Tag: Newport Festivals Foundation
Elvis Costello, Andre 3000 among performers scheduled for 70th Newport Jazz...
NEWPORT – Close to 50 musicians are scheduled to perform at this summer's Newport Jazz Festival, which will mark a milestone year.
The nationally recognized...
George T. Wein, Newport jazz and folk festivals co-founder, dies at...
NEWPORT – George T. Wein, the musician and philanthropist who co-founded the Newport folk and jazz festivals and brought the events to international prominence,...
Tickets for Newport Folk summer events to go on sale May...
NEWPORT – Tickets to the Newport Folk's two summer events will go on sale on May 18, at 11 a.m., Newport Festivals Foundation Inc....
Newport sees brighter summer with large-scale events returning
NEWPORT – During the state’s March 18 COVID-19 press conference, R.I. Commerce Corp. Secretary Stefan Pryor opened the door for large-scale events to occur this...
Five Questions With: Jay Sweet
Jay Sweet is the executive director of the Newport Festivals Foundation. The foundation recently announced that it established the Newport Festivals Musician Relief Fund...
Newport Folk Festival tickets sell out within hours
NEWPORT – Tickets for the Newport Folk Festival, scheduled to take place on the weekend of July 26-28, 2019, at Fort Adams State Park...
Have you ever attended either the Newport Folk or Newport Jazz...
The recent signing of a 25-year agreement to have Fort Adams State Park in Newport host the Newport Jazz and Newport Folk festivals in...
Newport Festivals Foundation agrees to stay in Newport for 25 years,...
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management and the Newport Festivals Foundation Inc. reached a license agreement to keep the Newport Jazz Festival...
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