10 Great Things to do in Newport This Weekend - February 21, 2020
GoLocalProv Lifestyle Team
10 Great Things to do in Newport This Weekend - February 21, 2020
This weekend’s event include Bubblemania, the Newport Winter Festival, beach polo and more.
To help you figure out which event to go to and when, GoLocalProv has put together a complete guide of what to do and when in the slideshow below.
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PHOTO: Newport Winter Festival
10 Great Things to do in Newport This Weekend - February 21, 2020
February 21
Bubblemania at Newport Marriott Hotel
A fascinating show filled with tricky manipulations and juggling with bubbles.
With plenty of comedy for all ages. BubbleMania is loaded with visual comedy, quick wit, big band swing music and the untamed, often unbelievable qualities of spherical liquids.
This is not a show intended to keep a 2-year-old engaged; this is a bubble show to keep the 5 to 85 year-olds mesmerized.
The event begins at 6:30 p.m.
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February 21
Colonial Newport Lantern Tour at Museum & Shop at Brick Market
Friday is the final day of the Colonial Lantern Tour.
Let Newport history tours’ guide you to the city’s five centuries of American history, including the colonial era.
All tours depart from the Museum of Newport History & Shop.
The tour goes from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
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February 21
Disco Night at OceanCliff
Revisit Newport in the '70s with a tribute to the Shamrock Cliff disco era. Featuring DJ Corey Young and DJ Bob Frione spinning everyone's favorite disco classics.
Dress to impress in your best '70s attire.
Enjoy passed hors d'oeuvres, dinner buffet, late-night diner-inspired light bites and a cash bar featuring disco-era favorites.
The event begins at 7 p.m.
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February 21
World Class Stouts Tap Takeover at Norey’s Newport
Celebrate WinterFest with a World Class Stout.
Taps stay up until they are gone, generally about two weeks.
The event begins at 4 p.m.
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February 22
Newport Winter Festival
The Newport Winter Festival is back for the 32nd consecutive year.
The festival features over 150 events, including live music from "Changes in Latitudes," a chili cook-off, face painting and much more.
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PHOTO: Newport Winter Festival
February 22
Rose Island Winter Wonderland Tours at Rose Island
Start your journey off in Starfish, a 32' lobster boat captained by Brian Tefft, the Executive Director, for a unique harbor tour on the way to Rose Island. Once on Rose Island, your guided tour will include the lighthouse, Fort Hamilton barracks, and recent historic discoveries not shared with the public before.
Sip hot chocolate and enjoy Grandma Curtis' sugar cookies on the way back to the Newport Shipyard.
The tours begin at 1 p.m.
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PHOTO: Billy Black/Newport Historical Society
February 22
Aquidneck Growers Market at Easton's Beach
Join in at Easton’s Beach Rotunda (Ground Level) on Saturday mornings.
The market is open from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
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February 22
Washington’s Birthday Celebration at Redwood Library
The Rhode Island Society Sons of the Revolution will be celebrating the birthday of General and President George Washington.
The ceremony will take place at the south side of the Library where the copy of the Houdon statue of the great leader is located.
There will be a short program along with a wreath-laying to mark the event.
The event begins at 11:30 a.m.
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PHOTO: Official portrait
February 23
Beach Polo at 2nd Beach in Middletown
The exciting two-day polo exhibition will take place during low tide on Sachuest Beach (locally known as 2nd Beach), 315 Sachuest Point Road, Middletown, RI. Beach parking and admission are free.
Spectators are asked to bring donations of non-perishable dry-goods, toiletries, or household items for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center. MLK Center volunteers will collect donated goods at the Beach Pavilion located in the main parking lot.
The event begins at 1 p.m.
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February 23
Rogues & Scoundrels Walking Tour at Museum of Newport History
See where scoundrels lived, pirates profited, and criminals were punished. Find out why this colony was known as “Rogue's Island.”
Tours begin at 11 a.m.
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