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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21st

❅ 9am- 4pm: Newport Jaguar Tours

Kids Ride Free! Full-day tour is 9am to 4pm. Half-day tours 9am to 12pm and 1pm to 4pm

Pick up on Aquidneck Island, Call (401) 855-6435 Email: info@newportjaguartours.com

Newport Jaguar Tours provides private guided tours in classic Jaguar motorcars, and will help you choose among 12 tours ideal for families, or simply provide transportation to all Festival events in comfort and style. You will reach destinations and have experiences that no trolley or bus tour can provide and hear stories unique to Newport. And tours can be customized in more specific ways to your liking. VIEW TOURS

Winter Fest Special! Kids Ride Free during Winter Fest, with 2 Paying Adults! (Must be 2 paying adults in each car, for one or two kids)

 

❅ 10am-11am: Make your own Pinata!

Diegos Newport (1st Floor), 11 Bowen's Wharf

Join us at Diegos Newport to make your own pinata! $3 or $1 w/ bracelet

10am, 12pm, & 2pm: Beautiful Beach Trail Rides

Newport Equestrian Academy, 287 Third Beach Rd.

We offer beautiful 2hr beach trail rides, A Scenic ride with a castle and breathtaking Coastal views. It looks just like you're in Ireland! Pricing: $150/ $125 with a bracelet, $25 discount for a 2-hour ride per person. By reservation only 401-837-4188

10am-4pm: Exploration Center and Aquarium

Easton’s Beach Rotunda, 175 Memorial Blvd., Newport, R.I.

Discover the world beneath the waves of Narragansett Bay! Our interactive marine science center is home to more than 40 local species, as well as three touch tanks and dozens of exhibits to get you up close and personal with little skates, dogfish sharks, urchins, crabs and lobsters, seahorses, turtles, and so much more. Regular Cost: $9, Cost for Bracelet Wearers: $8. Learn more at: https://www.savebay.org/aquarium

 

❅ 10:30am: Winterfest Storytime in The Breakers Stable

Breakers Stables, 53 Coggeshall Ave

Story Time at The Breakers Stable & Carriage House is a celebration of the winter season! Families can listen to a winter-themed story, participate in craft projects, and view the carriages. Program is geared towards participants ages 4 and older.  This is FREE to everyone, but space is limited so advance registration is necessary. https://www.newportmansions.org/events/winter-fest-2023/

 

10:30-3:30: Seashell Framed Art

Cutie Curls Boutique, 49 Long Wharf Mall, Newport

Seashell framed art class: come create a one of a kind piece with us. You Design on glass then I cast with a fiberglass glaze.

$45/ 15% off w/ Bracelet (401) 837-0777

❅ 10:30-3:30: Pokémon Terrarium

Cutie Curls Boutique, 49 Long Wharf Mall, Newport

Pokémon Terrarium: build your terrarium out of rocks, clay, dirt and of course a Pokémon figure.  

(401) 837-0777 $25/ 15% off w/ Bracelet

11am: Road to Independence Walking Tour

Museum of Newport History at the Brick Market at 127 Thames Street

Riots and rebellion, enemies and allies! Learn about Newport’s role in the American Revolution. Tour costs $20 per person, $15 Newport Historical Society members, active duty and retired military with ID; $10 for children ages 5-12; with the Winter Festival bracelet: $17 for adults and $7 for children ages 5-12. Tour departs from the Museum of Newport History at the Brick Market at 127 Thames Street; to purchase tickets visit NewportHistoryTours.org. For more details call 401-841-8770.

❅ 11am, 1pm & 3pm: Guided Tours of Historic Fort Adams

Fort Adams State Park, 90 Fort Adams Drive, Newport, RI

Visit Historic Fort Adams, America’s most complex coastal fortification. Guided tours take you to the top of the Forts ramparts for a spectacular view of Newport Harbor, then deep beneath the walls into the underground listening tunnels.

Adults: $20, $5 off with bracelet.

Tours and Tour Routes are weather dependent. Visit www.fortadams.org for more information or call 401-841-0707

❅ 11am- 5pm: Make your own Perfume!

Newport Aromatherapy, 182 Thames Street

Make your own Perfume! Learn to create aromatherapy perfume blends with healer and chemist, Cynthia LaBonte.

$15 or $10 w/ bracelet. 401.846.1101. All ages activity! Great for Boys and Girls!

❅ 11am-5pm: Make Your Own Soap at Newport Sea Foam

Newport Sea Foam Trading Co 415 Thames Street. 

This activity is great for all ages. Get Crafty! Create a winter treat like no other! Take it home to enjoy it right away! $12/$10 w/bracelet. 401.743.7685.

❅ 11:00am Teddy Bear Musical Celebration and Story Time

Newport Harbor Hotel, 49 America's Cup Ave, Newport

Bring your favorite Teddy Bear and listen to the musical storyteller Christopher ‘Kavi’ Carbone share captivating stories and songs of the wonders of winter, while having tea for adults and milk and cookies for children presented by the Newport Harbor Hotel.

Tickets available at the door $2 w/ Bracelet or $5 without

11:30am-1:30pm Kids Pizza Making Class

Surf Club Restaurant, 337 Thames St, Newport RI

Join us at Surf Club Restaurant for a Kids Pizza Making Class! Ages 5-12yrs (Not a drop off)

$30 or $25 w/ winter fest bracelet

12 noon - 2 pm: St. Mary’s Church Open

St. Mary's Church, Corner Spring Street & Memorial Blvd. West

Beautiful and historic Saint Mary's Church invites Winter Festival guests to stop in and visit.
The 1852 Gothic Revival style building is home to R.I.’s oldest Catholic parish and boasts beautiful Austrian-made stained glass windows.
The church is on the National Register of Historic Places and is the site of the 1953 wedding of the future president, John F. Kennedy, and Jaqueline Lee Bouvier. Free. For more information: www.stmarynewportri.org or StMaryNewport@gmail.com

❅ 1pm & 2:15pm: Save the Bay Seal Tours

Departing from Bowen’s Ferry Landing, 30 Market Square, Newport, R.I.

Join Save The Bay aboard one of our education vessels as we motor through historic Newport Harbor and take in 360º views of seals resting on Citing Rock off of Rose Island and the Newport Bridge. Bracelet wearers Use Code "winterfest" for discount www.savebay.org/seals

Regular Cost: $22 (Adult) / $17 (Child), Cost for Bracelet Wearers: $20 (Adult) / $15 (Child)

❅ 3pm-4pm: Kids Tennis Clinic

International Tennis Hall of Fame, 194 Bellevue Avenue, Newport

Kids ages 6 - 15 years old will learn to love the game with an ITHF Pro. Class size is limited and advance registration is required.

Call 401-849-4777 to reserve your junior’s spot. Class Cost: $15 (Regular), $10 (with Winterfest Bracelet)

Clinics will be hosted on Tuesday, February 21st and Thursday, February 23rd from 3:00 – 4:00 pm

6:00pm: Beer Dinner at The Mooring Seafood Kitchen and Bar

The Mooring Seafood Kitchen & Bar, 1 Sayers Wharf 

Enjoy this annual event as a visiting brewmaster from Tilted Barn Brewery will guide guests through a selection of beers paired with a distinct menu specially prepared by the Mooring chefs for this occasion. Reception begins at 6:00pm; dinner at 6:30pm. Chefs will prepare a delicious 4 course meal with Welcome reception hors d'oeuvres, that will be paired with 5 Tilted Barn Beers. Reservations are required. Please call 401.846.2260. 

$85/ $10 off with Winter Fest Bracelet

6pm-8pm: Winter Wellness + Wine: Pulse Newport

Newport Vineyards, 909 E Main Rd, Middletown

$30 without bracelet- $28 with bracelet

Online Ticket Purchase-bracelet promo code: Winter1

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wellness-wine-pulse-newport-tickets-492069813057

 

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