The Countdown Is On …
$55 Newport Jazz Festival®
Discount Tickets End July 6
Newport Festivals Foundation
Middletown Office Is Now Open
In addition, students can purchase special $20 Student tickets at the Festival office and Visitors Information Center. High school students older than 15 and college students must use the Student Gate and present valid ID to enter the festival. Students without valid ID will be directed to the Box Office to pay the difference of a General Admission ticket.
All single and multiple-day tickets can be purchased at the Festival office and on-line at www.newportjazzfest.org and www.ticketmaster.com. Services charges apply for all on-line purchases.
Hours for the Newport Festivals Foundation office are Tuesday – Friday, 12:00 – 6:00 pm, and Saturday, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm. The office is closed Sunday and Monday and July 4.
The Newport Jazz Festival presented by Natixis Global Asset Management includes Jon Batiste and Stay Human, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Rudresh Mahanthappa, John Zorn’s Masada Marathon, Snarky Puppy and Miguel Zenón & The “Identities” Big Band on Friday afternoon at Fort Adams. Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis plus Dee Dee Bridgewater featuring Theo Croker take the stage at the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino on Friday evening. On Saturday, catch Jazz at Lincoln Center with Wynton Marsalis, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Gregory Porter, Pedrito Martinez Group, Dick Hyman, Howard Alden & Jay Leonhart and Robert Glasper Experiment. Sunday concerts include Bobby McFerrin spirityouall, David Sanborn & Joey DeFrancesco, Gary Burton New Quartet, Ravi Coltrane, Mingus Big Band and Lee Konitz Quartet with special guest Grace Kelly. For the complete line-up and more information on the Festival and Foundation, log on to www.newportjazzfest.org and www.newportfestivalsfoundation.org.
In addition to the Festival’s presenting sponsor, Natixis Global Asset Management, support comes from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Alex and Ani, Rhode Island Foundation, Louis Jadot, North Coast Brewing Co., NPR Music, Ticketmaster and travel partner, WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM. The Preferred Hotels of the Festival are Hotel Viking, Marriott Newport, OceanCliff and The Newport Harbor Hotel and Marina. Media supporters are DownBeat, JazzTimes and iRock Jazz.