What's Up This Weekend: Things to do, live music, entertainment, and more
WUN's roundup of all that's happening, new, and to do in Newport County, Rhode Island, and beyond.
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Weather Forecast
Saturday - Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1 pm. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds. Patchy fog before 9 am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 81. Southwest wind 6 to 11 mph. The chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night - Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 9 pm. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. West wind 6 to 9 mph becoming north after midnight. The chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday - Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east in the afternoon.
Sunday Night - Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. South wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Marine Forecast
Saturday - SW wind 5 to 10 kt. Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1 pm. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds. Patchy fog before 9 am. Seas 1 ft or less.
Saturday Night - W wind 5 to 8 kt becoming N after midnight. Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 9 pm. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds. Seas 1 ft or less.
Sunday - N wind 5 to 9 kt becoming variable and less than 5 kt. Mostly sunny. Seas 1 ft or less.
Sunday Night - Variable winds 5 kt or less. Partly cloudy. Seas 1 ft or less.
Coastal Water Temperature: 71°F.
Sun, Moon, & Tide (Saturday)
Sunrise: 5:53 am | Sunset: 7:46 pm | 13 hours & 52 minutes of sun.
High tide at 12:29 am & 1:04 pm | Low tide at 5:44 am & 6:34 pm.
Moon: Waxing Crescent, 5.6 days, 31% lighting.
Sun, Moon, & Tide (Sunday)
Sunrise: 5:54 am | Sunset: 7:44 pm | 13 hours & 50 minutes of sun.
High tide at 1:25 am & 1:59 pm | Low tide at 6:35 am & 7:54 pm.
Moon: First Quarter Moon, 6.7 days, 42% lighting.
Things To Do (Saturday)
Wet Paint at Newport Art Museum
9 am to 1 pm – Aquidneck Growers Market at Pell Elementary School
9:30 am – Community Cleanup Event – Perrotti Park
10 am to 5 pm – Hoods Up Weekend at Newport Car Museum
12 pm & 12:30 pm – Newport Neighborhood Food Tour with Rhode Island Red Food Tours
5 pm – Newport vs. Palm Beach – Newport International Polo Series
7 pm & 9 pm – Live improv comedy with The Bit Players at The Firehouse Theater
For more events and things to do on this day, visit our events calendar.
Live Music & Entertainment (Saturday)
@ The Deck – DJ DWUN at 8 pm
Blue Anchor Grill – Julio Amaro from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Buskers – Brian Twohey at 9 pm
Celtica – Karaoke at 10 pm
Dockside – Chopville at 9 pm
Greenvale Vineyards – Dick Lupino’s Jazz Trio from 1 pm to 4 pm
Gulf Stream Bar & Grille –Alexus Lee from 7 pm to 10 pm
Gurney’s Newport – DJ Nook from 5 pm to 10 pm, Brian Scott Band at 6:30 pm
Johnny’s – Route 37 from 6 pm to 9 pm
JPT Film & Event Center (Virtual) – Never Gonna Snow Again, Charlatan, Of Animals And Men
Landing – Steve Cerilli at 1 pm, Jim Devlin at 4:30 pm, John Erikson Ban at 8 pm
Narragansett Cafe – Roger Ceresi & The All Starz Band from 8 pm to 11:30 pm
Newport Blues Cafe – Never In Vegas at 9 pm
Newport Sportsmans Club – Hyper Drive at 8 pm
One Pelham East – Sugarbabies at 9:30 pm, Live DJ at 11:30 pm
Pub at Two Mile Corner – The 40 at 8:30 pm
Speakeasy – Live music at 10 pm
The Firehouse Theatre – Live improv comedy with The Bit Players at 7 pm & 9 pm
Top of Pelham – Dueling Pianos at 7:30 pm & 10:30 pm
Things To Do (Sunday)
10 am to 5 pm – Hoods Up Weekend at Newport Car Museum
11 am to 3 pm – Jewish Colonial Burial Site Open House (This event has been canceled)
12 pm – Newport Neighborhood Food Tour with Rhode Island Red Food Tours
For more events and things to do on this day, visit our events calendar.
Live Music & Entertainment (Sunday)
@ The Deck – Stu & Dave from 6 pm to 9 pm
Blue Anchor Grill – Live music from 4 p mto 7 pm
Clarke Cooke House – Bobby Ferreira from at 12:30 pm
Gulf Stream Bar & Grille – Neal McCarthy Duo from 5 pm to 8 pm
Gurney’s – The HOnky Tonk Knights at 6:30 pm
Johnny’s – Newport Islan Quartet from 3 pm to 7 pm.
JPT Film & Event Center (Virtual) – Never Gonna Snow Again, Charlatan, Of Animals And Men
King Park – Eddy’s Shoe, Barfly from 3 pm to 6 pm
Landing – Justin Pomfret at 1 pm, Sean Rivers at 4:30 pm
Narragansett Cafe – Strumdawgs from 4 pm to 7 pm
One Pelham East – Live Acoustic from 4:30 pm to 8 pm, Ryan McHugh at 9 pm
Pour Judgement – Los Duderinos at 10 pm
The Firehouse Theater – Chase Ceglie Quartet hosts jazz night at 5:30 pm
City & Government (All Weekend)
Nothing scheduled
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