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UPCOMING EVENTS

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Newport Folk Festival

July 25 - 27

The Folk Festival brings the best folk musicians of our time to Newport to perform live at Fort Adams for a grand 3-day outdoor event. This year's acts feature great acts like The Lemonheads, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Kenny Loggins and Luke Combs.

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Newport Jazz Festival

August 1 - 3

Newport's most famous festival presents some of the finest jazz musicians in the world, all being played seaside at Fort Adams State Park and downtown venues over a 3-day period. Featuring Darius Jones, Janelle MonĂ¡e, Emmett Cohen and Parlor Greens.

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Newport Music Festival

July 4 - 22

The Newport Music Festival continues the tradition of presenting unique chamber music programs, American debuts, world-class artists and gala special events in the Gilded Age summer cottages of Newport.

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Newport RI History Tours

Daily/Weekends

Newport's history comes alive with indepth guided and self-guided walking tours all around the city. From Newport's colonial past to its religions and politics, these tours will stir the imagination against the backdrop of cobblestone streets and gas-lit street lanterns.

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Ghosts of Newport Tours

Daily / Weekends

Guided tours of this colonial town's most haunted hotspots. Walking tour led by lantern, covers many historic homes and neighborhoods. Great fun!