Days after both the Newport Folk Festival and Newport Jazz Festival sold out again this summer, newportFILM will screen a documentary about the folk festival’s most consequential years. “Newport & the Great Folk Dream” plays Thursday, Aug. 13, at Miantonomi Memorial Park, 120 Hillside Ave. The venue opens at 5 p.m., with live music from […]
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Jamestown Artists’ Open Studios returns August 8-9 with more than 30 artists opening their doors island-wide
Jamestown Arts Center’s Artists’ Open Studios returns this weekend, offering visitors a free, self-guided tour of more than 30 artist studios and galleries across Conanicut Island on Saturday, August 8 and Sunday, August 9, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Expanded to two days this year, the event invites visitors to follow ART […]
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Chris Monti Band plays Tiverton Four Corners on Aug. 22
The Chris Monti Band will play a summer concert at The Meeting House in Tiverton Four Corners on Saturday, Aug. 22. The show starts at 7 p.m., with doors at 6:30 p.m., at 3850 Main Road. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. Organizers strongly encourage buying ahead, though door entry is […]
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The Coe Street Co-Op headlines free NIMFest concert at King Park Sunday
The Coe Street Co-Op will headline the next installment of NIMFest 2026 on Sunday, Aug. 9, from 3 to 6 p.m. at the King Park Gazebo, 125 Wellington Ave. The show is free and open to the public, weather permitting. The Woonsocket-based five-piece plays a feel-good blend of classic rock influences and original songwriting, with […]
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Stand-up comedy show at Firehouse Theater to benefit cat rescue
The Firehouse Theater will host “Funnies for Felines,” a charity stand-up comedy showcase, on Thursday, Aug. 13, with all ticket proceeds going to Fine Feline Cat Rescue. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and the show begins at 8 p.m. at the theater, 4 Equality Park Place. The lineup features six local stand-up comedians. The event […]
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Former Christie’s deputy chairman and “Antiques Roadshow” appraiser to speak at Rosecliff on August 11
John A. Hays, a private art adviser, former deputy chairman of Christie’s Americas, and “Antiques Roadshow” appraiser, will deliver the Preservation Society of Newport County’s annual John G. Winslow Lecture at Rosecliff on Tuesday, August 11 at 6 p.m. His talk, “The Thrill of the Chase: Collecting Art in Our Time,” will focus on 18th-century […]
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Spectacle Live announces Canadian Brass and Irish Tenors for December performances at JPT Film & Event Center
Spectacle Live has announced two holiday season performances at the JPT Film & Event Center in Washington Square this December, with the Irish Tenors returning by popular demand on December 9 and Canadian Brass taking the stage December 17. The Irish Tenors — Anthony Kearns, Ronan Tynan, and Patrick Hyland — will perform Wednesday, December […]
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Norman Bird Sanctuary’s 52nd Annual Harvest Fair returns October 3-4 with early bird tickets now on sale
Tickets are now on sale for the Norman Bird Sanctuary’s 52nd Annual Harvest Fair, returning to the sanctuary’s 300-acre Middletown campus on Saturday, October 3 and Sunday, October 4. The two-day festival features live music, local food, artisan vendors, hayrides, games, children’s activities, and seasonal fun. More than 8,000 visitors are expected over the weekend. […]
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Newport Jazz Festival closes out with Herbie Hancock, Thundercat, Celeste, and a weekend to remember
The 2026 Newport Jazz Festival wrapped up Sunday at Fort Adams State Park with Herbie Hancock headlining a closing day full of standout performances, a last-minute cancellation, and one of the weekend’s most spontaneous moments. Sienna Spiro, scheduled to perform on the Quad Stage, cancelled due to a throat infection. Newport Jazz Festival Artistic Director […]
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Newport Jazz Festival Day 2: Jonathan Batiste, “Sonny Miles on a Trane” headline a standout Saturday at Fort Adams
Day 2 of the sold-out 2026 Newport Jazz Festival delivered another full and memorable Saturday at Fort Adams State Park, with Jonathan Batiste Trios and the closing “Sonny Miles on a Trane” set featuring Kamasi Washington and Chief Adjuah drawing some of the weekend’s biggest reactions from the crowd. Batiste’s Trios set on the Quad […]
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Newport Jazz Festival opens with Vulfpeck, Robert Glasper, Little Simz, and more in packed Friday debut
The 2026 Newport Jazz Festival got underway Friday at Fort Adams State Park, delivering a full day of music across four stages from morning through evening. The day opened with a Local Jam on the Fort Stage and Braxton Cook on the Quad Stage, with Concurrence kicking off the Harbor Stage at 11 a.m. The […]
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Tiverton Public Library to host free talk on native medicinal plants for stress and anxiety
Herbalist and registered nurse Maggie Hatzpanian will present “Native Medicinal Plants for Stress and Anxiety” at the Tiverton Public Library on Wednesday, August 12, at 6 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Hatzpanian is the owner of Maggie’s Healing Path, a wellness-focused small business offering herbal products, individual consultations, and educational […]
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St. George’s School to open public outdoor sculpture exhibition on Middletown campus August 7
St. George’s School will open a free public outdoor sculpture exhibition on its 125-acre Purgatory Road campus next week, featuring 11 contemporary works by prominent modern artists set against sweeping views of Second Beach and Sachuest Bay. “Sculpture on the Hilltop” runs Friday, August 7 through Saturday, November 14. The exhibition will be open 10 […]
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Boston saxophonist Seba Molnar brings contemporary jazz to NIMFest at King Park on August 2
The New England Music Organization will present The Seba Molnar Band and The John Monllos Trio at NIMFest 2026 on Sunday, August 2, from 3 to 6 p.m. at the King Park Gazebo, 125 Wellington Ave. The event is free and open to the public. Headlining the afternoon is The Seba Molnar Band, a Boston-based […]
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Newport Classical announces 2026-2027 Chamber Series with twelve concerts starting in September
Newport Classical has announced its 2026-2027 Chamber Series, a twelve-concert season running from September through June at Newport Classical Recital Hall at 42 Dearborn St. Tickets go on sale to the public August 4 at newportclassical.org. The series opens September 18 with Invoke, a multi-instrumental quartet exploring American musical traditions from bluegrass and Appalachian fiddle […]
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Newport Mansions’ “Sessions” series continues with BBMak acoustic performance at the Isaac Bell House
BBMak, the British trio that topped charts on both sides of the Atlantic in the early 2000s, recently recorded a three-song acoustic set at the Isaac Bell House as part of the Newport Mansions’ ongoing “Sessions” music video series. The video will be released Wednesday, July 30, on the Newport Mansions YouTube channel (@newport.mansions). The […]
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Newport Beach Fest to bring NFL legends, beach football, and live entertainment to Fort Adams over Labor Day weekend
Fort Adams State Park will host an inaugural two-day waterfront festival over Labor Day weekend, bringing professional beach football, NFL legends, live entertainment, and more than 1,000 tons of sand to one of New England’s most iconic event venues. Newport Beach Fest is scheduled for September 5-6 and will serve as the debut of the […]
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Jamestown Arts Center to host talk on Vermeer forgeries and the Van Meegeren affair
One of the most sensational scandals in art history comes to Jamestown Arts Center next week when renowned Vermeer scholar Arthur K. Wheelock Jr. takes the stage for a JAC Talk on Wednesday, August 5, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. In “Vermeer, Vermeer Forgeries, and the ‘Van Meegeren Affair,'” Wheelock will examine the 1947 trial […]
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Newport Folk Festival closes out with Nathaniel Rateliff, Dave Matthews, Joan Baez, and Mavis Staples in unforgettable Sunday finale
The 2026 Newport Folk Festival went out in style Sunday at Fort Adams State Park, closing its sold-out three-day run with a finale that few in attendance will soon forget. Nathaniel Rateliff & Friends headlined the Fort Stage to close the weekend, but it was the surprise guests that sent the crowd into a frenzy. […]
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Newport Folk Festival Day 2: The Lumineers close out a packed Saturday at Fort Adams
NEWPORT — Day 2 of the sold-out 2026 Newport Folk Festival delivered another full slate of music Saturday at Fort Adams State Park, with The Lumineers closing out the Fort Stage to cap an afternoon and evening that built steadily toward one of the weekend’s most anticipated headliners. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings turned heads […]
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Newport Folk Festival opens with Hayley Williams, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Courtney Barnett and more
The 2026 Newport Folk Festival kicked off Friday at the sold-out Fort Adams State Park, delivering a full day of music across more than three stages from morning through evening. The Fort Stage headliners set the tone for the weekend, with Courtney Barnett, Lucy Dacus, and Hayley Williams & Friends closing out the night. Ms. […]
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newportFILM and Newport Jazz Festival to present world premiere of documentary on pioneering photographer John Shearer
newportFILM, the Newport Jazz Festival, and the Newport Restoration Foundation will present the world premiere of John Shearer: American Moments on Thursday, July 30, at Rough Point, the historic Newport estate of philanthropist Doris Duke. The evening will also feature a live performance by the Alison Shearer Quartet, led by saxophonist Alison Shearer — daughter […]
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Jamestown Arts Center hosts Indonesian batik artists for illustrated talk and trunk show July 30
Internationally recognized batik artists Agus Ismoyo and Nia Fliam will visit the Jamestown Arts Center on Thursday, July 30, from 6 to 8 p.m. for an illustrated artist talk and trunk show exploring the cultural, philosophical, and creative dimensions of Indonesian batik. Drawing on more than 40 years of artistic practice at their studio, Babaran […]