Rated best live music by Newport life magazine for 20 consecutive years
Nestled in historic Newport, RI, and owned by Brian Foley, the Newport Blues Café has been around for 26 years and received local and international acclaim as RI’s premier live music venue, showcasing the very best local, national, and world acts in classic, progressive and indie rock, rhythm and blues, jazz, funk, and hip-hop.
⭐️ Here are just some of our all star entertainers! ⭐️
A-List world performers have performed here to sell out crowds in the 435 person venue.
Deer Tick
Marshall Tucker
Jackson Brown
Neville Brothers
Dickey Betts
Joe Bonamassa
Johnny & Edgar Winter
Room Full of Blues
Arlo Guthrie
The Cowsills
Average White Band
James Cotton
Dave Mason
Brandi Carlile
Leon Bridges
Mumford & Sons
Maria Muldaur
Richie Havens