Harvest Festivals, concerts and more: 5 weekend events to check out across Newport County
The spooky season has come to a close and we have a little time to breath before holiday season-related events truly start up, but that doesn't mean there's nothing to do.
Sure, you could head outside and rake leaves, but we all need balance in our lives, so that means getting out and enjoying the weekends. And while the weather is getting colder, the bright side is that events are moving indoors, meaning there's no need to worry about rain dates or cancelations when the rain starts falling on another weekend.
The weekend brings us a harvest festival, concerts for everyone and a chance to join in a community event aimed at promoting peace.
Check out what's happening and state making your plans.
Greenvale Vineyards Harvest Festival
Greenvale Vineyards, 582 Wapping Road, Portsmouth, will host its 24th Annual Harvest Festival from 1 to 4 p.m. with extended music to 6 p.m., on Saturday. Festivities include tractor rides throughout the historic farm’s vineyards, tours of the new winery, plus an artisan market and food provided by Aquidneck Island Oyster Co., Bellevue Boards, Newport Chowder Co. and Rhode Rage Food Truck.
The music from 1 to 4 at the restored stable turned tasting room will be jazz with Diamond Centofanti, Gray Sargent, Dick Lupino and Rick Wells. From 4 to 6 p.m., Craig DeMelo will be performing at the new building.
New this year will be wine classes conducted by Jonathon Alsop, author and founder of the Boston Wine School which was established in the early 1990s. Alsop will conduct three sessions in the winery in the area known as the Wine Education Center: 1:30 p.m., the Color of Wine: Pretty in Pink; 2:30 p.m., Wine and Food, Making the Perfect Match; 3:30 p.m., The color of Wine: Orange (wine) you Glad?. These sessions will feature Greenvale’s estate-grown wines and winemaker Bill Wilson will be there to answer questions, too. There is a charge for the sessions. $5 for wine club members and $10 for non-wine club members.
For more information visit greenvale.com
Everybody Chorus concert
The Everybody Chorus will present a concert entitled “Hope” on Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Jamestown Senior Center/Grange at 6 West St. in downtown Jamestown. There is no admission charge but will collect monetary donations at the door to support the local food banks.
The afternoon concert will include such songs as “I Hope You Dance,” “High Hopes,” “Let It Be,” “Feelin’ Good” and “Don’t Worry, Be Happy.” And, of course, the audience is welcome to join in the singing!
The Everybody Chorus has supported the Women’s Project, Wounded Warriors, local food banks and Doctors Without Borders over the years. Last year we were able to purchase lots of groceries and 13 turkeys for local folks at Thanksgiving.
For further information call 401-787-4487 or email cantabile50@gmail.com or visit: www.jamestownchorus.com.
Community prayer
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, Newport, invites the entire community to join hands together at Washington Square, in Newport on Sunday, at noon. United by a common desire and a vision of World Peace. Participants are invited to take 15 minutes out of their busy schedules to stand side-by-side quietly in meditation or silent prayer. You can even visualize people of all nationalities holding hands across the globe, uniting in a powerful stand against negative forces on this planet that seek to keep humanity divided. As a community, let's set an example.
This event is open to anyone who has grown weary of the disharmony in our world and is feeling helpless to stop the wars and senseless killing. Rev. Jaegil Lee, pastor from St. Paul’s will share a Peace Prayer he wrote and we will raise our voices to sing "Let There be Peace on Earth. "
DeBlois Holiday Invitational Arts & Artisans Gift Marketplace opening reception
This year's show will span two months over November and December with live music, festive treats, and surprises at the opening and holiday receptions. Saturdays will be Pickle Search Saturdays for the kids! Find the Christmas pickle ornament and win a prize!
Visit the DeBlois Gallery, 134 Aquidneck Avenue in Middletown, to pick up stocking stuffers, ornaments, jewelry, whimsies, wearable art, pottery, and holiday cards! Our one-of-a-kind, hand-made gifts are perfect for that hard-to-shop-for person in your life! Visit debloisgallery.com for more information.
Anna Mieke at Colony House
Newport Live will be presenting Anna Mieke at the Colony HouseonWashington Square in Newport on Friday at 7 p.m.
General Admission tickets are $35 and available through EventBrite and via the Newport Live website. The award-winning folk artist from Ireland. will be joined by Brooklyn-based multi-instrumentalist, Adelyn Strei, who will be opening. Beer and wine will be available for purchase courtesy of Ragged Island Brewing and Greenvale Vineyards.
Mieke’s songwriting and enveloping compositions have asserted her as a vital voice amongst Ireland’s alt-folk genre. The Irish multi-instrumentalist and songwriter based in Wicklow, Ireland, toes the line between folk forms and vivid dreamscapes, drawing on traditional and contemporary motifs. The lyrically ornate and instrumental delicacy of her work, alongside flowing atmospheric arrangements, contributes a challenging, emphatic and new voice to alt-folk.
For more information visit newportlive.org/newport-live-concerts/
This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: Things to do in Newport this weekend: Greenvale Vineyards, concerts
