Sometimes the weekend should just start on a Friday and this is one of those weeks.
With the weather warming to true summer temperatures and the season officially arriving on the calendar, it's time to get out and enjoy everything Newport County has to offer.
And this week the fun starts at Fort Adams on Friday as the Newport Bermuda Race kicks off in style with a waterfront party. Live music, food trucks and so much more will be in store for those in attendance.
If a Friday party doesn't fit your schedule, don't worry, check out what is happening and start making your plans.
Newport Bermuda Race starts
The Newport Bermuda Race will kick off with as Starting Line Party and Live Show at Fort Adams from noon-4 p.m. on Friday. The event, sponsored by Ørsted, is free and open to the public and for those that can't attend, a live stream of the start of the race will be available at 2 p.m.
This year marks a historic change as the race starts for the first time in its 118-year history just off the shoreline of Fort Adams State Park. Cole Brauer, the first American woman to sail solo around the world without assistance, will be part of the Live Show, offering commentary and signing posters during a meet-and-greet before the show. She joins North Sails president Ken Read and local professional sailor Jesse Fielding on the broadcast.
Brauer is no stranger to Rhode Island and the Newport to Bermuda Race course — she won the Bermuda 1-2, a shorthanded race on the same stretch of ocean just last June, and then prepared for her around-the-world race at Safe Harbor Newport Shipyard for the rest of the summer. From 12-1 p.m., Brauer will meet with fans and sign commemorative race posters on the grounds of Fort Adams.
“The Newport to Bermuda race course has always held a special place in my heart,” said Brauer. “I could not be more proud to help bring the race and the sport of sailing to a wider audience in Rhode Island—a place I consider a home away from home.”
Admittance and parking for the race village are free, and alternative transportation via Providence Ferry, Jamestown Ferry, and Newport Harbor Shuttle are also available. The park will feature local food trucks and a Regatta Bar showcasing New England fare, Goslings Rum from Bermuda, and Whalers Beer from Rhode Island. This family-friendly start to summer fun on Friday afternoon will also feature:
- The Ravers, a local Newport reggae band, performing from noon to 1:30 pm
- Newport Artillery demonstration concluding in a cannon to signal the start of the Race at 2 pm
- A US Senior Golf Trophy photo op from US Golf and putting green experience
- Sustainability and other local non-profit education booths
- Race gear shopping
- Oliver Hazard Perry tall ship tours
- Tours of the 200-year-old Fort Adams
For more information, visit bermudarace.com
South African jazz concert
Newport Live will present South African jazz artists, Melanie Scholtz with Aaron Rimbui (Kenya), for a performance with their group, as Newport Live Celebrates the 30th Anniversary of South African Independence by four unique, award-winning jazz artists from South Africa. The show will be on Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the Newport Art Museum, 76 Bellevue Ave. Call Newport Live at (401)400-2774.
Tickets are $35 and available through EventBrite and via Newport Live website.
Newport State Airport Day
Join the free, family event on Saturday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Activities include a question and answer session with pilots, discounted airplane and helicopter rides, food trucks and more. Rain date is Sunday.
Puddingstone music series returns
The Puddingstone new music series continues this summer with a concert on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. “Harmonies in Motion” at Newport Art Museum, 76 Bellevue Ave., Newport.
Pianist extraordinaire, Angela Kim is returning to Newport, this time with violinist, Clara Kim. The program includes Bach’s Sonata for Violin and Keyboard No. 6, a piece by Grammy winner, Jesse Montgomery, Prokofiev’s profound Sonata No. 1 as well as a piece composed for the duo by one of today’s most celebrated contemporary composers, Molly Heron. A live dance performance will translate the harmonies into motion.
Doors open at 5:30 p.m. followed by the performance at 6 p.m. A cash bar will be open for drinks purchases and complementary small bites will be served.
For more information and to purchase advance tickets, visit PuddingstoneFestival.com
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