www.discovernewengland.co.uk RHODE ISLAND
Fun Events 2010
Mid-May to mid-Oct
Cup triumphs in sleek yachts, built SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND for walking and swimming, with In Providence, WaterFire gets
right next door in the Herreshoff Seaside Fun plenty for families with small
bigger and better: a public art
yards. Horticultural buffs will love Head for small, friendly towns children. Big waves attract surfers
event, with 100 fl ickering bonfi res
on the three rivers downtown, live
Blithewold Mansion, Gardens and such as Charlestown and to Narragansett’s Town Beach.
music, dancing and street theatre.
Arboretum, with stunning views Narragansett. Spend the day Traditional fun parks include Water
www.waterfi re.org
over Narragansett Bay. on South County’s 100 miles of Wizz for slides and Adventureland’s
www.eastbayritourism.com clean, sandy beaches – perfect go-karts and bumper boats.
Year round
Newport has festivals all year:
www.southcountyri.com
chamber concerts at the 42nd
Newport Music Festival (July); the
BLOCK ISLAND 51st Folk Festival (July 30-August
‘One of the Last Twelve Great
1); the International Jazz Festival
Places in the Western Hemisphere’,
(August 6-8), a tradition since
1954; and popular music at the
according to the Nature
Nantucket Nectars Sunset Music
Conservancy, Block Island stands
Series (June-Aug).
12 miles offshore. Holidays on this www.gonewport.com
11-square-mile island are relaxed
July 4
and low-key, with lots of ice cream.
Bristol has celebrated
The lovingly-restored buildings
Independence Day for longer
are Victorian; the rolling meadows
than anywhere else in the nation,
and steep bluffs unspoiled. Go with the 18th-century uniforms a
cycling, walking and boating. stay
highlight of the parades.
in a hotel or a B&B. Get there by
www.july4thbristolri.com
ferry from Point Judith and also,
July 10-11
in summer, from New London, CT
Rated one of the Top Ten fi ne
and Montauk, NY. art shows in the USA, the 48th
www.blockislandinfo.com
Wickford Art Festival takes over
the pavements of the pretty town
of Wickford, on Narragansett Bay.
www.wickfordart.org
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