Crescent Park Carousel
700 Bullocks Point Ave, Riverside, RI
City Hall Office
401-435-7518
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Crescent Park Carousel Now open Saturday & Sunday
12noon to 8:00 pm!!
Be a part of the fun this Sunday, Ride with K-Rob!!
The Ride begins at Pierce Field:
PIERCE FIELD
As there is no need to register for this year's ride/walk/run/skate, we will have a DJ and Dunkin Donuts providing the fun!!
You may arrive as early as 8:00am.
Race Start Times:
9:45 Walkers begin
10:00 Runners begin
10:30 Bike riders, skaters, scooters, etc begin
The "RIDE" will arrive at the Carousel at 11:00am to kick off the festivities!
INTERACTIVE DEMONSTRATIONS
Make a note, here are the scheduled times and demonstrations you can see at the Family Fun Festival on May 20th!
11:45-12:15 Zumba-Healthtrax
12:30-1:00 Rugby
1:15-1:45 Fencing Demo-RI Fencing Academy
2:00-2:45 Lovett's Tae Kwon Do
2:45-3:15 Aim High Academy Gymnastics Demo
3:30-4:00 BMX Demo-Kevin Robinson & Friends
Music Schedule
12:00-4:00 DJ Donnie Battle
11:30 Pavao Family Band
12:30 Broken Silence
1:30 Pat Lowell
2:30 Elizabeth Girardi
2:50 Lil Rush
3:00 Kirsten DeHaan
4:00 Kicking Hole
5:00 Raffle Drawings and WOODWARD CAMP give a way! 2:30 Elizabeth Girardi
2:50 Lil Rush
3:00 Kirsten DeHaan
4:00 Kicking Hole
5:00 Raffle Drawings and WOODWARD CAMP give a way!
2:00-2:45 Lovett's Tae Kwon Do
2:45-3:15 Aim High Academy Gymnastics Demo
3:30-4:00 BMX Demo-Kevin Robinson & Friends
Movies in the Park
Returns May 25th
Join us again for a fun night
under the stars!!
in the park!!
Bring your lawn chair or blanket and join us for some fun! Movies begin at dusk and are weather permitting.
Check this out just for fun....
The Crescent Park Carousel
By The Numbers
The ride is 50 feet in diameter
The building is 100 feet in diameter
The ride is 157 feet in circumference
So....
One ride is thirty revolutions which means the ride
travels approximately 0.9 miles (4710 feet)
In one hour, the ride travels 9 miles (47100 feet)
or in one day, the ride travels 71.4 miles
(376,800 feet)
The average season is 100 days so the ride would
travel 7136 miles (over 37 million feet)
In the 116 years of operation, the ride has gone 33
times around the Earth or 3.3 times to the Moon!
And with an annual average rider ship of 100,000
The Crescent Park Carousel has rode
11.6 million Riders.
And still counting.....
The Crescent Park Carousel was built in 1895 by Charles I.D. Looff, one of the earliest and foremost carousel designers. The Crescent Park Carousel is nationally recognized as a true masterpiece of wood sculpture. Originally built as a showcase for prospective buyers, it is the largest and most elaborate of Looff's works. The Carousel contains 62 beautifully hand carved figures and four fanciful chariots. Overall richness of effect was Looff's trademark and the Crescent Park Carousel gives full interpretation to that spirit. Elaborate embellishments of decorative panels, beveled mirrors, faceted glass jewels, electric lights, colored sandwich glass windows and its original band organ music surround flying steeds to create Looff's "Total Carousel Experience."
Saved in the 1970's by a handful of residents, the Crescent Park Carousel was placed on the National Register of Historic sites and places in 1976. In 1985, the Rhode Island General Assembly proclaimed the Carousel as the State Jewel of American Folk Art and in 1987, the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, designated the Carousel as a National Historic Landmark.
Restore the Magic, Preserve the Tradition, Support the Carousel
Volunteers are always welcome for Carousel Fundraising Events. If interested, please call the Carousel Commission office at 435-7518.
"Winter's Magic" by Lynn Sevigny
Now available at the Carousel Gift Shop Located at City Hall. For more information please call 401-435-7518.
For information regarding why the Carousel was closed clicked below.
The work is finished!
The carousel gear replacement, for more information click here.