Things To Do

20+ things to do in Newport this weekend: May 3 – 5

by Ryan Belmore May 3, 2019Updated May 4, 2019

Cars & Coffee returns to Fort Adams this weekend.

Cars & Coffee returns to Fort Adams this weekend.

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

Friday, May 3rd

4 pm – Diego’s at Ragged Island Brewing Co.
4:45 pm & 7:30 pm – The Mustang at Jane Pickens Theater
5 pm – Rosé Release Night at Newport Vineyards
6 pm – Opening Reception: Science FictionSat Jamestown Arts Center
6:30 pm – Newport Little League’s Annual Fundraiser at O’brien’s Pub
8 pm – Live improv comedy with The Bit Players at The Firehouse Theater

Saturday, May 4th

8 am – Driving Miss Daffodil Classic Car Parade (canceled due to rain)
8 am – Audrain’s Cars & Coffee 2019 at Fort Adams (rain or shine)
9 am to 12:30 pm – Aquidneck Growers’ Market at Newport Vineyards
10 am – Touch A Truck 2019 at Glen Park
11 am – Battery Day with Jamestown Historical Society
12 pm to 5 pm – 17th Annual Spring Festival at Newport Vineyards
12 pm – Backyard Composting Giveaways with Clean Ocean Access
12 pm – Beach Cleanup – May the Fourth at Town Pond
1 pm – Spring Intro Polo Clinic III with Newport Polo
4 pm – Celebrate Derby Day at The Gulf Stream Bar and Grille!
4 pm – Kentucky Derby Party – SOLD OUT at OceanCliff Hotel
4 pm – Fresh Seafood with Macray’s at Ragged Island Brewing
4:45 pm & 7:30 pm – The Mustang at Jane Pickens Theater
5 pm – Star Kids Derby Party at Ochre Court
8 pm – Live improv comedy with The Bit Players at The Firehouse Theater

Sunday, May 5th

7:30 am – Birds and Breakfast at Norman Bird Sanctuary
11 am – Rogers Baseball Team Car Wash Fundraiser at People’s Credit Union
11:50 am – 36th Aquidneck Island National Police Parade (rain or shine)
12 pm – Cinco De Mayo Brunch at Diego’s Bodega Cantina
12 pm – Run Ragged Running Club at Ragged Island Brewing
1 pm – Dragon Dash – 5K Fun Run with Color at St. George’s
2 pm, 4:45 pm, & 7:30 pm – The Mustang at Jane Pickens Theater

Ryan Belmore

Ryan Belmore is the Publisher of What'sUpNewp.
Belmore has been involved with What’sUpNewp since shortly after its launch in 2012, proudly leading it to be named Best Local News Blog in Rhode Island by Rhode Island Monthly readers in 2018, 2019, and 2020 and an honorable mention in the Common Good Awards in 2021.

Born and raised in Rhode Island, Belmore graduated from Coventry High School and the Community College of Rhode Island. In addition to living in Newport for 10 years, he has lived in Portsmouth, Coventry, Providence, Smithfield, Burrillville, and East Greenwich.

Belmore 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 previously served on the Board of Lucy's Hearth and the Arts & Cultural Alliance for Newport County.

Belmore and his wife, Jen, currently live in Alexandria, Virginia, a move they made in 2021. Read more about that here - https://whatsupnewp.com/2021/09/letter-from-the-publisher-some-personal-news/

Belmore visits Newport every couple of weeks to support the 12+ paid contributors What'sUpNewp has on the ground across Rhode Island, a place he called home for 39 years.

Belmore is a member of Local Independent Online News (LION) Publishers, Society of Professional Journalists, and the North American Snowsports Journalists Association.

In 2020, Belmore was named Member of the Year by LION and won the Arts & Cultural Alliance of Newport County's Dominque Award.
Belmore can be contacted at ryan@whatsupnewp.com and 401-662-1653.

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