Lee Abney Newport Bridge
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Best Weekend Events In Newport, RI: August 19th – August 21st

Friday

1 – Ida Lewis Distance Race (Friday 12:30pm)

Ida Lewis Distance Race

2 – Half priced Raw Bar (2-6pm) & Friday Night Prime Time at Top of Newport: Hotel Viking (6-9pm) features Chef Barry Correia’s popular mouth-watering slow roasted, sea-salt encrusted prime rib. $27 per person. Live Music with Clear Blue!

Top of Newport Hotel Viking Bar

3 – Live Reggae with The Copacetics at Tavern On Broadway (Friday 10pm) NO COVER

copacetics

4 – Live Music with The Kulprits at Newport Blues Cafe (Friday 10pm)

kulprits

Saturday

5 – Afternoon tea with Airlyn Mitchel on the harp at Hotel Viking (Saturday 2pm – 4pm)

Arilyn Mitchel

6 – Newport Polo: USA vs Jamaica (Saturday 5pm)

Newport International Polo Series
© Adam Zaff Photography

7 – Nina Otto Jazz Trio at the Top of Newport at Hotel Viking (Saturday 5:30pm)

Hotel Viking

8 – Shamrocks and Seashells – Benefit for Newport Irish History (Saturday 6:30pm)

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9 – 11th Annual Bird Ball at the Norman Bird Sanctuary (Saturday 7pm)

Dory Benson, Emily Perkins-Hatch, Dan Benson and Lindsay Leal
Dory Benson, Emily Perkins-Hatch, Dan Benson and Lindsay Leal (2015 Bird Ball)  

Sunday

10 – Brunch

  • Brunch at Tavern on Broadway (10am – 2pm) The price of your entree includes a bloody, a mimosa or the drink of your choice!!!

Sunday Brunch Newport

11 – Free concert at Brick Market (Sunday 1pm – 5pm)

Brick Market Place

12 – Afternoon tea with Airlyn Mitchel on the harp at Hotel Viking (Sunday 2pm – 4pm)

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13 – NIMFest 2016 at King Park (3-6pm)

Abbey Rhode will bring the gazebo alive with rare and popular music from the Beatles. Kane Brothers, a fun vocal duo, open at 3pm.

nimfest newport ri

14 – Paella for Two and a Bottle of Wine for $59 at Hotel Viking (Sunday 5pm)

Hotel Viking’s Garden Patio is hopping with fun things this summer. Join us on the patio for Chef Correia’s Popular Paella for two. His recipe includes  ½ lobster, mussels, clams, scallops and shrimp. Enjoy Paella for two with a bottle of house choice wine for is just $59

paella Hotel Viking