In 1956, Langston Hughes appeared at a symposium during the Newport Jazz Festival. He would return regularly, and in 1960, Hughes hosted and curated a blues conversation and concert that found him ...

It's that time of year again when the only thing hotter than the weather outside is the music coming from Fort Adams. The 2025 Newport Folk Festival is ready to jam out July 25-27 and the Newport Jazz ...

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The Newport Jazz Festival, that most venerable of American musical institutions, is turning 71 this year, The 2025 edition also marks the 10th year that the festival is under the artistic direction of ...

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NEWPORT, R.I. (WJAR) — Preparations are underway for the beginning of the Newport Jazz Festival. Newport Police released a new traffic flow schedule for the weekend. Traffic leaving Fort Adams will be ...

The Newport Jazz Festival brings out the same reaction in me, a proper grown-up, that going to Disneyland did as a kid — okay, also as an adult. After about a four-hour drive from New York, you check ...

NEWPORT, R.I. – A capacity crowd of about 10,000 people braved heat and humidity to witness the 70th anniversary of the Newport Jazz Festival, one of the largest music festivals in New England. The ...