Discover all that’s happening, new, and to do in and around Newport this weekend.
Friday, August 10th
WET PAINT at Newport Art Museum
The Official Draken Experience at Bowen’s Wharf
4:30 pm & 7:30 pm – Blackkklansman at Jane Pickens Theater
5:30 pm – 5th Annual Newport Yacht Rendezvous at Newport Shipyard
6 pm – No Tell Motel at Newport Playhouse & Cabaret Restaurant
8 pm – Live improv comedy with The Bit Players at The Firehouse Theater
Saturday, August 11th
WET PAINT at Newport Art Museum
The Official Draken Experience at Bowen’s Wharf
7:30 am – 2018 Mt. Hope Bridge 5K in Bristol
8:30 am to 12:30 pm – Middletown Aquidneck Growers’ Market at Newport Vineyards
9 am – Fortress of Nightmares Construction & Build Day at Fort Adams
9 am – 2018 International 420 Class General Assembly Meeting at Sail Newport
10 am – Hoods Up at Newport Car Museum
1 pm to 4 pm – Weekend Music Series Presents The Bucks Band at Newport Vineyards
1 pm to 5 pm – Weekend Music Series presents The Playboys at Shops at Long Wharf
1:30 pm, 4:30 pm, 7:30 pm – Blackkklansman at Jane Pickens Theater
2 pm – Historic Chuckwagon Fundraiser Cookout at Cloverbud Ranch
2 pm – Meet the Author: Brian Stinson at Newport Public Library
3 pm to 6 pm – Waterfront Concerts at King Park present Dynamic Duos
5 pm – Newport Polo International Series at Glen Farm
6 pm – No Tell Motel at Newport Playhouse & Cabaret Restaurant
6 pm – Rock the Docks 2018 Lobsterfest Fundraiser at Newport Shipyard
8 pm – Live improv comedy with The Bit Players at The Firehouse Theater
Sunday, August 12th
WET PAINT at Newport Art Museum
The Official Draken Experience at Bowen’s Wharf
8 am – Free Guided Bird Walk at Norman Bird Sanctuary
10 am – Chasing Summer – Race For Chase Triathlon – at Fort Adams State Park
10:30 am – Great Gatsby Movie Experience at Jane Pickens Theater
11 am – No Tell Motel at Newport Playhouse & Cabaret Restaurant
11 am to 2 pm – Free tours of Miantonomi Tower
1 pm to 4 pm – Weekend Music Series presents Briana White at Newport Vineyards
1:30 pm, 4:30 pm, 7:30 pm – Blackkklansman at Jane Pickens Theater
3 pm to 6 pm – NIMFEST presents Joe Colpitt, The Playboys at Kign Park
6 pm – A Tribute to Sinatra & Peggy Lee by The Hal McIntyre Orchestra at Newport Playhouse & Cabaret Restaurant
6:30 pm – Jamestown Summer Concert Series presents Greg Abate at East Ferry Memorial Square
7 pm – Lecture with Draken’s Captain, Capt. Björn Ahlande at The Seamen’s Church Institute