What's on Tap RI: Jul 24–26

Peak summer, and the taprooms are leaning all the way in — a Sunday block party with two bands, a jazz quintet, an open mic, and enough food trucks to make dinner plans irrelevant. Here's where to point yourself this weekend.

⭐ If you only pick one: Ragged Island's Sunday Block Party — Funkademic and Ladies of the 80's, five food trucks, and it only comes around every other Sunday.

Ragged Island Brewing — Portsmouth

Best all-weekend party • Music ✓ • Food ✓

Fri: Music — Bob Tomassone, 5:30–8:30 • Food — W's Wood Fire Pizza, 4–8
Sat: Food — Tolia, 1–8
Sun: Summer Block Party — noon–7
Music — Funkademic (funk & soul) + Ladies of the 80's, 12–6
Food — Newport Sushi Co, Teddi's, Farm to Sandwich & Sweet B's, 12–7

Why go: the marquee weekend hang on Aquidneck — two bands, a lawn full of trucks, and no cover.

Grey Sail Brewing — Westerly

Best music marathon • Music ✓

Fri: Music — TJ Doyle, 5–7
Sat: Music — Chris Cofoni & Violet Theory, 4–7
Sun: Music — Allan Raskin, 2–5

Why go: live music all three days at the outdoor Westerly taproom — pick your afternoon.

Newport Craft Brewing — Newport

Best Friday night • Music ✓ • Food ✓

Fri: Food Truck Friday — live music plus rotating local food trucks, 5–9 (Wally's on-site)

Why go: the reliable Friday move in Newport — a band, a rotating cast of trucks, and room to spread out.

Trágmar Ale Works — Bristol

Best East Bay hang • Music ✓ • Food ✓

Fri: Open mic hosted by Dave Cousins, 6–9
Sat: Music — Paddy Purcell, 6–9 • Food — SEBs wood-fired pizza, 2–7
Sun: Music — Dafadil Mulligans, 1–4

Why go: World Beer Cup gold in Bristol, with a genuinely fun open mic to kick off the weekend.

Whalers Brewing — Wakefield

Best South County Friday • Music ✓ • Food ✓

Fri: Music — Dave Alves Band, 7:30
Sun: Food — The Bad Bird truck (wings & loaded funnel-cake fries), from noon

Why go: a full band on Friday night in Wakefield, and wings on Sunday to ease into the week.

Worth keeping on the radar

Tower Hill Brewing (S. Kingstown) — the Brian James Quintet plays Saturday at 6:45; Friday's Dueling Pianos is already sold out.
Taproot Brewing (Middletown) — the Sunday Music Series on the Newport Vineyards patio, 1–4, with a walk-up food station.

Coming up: Ragged Island's 4th annual Pig Roast with Sea and Smoke Catering, Sunday August 2, 4–7 — tickets on Eventbrite.

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