Discover all that’s happening, new, and to do in and around Newport, Rhode Island, this weekend, Friday, April 12 through Sunday, April 14, 2024.
Coming Up This Weekend
What’sUpNewp stories related to this weekend…
- Salve Regina University to host Natasha Bedingfield, Ruston Kelly for Spring Week concert
- Rhode Island PBS Annual Fundraiser, Uncorked, Returns April 12
- Daffy fun to be had at Miantonomi Park on April 14
- DEM has stocked more than 100 bodies of water with 60,000 fish ahead of Opening Day of Trout Season
- Community invited to help clean up Fort Adams State Park at Sail Newport event
Friday, April 12
Things To Do
- Newport Daffodil Days throughout Newport County
- 9:30 am: Baby Playtime at Newport Public Library
- 6 pm: Sacred Song Kirtan Gathering With The Sacred Center Musicians at Common Fence Point Community Center
- 6 pm: Queer Trivia to benefit Born This Way Prom at Ragged Island Brewing
- 7 pm: newportFILM Presents Newport In This Together at The JPT
- 8 pm: Improv with the Bit Players at The Firehouse Theater
Live Music & Entertainment
- Blue Anchor Grill: Mark Flynn at 6 pm
- Busker’s Irish Pub: Mike Warner & Friends at 9 pm
- Johnny’s Restaurant: Stu Krous at 6 pm
- JPT Film & Event Center: Wicked Little Sisters at 3 pm, Newport In This Together at 7 pm
- La Forge Casino Restaurant: Dave Manuel at 6 pm
- Midtown Oyster Bar: Live music at 9:30 pm
- Narragansett Cafe: The Senders at 8 pm
- Newport Blues Cafe: Spiffy at 9 pm
- Newport Elks Lodge: Michelle Siegal and Don Farias at 6 pm
- O’Brien’s Pub: DJ Remedy at 9:30 pm
- One Pelham East: Jimmy Weinstock at 5:30 pm, Timeless at 8:30 pm, DJ at 11:30 pm
- Ragged Island Brewing Co.: Kate Virginia at 5:30 pm, Queer Trivia to benefit Born This Way Prom at 6 pm
- Speakeasy: Justin Pomfret at 9:30 pm
- The Firehouse Theatre: The Bit Players at 8 pm
- The Reef: Brian Scott at 6 pm
- Top of Pelham: Dueling Pianos at 8 pm
- Vieste’s Vino Wine Bar: Live music at 7 pm
Newport County Government
- Jamestown: Fire Department at 11 am
- Newport: Housing Authority at 11 am, Board of Tax Appeals at 3 pm
Saturday, April 13
Things To Do
- Newport Daffodil Days throughout Newport County
- 7:30 am: 2024 Newport Rhode Races – Marathon, Half Marathon, 5k and Beach Mile at Easton’s Beach
- 9 am to 12 pm: Aquidneck Growers Market at Stoneacre Garden
- 9 am: Yoga Saturdays at Hotel Viking at Hotel Viking
- 9 am: 4th Annual Police Unity Tour Fundraiser
- 9:30 am: Yoga & Meditation with Rev Shelley & Greg Sabatino at Norman Bird Sanctuary
- 10 am: Plog the Newport Marathon for Earth Month along the Newport Marathon course
- 10 am: Saturday Stories at Newport Public Library
- 11 am: LEGO Club at Newport Public Library
- 2 pm: Afternoon Tea Service at Hotel Viking
- 2:30 pm: La Bella Musica concert at Newport Public Library
- 7 pm: Spring Fling! with Diane Blue All-Star band feat. Johnny Blue Horn at Common Fence Point Community Center
- 8 pm: Live Improv Comedy with the Bit Players at The Firehouse Theater
Live Music & Entertainment
- Blue Anchor Grill: The Girls at 6 pm
- Busker’s Irish Pub: Brian Twohey at 9 pm
- Clarke Cooke House: Live music at 10 pm
- Greenvale Vineyards: Karen Frisk & Friends at 1 pm
- Johnny’s Restaurant: Phoenix Avenue at 6 pm
- JPT Film & Event Center: Wicked Little Sisters at 3 pm, Remembering Gene Wilder at 5:30 pm, Blazing Saddles at 8 pm
- La Forge Casino Restaurant: Dave Manuel at 6 pm
- Midtown Oyster Bar: Live music at 9 pm
- Narragansett Cafe: Super Tusk at 8 pm
- Newport Blues Cafe: Never In Vegas at 10 pm
- O’Brien’s Pub: C. Gray The DJ at 9:30 pm
- One Pelham East: Timmy Smith at 4 pm, Angelus Hall at 8 pm, DJ at 11:30 pm
- Speakeasy: Live music at 9:30 pm
- The Firehouse Theatre: Live Improv Comedy with the Bit Players at 8 pm
- The Reef: Eric Fontana at 6 pm
- Top of Pelham: Dueling Pianos at 8 pm
- Vieste’s Vino Wine Bar: Live music at 7 pm
Government
- Tiverton: Tiverton Town Council at 9 am
Sunday, April 14
Things To Do
- Newport Daffodil Days throughout Newport County
- 8 am: Cars & Coffee at Sachuest Beach (Second Beach)
- 8 am: FREE Guided Bird Walks at Norman Bird Sanctuary
- 10 am: Tiverton Farmers Market at Tiverton Middle School
- 11 am: Corks + Cocoa: Wine and Chocolate with Boston Wine School and Vivilicious at Greenvale Vineyards
- 12 pm: Daffy Fun at Miantonomi Park
- 12 pm: Fort Adams Coastal Cleanup
- 2 pm: Afternoon Tea Service at Hotel Viking
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 Sandlot at 2 pm, Wicked Little Sisters at 4:30 pm
- Narragansett Cafe: The Earl Knightwood Band at 4 pm
- O’Brien’s Pub: Bingo at 7 pm
- Pour Judgement: Los Duderinos at 10 pm
- The Pub at 2 Mile Corner: John Erikson at 5 pm
- The Reef: John Dimeco at 11:30 am
Government
- No local meetings are scheduled.

