This Week: 30+ things to do in and around Newport

Discover all that’s happening, new, and to do this week in and around Newport.

Bridgefest, the annual celebration of Jazz, Folk and Newport’s rich musical community, returns to Newport Monday through Thursday and will feature local artists performing at 19 events at 14 venues over four days (scroll down for full schedule)

Monday, July 30th

Newport Bridgefest Throughout Newport

11 am – No Tell Motel at The Newport Playhouse & Cabaret Restaurant

4:30 pm – Leave No Trace at Jane Pickens Theater

7:30 pm – Heal Documentary at Jane Pickens Theater

8 pm – Laughter For Locals with The Bit Players at The Firehouse Theater

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Tuesday, July 31st

Newport Bridgefest Throughout Newport

10:30 am – Newport String Project at Newport Public Library

11 am – No Tell Motel at The Newport Playhouse & Cabaret Restaurant

4:30 pm – Leave No Trace at Jane Pickens Theater

6:30 pm – Retro Country Experience at The Newport Playhouse & Cabaret Restaurant

7:30 pm – Beatles Yellow Submarine Singalong at Jane Pickens Theater

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Wednesday, August 1st

Newport Bridgefest Throughout Newport

11 am – The Eaddo & Peter Kiernan Research Fellows Lectures at Rosecliff.

4:30 pm – Leave No Trace at Jane Pickens Theater

5 pm – A Perfect Storm: The Collision of Hurricanes and Climate Change at Newport Historical Society

5 pm to 9 pm – Fireside Wednesday Music Series presents The Z Boys at Newport Vineyards

5:30 pm – Historic Summer Residences of Salve Regina at Redwood Library

6 pm – Newport Craft Brewing Beer Dinner at Smoke House

6 pm – Spirits & Stogies at Hotel Viking

7 pm – Family Friendly Funnies with The Bit Players at The Firehouse Theater

7:30 pm – Captain Blood Party at Jane Pickens Theater

Thursday, August 2nd

Newport Bridgefest Throughout Newport

11 am – Family Programs at the Rose Island Lighthouse

12 pm – Lively Lunches: Public Lectures in the Park at Touro Park

4:30 pm – Leave No Trace at Jane Pickens Theater

5:30 pm – Sammy Davis Jr: I Gotta Be Me at Jane Pickens Theater

5:30 pm – Jasper Johns: Pictures within Pictures, 1980-2015 at Redwood Library

5:30 pm – GENE SMITH’S SINK AND THE MID-CENTURY UNDERGROUND JAZZ SCENE at Rough Point

7:30 pm – What’sUpNewp presents The Greg Abate Uptown Jazz Quintet at The Newport Playhouse & Cabaret Restaurant

8:10 pm – Studio 54 – newportFILM Outdoors 8/2 at Rosecliff

Friday, August 3rd

10 am – 2018 Newport Jazz Festival at Fort Adams State Park

4:45 pm & 7:30 pm – Three Identical Strangers at Jane Pickens Theater

6 pm – No Tell Motel at The Newport Playhouse & Cabaret Restaurant

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

8 pm – Newport Jazz Festival Friday Night Concert at the International Tennis Hall Of Fame

Saturday, August 4th

8 am – Cars & Coffee at Chateau Sur Mer

10 am – 2018 Newport Jazz Festival at Fort Adams State Park

1 pm – 4 pm – Weekend Music Series presents Orange Whip at Newport Vineyards

2:30 pm, 4:45 pm & 7:30 pm – Three Identical Strangers at Jane Pickens Theater

5 pm – Newport International Polo Series at Glen Farm

6 pm – No Tell Motel at The Newport Playhouse & Cabaret Restaurant

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

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