WBGO Travel invites you to hop aboard the bus from either New York City (Jazz at Lincoln Center, 10 Columbus Circle) or Boston (Wally's Jazz Café located at 427 Massachusetts Avenue) for a direct ride to the front gate of the Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island on Saturday August 3 or Sunday, August 4. This excursion includes: admission to the festival for the full day plus food & beverage vouchers for the Louis Jadot Café on the festival grounds.

Saturday musical line-up highlights include:

• Esperanza Spalding - Radio Music Society
• Wayne Shorter's 80th Birthday Celebration
• Robert Glasper Experiment
• Gregory Porter
• Terence Blanchard Quintet
• Bill Charlap Trio with special guests Bob Wilber & Anat Cohen
• Marcus Miller

Sunday musical line-up highlights include:

• Chick Corea & The Vigil with Christian McBride, Tim Garland,
• Marcus Gilmore, & Charles Altura
• Eddie Palmieri Salsa Orchestra
• Dizzy Gillespie™ Big Band under the direction of Paquito D'Rivera
• Hiromi: The Trio Project with Anthony Jackson & Steve Smith
• Joshua Redman Quartet
• Roy Haynes Fountain of Youth Band
• Jim Hall Quartet with Scott Colley, Lewis Nash and special guest Julian Lage

Visit newportjazzfest.net for full listing.

Details of RT New York City to Newport trip:

• Bus trip available Saturday and Sunday – board the bus at 5am at Jazz at Lincoln Center (10 Columbus Circle NY, NY) located at The Time Warner Building at the front circle.
• Return Bus will depart from Newport Festival Front Gate at the end of the days concert festivities, approximately 7 PM and take guests back to Jazz at Lincoln Center
• Bus will have wifi, restroom, reclining bucket seats and Newport Jazz Festival themed movie.
• Meal vouchers are valued at $20 and can be used for food & drink at the Louis Jadot Café located on the festival grounds.

Details of RT Boston to Newport trip:

In partnership with JazzBoston, an organization that brings together those that enjoy the present and future of jazz in Boston with a wide variety of events, school programs, musical performances, etc., we are pleased to offer a RT bus trip to the Newport Jazz Festival.

• Bus trip available Saturday and Sunday – board the bus at 8am at Wally's Jazz Café located at 427 Massachusetts Avenue (accessible by T and bus - Orange Line to Mass. Ave. Station, Green Line to Symphony Station, or #1 bus to Columbus Ave). Arrive at the historic Wally’s Jazz Café at 7:30AM for coffee and donuts compliments of JazzBoston.
• Return Bus will depart from Newport Festival Front Gate at the end of the days concert festivities, approximately 7 PM and take guests back to Wally’s Jazz Café.
• Bus will have wifi, restroom, reclining bucket seats and Newport Jazz Festival themed movie.
• Meal vouchers are valued at $20 and can be used for food & drink at the Louis Jadot Café located on the festival grounds.

Festival Gates open at 10am, Saturday Festival Music Program: 10:45am-7pm, Sunday Festival Music Program: 11am-6:45 pm