Newport Jazz Festivals
Newport was known as the Mecca of jazz festivals for decades and still is today. The city is famous for hosting one of the oldest annual jazz festivals in the world that continue to attract some of the best jazz musicians and music fans from around the globe to Newport each year.
The first international Jazz festival held in America was in 1954 at Bellevue Avenue, located in the historic district of Newport, Rhode Island. Since then, the festival has evolved into a world-renowned, prestigious event and a favorite venue for new aspiring Jazz artists to make their debut.
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