Good morning, Newport!
🗓️ Today is Friday, July 25, the 206th day of 2025. There are 159 days left in the year.
🎶 The sold-out 2025 Newport Folk Festival officially kicks off today at Fort Adams State Park! What’sUpNewp will have coverage throughout the weekend from the festival.
📻 MVYRADIO will be providing exclusive recorded performances from each day, available for one-time-only broadcasts nightly from 7-9 p.m.
🚔 Newport police will implement significant traffic restrictions around Fort Adams during the sold-out festival, creating a dedicated bicycle lane that will limit vehicle access on Harrison Avenue.
🚧 The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority will implement lane restrictions on the Bristol approach to the Mount Hope Bridge beginning Sunday as part of ongoing construction work.
🚲 Bike Newport will celebrate the installation of solar power at its Big Blue Bike Barn with a community event Tuesday evening.
-Ryan Belmore | Publisher, What’sUpNewp
WHAT’S UP TODAY
Today: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4pm. Some of the storms could be severe and produce heavy rainfall. Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Southwest wind 10 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 10pm. Some of the storms could be severe and produce heavy rainfall. Partly cloudy, with a low around 70. Southwest wind 6 to 8 mph becoming north after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tomorrow: Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Northeast wind around 10 mph.
Sunrise at 5:33 am. Sunset at 8:08 pm. 14 hours & 35 minutes of sun.
High tide at 8:52 am & 9:18 pm. Low tide at 2:56 am & 2:16 pm.
The lunar phase is a New Moon.
The coastal water temperature is 71 degrees.
Things To Do
Newport Folk Festival at Fort Adams State Park
10 am: Annual Cultural Survival Bazaar at Tiverton Four Corners Art Center
6 pm: Last Friday Social – Vibes, Community, Tunes & More at Newport Pride Center
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: Ride The Vibe at 7 pm
JPT Film & Event Center: Friends of New Time Music with Brad Cook: Newport Folk Aftershow at 9:30 pm
Landing: John Erickson at 12:30 pm, Timeless at 4 pm, Straight Outta Rehab at 8 pm
Narragansett Cafe: Bar Fly at 8 pm
Newport Blues Cafe: Matthew Logan Vasquez with Snacktime at 10 pm
Newport Craft: Island Time Steel Band at 6 pm
Newport Harbor Hotel: Alger Mitchell at 4:30 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
Parlor Newport: The Deslondes with Langhorne Slim at 10 pm
Ragged Island Brewing: Dan San Duo at 5:30 pm
Speakeasy: Justin Pomfret at 9:15 pm
Sunset Cove: Okie & The Bandits 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 meetings are scheduled.
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Station will broadcast exclusive recorded sets nightly from 7-9 p.m. during sold-out festival