Events and Things to Do in Newport, RI

Sunday, September 20

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2026 Paddle for Progress RI

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9:00 AM

North Kingstown, RI

Join us on Sunday, September 20, 2026, for the 4th Annual Paddle for Progress RI event as we paddle Wickford Harbor for breast...

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Saturday, September 26

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Joe Rocco’s Newport Comedy Series

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7:30 PM

Newport, RI

The Boston Globe recently named Steve Bjork “one of the top names" in New England stand-up comedy. From The Improv in Las Vegas...

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Friday, September 18

• Newport Classical: Invoke performs "American Voices" 7:30 pm

  Newport Classical Recital Hall, 42 Dearborn St, Newport

  
  

Sunday, September 20

• 2026 Paddle for Progress RI 9:00 am

  Gardner’s Wharf 170 Main Street North Kingstown, RI 02852

  
  

Tuesday, September 22

• Newport Historical Society Annual Meeting 2026 5:00 pm

  The Newport Colony House, Washington Square, Newport

  
  

Wednesday, September 23

• Book Talk with Keith Tavares - An Azorean Family's History 6:00 pm

  Newport Public Library, 300 Spring St, Newport

  
  
• ☘️The NYPD Pipes and Drums’ Line-Of-Duty Funeral:How an Irish-American Musical Rite Started & Spread 6:00 pm

  Wyndham Newport Hotel, 240 Aquidneck Ave, Middletown, RI, 02842 & on ZOOM

  
  

Thursday, September 24

• Can you turn a pillowcase into a dress for a little girl in need? 1:00 pm

  Central Baptist Church, 99 Narragansett Ave, Jamestown, RI, 02835

  
  
• Adult Tech Workshop: Computer Basics 2:30 pm

  300 Spring St, Newport

  
  

Saturday, September 26

• Joe Rocco’s Newport Comedy Series 7:30 pm

  Newport Elks Lodge, 141 Pelham St, Newport, RI, 02840

  
  
• Tour RI's oldest Irish cemetery (circa 1828) 1:00 pm

  Barney Street Cemetery, corner Barney & Mt. Vernon Streets

  
  

Sunday, September 27

• Newport Polo All Charity Day - Women's Resource Center Tailgate Picnic 12:00 pm

  Newport Polo, 250 Linden Ln, Portsmouth

  
  

Saturday, October 3

• Festival On The Lawn 11:00 am

  Vasco da Gama Hall, 15 Fenner Ave, Newport

  
  
• Dr. Steve Taubman's Mind Magic: A Night of Laughter and Astonishment Benefiting NAMI Rhode Island 7:30 pm

  Newport Playhouse & Cabaret Restaurant, 102 JT Connell Hwy, Newport

  
  

Sunday, October 4

• 🐈🐢 Blessing of the Animals at St. Mary's Church 🐕🦜🐇 12:03 pm

  Saint Mary's Catholic Church - Spring Street & Memorial Blvd. West, Newport

  
  

Thursday, October 8

• Adult Tech Workshop: Cricut Design Space 9:00 am

  Newport Public Library, 300 Spring St, Newport

  
  

Friday, October 9

• Newport Classical: Trio Azura performs "Piano Trio Through Time" 7:30 pm

  Newport Classical Recital Hall, 42 Dearborn St, Newport

  
  

Tuesday, October 13

• Books & Brews  5:30 pm

  Ragged Island Brewing Company, 54 Bristol Ferry Rd, Portsmouth

  
  

Friday, October 16

• Steven Palumbo In Concert 6:00 pm

  John Clarke Room In The Wyndham Hotel, 240 Aquidneck Ave, Middletown

  
  

Friday, October 23

• Newport Classical: Rasa String Quartet 7:30 pm

  Newport Classical Recital Hall, 42 Dearborn St, Newport

  
  

Saturday, October 24

• Tour Historic St. Mary's Cemetery 1:00 pm

  St. Mary's Cemetery, Kingston Ave. near intersectino with Warner St, Newport, RI 02840

  
  

Thursday, October 29

• Adult Tech Workshop: Internet Basics 2:30 pm

  Newport Public Library, 300 Spring St, Newport