Bike Newport will keep you rolling around the City by the Sea with fun, educational community events throughout the year!
Encouraging classes, open Bike Garages, fun group rides, important public meetings, and lots of events you’ll want to bike to – find them all here and check back often.
All of Bike Newport’s events are listed on the first calendar, scroll down for more from our friends and partners around the state!
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Spring
Pick Your Ride with Clean Ocean Access
Farm to Farm Ride (May) It’s a great day when two-mile Middle Road in Portsmouth closes to cars and swarms with happy bicyclists getting to know the local farms along the way.
Bike to School (May) and Work (May) Days Gather with friends and co-workers and encourage more folks to ditch the car and bike to their destinations. Many a commuter convert are born in May.
Alex and Ani Benefits Bike Newport (May) 15% of sales, donated to Bike Newport
Elliot’s Ride For Everyone (May) Our annual celebration of safer cycling when folks of every riding style, age and experience ride the Ocean Loop together. Not to be missed.
Volvo Ocean Race (May) The Ocean Race is a celebration of sailing and all things sustainable, including biking. Next up in 2021.
Bike Night at the Jane Pickens (May) A night of bike film love at Newport’s historic Jane Pickens Theater, co-hosted by New Belgium Brewery and Fat Tire Beer.
Summer
Full Moon Rides (Monday June 17 • Tuesday July 16 • Thursday August 15) – Bring your cycling friends and conquer the night, ride under the full moon and hear the sounds of the night with us on this Bike Month bike ride through Newport, guided by the full moon!
Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals (July/August) – breaking records year after year, in 2018 we topped at 1800 bikes/day at the Folk Festival. Cruise past the traffic jams for early spots at the festivals and at the evening eaters. There’s no better way to get there than on a bike.
Bike to newportFILM summer outdoor series – the most popular summer-long series returns every July!
Bike to Newport Polo (summer long) and get free parking and other perks along with the fun of a beautiful ride to an exciting local happening!
Fall/Winter
Bike to School Day (September) Start out the semester on two wheels and find out why oxygenated kids perform better at school (!)
Tour de Fright (October) What’s Halloween without a howling good night ride?
Jingle Bikes (December) Be sure to pass by Bike Newport HQ on Broadway and pedal our tree to light up the night!
Bike Newport Night (March) – Come in from the cold for our annual end-of-winter almost-spring bike party. The tradition includes live local music, piles of great food, a stellar silent auction, very velo sprinting, and bike love abounding.
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