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Best Memorial Day Weekend Events In Newport, RI

Friday

1 – Half priced Raw Bar (2-6pm) & Friday Night Prime Time at Top of Newport: Hotel Viking (6-9pm) features Chef Barry Correia’s popular mouth-watering slow roasted, sea-salt encrusted prime rib. $27 per person.

Top of Newport Hotel Viking Bar

2 – Live music at Hotel Viking’s One Bellevue with The Travis Colby Band (Friday – 7pm) NO COVER

travis colby band

3 – Live Reggae with The Copacetics at Tavern on Broadway (Friday 10pm) NO COVER

The Copacetics

4 – 7 Day Weekend at Newport Blues Cafe (Friday 10pm)

7 day weekend newport blues

Saturday

5 – Celebration of Trees at The National Museum of American Illustration (Saturday 11am – 2pm)

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6 – Afternoon tea with Airlyn Mitchel on the harp at Hotel Viking (Saturday 2pm – 4pm)

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7 – Rotary Charity Polo Match (Saturday 5pm)

Newport International Polo Series
© Adam Zaff Photography

8 – YotMe Nantucket Tiny House Party (Saturday 5:30 – 11:30pm)

Escape the lines and insanity that is Figawi and come enjoy an epicurious crowd for rustic carbs, special cheeses, a variety of olives, quality charcuterie and snobby condiments while enjoying some great white and rose wines.

To join you have to apply though the YotMe smart phone app.

PS – The trampoline is NOT off-limits. Opera will be played from an un-digitized collection of vinyl. Bring someone who likes fifty-cent words. 🙂

Nantucket

9 – Live music at Hotel Viking’s One Bellevue with Half Step Down (Saturday – 7pm) NO COVER

half step down

10 – Darik and The Fun Bags at Newport Blues Cafe (Saturday 10pm)

Darik and the fun bags newport blues

Sunday

11 – Brunch

  • Brunch at Tavern on Broadway (10am – 2pm) The price of your entree includes a bloody, a mimosa or the drink of your choice!!!

Sunday Brunch Newport

12 – Afternoon tea with Airlyn Mitchel on the harp at Hotel Viking (Sunday 2pm – 4pm)

Arilyn Mitchel

13 – YotMe Memorial Day Cookout (Sunday 5 – 8pm)

Come enjoy beer, wine hotdogs and hapburgers at an All-American style cookout  in a converted downtown Newport SOHO style home.

Everything complimentary but you have to apply though the YotMe smart phone app to join.

Yotme Memorial Day Cookout

Monday

14 – World Match Racing Tour (Monday 10am – 4pm)

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