Discover all that’s happening, new, and to do in and around Newport this week and weekend, June 13 – 19, 2022.
This story will be updated regularly as we learn about more events/get updates. Please check back often. If you have something you’d like to be included here, let us know by emailing ryan@whatsupnewp.com.
Monday, June 13
Things To Do
- #OceanHour Week at Fort Adams State Park
- 6:35 pm – Newport Gulls Home Game at Cardines Field
- For more events and things to do, visit our events calendar.
Entertainment
- Celtica: Music Bingo at 7:30 pm
- Landing: Justin Pomfret at 1 pm, Jay Parker at 4:30 pm, Chase Ceglie Jazz Quartet at 8 pm
- One Pelham East: Bruce Jacque at 10 pm
- The Fastnet Pub: The Ubiquitones at 10 pm
- The Fifth Element: The Groove Merchants from 7 pm to 10 pm
City & Government
- Jamestown – Jamestown Town Council at 5 pm
- Portsmouth – Portsmouth School Committee – Policy Subcommittee at 4 pm, Portsmouth Town Council at 7 pm
- Tiverton – Tiverton FTR and Personnel Changes Advisory Subcommittee at 4:30 pm, Tiverton Historical Cemeteries Commission at 6 pm, Tiverton Library Trustees at 7 pm, Stone Bridge Fire District at 7 pm, Tiverton Town Council at 7 pm
Tuesday, June 14
Things To Do
- #OceanHour Week at Fort Adams State Park
- 2 pm – Alyssa Maxwell signs THE GILDED NEWPORT MYSTERIES at Charter Books
- 7:45 pm – Full Moon Yoga & Sound Journey at Norman Bird Sanctuary
- For more events and things to do, visit our events calendar.
Entertainment
- Celtica: Music Bingo at 7:30 pm
- JPT Film & Event Center: Downton Abbey 2: A New Era at 4 pm, The French at 7:30 pm
- Landing: Jim Devlin at 8 pm
- Narragansett Cafe: Trivia from 7 pm to 9 pm
- One Pelham East – DJ Nook from 5 pm to 8:30 pm
Government
- Discover Newport – Newport Tourism Marketing Management Authority at 8:30 am
- Jamestown – Jamestown Affordable Housing at 8:30 am, Jamestown Library Board at 5 pm, Jamestown Conservation Commission at 6:30 pm
- Little Compton – Little Compton Wilbour Woods Stakeholders Committee at 4:30 pm, Little Compton Beach Commission at 7 pm
- Middletown – Middletown Beach Commission at 4:30 pm
- Newport – Newport School Committee at 6:30 pm
- Portsmouth – Portsmouth Board of Canvassers at 3 pm
- Tiverton – Tiverton Recreation Commission at 6:30 pm, Tiverton School Committee at 7 pm
Wednesday, June 15
Newport Pride to host Cocktails For A Cause at Giusto on June 15
Public invited to tour Jamestown Community Farm
Music At The Fort returns to Fort Adams on Wednesday with a performance by The Ravers
Things To Do
- #OceanHour Week at Fort Adams State Park
- 2 pm to 6 pm – Aquidneck Growers Market on Memorial Blvd.
- 4:30 pm – Live at the Loading Dock at MLK Center with Chelley Knight and The Dope Things
- 5:30 pm – Farm Tour at Jamestown Community Farm
- 6 pm – Music Appreciation Series with Dr. Edward Markward: 5 Women Composers Who Paved the Way at Redwood Library
- 6 pm – Opera by the Sea with Encore Opera Company at Blithewold Mansion
- 6:35 pm – Newport Gulls Home Game at Cardines Field
- 7 pm – Cocktails for a cause at Giusto
- 7 pm – newportFILM presents Under The Hull at Fort Adams
- For more events and things to do, visit our events calendar.
Entertainment
- Celtica: Team Trivia at 7:30 pm
- Fastnet Pub: Trivia at 9 pm
- Fort Adams: Music at The Fort with The Ravers from 6 pm to 8 pm
- JPT Film & Event Center: Downton Abbey 2: A New Era at 4:30 pm, One Ocean Film Tour 2022 Volume 3 at 7:30 pm
- Landing: The Naticks at 4:30 pm, John Erikson at 8 pm
- MLK Center: Chelley Knight and The Dope Things at 4:30 pm
- Narragansett Cafe – Live music from 8 pm to 10:30 pm
- One Pelham East: Adam Go from 4 pm to 7:30 pm
- Stoneacre Garden: Los Duderinos from 8:30 pm to 11 pm
Government
- Jamestown – Jamestown Planning Commission at 7 pm
- Little Compton – Little Compton School Committee at 6 pm, Little Compton School Committee at 7 pm
- Middletown – Middletown Open Space and Fields Committee at 5:30 pm, Middletown Town Council at 6 pm
- Portsmouth – Portsmouth Economic Development Committee at 5:30 pm, Portsmouth Town Council at 7 pm
- RITBA – Turnpike and Bridge Authority, Rhode Island at 8:30 am
- Tiverton – Tiverton Historic Preservation Advisory Board at 9 am
Thursday, June 16
Save The Bay’s annual Taste of The Bay fundraiser returns on June 16
Things To Do
- #OceanHour Week at Fort Adams State Park
- 11 am to 3 pm – Great Race Day at Newport Car Museum
- 12 pm – Taproot Slider Thursdays at Newport Vineyards
- 5 pm – OPEN studios June 16th at Newport Congregational Church
- 6 pm – Jamestown Arts Center: Gallery Night with Musician Fausto Palma
- 6 pm – Bloomsday at Redwood Library
- 6 pm – Cocktail Club Mixology Class at Hotel Viking
- 6:30 pm – Lecture: The Mining of Portsmouth Coal at Portsmouth Historical Society
- 6:30 pm – Mushroom Hunting Summer Lecture Series with Norman Bird Sanctuary
- 7 pm – Ketel Cafe at Hill Market at Hotel Viking
- 7 pm to 10 pm – Ketel Cafe at Hill Market
- For more events and things to do, visit our events calendar.
Entertainment
- JPT Film & Event Center: Downton Abbey 2: A New Era at 2 pm
- Landing: Dan Decristofaro at 1 pm, Justin Pomfret at 4:30 pm, Timmy Smith at 6 pm
- Narragansett Cafe: The Infinite Groove from 8 pm to 11 pm
- Newport Blues Cafe: Felix Brown Band at 9 pm
- Norey’s: Dillon Stankowitz from 8 pm to 11 pm
- One Pelham East: Live music at 8 pm
- Ragged Island Brewing: Trivia in the Barn at 6 pm
- The Reef: Eric Fontana from 6 pm to 9 pm
- Top of Pelham: Dueling Pianos at 7:30 pm
Government
- Portsmouth – Portsmouth Conservation Commission at 6 pm, Portsmouth Zoning Board of Review at 7 pm
- Tiverton – Tiverton Solar Ordinance Advisory Committee at 6:30 pm
Friday, June 17
Providence-Newport Ferry season begins on June 17
Community forum on Alzheimer’s disease, other dementias to be held at Edward King House on June 17
Things To Do
- #OceanHour Week at Fort Adams State Park
- 47th Annual St. Barnabas Parish Festival
- Newport Bermuda Race
- The Newport Flower Show: Eden…A Personal Paradise
- 10 am to 11 am – Summer Stories at Whitehorne House Museum
- 11 am – Newport History Walking Tours: Rogues and Scoundrels
- 11:15 am – Newport to Bermuda Race Start Cruise, from Jamestown
- 12 pm to 4 pm – Ketel One Botanicals Spritz Bar at Hotel Viking
- 12:15 pm, 2:05 pm, & 3:55 pm – Coastal Queen’s Spring Lighthouse Cruises departing from Bowen’s Wharf, Newport
- 5:30 pm – Treasures of the Redwood: Celebrating 275 years exhibition opening reception at Redwood Library
- 6:35 pm – Newport Gulls Home Game at Cardines Field
- 7 pm to 10 pm – Ketel Cafe at Hill Market at Hotel Viking
- 8 pm: Improv with the Bit Players at The Firehouse Theater
- For more events and things to do, visit our events calendar.
Entertainment
- Bar & Board: Lois Vaughan Jazz Trio from 7 pm to 10 pm
- Blue Anchor Grill: Live music at 6:30 pm
- Celtica: Karaoke at 10 pm
- Johnny’s at Wyndham: Phenix Avenue from 6 pm to 9 pm
- JPT Film & Event Center: The Duke at 4:30 pm, Star Wars: The Return of The Jedi at 7:30 pm
- La Forge: Dave Manuel from 6 pm to 9 pm
- Landing: Jay Parker at 1 pm, Chase Ceglie Jazz Quartet at 4:30 pm, Straight Outta Rehab at 8 pm
- Narragansett Cafe: The Brass Force Band from 8 pm to 11:30 pm
- Newport Blues Cafe: Inside Out at 9 pm
- Officers Club Deck: The Headliners at 5:30 pm
- One Pelham East: Jimmy Weinstock from 4 pm to 7:30 pm, Hit Play Band at 8:30 pm, DJ at 11 pm
- Speakeasy: Justin Pomfret at 10 pm
- The Firehouse Theatre: Live improv comedy with The Bit Players at 8 pm
- The Reef: Live music from 6 pm to 9 pm
- Top Of Pelham: Dueling Pianos at 7:30 pm
Government
- Little Compton – Little Compton Fireworks Committee at 1 pm
Saturday, June 18
Little Compton Historical Society will host its Second Annual Juneteenth Observance on June 18
Strawberry Fest returns to Trinity Church on June 18
Rhode Island PrideFest and Illuminated Night Parade returning June 18
Things To Do
- #OceanHour Week at Fort Adams State Park
- 47th Annual St. Barnabas Parish Festival
- The Newport Flower Show: Eden…A Personal Paradise
- 8 am – Cars & Coffee at Fort Adams
- 9 am – Yoga Outdoors in King Park, Newport
- 9 am to 12 pm – Aquidneck Growers Market at Embrace Home Loans
- 10:30 am – Redwood Book Club – Joan of Arc at Redwood Library
- 11 am – Newport History Walking Tours: Creative Survival
- 12 pm to 4 pm – Trinity Strawberry Festival
- 12 pm to 4 pm – Ketel One Botanicals Spritz Bar at Hotel Viking
- 12:15 pm, 2:05 pm, & 3:55 pm – Coastal Queen’s Spring Lighthouse Cruises departing from Bowen’s Wharf, Newport
- 2:50 pm – Coastal Queen’s Spring Lighthouse Cruises departing from Jamestown Village
- 3 pm – Juneteenth Day of Renewal at Great Friends Meeting House
- 5 pm – Newport International Polo Series
- 7 pm & 9 pm: Improv with the Bit Players at The Firehouse Theater
- 7 pm to 10 pm – Ketel Cafe at Hill Market at Hotel Viking
- 7 pm – An Evening of Culture & Contemplation:Classical Indian Music at 933 Anthony Road, Portsmouth
- For more events and things to do, visit our events calendar.
Entertainment
- Bar & Board: Mel at 7:30 pm
- Blue Anchor Grill: Live music at 6:30 pm
- Buskers: Brian Twohey at 9 pm
- Celtica: Karaoke at 10 pm
- Dockside: Live music at 9 pm
- Greenvale Vineyards: Dick Lupino & friends from 1 pm to 4 pm
- Johnny’s at Wyndham: Live music from 6 pm to 9 pm
- JPT Film & Event Center: Exhibition On Screen: Pissarro: Father of Impressionism at 2 pm, The Rosemaker at 4:30 pm, Mission: Joy Finding Happiness In Troubled Times at 7:30 pm
- La Forge: Dave Manuel from 6 pm to 10 pm
- Landing: Timeless at 1 pm, Jake Kulak Band at 8 pm
- Narragansett Cafe: The Manatees from 8 pm to 11:30 pm
- Newport Blues Cafe: Never In Vegas at 9 pm
- One Pelham East: Live music at 4:30 pm, live music at 8:30 pm, DJ at 11 pm
- Rusty’s – My Joe Called Life at 8 pm
- Shops at Long Wharf: John & Joanne from 1 pm to 5 pm
- Speakeasy: Live music at 10 pm
- The Firehouse Theatre: Live improv comedy with The Bit Players at 7 pm & 9 pm
- The Reef: Live music from 1 pm to 4 pm, Live music from 5 pm to 8 pm
- Top of Pelham: Dueling Pianos at 7:30 pm & 10:30 pm
Government
- No meetings are scheduled.
Sunday, June 19
The history and significance of Juneteenth
Happy Father’s Day!
Things To Do
- The Newport Flower Show: Eden…A Personal Paradise
- 47th Annual St. Barnabas Parish Festival
- 9 am to 4 pm – Father’s Day Car Show at Longplex Family & Sports Center
- 10 am to 1:30 pm – Tiverton Farmers Market
- 10 am to 5 pm – Dads FREE at Newport Car Museum
- 12 pm to 4 pm – Ketel One Botanicals Spritz Bar at Hotel Viking
- 12:15 pm, 2:05 pm, & 3:55 pm – Coastal Queen’s Spring Lighthouse Cruises departing from Bowen’s Wharf, Newport
- 2:50 pm – Coastal Queen’s Spring Lighthouse Cruises departing from Jamestown Village
- 6:15 pm – Father’s Day Cocktail Cruise
- 7 pm – Celebrating Billy Joel: America’s Piano Man live at The JPT Film & Event Center
- For more events and things to do, visit our events calendar.
Entertainment
- Clarke Cooke House: Bobby Ferreira at 12:30 pm
- Irish American Club: Karaoke at 9 pm
- Johnny’s at Wyndham: Live music from 3 pm to 7 pm
- JPT Film & Event Center: Celebrating Billy Joel: America’s Piano Man live at 7 pm
- La Forge: Dave Manuel from 11 am to 2 pm
- Landing: Jay Parker at 1 pm, Jim Devlin at 4:30 pm, Timeless at 8 pm
- Narragansett Cafe: David Howard & The High Rollers from 4 pm to 7 pm
- One Pelham East: Acoustic music at 5 pm
- Pour Judgement: Los Duderinos at 10 pm
- The Firehouse Theater: Chase Ceglie Jazz Quartet at 5 pm
- The Reef: Live music from 12:30 pm to 4 pm, live music from 5 pm to 8 pm
Government
- No meetings are scheduled.
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