Here’s what’s happening, new, and to do in and around Newport this weekend.
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Friday, May 18th
7 am – Bike to Work Day!
10 am to 7 pm – Volvo Ocean Race Newport Stopover Race Village open at Fort Adams
12 pm to 3 pm – Gurney’s Volvo Ocean Race Clambake at Gurney’s Newport Resort & Marina
4:45 pm & 7:30 pm – RBG at Jane Pickens Theater
5:30 pm – Reception for Slocum Exhibition at Redwood Library
6 pm – 2018 ArtsFest! at St. Michael’s Country Day School
6 pm – 8:30 pm – Newport Waterfront Oyster Festival Opening Night Benefit Party
8 pm – Live improv comedy with The Bit Players at The Firehouse Theater
Saturday, May 19th
6 am – Royal Wedding Breakfast at Jane Pickens Theater
8 am – Cars & Coffee at Marble House
9 am to 12 pm – 2018 Newport in Bloom plant sale at Elks Lodge
9 am to 12:30 pm – Aquidneck Growers Market at Newport Vineyards
10 am to 7 pm – Volvo Ocean Race Newport Stopover Race Village open at Fort Adams
10 am – Garden Tour of Chateau-sur-Mer
10 am – 18th Century House Joining & Planemaking Demonstration at Wanton Lyman Hazard House
10:30 am – Norman Bird Sanctuary’s Spring Plant Walk
11 am – 5 pm – Newport Waterfront Oyster Festival on Bowen’s Wharf
12 pm to 3 pm – Gurney’s Volvo Ocean Race Clambake at Gurney’s Newport Resort & Marina
2 pm – Gurney’s Resorts In-Port Race
2 pm – Choir School of Newport County Spring Concert at Emmanuel Church
2:30 pm, 4:45 pm & 7:30 pm – RBG at Jane Pickens Theater
5:30 pm – First Daily Ticketed Sail of 2018 at 12 Meter Charters
6:30 pm – Barrel Aged Beer Night at Newport Storm
8 pm – Live improv comedy with The Bit Players at The Firehouse Theater
Sunday, May 20th
8 am – Youth Birders Walk at Miantonomi Memorial Park
10 am to 6 pm – Volvo Ocean Race Newport Stopover Race Village open at Fort Adams
11 am – 5 pm – Newport Waterfront Oyster Festival on Bowen’s Wharf
12 pm to 3 pm – Gurney’s Volvo Ocean Race Clambake at Gurney’s Newport Resort & Marina
2 pm – Volvo Ocean Race Leg 9 Restart (Newport to Cardiff)
2 pm – Crazy For You at Newport Children’s Theater
2:30 pm, 4:45 pm & 7:30 pm – RBG at Jane Pickens Theater