Avoid the traffic and and enjoy the ride – when you get there by bike!
We ❤️ newportFILM for encouraging folks to bike to the summer series – helping decrease traffic, carbon emissions, and parking stresses for you and the whole community. There will be bike racks right at the entrance to every film, and everyone who bikes will be entered to win a special raffle at every film! Scroll down for the full season schedule, Park & Bike locations, route maps, and helpful tips.
See the full Summer Lineup HERE:
https://newportfilm.com/about/programs/outdoors-2025/
and see answers to your FAQs HERE:
https://newportfilm.com/newportfilm-2025-outdoors-faq/
2025 Summer Outdoor Schedule Click through each film to get the location addresses to plan your ride. Our maps are screen shots will orient you towards the Newport Park & Ride, located adjacent to the Shared Use Path into town.
NOTE: The route maps we provide are suggestions. You can plan your route using your favorite routing program. Be aware that Newport has MANY one way streets, so your route GOING may be different from your RETURN route. Be sure to have a good headlight and a flashing rear light for your return trip after dark – so you can see and be seen!
NEXT UP:
THURS, AUG 28 – MIDDLETOWN
Marble House, Newport
6:00PM – Live Music by Jill Tereshka & Ross McAndrew
7:40PM – Film
HELPFUL TIPS for biking to newportFILM:
- Bring LIGHTS, a LOCK, and a HELMET. After dark; your lights will make you SAFE and VISIBLE.
- Expect heavy traffic on Newport’s streets. Ride carefully, follow rules of the road, pay extra attention to motorists, and give yourself time to get there safely.
- Newport is known for its history and beauty – less so for the condition of the roads. Watch for pot holes and ruts!
- If you would like to support Bike Newport’s vital nonprofit community work, you can donate HERE. Many thanks!
PARK & BIKE:
Coming from out of town? No problem. You can park and leave your car anywhere in Newport where long-term parking is permitted (be sure to check signs for restrictions), or you can head straight to “Park & Bike” lots located right off the Pell Bridge and at Newport County YMCA.
WE WANT TO KNOW:
Please tell us about your ride – we want to know – We’ll use all of the responses to support plans to make biking a safer, more comfortable, and easier choice for everyone who wants to ride – thank you!
Thanks to newportFILM for being a GET THERE BY BIKE partner!
About Bike Newport
Supporting Bike Newport is supporting more and better biking in Newport and beyond. Our mission is to make it possible for more people to bike more often, by ensuring that biking safe and comfortable and an easy choice for both transportation and recreation. We’re we’re not busy bringing Bike Lanes, Park & Bike, Bike Routes, Bike Maps, and Bike Parking to the Festivals – we’re busy teaching bike education in the schools and community, building bike culture, and fighting the good fight to make it possible for more people to choose biking! We’re continuously working to improve and encourage biking for everyone in Rhode Island and beyond – Thanks for being part of the solution!
Bike Newport