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Events & Festivals in Newport

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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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  • Newport Farmers Market
    Newport Farmers Market
    Multiple Dates
    Sat, Oct 10
    Newport Farmers Market
    Oct 10, 2026, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
    Newport Farmers Market, 169 SW Coast Hwy, Newport, OR 97365, USA
    Newport Farmers Market is a vibrant hub where local farmers and artisans come together to offer fresh produce and handcrafted goods directly to our community!
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  • Art Celebration: What’s New in Newport
    Art Celebration: What’s New in Newport
    Sat, Oct 10
    Newport Performing Arts Center
    Oct 10, 2026, 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    Newport Performing Arts Center, 777 W Olive St, Newport, OR 97365, USA
    What’s new? Public Art in Newport, Oregon! You’re invited to join us as we celebrate new murals and sculptures in Newport. Join a fun, citywide scavenger hunt throughout the day for a chance to win a prize. This event is FREE, and all are welcome.
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  • Live Theatre: The Night of the Iguana (Red Octopus Theatre Co.)
    Live Theatre: The Night of the Iguana (Red Octopus Theatre Co.)
    Fri, Oct 16
    Oct 16, 2026, 7:00 PM – Nov 01, 2026, 11:00 PM
    Newport Performing Arts Center, 777 W Olive St, Newport, OR 97365, USA
    Set against the lush, suffocating heat of a Puerta Barrio hillside. Williams’ sweeping drama explores the fragile human need for connection, the burden of the past, and the desperate search for meaning at the edge of everything. Fridays & Saturdays at 7pm, Sundays at 2pm.
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