The 10 Best Summer Festivals In Rhode Island

The season of summer festivals is upon us in Rhode Island.

Summer doesn’t actually start until Sunday, June 21, when the summer solstice occurs. But Memorial Day Weekend, unofficially the start of summer, pulls people out of their daily routines, and for the next few months, it’s game on for shared art, food, music and heritage.

Big events in Rhode Island include the Newport Jazz Festival July 31 to Aug 2 and the Rhode Island Calamari Fest in Narragansett Sept. 19.

Other events to get on the summer fun calendar include:

• Rhythm & Roots, Charlestown, Sept. 4-6
• Island Rhodes Music Festival, Pawtucket, Aug. 15 and 16
• Rhode Island Folk Festival, Riverside, Aug.30
• Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, July 24-26
• Rhode Island Summer Book Festival, Pawtucket, July 11
• Ragged Island Music Fest, Portsmouth, June 13 and 14
• Summer Mardi Gras Festival, Cumberland, June 14
• 8th Annual Juneteenth RI Festival, Providence, June 21

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