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Aquidneck Island Arts Festival this weekend in Newport
08/21/2008 01:00 AM EDT
Singer/songwriter Mary Day will perform at the Aquidneck Island Arts Festival Saturday and Sunday in Newport.
The Providence Journal / Ruben W. Perez
The Aquidneck Island Arts Festival will be held Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Newport Yachting Center, America’s Cup Avenue at Commercial Wharf.
Included will be artists in wearable art, pottery, woodworking, painting, photography and glasswork. There will also be live entertainment and activities for children, a food café and two full days of live music — Celtic, flamenco, folk, Caribbean-style, classical and jazz — with performers including Mac Chrupcala, Juanito Pascual (flamenco), The Boston String Quartet and Mary Day.
Admission is $2 per person. Visit www.aquidneckislandarts
festival.org or call 847-0960, ext. 56, for information. All proceeds benefit Looking Upwards, a Middletown based nonprofit agency celebrating 30 years of supporting children and adults with disabilities to live fulfilling lives.
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