It's festival season: 3 Newport County festivals highlight weekend events
Festival season is fully upon us in Newport County.
The Newport Classical Music Festival just wrapped up, and now we've got possibly the best-known of the local festivals opening Friday when the 2022 Newport Folk Festival begins. But that's not the only festival happening this weekend.
If you didn't snag tickets to the Folk Festival, you can still make it to the Island Moving Company Dance Festival or the Harp Festival in Jamestown. Or even head to Providence for a two-week festival already underway.
If festivals aren't your thing don't worry, we've got one option to help fill your calendar this weekend.
Newport Folk Festival
The annual three-day festival begins when gates open at 10 a.m. on Friday and runs through Sunday at Fort Adams State Park.
Highlights of this year's festival include Taj Mahal on Friday, Lucius on Saturday and Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris and The Roots each performing Sunday. In all, there are more than 50 acts scheduled to appear during the course of the three days.
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The bad news, however, tickets for this year's festival have been sold out since the day they went on sale. The good news is there are ways to still take in the music. If you can find a boat, you can paddle, sail or power your way to the waterfront around the fort to listen along. Getting close to the fort on foot or bike will also offer the potential to listen in on the acts.
For the full schedule of performers visit newportfolk.org.
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Island Moving Company Dance Festival
The Folk Festival isn't the only festival taking place this weekend. The Island Moving Company Dance Festival actually began Tuesday, but runs daily through Sunday with the weekend lineup schedule as follows:
Friday: IMC, Tristian Griffin Dance Company, Breathing Art Company, Janusphere Dance Company.
Saturday: IMC, Khambatta Dance Company, Breathing Art Company, Janusphere Dance Company, Boston Dance Theater.
Sunday: IMC, Khambatta Dance Company, Breathing Art Company, Boston Dance Theater
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All shows are held at the Great Friends Meeting House, 21 Farewell St. in Newport with gates opening each night at 6 p.m., pre-show at 6:30 p.m., and curtain at 7 p.m. Guests are invited to bring their own picnic, blankets and lawn chairs to enjoy the outdoor setting.
Tickets range in price from $38 to $205 for packages. For more information visit and to purchase tickets visit islandmovingco.org.
Jamestown Harp Festival
Listen to internationally renowned harpists Marta Power, Tamman Odeh and Grace Cloutier during the festival that begins Thursday and continues all weekend long.
In addition to harp music, there will be talks on music therapy, the history of harps and harp making. Participants can also enjoy yoga, meditation and gong sessions.
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An opening reception and concert at the Jamestown Arts Center will take place at 7:30 p.m. and a matinee concert will be available Sunday at 3 p.m. The festival will also benefit Bridgemark Addiction and Recovery Center.
For more information and a full schedule visit https://allevents.in/jamestown/jamestown-rhode-island-harp-festival-2022/10000327489900107.
Wildflower Walk
Join local naturalist and University of Rhode Island Master Gardener Susanna Williams at the Norman Bird Sanctuary on Sunday from 9 to 10 a.m. for a free walk to learn how to identify wildflowers that are seasonally in bloom.
The walk is recommended for adults and registration is required. For more information visit normanbirdsanctuary.org
FringePVD
Might as well stick with the festival theme. Head to Providence this weekend to catch FringePVD — The Providence Fringe Festival.
The festival started July 17 and continues to July 30 with performances presented online and outdoors at venues throughout Providence's Valley neighborhood, including the WaterFire Arts Center, the Steel Yard, Farm Fresh RI, Nicholson File Art Studios and more.
Established in 2014, the festival brings together more than 300 individual theater, music, dance, multi-media and performing artists in traditional and non-traditional performance venues throughout Providence. For more information visit fringepvd.org.
This article originally appeared on Newport Daily News: Newport County events for July 22-24: Folk, Harp, Dance festivals
