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Get Out: Art Festival, Blues Concert & More

Want to get outside this weekend for some fresh summer air? See below for five events to take the whole family to this weekend!

Hopefully the rain will hold off because we have a great list of summer activities for you for the first full weekend of summer!

Narragansett Art Festival

Where/When: 35 Ocean Road, Narragansett. (Veterans' Park at The Towers) | ; Saturday and Sunday, June 25 and 26, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Why Go: Take a stroll through the park and see more than 90 artists' work displayed and for sale. Artwork ranges from photography to sculpture to watercolors and pastels. Proceeds benefit scholarship programs in area high schools. 

Price: Free, open to all. 

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Blues on the Bay Concert

Where/When: University of Rhode Island Narragansett Bay Campus South Ferry Road, Narragansett | Sunday, June 26 from 1 to 5 p.m. Rain or Shine. 

Why Go: There will be a blues concert featuring James Montgomery, Neil Vitullo and Cory Belucci that will take place on the Knauss Quadrangle. 

Price:  $15 advance purchase; $20 at the door. Children under 12 and accompanied by an adult are free. 

RI National Guard Open House Air Show

Where/When: 1 Belver Ave., North Kingstown (Air National Guard Base) | Saturday and Sunday, June 25 and 26. Gates to the show open at 9 a.m and the show begins at 10 a.m.

Why Go: The Rhode Island National Guard is hosting it’s annual Open House Air Show featuring the US Navy Blue Angels. The event features aerial and static displays along with activities the entire family will enjoy.

 Price:  Admission to the show is FREE. A voluntary $10 parking donation is collected at all entrances to support the Hasbro Children's Hospital.

Newport History Tours

Where/When: , 127 Thames St., Newport | June 24 through 26, 11:30 a.m.

Why Go: Newport History Tours is offering guided tours of the 1739 Colony House and the 1697 Wanton-Lyman-Hazard House, Newport’s oldest house museum.

Price: General admission $12, children 12 and under $5.

Where/When: Theatre by the Sea, 364 Cards Pond Road, Wakefield | June 24 through 26; Friday at 8 p.m.; Saturday at 4:30 and 8 p.m.; Sunday at 3 and 8 p.m.

Why Go:  The five-time Tony-award winning musical within a play,"The Man of La Mancha," is playing this weekend at the Theatre by the Sea.

Pricing: $54/person for premium seating; $47 for orchestra seating; $39 for bargain seating.



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