Newport, RI · Jazz
Newport Jazz Festival
A jazz festival presented by the Newport Festivals Foundation at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, Rhode Island. It shares its site, its operator and much of its infrastructure with the foundation's folk festival, which allows a genre comparison in which almost every non-musical cost input is held constant.
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Classification
What this festival is
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Format
Waterfront
Region
Northeast
Primary genre
Jazz
Secondary genres
R&B / Soul, Experimental / Avant-Garde
Site
Fort Adams State Park
Operator of record
Newport Festivals Foundation
First edition
1954
Currently staged
Yes
Identity last reviewed
2026-08-23
Eligibility · Multi-day, multi-stage festival with a distinct admission product. Meets the eligibility definition.
Provenance
Sources for this record
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Newport Jazz Festival official site
Newport Jazz Festival · reviewed 2026-08-23 · supports name, city, state, site, operator, official_site
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