Special $50.00 Discount Tickets Available for a Limited Time for 2011 Newport Folk & Jazz Festivals

Special $50.00 Discount Tickets

for 2011 Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals

Available for Limited Time Beginning March 8

 In Person at Convention & Visitors Bureau

 

 

NEWPORT, RI, March 7, 2011 – Special
$50.00 discount tickets for theNewport Folk Festival® and Newport Jazz
Festival®are back! Beginning Tuesday, March 8, at 10:00 am, Newport
Festivals Foundation*is offering $50.00 General Admission tickets
(regularly priced at $69.00) for a limited time when purchased in person
at the Newport and Bristol County Convention & Visitors Bureau
(CV, 23 America’s Cup Avenue in Newport.  

 

 “We’re
pleased to return with this discount offer to give area residents
another opportunity to celebrate their hometown festivals in a special
way. Throughout six decades, the City of Newport  has
graciously welcomed millions of musicians and music fans to the area,
and this is our way of giving something back,” said George Wein,
President of Newport Festivals Foundation, which produces the Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals.

 

This
offer is not available on-line or by telephone and is available for
General Admission tickets at Fort Adams State Park only.  Folk
Festival tickets must be purchased for a specific day (July 30 or 31).
For the Jazz Festival, patrons may purchase a ticket that will be
good for admission either August 6 or 7.  

 

Visit www.gonewport.com for CVB office hours and information. 

 

The
2011 Newport Folk Festival® is set for July 29 – 31 and the Newport
Jazz Festival® takes over the following weekend, August 5 – 7. Artists and ticket on-sale dates for both festivals will be announced later this month.

 

For more information, visit our websites at www.newportfestivalsfoundation.org, www.newportfolkfest.net and www.newportjazzfest.net.