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The Portsmouth Tiverton Rotary Club hosts the 66th Annual Newport Motor Car Festival, the longest-running event of its kind in Rhode Island, at Portsmouth Abbey on Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at ...
Newport Classical, previously known as Newport Music Festival, is an annual chamber music-oriented music festival and year-round classical music arts organization in Newport, Rhode Island, which began in July 1969. The festival consists of dozens of concerts each year, held in a variety of historic sites around town.
Newport, Rhode Island: Coordinates: Built: 1652–1673: Part of: Newport Historic District (ID68000001 [1]) NRHP reference No. 72000032 [1] Significant dates; Added to NRHP: February 23, 1972: Designated NHLDCP: November 24, 1968
The Newport Folk Festival is an annual American folk-oriented music festival in Newport, Rhode Island, which began in 1959 as a counterpart to the Newport Jazz Festival. The festival was founded by music promoter and Jazz Festival founder George Wein , music manager Albert Grossman , and folk singers Pete Seeger , Theodore Bikel , and Oscar Brand .
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It’s easy to associate Newport, Rhode Island with summer—the waterside views, the walkability, its reputation as the “sailing capital of the world.” ... it was a thrill to be able to pop ...
The Newport Jazz Festival is an annual American multi-day jazz music festival held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island. Elaine Lorillard established the festival in 1954, and she and husband Louis Lorillard financed it for many years. They hired George Wein to organize the first festival and bring jazz to Rhode Island. [1] [2]
[5] [6] The music played is almost exclusively instrumental and the station has a policy against playing songs featuring English language vocals. [1] The station has been assigned the WXHQ-LP call letters by the Federal Communications Commission since May 31, 2001. [7] This is the first FCC-licensed low-power FM station in the state of Rhode ...