The long weekend has us dreaming of sleeping in, delicious brunches, cozy film screenings and fireside cocktails. From a wine festival at Newport Vineyards complete with ice bar and grape stomping competitions to Newport Burger Bender, Newport's best burger competition to Newport Winter Festival with a roster full of things to do, all hail the long weekend.
❄️ Denotes a Newport Winter Festival event
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17
❄️ FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS
When: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Where: Newport Marriott Hotel
Admission: Free
Details: Enjoy free face painting by Fancy Faces for Winterfest 2018 Wristband wearers, live music performances, tote bags to the first 100 shoppers, a scavenger hunt, Girl Scout cookie sale, a flip flop bar and more than 40 of the area's finest artisans & crafters.
EXHIBIT: HOODS UP AT NEWPORT CAR MUSEUM
When: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Where: Newport Car Museum
Details: Take a peek under the hood of each car for a closer look at the what powers each beauty.
WINETERFEST
When: 12:00 - 5:00 PM; Through Sunday
Where: Newport Vineyards
Admission: $25, includes wine tasting
Details: Two days full of grape stomping, ice wine bar tasting goodness. Enjoy live music from Little Compton Band while sipping at the ice wine bar and noshing on food created from scratch from the culinary team. Feeling competitive? You could be called to compete in our grape stomping competitions.
WINTER SPEAKER SERIES
When: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Where: Newport Art Museum
Admission: $15 adult member, $20, non-member, $8 college students
Details: This year marks the 90th Winter Speaker Series at the Newport Art Museum! Spend Saturday afternoons with seven inspiring, enlightening and entertaining speakers this winter. Topics include assessing Trump's presidency, art in public places, the future of museums, the fate of newspapers in the digital age, and more. The Newport Art Museum's Winter Speaker Series reveals new creative communities in some of today's most exciting fields. All lectures begin at 2:00 PM and are followed by a tea reception.
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NEWPORT SEAL & LIGHTHOUSE TOUR
When: 1:00 - 3:00 PM
Where: Departs Bowen's Ferry Landing, Market Square
Admission: $42 per adult, $32 per Save the Bay Member/Senior/Child 3-12; $7 per Child less than 3
Details: Save The Bay offers 90-minute seasonal seal watching tour and tour of Rose Island Light aboard one of Save the Bay's educational vessels.
MASTER MIXOLOGY CLASS WITH CHRISTINA MERCADO
When: 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM, Recurring weekly on Saturdays
Where: The Vanderbilt Grille
Admission: $55 per person
Details: Join Christina Mercado, as she takes you on a personal tour of cocktail creation. Each weekly class is focused on a spirit, cocktail or theme, using a combination of old and contemporary techniques. Guests will work on two cocktails with Christina, which will be paired with light bites from our Culinary Team. Stay for dinner after or make a reservation and receive 10% off the dinner portion.
MYSTERY AT THE MUSEUM
When: 7:00 PM
Where: Newport Art Museum
Admission: $30 adults, $25 seniors 65+, $15 youth 17 and under
Details: A double booking DISASTER! Two families, gathering for very different reasons, but having the same last name, have invited you to attend either a wedding... or a funeral. Join in the fun as frantic event planners, nervous newlyweds, and grieving relatives try to navigate a ridiculous evening of madcap antics. But, when a surprise guest dies, everyone must come together to investigate family feuds, missing wills, unpaid debts, and closets full of skeletons.
NEWPORT BRIDAL SHOW
When: 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Where: Rosecliff
Admission: $15 in advance, $20 at the door
Details: Hosted at two of the most elegant wedding venues, Rosecliff and OceanCliff, hundreds of engaged couples will be able to shop for everything they need to plan their perfect wedding all in one day! Browse our Wedding Professionals to preview the unique products and services showcased at our Newport Bridal Show.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18
❄️ HORSEBACK BEACH RIDING TRAILS
When: 10:00 AM, 12:00 PM, 2:00 PM
Where: Beach options vary
Admission: $125/$100 with Winter Festival bracelet
Details: Enjoy a one and one-half hour ride to Third Beach or a 2 hour ride to Second Beach as part of Newport Winter Festival.
❄️ DISCOVER COLONIAL NEWPORT WALKING TOUR
When: 11:00 AM
Where: Tour departs Brick Market Museum & Shop, 127 Thames Street, Newport
Admission: $15 per person, $12 with Winter Festival bracelet
Details: Hear stories of revolution and ruin, struggles for religious liberty and remarkable entrepreneurship among Newport’s diverse people.
❄️ CHILDREN'S FAIR
When: 11:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Where: Gurney's Newport Resort
Admission: $$10, $5 with Winter Festival bracelet
Details: A great day of entertainment and fun for the kids featuring music, dancing, a reptile show, balloon creations and magic.
❄️ FIRE & ICE BAR
When: 4:00 - 8:00 PM
Where: Hotel Viking
Admission: Cash bar
Details: Hotel Viking's Courtyard will feature an ice bar, fire pits & blankets. Enjoy invigorating cocktails crafted by mixologists.
FROZEN: RI WIND ENSEMBLE CONCERT
When: 7:00 PM
Where: Newport Marriott
Admission: Free, donations appreciated
Details: A unique opportunity for local residents and families to experience first hand the beautiful chamber music of RIWE.
❄️ TROPICAL DRINK CONTEST
When: 9:00 PM
Where: Gas Lamp Grille
Details: Compete for the best tropical drink or enjoy free samplings of each drink.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19
LECTURE: TO WIN OR LOSE ALL: WILLIAM S. SIMS & THE U.S. NAVY IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR
When: 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Where: Naval War College Museum, 686 Cushing Road
Admission: Free
Details: To Win or Lose All explores the Navy's role in securing victory for the Allies during the First World War. Under Admiral Sims's leadership, American warships escorted convoys to France, laid mines in the North Sea, and hunted German submarines. On land, naval aviators flew scouting and bombing missions while Marines fought in the trenches east of Paris.
❄️ HELICOPTER RIDE & VINEYARD TOUR
When: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Where: Bird's Eye View Helicopters
Admission: Starting at $165 per couple, $10 off with bracelet
Details: Helicopter and vineyard packages include a helicopter tour, tasting and logo wine glass starting at $165 per couple. Upgrade to the Island Helicopter Tour plus the Vineyard Tour and Tasting for $235 per couple or the Lighthouse Helicopter Tour and Vineyard for $315 Fly over the vineyards and all of Newport.
❄️ KIDS EVENT: MAKE YOUR OWN PINATA
When: 10:00 - 11:00 AM
Where: Diego's
Admission: $6, $5 with bracelet
Details: Learn to make your own piñata
❄️ CHILDREN'S FAIR
When: 11:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Where: Gurney's Newport Resort
Admission: $10, $5 with Winter Festival bracelet
Details: A great day of entertainment and fun for the kids featuring music, dancing, a reptile show, balloon creations and magic.
❄️ FIRE & ICE BAR
When: 4:00 - 8:00 PM
Where: Hotel Viking
Admission: Cash bar
Details: Hotel Viking's Courtyard will feature an ice bar, fire pits & blankets. Enjoy invigorating cocktails crafted by mixologists.
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