Name: Lafayette Band joint concert with R.I. Wind Ensemble
Start: 2026-06-24T19:00:00-04:00
Location: North Kingstown Town Beach

North Kingstown Town Beach

Performance will feature patriotic and classical music, show tunes, marches and more, led by Music Director Charles Johnson. Admission is free. Audience members are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and blankets for seating.

Local Event: Lafayette Band joint concert with R.I. Wind Ensemble

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Lafayette Band joint concert with R.I. Wind...

Performance will feature patriotic and classical music, show tunes, marches and more, led by Music Director Charles Johnson....

Lafayette Band joint concert with R.I. Wind Ensemble

"North Kingstown’s Town Beach receives its annual Independence Day gathering with the composed authority of a Narragansett Bay shoreline that has been organizing this particular Washington County community’s most atmospheric holiday celebration around the elemental combination of salt water, open sky, and the specific quality of bay air that the surrounding Rhode Island coast’s southwest wind delivers across the water from Point Judith’s Atlantic-adjacent reach with the reliable seasonal generosity of a prevailing coastal meteorology that no artificial venue environment can replicate at any organizational investment," <a href="https://www.lake.com/events/annual-fireworks-at-the-town-beach/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">says Lake.com</a>. Photo: Shutterstock

Local Event: July 4 Annual Fireworks at North Kingstown Town Beach

July 4 Annual Fireworks at North Kingstown Town...

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North Kingstown’s traditional Independence Day event, this year on July 4, beginning with a concert from 7 to 9 p.m., followed by the town’s professional fireworks display after dark over Wickford Harbor. The band performance will feature patriotic and classical music, show tunes, marches and more, led by Music Director Charles Johnson. Admission is free. Audience members are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and blankets for seating. Rain date: July 6.

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Produced by the Wickford Art Association since 1962, we invite you to come and discover the Wickford Art Festival! Located in the easily accessible Wilson Park, within the charming and historic Wickford Village, the park transforms into an open-air gallery and bustling hub of artistic expression. *ARTIST APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN THROUGH MARCH 15*Visit <a href="https://wickfordart.org/festival/registration/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExVFM4NHp5VGlGeFJ2UEthY3NydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR5PySAeOhwpnz0PhMV0N70ryldh00jEt8jthiF14sDv_OyHVUlb9tjZ78S9ug_aem_Nt4IWO1StSpDBL-OlLWWUg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://wickfordart.org/festival/registration/</a> for more details and online application.JURIED FINE ARTISTS The festival hosts a carefully curated selection of juried fine art by 200 renowned artists from across the state of Rhode Island and country. Visitors will have the opportunity to engage with a diverse range of mediums including ceramics, wood, fiber, furniture, fine jewelry, drawing, glass, mixed media, painting, photography, printmaking, and sculptures.FREE ADMISSION Admission is always free and as an added bonus to fine art collectors, Rhode Island does not collect sales tax on fine art sales!

Local Event: 63rd Wickford Art Festival - Call for Artists

63rd Wickford Art Festival - Call for Artists

Produced by the Wickford Art Association since 1962, we invite you to come and discover the Wickford Art Festival! Located in...

Produced by the Wickford Art Association since 1962, we invite you to come and discover the Wickford Art Festival! Located at Wilson Park, the Wickford Art Festival carries on it’s long history and reputation for featuring some of the top fine artists from across the country, but also hosting many of the well known and beloved New England and local Rhode Island artists widely admired by art enthusiasts. *ARTIST APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN THROUGH MARCH 15* Visit <a href="https://wickfordart.org/festival/registration/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExVFM4NHp5VGlGeFJ2UEthY3NydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR5PySAeOhwpnz0PhMV0N70ryldh00jEt8jthiF14sDv_OyHVUlb9tjZ78S9ug_aem_Nt4IWO1StSpDBL-OlLWWUg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://wickfordart.org/festival/registration/</a> for more details and online application. From 9am-4pm meet 200 artists showcasing their fine art in a variety of mediums including: ceramics, wood, wearable and decorative fiber, furniture, fine jewelry, drawing, etching, glass, mixed media, painting (watercolors, oil, gouache, acrylic), photography, printmaking, pyrography, and sculptures. Stop by the Wickford Art Association information booth to purchase one of a kind festival apparel or enter to win a piece of art while supporting the scholarship raffle. Enjoy some of Rhode Island’s best food trucks or a famous Del’s Lemonade. Admission is always free and as an added bonus to fine art collectors, Rhode Island does not collect sales tax on fine art sales! Parking is available for a suggested $10 donation at Wilson Park, plus a complimentary shuttle provided by NK Rotary from Wickford Middle School &amp; First Church of Science. 

Historic Wickford just a ¼ mile walk from Wilson Park is set on beautiful Narragansett Bay and the village comes alive for this annual event. Make sure to stroll down and enjoy the beloved strawberry shortcakes on the lawn of First Baptist Church on Main Street! With beautiful views, gorgeous historic homes, dozens of quality shops and a variety of restaurants, artists and attendees come to experience this one of a kind festival year after year.

Local Event: 63rd Wickford Art Festival

63rd Wickford Art Festival

Produced by the Wickford Art Association since 1962, we invite you to come and discover the Wickford Art Festival! Located at...

Wickford Art Festival

Join a prestigious tradition and showcase your creative talents at the upcoming Wickford Art Festival. Artists are encouraged to submit their applications online by the March 15th deadline for a chance to exhibit at this premier summer event.

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Join a prestigious tradition and showcase your creative talents at the upcoming Wickford Art Festival. Artists are encouraged...

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Gooch writes with vulnerability about all that parenthood brings: not only joy and wonder, but also anxieties, night frights, money worries, and many universal themes that parents of children young and old will recognize. As with many parents, the arrival of children invites us to question our own mortality. Children become “living chronometers,” marking time in a way that reignites Gooch’s curiosity about his own upbringing as an only child in Pennsylvania. What he doesn’t expect to find is a mystery hidden in plain sight , one that only a DNA test can solve.
Brad Gooch&nbsp;is a poet, novelist, and biographer whose previous ten books include&nbsp;the bestselling&nbsp;Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring, winner of the 2025 Lambda Award for Biography, a&nbsp;New York Times&nbsp;Book Critics Favorite Pick of the Year, and soon to be a television series from Andrew Haigh;&nbsp;Flannery: A Life of Flannery O’Connor, which was a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and a&nbsp;New York Times&nbsp;bestseller;&nbsp;City Poet: The Life and Times of Frank O’Hara;&nbsp;Godtalk: Travels in Spiritual America; and the memoir&nbsp;Smash Cut. He is the recipient of National Endowment for the Humanities and Guggenheim fellowships, and lives in New York City.

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