What’s Up This Weekend: Seafood Festival, Food Truck Festival, Pell Bridge Run, & more

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

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Note: An event or performance may change at any time due to weather or COVID-19. We encourage you to check with event hosts regarding updates/status of events.

Friday, October 15

Things To Do

10 am to 2 pm –Touro Synagogue Grounds & Visitors Center Open for award-winning History Tours
4 pm – Goat Hikes at Simmons Farm
4:30 pm – Island Moving Co. presents Alice in Wonderland at Great Friends Meeting House
7 pm – Island Moving Co. presents La Palomba / Ascending at Great Friends Meeting House
7 pm – Curbside Comedy at Newport Craft
8 pm – Live improv comedy with The Bit Players at The Firehouse Theater
For more events and things to do on this day, visit our events calendar.

Live Music & Entertainment

Celtica – Karaoke at 10 pm
Gurney’s Newport – DJ Nook from 5 pm to 10 pm
Narragansett Cafe – Mark Cutler & The Men of Great Courage from 8 pm to 11:30 pm
Newport Blues Cafe – 7 Day Weekend at 9 pm
One Pelham East – Adam Go from 8 pm to 11 pm, Live DJ at 11:30 pm
The Firehouse Theatre – Live improv comedy with The Bit Players at 8 pm

City & Government

Nothing scheduled.

Saturday, October 16

More than 30,000 daffodil bulbs will be given away on October 16

Opinion: Free daffodil Bulbs herald brighter days ahead

Trinity Church’s annual Pumpkin Patch returns October 16 – 31

Things To Do

9 am to 12 pm – Aquidneck Growers Market at Pell Elementary School
9 am to 12 pm – Free Daffodil Bulb Give-away Sponsored by Newport in Bloom and Daffodillion
9:30 am – Fall Open House at West Place Animal Sanctuary
10 am to 5 pm – Trinity Church‘s Annual Pumpkin Patch
11 am – Goat Hikes at Simmons Farm
11 am to 6 pm – Bowen’s Wharf Seafood Festival
11 am &- 5 pm- Family Hayride and interactive petting zoo visit at Simmons Farm
12 pm to 4 pm – Live Music: Rising Songwriters at Trinity Church
12 pm to 5 pm – The 2nd Annual Newport Food Truck & Craft Beer Festival at Fort Adams
1 pm to 5 pm – Fall Farm Frolic at Watson Farm
4:30 pm – Island Moving Co. presents Alice in Wonderland at Great Friends Meeting House
7 pm – Island Moving Co. presents La Palomba / Ascending at Great Friends Meeting House
7 pm & 9 pm – Live improv comedy with The Bit Players at The Firehouse Theater
For more events and things to do on this day, visit our events calendar.

Live Music & Entertainment

Bowen’s Wharf Seafood Festival

11 am – 1 pm: The Naticks
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm: The Teledynes
4 pm – 6 pm: Chelley, Bill, & Dyl (CBD)

Buskers – Brian Twohey at 9 pm
Celtica – Karaoke at 10 pm
Common Fence Music – Jake Blount at 8 pm
Landing – Dave Alves Band at 11:30 am, Jake Kulak at 3 pm,
Lobster Bar – Traveling Wanna B’s from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm, Timeless at 3:30 pm
Narragansett Cafe –Teledynes from 8 pm to 11:30 pm
Newport Blues Cafe – Chopville at 9 pm
Newport Craft – Mel from 3 pm to 6 pm
One Pelham East – Live music from 3:30 pm to 7 pm, DJ at 11:30 pm
The Firehouse Theatre – Live improv comedy with The Bit Players at 7 pm & 9 pm

City & Government

Nothing scheduled.

Sunday, October 17

Citizens Bank Pell Bridge Run returns on Sunday

Things To Do

7 am – Citizen’s Bank Pell Bridge Run
9:30 am to 3:30 pm – Fall Open House at West Place Animal Sanctuary
10 am to 2 pm – Touro Synagogue Grounds & Visitors Center Open for award-winning History Tours
10 am to 5 pm – Trinity Church‘s Annual Pumpkin Patch
11 am to 6 pm – Bowen’s Wharf Seafood Festival
12 pm to 4 pm – Harvest Market at Pardon Gray Preserve
12 pm to 5 pm – The 2nd Annual Newport Food Truck & Craft Beer Festival at Fort Adams
2 pm – Paddle Out Ceremony at Easton’s Beach
4:30 pm – Island Moving Co. presents Alice in Wonderland at Great Friends Meeting House
For more events and things to do on this day, visit our events calendar.

Live Music & Entertainment

Bowen’s Wharf Seafood Festival

11 am – 1 pm: The 40
1 pm – 3 pm: Cee Cee & The Riders
3 pm – 5 pm: Jake Kulak

Clarke Cooke House – Bobby Ferreira from at 12:30 pm
Johnny’s at the Atlantic Resort – Mac Chrupcala Jazz Series from 3 pm to 7 pm
Landing – Blockhead at 11:30 am, Straight Outta Rehab at 3 pm
Lobster Bar – Timeless at 11:45 am, Jim Devlin at 3:15 pm
Narragansett Cafe – Detroit Breakdown from 4 pm to 7 pm
One Pelham East – Live music from 4:30 pm to 8 pm, Ryan McHugh from 9 pm to 1 am
The Firehouse Theater – Chase Ceglie Quartet hosts jazz night at 5:30 pm

City & Government