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Good morning, Newport! 🗓️ Today is Friday, Aug. 1, the 213th day of 2025. There are 152 days left in the year.
🎺 The 2025 Newport Jazz Festival gets underway at Fort Adams State Park today. While the 3-day event is sold out, there is an opportunity to catch a great show at The JPT tonight, featuring many of the talented artists.
⚾ Playoffs begin tonight at Cardines Field for the Newport Gulls. The hometown team will take on the Mystic Schooners in Game 1 of the Quarterfinals at 6:35 pm.
👏 Thanks to everyone who came out (and who dressed up) for The Big Lebowski Party at The JPT last night! More than 200 showed up for the fun and festive night.
🎶 Here’s a look at all the live music, entertainment, and events happening this weekend; enjoy!
Thanks for reading,
-Ryan Belmore | Publisher, What’sUpNewp
WHAT’S UP TODAY
Today: Showers, mainly before 8 am. Patchy fog before 10 am. High near 70. Northeast wind 14 to 16 mph. The chance of precipitation is 100%—new precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 60. North wind 8 to 10 mph.
Tomorrow: Sunny, with a high near 76. North wind around 8 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.
Sunrise at 5:40 am. Sunset at 8:01 pm. 14 hours & 21 minutes of sun.
High tide at 1:41 am & 2:14 pm. Low tide at 6:50 am & 8:09 pm.
The lunar phase is a Waxing Crescent.
The coastal water temperature is 72 degrees.
Things To Do
Newport Jazz Festival at Fort Adams State Park
5 pm: Wet Paint Plein Air: Family Art Workshop at Newport Art Museum
6 pm: Soundbath with Eluvium at The Newport Art Museum
6:35 pm: Newport Gulls versus Mystic Schooners at Cardines Field
8 pm: Improv with the Bit Players at The Firehouse Theater
Live Music & Entertainment
Bally’s Tiverton: DJ at 8:30 pm
Busker’s Irish Pub: Live music at 8 pm
Johnny’s Restaurant: Stephen Hodgman at 7 pm
The JPT: George Wein’s Jazz Futures Now & Then at 9:30 pm
Landing: John Erickson at 12:30 pm, Nicki & The Barn Boys at 4 pm, Straight Outta Rehab at 8 pm
Narragansett Cafe: The Wright Brothers at 8 pm
Newport Blues Cafe: Timeless at 10 pm
Newport Craft: Joe Davis & Co. at 6 pm
Newport Harbor Hotel: Alger Mitchell at 4:30 pm
Newport Vineyards: Barrel of Laughs Comedy Show at 8 pm
O’Brien’s Pub: John Erikson on the patio at 4:30 pm, DJ Remedy at 9:30 pm
One Pelham East: DJ at 11:30 pm
Portsmouth Publick House: Tim Cunningham at 6 pm
Ragged Island Brewing: Dave Alves at 5:30 pm
Speakeasy: Live music at 9:15 pm
Sunset Cove: Mark Flynn at 5:30 pm
The Firehouse Theater: The Bit Players at 8 pm
Top of Pelham: Dueling Pianos at 7:30 pm & 10:30 pm
Newport County Public Meetings
No public meetings are scheduled.
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