Here’s what’s up in and around Newport for events and things to do this weekend, enjoy!

(Photo: The 2018 Live Local Music & Arts Festival returns to the lawn of the Great Friends Meeting House on Saturday. What’sUpNewp is a proud sponsor of this event.)

Friday, July 20th

Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex

Dell Technologies Hall Of Fame Open at the International Tennis Hall Of Fame

Annual Hellenic Festival 2018 at St. Spyridon Church

5:15 am – Newport Music Festival –  Sunrise Concert – Harp at Chinese Tea House

4:30 pm & 7:30 pm – Leave No Trace at Jane Pickens Theater

6 pm – Cars & Cans at Audrain Automobile Museum

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

6:30 pm – Artists’ Ball: Art of Fashion at Newport Art Museum

6:30 pm – Great Friends Dance Festival

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

8 pm – Newport Music Festival – West Side Story and More…at The Breakers

Saturday, July 21st

Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex

Dell Technologies Hall Of Fame Open at the International Tennis Hall Of Fame

Annual Hellenic Festival 2018 at St. Spyridon Church

8 am – MWR Fishing Tournament

8:30 am to 12:30 pm –AquidneckGrowers Market on Newport Vineyards

8:30 am – Simmons Farm Goat Yoga with Christine Reed and Karla Simmons

9:30 am – Book Club: The House of Mirth at Breakers Stable Carriage & House

10 am – History Space: French Occupation of Newport

11 am – Newport Music Festival – Baroque at Belcourt

11 am to 8 pm – Live Local Music & Arts Festival 2018 at Great Friends Meeting House

12 pm – Craft Brew Races – Newport 2018 at Fort Adams

1 pm – IYRS Open House

1 pm to 4 pm – Weekend Music Series presents Chris Vaillancourt at Newport Vineyards

2 pm, 4:30 pm, & 7:30 pm –  Leave No Trace at Jane Pickens Theater

3:30 pm – Shark Week Pre-Screening & Kickoff Party at IYRS

5 pm – Newport Polo: Ireland vs USA at Glen Farm

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

6 pm – Fiesta Verde: Forever Farmland at Aquidneck Land Trust

6 pm to 9 pm – Yacht Club Rejects perform at The Pineapple’s Club at Gurney’s Resorts & Marina

6:30 pm – Great Friends Dance Festival

6:30 pm – NewportOUT Night at Great Friends Dance Fest

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

8 pm – Newport Music Festival –  Charlie Albright at The Breakers

Sunday, July 22nd

Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex

Dell Technologies Hall Of Fame Open at the International Tennis Hall Of Fame

Annual Hellenic Festival 2018 at St. Spyridon Church

11 am – Newport Music Festival – Schumann & Rachmaninoff

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

11 am to 2 pm – Free tours of Miantonomi Tower

11:30 am – Newport Out’s Drag Brunch at Parlor Newport

12 pm – Queen’s Cup at New York Yacht Club Regattas

1 pm – Newport Harbor Walk Pollinator Tour

1 pm – All Smiles for Reptiles at Norman Bird Sanctuary

1 pm to 4 pm – Weekend Music Series: The New System at Newport Vineyards

2 pm – DixiLand at The Firehouse Theater

2 pm, 4:30 pm, & 7:30 pm –  Leave No Trace at Jane Pickens Theater

6 pm to 9 pm – Felix Brown Band performs outdoors at The Pineapples Club at Gurney’s Resort & Marina

7 pm – Newport Music Festival – 50th Anniversary Season Closing Concert

Ryan Belmore is the Owner and Publisher of What'sUpNewp. Although not the founder or original owner, Belmore has been with What'sUpNewp since its early beginnings in 2012.

Belmore was born in Providence, Rhode Island; grew up and graduated high school in Coventry, Rhode Island; and lived in Newport, Rhode Island for more than ten years. He currently serves as Vice President of the Board Of Directors for Fort Adams Trust and on the Board of Directors for Potter League For Animals.

He and his wife, Jen, as well as their two dogs (Aero and June), recently moved to Alexandria, Virginia. Belmore travels back and forth to Newport every couple of weeks to cover events, work on story ideas, to meet with What'sUpNewp's on-the-ground contributors, to visit friends, and to eat as much seafood as possible.

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