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Events & Festivals in Newport

Seafood isn’t just a meal in Newport, it’s part of daily life. Watch the fishing fleet pull in the day’s catch along the working waterfront. Every crab pot, every net, and every story shared on the docks connects you to the ocean that sustains our community.

Annual Events & Festivals

Upcoming Events

  • Exhibit: Healing Rhythms (Taunette Dixon)
    Exhibit: Healing Rhythms (Taunette Dixon)
    Fri, Sep 04
    Newport Visual Arts Center
    Sep 04, 2026, 12:00 PM – Nov 01, 2026, 4:00 PM
    Newport Visual Arts Center, 777 NW Beach Dr, Newport, OR 97365, USA
    Featuring highly textured, hand-carved, wheel-thrown, functional ceramics by local artist Taunette Dixon.
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  • Exhibit: Transgressors
    Exhibit: Transgressors
    Fri, Sep 04
    Newport Visual Arts Center
    Sep 04, 2026, 12:00 PM – Oct 18, 2026, 4:00 PM
    Newport Visual Arts Center, 777 NW Beach Dr, Newport, OR 97365, USA
    Transgressors is a special touring exhibition presenting now and future Indigiqueer ancestors who move beyond boundaries in life and art.
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  • Exhibit: Year of the Fire Horse (Jacobi, Kenyon, Burkhardt, Moir, Van Zant-King)
    Exhibit: Year of the Fire Horse (Jacobi, Kenyon, Burkhardt, Moir, Van Zant-King)
    Sep 04, 2026, 12:00 PM – Nov 01, 2026, 4:00 PM
    Newport Visual Arts Center, 777 NW Beach Dr, Newport, OR 97365, USA
    In Year of the Fire Horse, five local women artists, using a variety of mediums, lean into the mystic strength and adventurous spirits of horses. Exhibit features wooden sculpture, watercolor, collage, lino block print, acrylic, wax, and ceramics.
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  • Agate Beach Surf Classic
    Agate Beach Surf Classic
    Fri, Sep 11
    Agate Beach
    Sep 11, 2026, 8:00 AM – Sep 16, 2026, 5:00 PM
    Agate Beach, Agate Beach, Newport, OR, USA
    Newport Parks & Recreation is excited to announce the annual Agate Beach Surf Classic presented by Ossies Surf Shop and Ninkasi Brewing Company! This is a two-day competition held at Agate Beach with surfing divisions for adults and youth.
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  • Opening Reception & Artist Talks: Transgressors
    Opening Reception & Artist Talks: Transgressors
    Thu, Sep 17
    Sep 17, 2026, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    Newport Visual Arts Center, 777 NW Beach Dr, Newport, OR 97365, USA
    Opening Reception & Artist Talks: Saturday, September 19, 5-7pm. Transgressors is a special touring exhibition presenting now and future Indigiqueer ancestors who move beyond boundaries in life and art.
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  • Newport Oregon Pride
    Newport Oregon Pride
    Fri, Sep 18
    Newport Performing Arts Center
    Sep 18, 2026, 7:00 PM – Sep 20, 2026, 11:00 PM
    Newport Performing Arts Center, 777 W Olive St, Newport, OR 97365, USA
    Celebrate love, community, and coastal Pride at the 5th Annual happening September 18–20, 2026 in beautiful Newport.
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