Richard Dyer, Boston Globe, July 1996

Voted as one of the "1997 Top 100 Events in North America" (and that even includes National Parks!) by the American Bus Association, for the third time.

". . .Opulant mansions are turned into elegant concert halls. Mostly, though, it is the music and how it is performed that make Newport a special experience. . ."

Peter G. Davis, New York Magazine, August 1993

"It remains the most elegant and pleasurable event of its type in North America—rare for its unique artistic stamp, its vision and integrity set in phenomenal splendor by the sea."

American Record Guide, December 1993

"The Newport Music Festival ranks with Tanglewood, Ravinia and Aspen as one of the most respected festivals in the country." (out of 1,100 music festivals!)

International Directory of Special Events

Selected one of "the best, the most unusual, the most down-home, the most moving and the most fun that the country has to offer itself in this festive season." 

Time Magazine, 1992

Listed among "The 10 Best Summer Festivals in America." (all 4,500 of them—right up there with the Garlic Festival of California and the enormous Taste of Chicago!) 

Vacation Magazine

Chosen five years in a row as one of a dozen international cultural seminars sponsored by Washington’s Smithsonian Institution.

1993 R.I. Governor’s Award recipient for outstanding achievement in the tourism industry.

"There was a time when the Newport Music Festival played second fiddle to the jazz and folk festivals that put the city on the map. But no more." Providence Journal, July 1993

Voted one of the 1995 "Festival 500," featuring America’s top festivals and events by Travel Agent magazine.