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May 16 to 18
Newport Spring Boat Show
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May 26 to June 4
Intercollegiate Sailing North American Championship
The best college sailors in the country vying for top honors in three seperate regattas that will be held over the 10-day event. Co-hosted by New York Yacht Club, Brown University, and Salve Regina University.
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June 3 to 8
Newport International Film Festival
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June 7
The 27th Annual Schweppes Great Chowder Cook-Off
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June 7 (rain date June 8)
Fort Adams 4th Annual Family Day
Free Admission for the whole family!
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Beat the traffic! Ride our water taxi from downtown Newport to Fort Adams!
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June 7 & 8
Sail Newport's Halfway Rock Regatta
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June 13 to 15
154th Annual Regatta
New York Yacht Club 154th Annual Regatta presented by Rolex
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June 15 & 16
Newport County Residents Day
Ride the Amazing Grace Free with Newport County ID |
Starting June 14
Snapple Sunset Music Festival
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June 14 & 15
The Onion Patch Regatta Series
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June 14 & 15
Opti & Laser 4.7 Newport Challenge
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June 19 to 22
Sail Newport’s Brooke Gonzalez Advanced Racing Clinic
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June 20
Bermuda Race Start
12:00 to 2:30
$50 per person no lunch
$65 per person box lunch
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June 27 to 29
The Newport Flower Show
at Rosecliff on Bellevue Avenue
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July 4 to 6
Third Annual Robert H. Tiedemann Regatta
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July 7 to 13
Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships
Thirty-two of the top men's professional players on the ATP-tour will be in Newport to play the tours only grass court event in North America
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July 11 to 27
Newport Music Festival
The 2008 Newport Music Festival celebrates its 40th season. Continuing 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, Rhode Island
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July 11 & 12
2008 Wall Street Corporate Challenge Cup
The Wall Street Corporate Challenge Cup brings together business leaders for two unforgettable days of racing aboard the legendary America’s Cup 12 Meter yachts. Based at the Newport Shipyard and the Hyatt Regency-Newport
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July 17 to 20
Black Ships Festival
A Festival of friendship between Newport and Japan that offers a variety of events emphasizing both Japanese and art and culture
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July 19 to 27
New York Yacht Club Race Week
New York Yacht Club Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex. July 19-20 Classics Regatta and Olin J. Stephens 100th Birthday Celebration. July 24-27 Handicap & One-Design Series.
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August 13 to 17
International Tennis Hall of Fame Champions Cup
Eight great champions of tennis will compete over five days on the legendary grass courts at the Hall of Fame in a highly competitive, fan-friendly, round-robin format
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August 23 & 24
Aquidneck Island Art Festival
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August 29 to 31
29th Annual Classic Yacht Regatta
The 29th Annual Classic Yacht Regatta hosted by The Museum of Yachting will again turn the waters off Newport into a panorama of graceful classic yachts. The event includes two days of racing and the Regatta's traditional Classic Yacht Parade, balanced by evening festivities. The regatta will draw a fleet that ranges from modern classics, to vintage yachts, to smaller one-designs with design pedigrees by Herreshoff, Hunt, Fife, and Sparkman & Stephens.
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August 30 - September 1
11th Annual Newport Waterfront Irish Festival
Experience the Emerald Isle in the City by the Sea. This 3-day community event celebrates Irish music, culture, cuisine and crafts.
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September 11 to 14
Newport International Boat Show
As one of the five largest in-water boat shows in the country, the Newport International Boat Show features more than 600 new powerboats and sailboats from domestic and international exhibitors. Hundreds of booths with marine electronics, services and accessories, plus educational seminars, Discover Sailing, a TrawlerPort section and exciting first-time boat and product debuts can be found at the Newport Show.
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September 13 & 14
Revolutionary War Living History Weekend
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September 25 to 28
Newport Mansions Wine and Food Festival
Enjoy specialty wines, fabulous food, celebrity wine experts and chefs and the elegant setting of the Newport Mansions during this remarkable weekend food and wine experience. Wine expert Kevin Zraly, Yankee Magazine Food Editor Annie Copps and many other special guests will help make it a weekend to remember.
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September 27 to 28
20th Annual Taste of Rhode Island
Fine Food, Fine Wine, and Living Well- this phrase sums up what it means to be from Rhode Island. The Taste of Rhode Island offers a taste of the best Rhode Island has to offer with some of the States finest cuisine, arts, and culture.
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October 11 to 13
16th Annual International Oktoberfest!
Willkommen! New England's largest authentic German Oktoberfest celebration with lively Bavarian music from Germany, delicious international food, Biergarten, Weingarten and children's area.
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October 18 & 19
Bowen's Wharf Seafood Festival
Area restaurants celebrate the “harvest of the sea” on historic Bowen’s Wharf, in downtown Newport. Enjoy a smorgasbord of seafood, baked goods, and kid-friendly fare. Groove all day long to live music by area bands featuring folk, Celtic, sea chanties, blues, and rock. The festival offers plenty of children’s activities, such as touchable sea critters and face painting. Free admission! The festival will be held, rain or shine, under the colorful tents.
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