Top rated Live music venues in Newport, United States to elevate your visit (Updated May, 2024)

Bar

👍👍 We love this new place! We moved to the neighborhood from Queens, NY about five years ago. We've been looking for a bar that had both neighborhood vibes and wasn't a total dive. Not that there's anything wrong with dives! But sometimes I want a place where I can wear a nice blouse and not stick out...

4.90 (89 reviews) (~37.45 km from centre)

Providence Performing Arts Center

Performing arts theater

Opulent 1920s theater hosting Broadway shows, plays, concerts, musicals & other performances.

4.80 (2.6K reviews) (~37.75 km from centre)

Narrows Center for the Arts

Live music venue

Music & cultural shows plus rotating art exhibits offered in a facility in a former mill.

4.80 (700 reviews) (~26.79 km from centre)

Newport Jazz Festival

Live music venue

👍👍 2023, first timer. What an experience! You soon know that you can't hear every band, but every band you hear will be great. Excellent organization, many water stations, not quite enough shade areas for this year's weather (but we feared rain on Friday! ). Kudos to the many volunteers that make it ha...

4.80 (240 reviews) (~2.28 km from centre)

Galactic Theatre

Live music venue

4.80 (223 reviews) (~26.84 km from centre)

The District Center For The Arts

Live music venue

4.80 (214 reviews) (~49.36 km from centre)

Pump House Music Works

Live music venue

4.80 (112 reviews) (~16.54 km from centre)

Veterans Memorial Auditorium (The VETS)

Concert hall

Circa-1950 performance venue featuring an ornate, 1,900-seat interior with gilded carvings & murals.

4.70 (1K reviews) (~38.78 km from centre)

The Towers

Historical landmark

Remaining structure from the 1886 Narragansett Pier Casino featuring concerts & dancing lessons.

4.70 (455 reviews) (~13.54 km from centre)

Columbus Theatre

Live music venue

Opulent, historic theater hosting films, bands & plays amid stained glass archways & painted murals.

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4.70 (394 reviews) (~37.91 km from centre)

Strings Bar & Grill

Bar & grill

👍👍 This is a great music venue that's not too big or small. Excellent selection of musical talent. Highly recommend! Memorial Day weekend Friday afternoon Spinach Salad w/ grilled Chicken cooked to perfection and Steph Harris and Donna to complete the hospitality! If you haven't been reservations are...

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4.70 (288 reviews) (~42.05 km from centre)

The Knickerbocker Music Center

Bar

Longtime supper club & cocktail lounge with a basic American menu & dancing to live roots music.

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4.70 (267 reviews) (~44.57 km from centre)

Thirsty Whale Tavern

Bar

👍👍 Oh My God !!!!! Let’s just say the cook Raff, is phenomenal!!!!! The food is out of the world!!! The drinks are top tier and the service is amazing!!! A Must go, if you haven’t been already because I know I will be returning often. Number one in my book!!!!

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4.70 (39 reviews) (~34.34 km from centre)