Jazz Singer and Broadway Sensation Leslie Odom, Jr. Makes Newport Jazz Festival® Debut Friday, August 4, at Fort Adams

The 2017 Newport Jazz Festival will get underway today (August 4th) at Fort Adams State Park and will close out day #1 of the historic festival at the International Tennis Hall of Fame this evening with Trombone Shorty and Rhiannon Giddens.

WHAT TIME DOES EVERYTHING OPEN?

BOX OFFICE opens at 9am / GATES open at 10am
PARKING opens at 8 am / SHUTTLES start at 9 am
FOOD & CRAFTS start at 10am
MUSIC: 11 am
Times subject to change. Sign up for the email list to be notified of any changes.

TICKETS

Tickets are available for all three days and are available here.

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