Fall Newport RI
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Discover the best events, activities and things to do this weekend in and around Newport.

Looking for entertainment, comedy or entertainment this weekend, here’s Newport’s Entertainment Listings: September 30 – October 2.

Friday, September 30

Throughout Day – 2016 MELGES 32 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP at Fort Adams

4:30pm – Don’t Think Twice at Jane Pickens Theater

5pm – Fall Exhibitions Opening Reception at Newport Art Museum

7:30pm – Dueling Pianos at Studio 3

7:30pm – Captain Fantastic at Jane Pickens Theater

8pm – Live Improv Comedy with The Bit Players at The Firehouse Theater

Saturday, September 1 

Throughout Day – 2016 MELGES 32 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP at Fort Adams

10am – 5pm Harvest Fair at Norman Bird Sanctuary

12pm – Coastal Cleanup at Sachuest Beach 

2pm – The Beatles: 8 Days A Week at Jane Pickens Theater

4:30pm – Don’t Think Twice at Jane Pickens Theater

5:15pm – Mass Celebrating St. Mary’s Pipe Organ at St. Mary’s Church

6pm – Opening Reception: Waves & Woods at Blink Gallery

7:30pm – Captain Fantastic at Jane Pickens Theater

8pm & 10pm – Live improv comedy with The Bit Players at The Firehouse Theater

Sunday, September 2

Throughout Day – 2016 MELGES 32 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP at Fort Adams

10am – 5pm Harvest Fair at Norman Bird Sanctuary

2pm – The Beatles: 8 Days A Week at Jane Pickens Theater

2pm – The Body Temple with Ramdesh Kaur at Long Time Sun Apparel

3pm – Beethoven’s 6, 7, and 9 Symphonies at Redwood Library

4:30pm – Don’t Think Twice at Jane Pickens Theater

7:30pm – Captain Fantastic at Jane Pickens Theater

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...