Tag: Newport Jazz Festival
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,...
Ocean State event organizers navigating uncharted waters
NEWPORT – Rhode Island's event organizers have been under duress as they make plans while navigating the shifting sands of a changing COVID-19 pandemic,...
Newport folk and jazz festivals announce summer dates
NEWPORT – Newport Festivals Foundation Inc. on Thursday released preliminary details and dates for the jazz and folk events its hosting this summer at...
Newport Folk and Jazz festivals canceled
NEWPORT – Both the Newport Jazz and Folk festivals have been canceled this year, Newport Festivals Foundation Executive Director Jay Sweet announced on Wednesday.
The...
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...















