Discover what’s happening, new and to do in and around Newport this weekend!

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Friday, August 4th

9 am to 10 pm – 19th Annual Helly Hansen Warehouse Sale at Helly Hansen Newport

11 am – 6:15 pm – Newport Jazz Festival at Fort Adams State Park

4:45 pm & 7:30 pm – An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power at Jane Pickens Theater

5:30 pm – Barbells & Brews at One Asterisk

7 pm –Newport Polo’s Gala la Bamba at Rosecliff

8 pm – Live improv comedy with The Bit Players at The Firehouse Theater

8 pm – Alive! at Salvation Army

8 pm – Newport Jazz Festival Opening Night Concert at the International Tennis Hall of Fame

Saturday, August 5th

9 am to 10 pm – 19th Annual Helly Hansen Warehouse Sale at Helly Hansen Newport

9 am to 1 pm – Middletown Aquidneck Growers Market at Newport Vineyards

10 am – Coffee & Conversation: Orrin Evans & Alexander Heffner at Hotel Viking

11 am – 6:40 pm – Newport Jazz Festival at Fort Adams State Park

2 pm to 3:30 pm – Mixology Masterclass at The Vanderbilt Grace

2:30 pm, 4:45 pm & 7:30 pm – An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power at Jane Pickens Theater

3 pm – Colonial Newport: Merchants and Masterpieces at Redwood Library

5 pm – Newport Polo Series – USA Vs. Mexico at Newport International Polo Grounds

5:30 pm – Design Lecture: Nathalie Miebach, Science Data + Sound & Touch at IYRS

6 pm – Summer Harvest + Gratitude Ritual at Gather

6 pm – newportFILM Annual Summer Benefit at International Tennis Hall of Fame

8 pm – Live improv comedy with The Bit Players at The Firehouse Theater

Sunday, August 6th

Race The State Rhode Island

9 am to 10 pm – 19th Annual Helly Hansen Warehouse Sale at Helly Hansen Newport

10 am – Fitness in the Park at Miantonomi Park

11 am to 2 pm – Miantonomi Exploration Days at Maintonomi Tower

11 am – 6:30 pm – Newport Jazz Festival at Fort Adams State Park

12 pm – Cocktail Wars Summer Splash Week 5 at Skiff Bar at Newport Marriott

1 pm – Three Angels Fund 8th Annual Fundraising Event at Kempenaar’s Clambake Club

2:30 pm, 4:45 pm & 7:30 pm – An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power at Jane Pickens Theater

3 pm to 6 pm – NIMFest Concert Series Presents Alan Bernstein All-Star Jazz Ensemble at King Park

4 pm to 6 pm – Newport Opera House to Host Free Public Performance for Children and Families at St. Michael’s Country Day School

Ryan Belmore is the owner and publisher of What's Up Newp. He took over the publication in 2012 and has grown it into a three-time Rhode Island Monthly Best Local News Blog (2018, 2019, 2020). He was named LION Publishers Member of the Year in 2020 and received the Dominique Award from the Arts & Cultural Society of Newport County the same year. He has been awarded grants for investigative and community journalism, and continues to coach and mentor new local news publications nationwide. Ryan...