Newport Live Music
The HonkyTonk Knights

Discover where to find live music, karaoke, comedy, dancing and entertainment this weekend in and around Newport!

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*Unless otherwise noted, the venue is located in Newport.


Friday, September 1

  • Buskers: Live music at 9 pm
  • Celtica: Karaoke at 10 pm
  • Clarke Cooke House: DJ & Dancing in the Boom Boom Room at 10 pm
  • Dockside: Live music at 10 pm
  • Firehouse Theater: The Bit Players at 8 pm
  • Gulf Stream Bar & Grille (Portsmouth): The Playboys at 6:30 pm
  • Gurney’s Newport Resort & Marina: The Honky Tonk Knights at 6 pm
  • Hotel Viking: Live music at 5:30 pm (Top of Newport)
  • Jane Pickens Theater: MAUDIE  at 4:45 pm & 7:30 pm
  • Jimmy’s Saloon: Live music at 9 pm
  • Jo’s American Bistro: John & Joanne at 7 pm
  • Landing: Justin Pomfret at 1 pm, live music at 4:30 pm, Straight Outta Rehab at 8 pm, DJ & Dancing upstairs at 10 pm
  • Midtown Oyster Bar: Live music at 10 pm
  • Narragansett Cafe (Jamestown): Detroit Breakdown at 9 pm
  • Newport Blues Cafe: Fever at 10 pm
  • Newport Grand: Hard Candy at 9 pm
  • O’Brien’s Pub: John Erikson at 4:30 pm, DJ Remedy at 10 pm
  • One Pelham East: Them Apples at 10 pm
  • Pour Judgement: Dynamite Shack at 9 pm
  • Saltwater at Newport Harbor Hotel: Roots Reaction at 7 pm
  • Speakeasy Bar & Grille: Live music at 10 pm
  • Studio 3: Dueling Pianos at 7:30 pm
  • Tavern On Broadway: Live music at 10 pm.
  • The Beachcomber (Portsmouth): DJ Norm at 9 pm
  • The Cafe at Parlor Newport: Live music at 9 pm
  • The Pier: ZanRicky at 6 pm
  • The Port: John Erikson at 8 pm
  • The Wharf Pub: Brian Scott at 9 pm

 Saturday, September 2

  • Buskers: Brian Twohey at 8 pm
  • Celtica: Karaoke at 10 pm
  • Clarke Cooke House: DJ & Dancing in the Boom Boom Room at 10 pm
  • Dockside: Chopville and Never In Vegas at 10 pm
  • Fifth Element: Bar Fly at 10 pm
  • Firehouse Theater: The Bit Players at 8 pm
  • Greenvale Vineyards (Portsmouth): Dick Lupino and friends at 1 pm
  • Gulf Stream Bar & Grille (Portsmouth): Live music at 6:30 pm
  • Gurney’s Newport Resort & Marina:  DJ Wilki & Nicole Leone from 1 pm to 6 pm, Mark Ronson at 7 pm
  • Hotel Viking: Live music at 5:30 pm (Top Of Newport)
  • Jane Pickens Theater: Wind River at 2 pm, 4:45 pm & 7:30 pm
  • Jimmy’s Saloon: Oblivious Fools at 9 pm
  • Landing: Live music at 1 pm, Jim Devlin at 4:30 pm, Straight Outta Rehab at 8 pm, DJ & Dancing upstairs at 10 pm
  • Midtown Oyster Bar: Live music at 10 pm
  • Narragansett Cafe (Jamestown): The Smokin’ Toads at 9 pm
  • Newport Blues Cafe: Darik & The Funbags at 10 pm
  • Newport Grand: Look’n Back, Merchants of Cool at 9 pm
  • Newport Vineyards: Weekend Music Series featuring Yacht Club Rejects from 1 pm to 4 pm
  • O’Brien’s Pub:DJ C-Gray at 10 pm
  • One Pelham East: Hit Play at 9:30 pm
  • Pour Judgement: The Z-Boys at 9 pm
  • Saltwater at Newport Harbor Hotel: Anamcara at 7 pm
  • Shops at Long Wharf: The Playboys at 1 pm
  • Speakeasy Bar & Grille: James Grande at 10 pm
  • Studio 3: Dueling Pianos at 7:30 pm
  • Tavern On Broadway: Live music at 10 pm.
  • The Cafe at Parlor: The Little Compton Band at 7 pm, The Ravers at 9 pm
  • The Port: Brian Scott at 2 pm, The McMurphy’s at 7 pm
  • The Wharf Pub: Kyle Nickleson at 9 pm

 Sunday, September 3

  • Atlantic Resort: The Mac Chrupcala Jazz Trio from 3 pm to 7 pm
  • Buskers: Live music at 7 pm
  • Christie’s: Steel Drum Brunch at 11 am
  • Clarke Cooke House: Bobby Ferreira at 12:30 pm
  • Dockside: Dave & Stu from Never In Vegas, Party Girl Rocks at 9 pm
  • Fastnet Pub: Irish Sessions at 6 pm
  • Fifth Element: Live music from 12 pm to 3 pm
  • Greenvale Vineyards: Live music with Dan Blakeslee at 2 pm
  • Gulf Stream Bar & Grille (Portsmouth): Live music at 4 pm
  • Gurney’s Newport Resort & Marina: dj Wilki & dj nook from 1 pm – 6 pm, Badfish ft. The Ravers at 6 pm
  • Jane Pickens Theater: Wind River at 2 pm, 4:45 pm & 7:30 pm
  • Jimmy’s Saloon: 15th Anniversary of Zulu Nation New England at 8 pm
  • Jo’s American Bistro: The Playboys at 5:30 pm
  • Landing:  The Honky Tonk Knights at 1 pm, Sean Rivers at 4:30 pm
  • Midtown Oyster Bar: Live music from 4 pm to 7 pm
  • Narragansett Cafe (Jamestown): Neal & The Vipers at 4 pm
  • Newport Sportsman Club: Ben O’Connor at 3:30 pm
  • Newport Vineyards:  Weekend Music Series featuring John & Joanne from 1 pm to 4 pm
  • O’Brien’s Pub: Steel Drums at 3 pm
  • One Pelham East: Keith Manville at 6 pm, Brick Park at 10 pm
  • Pour Judgement: The Kane Brothers at 3 pm, Los Duderinos at 9 pm
  • Speakeasy Bar & Grille: Live music at 10 pm
  • The Cafe at Parlor Newport: Cherry & Webb at 9 pm
  • The Port: ZanRicky at 2 pm
  • The Wharf Pub: James Grande at 6 pm

Monday, September 4

  • Fifth Element: The Groove Merchants at 7 pm
  • Jane Pickens Theater: Wind River at 4:45 pm & 7:30 pm
  • Landing: John Erikson at 7 pm
  • Midtown Oyster Bar: Yacht Club Rejects at 9 pm
  • Perro Salado: Julio Amaro at 6 pm
  • The Fastnet Pub: The Ubiquitones at 10 pm
  • The Pier: ZanRicky at 1 pm