Art After Dark

Discover the best events, activities and things to do during this weekend in and around Newport, RI.

Monday, June 6 

6pm – FINAL Newport Open Space Partnership Public Meeting

  • @ The Deck: Live music with Justin Pomfret from 5pm to 8pm. No cover.
  • Fastnet: Live music with The Ubiquitones from 10pm to 1am. No cover.
  • Fifth Element: Live music with The Groove Merchants from 7pm to 10pm
  • Midtown Oyster Bar: Live music with Yacht Club Rejects from 9pm to 1am. No cover.
  • Perro Salado: Live music with Julio Amaro from 6pm to 9pm. No cover.

Tuesday, June 7

5:30pm – 4th Annual Mastering the Craft Roundtable: the Women Makers and Builders of IYRS

6:30pm – Gleason – Free screening presented by newportFILM

  • Hotel Viking: Live music at 7pm. No Cover.
  • O’brien’s: Trivia at 9:30pm
  • Wharf Pub: Open Mic at 8pm.

Wednesday, June 8

9:30am – World Oceans Day Summit – Lessons from Narragansett Bay to the Global Ocean at Redwood Library

5pm – CHAMBER CONNECTIONS Networking & Social After Hours on Newport Harbor at The Pier

5:30pm – Surf’s Up! at the 13th Annual Seaside Gala at Castle Hill

6pm – Tiny Giants at Night: Science, Art & Cocktails! at Redwood Library

  • Buskers: Open mic night with Mike Warner from 9pm to 1am. No cover.
  • Fastnet: Pub Trivia at 9pm.
  • Hotel Viking: Live music at 7pm.
  • Norey’s Star Restaurant: Live music at 9pm. No cover.
  • Perro Salado: Live music with The Throttles from 10pm to 1am. No cover.
  • Sardella’s: Live Jazz music at 7:30pm. No cover.
  • The Pier: Live music with The Playboys from 5:30pm to 9:30pm.

Thursday, June 9

10:30am – Blue Garden Tour Will Kick Off Preservation Society of Newport County’s Summer Lecture Series

5pm – Art After Dark at Newport Art Museum

5pm – Newport Gallery Night

6pm – Gallery Talk: The Vanderbilts Go Yachting at Rosecliff

  • Celtica: Trivia at 9pm
  • Jimmy’s Saloon: Open mic at 9pm.
  • Hotel Viking: Live music at 7pm. No cover.
  • Midtown Oyster Bar: Live music at 9pm.
  • Norey’s Star Restaurant: Live jazz music at 7:30pm. No cover.
  • Perro Salado:  Live music with The HonkyTonk Knights from 9pm to 1am. No cover.
  • Speakeasy: Live music with Justin Pomfret at 9pm.
  • Wharf Pub: Bingo at 8pm

Friday, June 10

6pm – An Evening For Education at Edward King House

6:30pm – Barrel of Laughs Comedy Night at Newport Vineyards

8pm – Live improv comedy with The Bit Players at The Firehouse Theatre

  • Buskers: Live music from 9pm to 1am. No Cover.
  • Celtica: Karaoke at 10pm. No cover.
  • Clarke Cooke House: DJ & Dancing in the Boom Boom Room from 10pm to 1am. No cover.
  • Firehouse Theater: Live improv comedy with The Bit Players at 8pm.
  • Hotel Viking (One Bellevue Lounge): Live music with The Playboys from 7pm – 11pm.
  • Jimmy’s Saloon: Live music with at 9pm.
  • Jo’s Bistro: Live music with John & Joanne from 7pm to 10pm. No cover.
  • Midtown Oyster Bar: Live music at 10pm. No cover.
  • Newport Blues Cafe: Live music at 9pm.
  • One Pelham East: Live music at 9pm.
  • Parlor Bar & Kitchen: Live music at 9pm.
  • Speakeasy: Live music from 10pm to 1am. No cover.
  • Tavern On Broadway: Live Reggae music from 10pm to 1am. No cover.
  • Wharf Pub: Live music at 8:30pm. No cover.

Ryan Belmore is the owner and publisher of What's Up Newp. He took over the publication in 2012 and has grown it into a three-time Rhode Island Monthly Best Local News Blog (2018, 2019, 2020). He was named LION Publishers Member of the Year in 2020 and received the Dominique Award from the Arts & Cultural Society of Newport County the same year. He has been awarded grants for investigative and community journalism, and continues to coach and mentor new local news publications nationwide. Ryan...