The 31^st  Newport Winter Festival will be held Friday, February 12 through Sunday, February 21.  This year’s theme is: “The Marvels of Winter”. You might even see a Super Hero walking around. A great way to defeat the Winter doldrums is to come to Newport for what has been called, “New England’s largest Winter Extravaganza”.  The Festival is ten days of non-stop food, festivities, music and fun with over 150 events for families, children and adults.

Featured events include the 24th Annual Samuel Adams Chili Cook-Off, the 2nd Annual Mac n’ Cheese Smackdown, Changes in Latitude which is a Jimmy Buffett Tribute Band, The Eagles Experience, Ice Sculpting, Beach Polo, and much, much more! For more information, call 401-847-7666 or visit www.NewportWinterFestival.com.

During the course of the Festival is Valentine’s Day on  Thursday, February 14.  So come to Newport, enjoy the festival, and stay with us at The Ivy Lodge (www.ivylodge.com) for a romantic winter get-away… sit by a cozy fire in the heart of the Mansion District!!!  

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What is now a national movement, Restaurant Week wherein an area’s finest dining establishments participate in featuring their signature dishes at a very affordable prix fixe price for lunch and for dinner, originated right here in Newport some 12 years ago.  Due to its immense popularity, Newport has gone on to expand the concept to a Spring Restaurant Week as well as one in the autumn season.

This year more than fifty of Newport and Bristol County’s best restaurants will share their abundant culinary talents November 2 thru November 11.  A two course, prix fixe lunch, will be offered at $20; a three course dinner at $35. Additionally, this year a prix fixe premier dinner for $50 is available at some locations.  A complete list of participating restaurants can be found at www.discovernewport.org. Your gastronomic experience will be so impressive that you will want to make plans for Spring Restaurant Week scheduled for April 5-19, 2019, and next year’s Fall Session, November 1–10.

Featuring highly trained, matched teams of horses drawing authentic, nineteenth century coaches through the streets of Newport.

If you are fortunate to be visiting Newport the week of August 16^th, you will have the opportunity of a lifetime! Experience more than a dozen teams of horses drawn by their colorful coaches in a glistening tack, through the streets of Newport and the grounds of the spectacular gilded age mansions. They come from all over the country for these demonstrations of a century old tradition which was a regular feature of fashionable New York and Newport life. 

On Saturday morning August 18th, there is a free-to-the–public driving exhibition on the grounds of the Elms, beginning at approximately 10:30 a.m. This performance, in which each team must execute a series of complex movements, comes around only every three years. You can also see the Coaches each day from August 16-19, there is free public viewing of the historic coaches along their routes throughout the city. http://www.newportmansions.org/events/a-weekend-of-coaching/drive-route-maps

The Ivy Lodge is situated right in heart of all of this! The Elms is a short walk from the Inn. Nothing compares to our close proximity to the horses, the people and the action of this singular event. A weekend of coaching happens only once every three years.  Ivy Lodge is the perfect place for you to have a most unique, memorable visit to the City by the Sea. So prepare for the the next event of spectacular and unforgettable “times gone by” in the year of 2021.

For more information pertaining to this event, please visit:

http://www.newportmansions.org/events/a-weekend-of-coachingFor Ivy Lodge reservations, please visit:

http://www.ivylodge.com/