Check here for a list of our annual events.

 

 

Newport Bridge
Photo courtesy of; Elieen Muldoon

Welcome to Jamestown Rhode Island!

Visitors and residents alike enjoy Jamestown's many annual events including a variety of art and craft shows and a sailboat race where the sailors have to construct their own boat on the beach and sail it, all within 4 hours.

Watson Farm/Casey Farm
June

SPNEA's Community Day.

Conanicut Island Art Show
July

Original paintings, graphics, and sculpture by Jamestown and regional artists. Held at Community Center.

Fourth of July Fireworks
July

Mackerel Cove Town Beach.

Kid's Fishing Derby
July

North Pond Reservoir.

Parades
July

Memorial Day and Fourth of July.

Sunday Concert Series
July / August

Held each Sunday evening at the East Ferry Memorial Square.

Conanicut Annual Craft Show
August

Beautiful handmade crafts, quilts, woodworking and pottery.

Fools Rules Regatta
August

Build a sailboat on the beach and sail it downwind to win!

A Night at the -----
August

Once a year the Jamestown Chamber of Commerce holds a dinner dance at a famous Jamestown site such as the Beavertail Lighthouse, Fort Getty or Watson's Farm.

Paddle the Bay
August

Kayak race, 15 mile course around the island.

Spinner's Jamboree
August

Watson Farm.

Conanicut Yacht Club
September

Around the island sailboat race, held on Labor Day Weekend.

An Island Christmas
December

A month's worth of events featuring Santa's arrival by boat and a pet parade.

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