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WUN-ON-ONE: A conversation with Jay Sweet and Dan Swain, Newport Festivals Foundation

by Ryan Belmore

Jay Sweet and Dan Swain, the Executive Director and Development Director of Newport Festivals Foundation, joined What’sUpNewp today for a conversation about the Foundation, the Newport Folk Festival, Newport Jazz Festival, and more. You can listen to our conversation here, or watch and listen below. More About The Newport Festivals Foundation Newport Festivals Foundation is […]

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Newport Folk & Jazz Festival teams with 11th Hour Racing on sustainability initiatives

by Ryan Belmore

11th Hour Racing today announced its new role as the Environmental Awareness Sponsor of the Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals. “Widely considered two of the most treasured cultural institutions in American history, for over 60 years, the Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals have shown that music can positively impact the communities and lives it touches,” […]

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Newport Festivals co-founder George Wein dies at age 95

by Community Submission

A spokesperson from the Newport Festivals Foundation provided the following press release this afternoon: Impresario, promoter, pianist, art collector and philanthropist George T. Wein, co-founder and creator of the Newport Jazz Festival® and the Newport Folk Festival®, who for seven decades, was the most influential presenter of music around the globe, died peacefully in his […]

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Newport Festivals Foundation to release “John Prine and Friends” album

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Recorded during the 2017 Newport Folk Festival®, John Prine and Friends is the first-ever release of this celebrated and unique performance. Joining John on stage during this once-in-a-lifetime set were some of our very dear friends including (in order of appearance) Justin Vernon, Jim James, Margo Price, Nathaniel Rateliff, Lucius, and Roger Waters. Offered exclusively through Newport Folk and […]

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Newport Festivals Foundation Announces Instrument Bell Cover Donations

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Newport Festivals Foundation has announced a new initiative to donate instrument bell covers to public schools and music programs across the country. The covers are placed over the bell of brass and woodwind instruments to reduce emissions and make band practice safer. Through a partnership with National Educational Music Co, Ltd., 366 bell covers were donated […]

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Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals support local music programs

by Ken Abrams

The Newport Festivals Foundation continues to expand its educational mission in Rhode Island and neighboring states. The Foundation, established in 2011, oversees charitable programs for the Folk and Jazz Festivals. We spoke with Deborah Ross, Educational Director for the Foundation, who oversees the educational programming. “I found out at the Folk Festival that a lot […]

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Local Artists, Businesses and Organizations Invited to Participate in 2017 Newport Bridgefest

by Ryan Belmore

Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc.invites local artists, clubs, restaurants, theaters, museums and other organizations to participate in Bridgefest® 2017, the annual celebration of Jazz, Folk and Newport’s rich musical community. Bridging the gap between the iconic Newport Folk Festival® and Newport Jazz Festival®, the series of events – including concerts, films, educational programs and music-related activities […]

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Rhode Island Foundation Helps Underwrite 3rd Day at Newport Jazz Festival

by Ryan Belmore

The Newport Festivals Foundation Inc. has announced that it has received a $40,000 grant from the Rhode Island Foundation to help underwrite the third day of music featuring emerging artists and future icons at the historic Newport Jazz Festival on Friday, July 31, at Fort Adams State Park. A grant from the Rhode Island Foundation,the largest […]