors:

 

Stage Sponsor:

Westerly Community Credit Union

Beer & Wine Tent Sponsor:

Whaler's

Sign Sponsor & Table Centerpiece Sponsor:

RI Energy

Ticket Booth Sponsor:

NuCar

Gold Banner Sponsors:

Applebee's Champlin's Chariho Furniture Charlestown Wine & Spirits Chophouse Grille

Dan's Place Evie's Jani King Java Madness PinecrestRippy's South County Architecture & Design South County Cabinets South County Health Sunrise Properties

 

 

 

 

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