5 Can’t-Miss Events In Rhode Island In May, Including Learning About Pirates

If you can’t find something fun to do around Rhode Island this May, you’re not trying hard enough. But we get busy schedules, so we’ve taken some of the work out of it with this list of can’t-miss events.

There’s plenty going on during Memorial Day Weekend, May 23-25 this year, but farmers' markets and spring festivals are starting, and local schools have a flurry of end-of-the-year activities.

Here are five things to do in Rhode Island in May:

• Mother's Day Brunch Buffet, Sunday, South Kingstown
• Smugglers and Privateers: East Greenwich Mariners During the Revolution, Monday, East Greenwich
• Celebrating America 250th Tour with Tea at Gov. Sprague Mansion Museum, Friday, Cranston
• The D&C Lake Lines and the Fabulous Luxury Liners of the Great Lakes, May 21, Warwick
• Museum of Newport Irish History opens for the 2026 Season, May 22, Newport

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