Newport Jazz Festival: Last Call for Early Bird Tickets

Last call for Early Bird tickets for the 2019 Newport Jazz Festival® presented by Natixis Investment Managers. On Tuesday, February 12, at 10:00 am (EST), all ticket types will go on sale and the early bird discounts will end. In addition, Producer/Founder George Wein and Artistic Director Christian McBride will announce the First Wave of artists for this year’s festival, which is set for August 2 – 4 at Fort Adams State Park and the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino.

All tickets, except for the Friday evening concert at the International Tennis Hall of Fame, will be available at www.newportjazz.org.

Starting Tuesday, Two-day passes (for Saturday and Sunday) will be $145.00. Three-Day passes for Friday – Sunday events at Fort Adams will be $170.00. (Early Bird multi-day passes are $130.00 and $160.00.)

General Admission tickets (no chairs provided) will be $69.00 in advance for the Friday, August 2, daytime event at Fort Adams and $79.00 per day for Saturday and Sunday. These tickets will be $79.00 for Friday and $89.00 for Saturday and Sunday at the gate, if available.

Reserved Seating, priced at $125.00, will be available for all three days at Fort Adams.

Tickets for THE Jazz Club, a premium experience offered at the Fort, will be $375.00 per day and will now be available for Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Advance parking passes ($15.00) also are available at the Festival website. Parking will be $20 at the gate.

A limited number of Student tickets are $20.00 per day for high school students older than 15 and college students with valid ID. Students must use the Student gate and present valid ID to enter the festival. Offer valid for eligible students while supplies last. Children’s tickets are $15.00 for children aged 3 – 15.

General Admission tickets for all Fort Adams events will be available in person at the Newport Visitors Information Center, located at 23 Americas Cup Avenue. Log on to www.discovernewport.org for office hours and information. Local discounts offered. No service charges apply.

Service charges apply to all tickets purchased online or by phone. For information regarding pre-sales and special offers, subscribe to the newsletter on the festival web site or follow the event on social media.

For more information, visit www.newportjazz.org.

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Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc.™ was founded by George Wein in 2010 to build and continue the legacies of the famed Newport Jazz Festival® and Newport Folk Festival®. Under the auspices of the Foundation, the Newport Jazz and Folk Festivals present performers who respect and honor jazz and folk music traditions, and at the same time reflect the changes in today's musical trends. In addition, the Foundation presents programs to educate young people about jazz and folk music as presented at the annual festivals. For more information, please visit www.newportfestivalsfoundation.org.

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