Newport News Jazz Festival 2025 Calendar. Join us for the granddaddy of all music festivals as we celebrate our 70th anniversary. The 70th anniversary of the historic newport jazz festival kicked off on friday august 2 at fort adams state park in newport, ri.

The newport jazz festival has announced its 2025 lineup, which includes andré 3000, nile rodgers and chic, kamasi washington and elvis costello. (ap) — a capacity crowd of about 10,000 people braved heat and humidity to witness the 70th anniversary of the newport jazz festival, one of the.