Discover all that’s happening, new, and to do in Newport County this week and weekend.
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Monday, July 14
Things To Do
- Newport Classical Music Festival
- 10 am: Free self-guided tours at Eisenhower House
- 3 pm: Jamestown Farmers Market at Jamestown Recreation Center
- 4 pm: Book Talk & Special Cocktail Event with Author, Sarah MacLean at Ocean Cliff
- 6 pm: Music In The Park featuring Megan Chenot at Paradise Valley Park
- 6 pm: Newport Community Band at Ochre Court
Live Music & Entertainment
- Landing: Justin Pomfret at 12:30 pm, Mark Flynn at 4 pm, Motion Ave. at 8 pm
- Newport Craft: Bingo at 6 pm
- Newport Harbor Island Resort: Music Bingo at 6:30 pm
- Newport Pickleball Club: The Newport Groove Merchants at 6:30 pm
- One Pelham East: Bruce Jacques at 9 pm
- Perro Salado: John Monllos at 5:30 pm
- The Fastnet Pub: The Ubiquitones at 10 pm
Newport County Public Meetings
- Little Compton: Town Common Needs Assessment Committee at 4 pm, Housing Trust at 6 pm
- Middletown: Conservation Commission at 5:30 pm
- Tiverton: Town Council at 7 pm
Tuesday, July 15
Newport City Council fights to save hospital birthing center from closure
Council will consider resolution urging Brown Health to maintain maternity services at Newport Hospital
Things To Do
- Newport Classical Music Festival
- 11:30 am: Wet Paint Plein Air: Trinity Church at Newport Art Museum
- 1:30 pm: Wet Paint Plein Air: Trinity Church at Newport Art Museum
- 4 pm: Talla Rouge Works for Two Violas at The Newport Art Museum
- 4:30 pm: Puppy Yoga at Potter League for Animals
- 5:30 pm: Bike Newport Happy Hour at Newport Craft
- 6 pm: Third Beach Yoga at Third Beach
- 6 pm: Down City Band at Easton’s Beach
- 6 pm: Midnight Honey concert on the lawn of St. John the Evangelist
- 7 pm: Singles Sunset Cruise (Ages 29 to 35) at The Lobster Bar
- 8 pm: Newport Classical Music Festival: An Evening with Broadway Star Jessica Vosk at The Breakers
Live Music & Entertainment
- JPT Film & Event Center: Materialists at 4:30 pm, The Last Class at 7:30 pm
- Landing: Dan Decristofaro at 12:30 pm, Adam Hanna at 4 pm, John Erickson at 8 pm
- Narragansett Cafe: Trivia at 7 pm
- Newport Craft: Indoor Cornhole Tournament at 7 pm
- One Pelham East: Stu Sinclair at 9 pm
- Ragged Island Brewing Company: Dave Alves at 5 pm
- Sweet Berry Farm: The Naticks at 6 pm
Newport County Public Meetings
- Jamestown: Jamestown Library Board at 5 pm
- Little Compton: Little Compton School Committee at 1 pm
- Middletown: Middletown Juvenile Hearing Board at 5:45 pm
- Newport: Newport Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Commission at 5:30 pm, Newport City Council at 7 pm
- Portsmouth: Portsmouth Town Council at 6 pm, Portsmouth Water and Fire District at 7 pm
- Tiverton: Tiverton Conservation Commission at 3 pm, Tiverton Charter Review Commission at 6 pm, Tiverton School Committee at 7 pm
Wednesday, July 16
Things To Do
- Newport Classical Music Festival
- 7 am: Wednesday Walking Club at Second Beach
- 2 pm: Aquidneck Growers Market on Memorial Blvd.
- 3:30 pm: Free Wednesday Walk at Norman Bird Sanctuary
- 4 pm: Juicy Market at Newport Craft
- 5:30 pm: Outdoor Fitness with RAD Fit at Sakonnet Vineyard
- 6 pm: Singles at Sunset 50+ at OceanCliff
- 6 pm: Casey Sherman – Blood In The Water at Charter Books
- 6:30 pm: Fermentation Class at Forty 1 North
- 6:35 pm: Newport Gulls home game at Cardines Field
- 7 pm: “The Lost Bird Project” Film, Art & Nature Story at Jamestown Arts Center
- 7:30 pm: The Newport Dance Festival at Great Friends Meeting House
- 8 pm: Newport Classical Music Festival: An Evening with Broadway Star Jessica Vosk at The Breakers
Live Music & Entertainment
- Buskers: Open Mic with Mike Warner at 9 pm
- Fastnet Pub: Trivia at 9 pm
- JPT Film & Event Center: Materialists at 4:30 pm, Bad Shabbos at 7:30 pm
- Landing: Mark Flynn at 12:30 pm, The Naticks at 4 pm, Jim Devlin at 8 pm
- Newport Craft Brewing & Distilling Co.: Jay Leno at 8 pm
- Newport Vineyards: Jimmy & Matt at 5 pm
- O’Brien’s Pub: Eoin Egan on the patio at 4:30 pm
- One Pelham East: Karaoke at 9 pm
- Ragged Island Brewing Company: Joyride at 6 pm
Newport County Public Meetings
- Jamestown: Jamestown Affordable Housing at 5 pm, Jamestown Planning Commission at 6:30 pm, Jamestown Tree Preservation & Protection at 6:30 pm
- Little Compton: Little Compton Zoning Board of Review at 7 pm
- Middletown: Middletown School Building Committee at 4:30 pm, Middletown Open Space and Fields Committee at 5:30 pm, Middletown Library Building Committee at 6 pm
- Newport: Newport Cemetery Advisory Commission at 4 pm, Newport Energy and Environment Commission at 5 pm
- Portsmouth: Portsmouth School Committee – District Building Committee at 4 pm, Portsmouth Economic Development Committee at 5:30 pm
- Tiverton: Tiverton Personnel Board at 4 pm
Thursday, July 17
Things To Do
- Newport Classical Music Festival
- 10 am: Free Tree Walk at Storer Park
- 12 pm & 1 pm: The Self Portrait at Newport Art Museum
- 4 pm: From Olmsted to Doris Duke: A Guided Tour at Rough Point Museum
- 5:30 pm: Annual Weenie Roast at Dutch Harbor
- 6 pm: Third Beach Yoga at Third Beach
- 6 pm: Discovering America’s Treasures with Lark E. Mason Jr. at Rosecliff
- 6:30 pm: The Painter’s Fire at Richard I. Burnham Resource Center
- 6:30 pm: Book talk with history professor and author, Zara Anishanslin at 7th Day Baptist Meeting House
- 7:30 pm: The Newport Dance Festival at Great Friends Meeting House
- 8 pm: Newport Classical presents Palaver Strings at The Breakers
- 8:30 pm: newportFILM presents Beyond The Gaze at Aquidneck Park
Live Music & Entertainment
- JPT Film & Event Center: An Evening with David Sedaris at 7:30 pm
- Landing: Jay Parker at 12:30 pm, Justin Pomfret at 4 pm, Timmy Smith at 8 pm
- Narragansett Cafe: Megan Chenot at 5 pm
- Newport Blues Cafe: Frank Santos Jr. – The R-Rated Hypnotist at 7:30 pm
- Newport Craft: Trivia at 7 pm
- Newport Vineyards: Trivia at 6 pm
- O’Brien’s Pub: The Grafters on the patio at 4:30 pm, DJ CNote in the pub at 9:30 pm
- Ragged Island Brewing Company: Trivia at 6 pm
- The Quencher: Late Night Comedy at 9 pm
- Top of Pelham: Dueling Pianos at 8 pm
Newport County Public Meetings
- Portsmouth: Portsmouth Conservation Commission at 6 pm, Portsmouth Prudence Island Planning Commission at 7 pm, Portsmouth Zoning Board of Review at 7 pm
Friday, July 18
Free skin cancer screenings coming to Easton’s Beach on July 18
Rhode Island health officials partner with Brown Dermatology to offer convenient beach-side cancer prevention services
Things To Do
- Newport Classical Music Festival
- 5:15 am: Newport Classical presents The Harp at Sunrise
- 2 pm: Open Rehearsal for French Quintets
- 5 pm: Low Cost Vaccine Clinic at Portsmouth Fire Department
- 6:30 pm: Dublin After Dark: Whiskey & Lace at Hotel Viking
- 7 pm: Newport Live presents Jeffrey Foucault at Norman Bird Sanctuary
- 7:30 pm: The Newport Dance Festival at Great Friends Meeting House
- 8 pm: Improv with the Bit Players at The Firehouse Theater
- 8 pm: Newport Classical presents Inon Barnatan at The Breakers
Live Music & Entertainment
- Bally’s Tiverton: DJ at 8:30 pm
- Busker’s Irish Pub: Live music at 8 pm
- Dockside: Yacht Club Rejects and Chopville at 9 pm
- Johnny’s Restaurant: Group Therapy at 7 pm
- JPT Film & Event Center: Drew and Ellie Holcomb live at 8 pm
- Landing: John Erickson at 12:30 pm, Chelley Knight & The Dope Things at 4 pm, Straight Outta Rehab at 8 pm
- Narragansett Cafe: The Teledynes at 8 pm
- Newport Blues Cafe: Spiffy Entertainment at 9:30 pm
- Newport Craft: Megan Chenot at 4 pm
- O’Brien’s Pub: John Erikson on the patio at 4:30 pm, DJ Remedy at 9:30 pm
- One Pelham East: DJ at 11:30 pm
- Ragged Island Brewing: Dan San Duo at 5:30 pm
- Speakeasy: Live music at 9:15 pm
- Sunset Cove: The Girls at 5:30 pm
- The Firehouse Theater: The Bit Players at 8 pm
- Top of Pelham: Dueling Pianos at 7:30 pm & 10:30 pm
Newport County Public Meetings
- No public meetings are scheduled.
Saturday, July 19
Save The Bay’s annual fundraising swim to temporarily close East Passage of Narragansett Bay
Two-mile open water event on July 19 will restrict vessel traffic from 7 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. between Gould Island and Newport Bridge
Nearly 300 swimmers set to cross Narragansett Bay next weekend
Over 300 registered participants will take on two-mile open water challenge from Newport to Jamestown
Lobby Muddy Fest returns July 19 to support Newport Mental Health
What started as friends gathering for lobster rolls has become Newport’s most impactful grassroots mental health fundraiser
Things To Do
- Newport Classical Music Festival
- 7 am: Save The Bay Swim
- 9 am: Aquidneck Growers Market at Newport County YMCA
- 9 am: Flea Market/Craft Show at Newport Elks Lodge
- 9:30 am: Neighborhood Walk: Clarke Street & Historic Hill at Vernon House
- 10 am: Vinyasa & Vines: Yoga at Greenvale Vineyards
- 12 pm: Newport Beer Run at Fort Adams State Park
- 1:30 pm: Tower Climb at Beavertail Lighthouse
- 2 pm: Lobster Muddy Festival at Smugglers Waterfront Bar
- 3 pm: Newport Classical presents French Quintets: Revivals at Emmanuel Church
- 4:30 pm: Enchanted Hour Tarot at The Vanderbilt Hotel
- 5 pm: Newport International Polo Series at Newport International Polo Grounds
- 7:30 pm: The Newport Dance Festival at Great Friends Meeting House
- 8 pm: Live Improv Comedy with the Bit Players at The Firehouse Theater
- 8 pm: Newport Classical presents Attacca Quartet at The Breakers
- 8 pm: A Spirited Evening at Fort Adams
Live Music & Entertainment
- Busker’s Irish Pub: Brian Twohey at 9 pm
- Clarke Cooke House: Live music at 10 pm
- Greenvale Vineyards: Live Jazz at 1 pm
- Johnny’s Restaurant: Stu Krous at 7 pm
- JPT Film & Event Center: Secret Mall Apartment at 2 pm, Georgia O’Keeffe: The Brightness of Light at 4:30 pm, Bad Shabbos at 7:30 pm
- Landing: Jay Parker at 12:30 pm, Blockhead at 4 pm, Dave Alves Band at 8 pm
- Narragansett Cafe: Down City Band at 8:30 pm
- Newport Blues Cafe: Never In Vegas at 9:30 pm
- Newport Craft: The Mystic Jammers at 2 pm
- O’Brien’s Pub: C. Gray The DJ at 9:30 pm
- One Pelham East: DJ at 11:30 pm
- Speakeasy: Live music at 9:30 pm
- Sunset Cove: Bob Tomassone & Scotty McCue at 5:30 pm
- The Firehouse Theater: Live Improv Comedy with the Bit Players at 8 pm
- The Reef: Malayna Knox Acoustic Duo at 7 pm
- Top of Pelham: Dueling Pianos at 7:30 pm & 10:30 pm
Newport County Public Meetings
- No public meetings are scheduled.
Sunday, July 20
Things To Do
- Newport Classical Music Festival
- 8 am: Cars & Coffee — Gardner Seveney Sports Complex
- 8 am: Free Sunday Guided Bird Walk at Norman Bird Sanctuary
- 10 am: Weekly Sunday Brunch with Live Music at Newport Vineyards & Restaurant
- 10 am: Tiverton Farmers Market – Summer at Tiverton Town Farm Recreation Area
- 10 am: Newport Black History Walking Tours at Bowen’s Wharf Pilot House
- 5 pm: Yappy Hour 2025 at Beaulieu
- 7:30 pm: The Newport Dance Festival at Great Friends Meeting House
- 8 pm: Newport Classical presents Leila Josefoqicz at The Breakers
Live Music & Entertainment
- Clarke Cooke House: Bobby Ferreira at 12:30 pm
- Fastnet Irish Pub: Irish Sessions at 6 pm
- Johnny’s Restaurant: Mac Chrupcala Jazz Series at 3 pm
- JPT Film & Event Center: The Last Class at 2 pm, Bad Shabbos at 4 pm, Secret Mall Apartment at 6:30 pm
- Landing: Jim Devlin at 12:30 pm, Timeless at 4 pm, Jake Kulak at 8 pm
- Narragansett Cafe: Ed Peabody & The Big Blue Thang at 4 pm
- Newport Craft: The Groove Merchants at 1 pm
- Newport Vineyards: Dim Lights at 1 pm
- O’Brien’s Pub: Greg Zercher on the Steel Drums on the patio at 3 pm, Karaoke at 9:30 pm
- One Pelham East: Chopville at 3:30 pm
- Pour Judgement: Los Duderinos at 10 pm
- Speakeasy Bar & Grill: Live music at 9:30 pm
- Sunset Cove: Andre Arsenault at 11 am, Mark Flynn at 3 pm
Newport County Public Meetings
- No public meetings are scheduled.
