Annual All American Soap Box Derby
Date: May 10, 2008
Email: jgomes8884@cox.net.
Annual Soap Box Derby sponsored by the Newport Lions Club, free and open to the public, food and refreshments, spectator's encouraged.
We will have three categories racing this year: The Stock division, the Super Stock Division, and our new division– “Super Kids” (for special needs children). In the Stock category, car and driver can total up to 200 pounds. In the Super Stock category, car and driver can total up to 230 pounds.
Newport Spring Boat Show
Date: May 16-18, 2008
As you stroll along the docks and ashore - you'll find a plentiful amount of previously owned boats and yachts being offered by top brokers and dealers in the region. The Newport Spring Boat Show attracts many 35 - 65 ft. power yachts and sailboats to its in-water display area and similar numbers of 16 - 35 ft. foot boats on land. Whatever kind of boat you're looking for - whether its an express cruiser, multihull, classic wooden boat, racing sailboat, or even a kayak or canoe - you'll find it at the show.
Pirate Fest
Date: May 24, 2008
A full day and evening of swashbuckling fun! Downtown treasure hunt, boat cruises, book signings, historical re-enactments, sea chantey singers, craft workshops, costume contests, family pirate school, Thomas Tew Thieves Market and Cap'n Nick's Newport Pirate Walk.
Schweppes Great Chowder Cook-Off
Date: June 7, 2008
Location: Newport Yachting Center
The Great Chowder Cook-Off is the original and longest running chowder competition in the world. Restaurants from across the nation and around the globe cook up over 3,000 gallons of chowder and compete for the titles of "Best Seafood", "Best Creative" and "Best Clam" chowders.
Newport International Film Festival
Date: June 3-8, 2008
Ph: 401-846-9100
Email: info@newportfilmfestival.com
In nine years, NIFF has grown dramatically into one of America's leading regional film festivals. The Festival, which critics have called a "low key Cannes," has a reputation for stellar programming and has cemented its status as one of the most exciting and exclusive festivals of its kind. Annually attracting over 10,000 filmmakers, celebrities, journalists, and film enthusiasts of all kinds together in a less frenzied, less commercial, and more intimate environment, the Festival has distinguished itself as one where art ranks before commerce.
Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships
Date: July 7-13, 2008
Thirty-two of the top men's professional players on the ATP-tour will be in Newport to play the tours only grass court event in North America.
Newport Flower Show
June 27 29, 2008
From the "Golden Age of Botany" to the modern-day explorers, a passion for plants has driven mankind to pursue specimens. Whether as a mission to discover the new or save the old, these botanical passions resulted in worldwide plant diversity and a rich horticultural history. The 2008 Newport Flower Show invites you to Explore! Botanical Passions on the stunning grounds of Rosecliff. World-class plant hunter Daniel J. Hinkley will be among the speakers who will share their botanical passions, as well as Kathy Rainer and Tricky Wolfes, designers of Parties to Die For.
JVC Jazz Festival Newport
Date: August 8-10, 2008
The 2008 JVC Jazz Festival – Newport will kick off Friday, August 8, with an evening concert at the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino; then move to Fort Adams State Park for two full days of music on three stages, August 9 and 10. Stay tuned for the full line line-up, ticket on-sale information, and other exciting announcements later this month.
JVC Jazz Festival Newport is a Newport Festival Production®. "Newport Jazz Festival" and "A Newport Festival Production" are registered marks of Festival Productions, Inc. and George Wein.
Newport Mansions Wine and Food Festival
Date: September 25-28, 2008
We're proud to welcome celebrity chef Ming Tsai, host and executive producer of public television's Simply Ming, and chef-owner of Blue Ginger in Wellesley, MA!
Returning guests include wine expert Kevin Zraly, Yankee Magazine Food Editor Annie Copps, Ihsan Gurdal of Formaggio Kitchens, TV chef, author and teacher Nancy Verde Barr, Italian Wine Merchant's Sergio Esposito, and Roseann Tully of Intermezzo Magazine.
We have lots of other new surprises planned for you too. Keep checking back here for information.
