Stay tuned for details on 2010 Taste of Rhode Island as the N.W.E. team puts together a tasty line-up of live music, local fare and family fun! For now, check out our friends from last year's festivities.

 

Four Stages of Live Entertainment!

 

Feeling full? Kick back and digest four stages of continuous Rhody-flavored entertainment, including...

 

 

 

Stop & Shop Culinary Stage

 

Stop & Shop is proud to bring you continuous culinary demonstrations throughout the two day event, featuring Rhode Island’s very own Chef Timothy Mulligan. From tasty appetizers to delicious entrées, embrace the culinary spirit by joining Chef Tim as he demos some easy, convenient meal solution recipes with some of your favorite brands - Lipton Tea, Wishbone, Dannon, Kashi, Hormel, and many more.


  Saturday
  12:00 - 12:30

Stop & Shop Meal Solution

Savory Appetizer Pancakes with Garlic Sour Cream

  1:00 - 1:30

Stop & Shop Meal Solution

Cheddar Chicken pasta & Vegetable Skillet Dinner

  2:00 - 2:30

Stop & Shop Meal Solution

Creamy Mojito Shakes

  3:00 - 3:30

Stop & Shop Meal Solution

Tea Stir Fry

  4:00 - 4:30

Dannon

Peach And Proscuitto Salad With Yogurt, Feta Cheese And Herbs

  5:00 - 5:30

Kashi

Local Zucchini Tomato Canapes

  6:00 - 6:30 Rhody Recipe
  6:30 - Close Bobby Cowsill& Emma Joy Galvin

 

 

 

Courtyard Stage

 

Open-air live performances from Rhode Island musical classics, including The Ravers closing out Saturday night!


  Saturday
  11:00-12:15 Gina Wesley & Dreamcatcher
  3:00 - 5:30 Forever Young
  6:00 - 9:00 The Ravers

 

 

 

Wine Garden Stage

 

Savor a glass of fine wine, and enjoy a relaxing and entertaining mix of live acoustic music, chef demonstration cooking, and cookbook author presentations.


  Saturday
  11:00-12:30 Music by Jim Harvey
  12:30 – 1:00 Demo: “Taste of Newport” recipe with Chef Kevin Dilibero
  1:00 – 2:00 Music by Jim Harvey
  2:00 – 2:30 Demo: Martin Codax Wine Portfolio with Mariola Varona
  2:30 – 5:15 Prizm
  4:00 – 4:30 Demo: Sam Adams BBQ recipe with Chef Chris Ferris
  6:00 – 9:00 Occidental Gypsy Jazz Quartet

 

 

Oyster Stage

 

A lively mix of shucking and slurping contests, beer and wine presentations, and oyster farming education.


  Saturday
  12:00 Sam Adams Beer & Oyster Pairing
  1:00 Gallo Wine & Oyster Pairing
  2:00 Oyster 101 with Perry Raso
  3:00 Oyster Slurp-Off hosted by WHJY’s Paul Fuller and Kevin Mulhern
  4:00 Sam Adams ‘ Lager Tasting
  5:00 Sam Adam’s Beer Shucking Contest

 

 

 

Stop & Shop Culinary Stage

 

Stop & Shop is proud to bring you continuous culinary demonstrations throughout the two day event, featuring Rhode Island’s very own Chef Timothy Mulligan. From tasty appetizers to delicious entrées, embrace the culinary spirit by joining Chef Tim as he demos some easy, convenient meal solution recipes with some of your favorite brands - Lipton Tea, Wishbone, Dannon, Kashi, Hormel, and many more.


  Sunday
  12:00-12:30

Stop & Shop Meal Solution

Velvet Vegetable & Cheese Fondue

  1:00 - 1:30

Stop & Shop Meal Solution

California - Style Shrimp Sliders

  2:00 - 2:30

Stop & Shop Meal Solution

Asian-Style Peanut Noodles

  3:00 - 3:30

Dannon

Honey Walnut Spread

  4:00 - 4:30

Kashi

Indonesian Pilaf

  5:00 - Close Rhody Recipe

 

 

 

Courtyard Stage

 

Open-air live performances from Rhode Island musical classics, including The Ravers closing out Saturday night!


  Sunday
  11:00-2:30 Foreverly Brothers
  3:00 - 6:00 Eric Narwhal & The Manatees

 

 

 

Wine Garden Stage

 

Savor a glass of fine wine, and enjoy a relaxing and entertaining mix of live acoustic music, chef demonstration cooking, and cookbook author presentations.


  Sunday
  11-00 – 12:30 Music by Brooke & Josh
  12:30 – 1:00 Demo: “Taste of Newport” recipe with Chef Adi Mandel
  1:00 – 2:00 Music by Brooke & Josh
  2:00 – 2:30 Demo: Martin Codax Wine Portfolio with Mariola Varona
  2:30 – 6:00 Music by Matt & Kim

 

 

Oyster Stage

 

A lively mix of shucking and slurping contests, beer and wine presentations, and oyster farming education.


  Sunday
  12:00 Sam Adams Beer & Oyster Pairing
  1:00 Gallo Wine & Oyster Pairing
  2:00 Oyster 101 with Perry Raso
  3:00 Oyster Shucking Contest hosted by Geoff Charles from WHJY.
  4:00 Sam Adam’s Beer Shucking Contest

 

 

Featured Artist:
THE RAVERS
www.myspace.com/theraversnewport

 

The Ravers is a six piece Reggae band with a 20 year history performing roots rock, reggae and originals in the New England Area. The band has been a staple at events, festivals, yacht clubs and sailing regattas throughout New England. Come and hear Bob Marley, Steel Pulse, Bad Brains, Toots and the Maytals, The Clash, Jacob Miller, Peter Tosh, Ernest Ranglin, Black Uhuru, Yellow Man and more…


   
Featured Artist:
FOREVER YOUNG (TRIBUTE TO NEIL YOUNG)
www.myspace.com/neilyoungforever

 

“Forever Young” is a stellar group of performers that pay tribute to the songs of Neil Young. In addition to Mark Cutler, John Fuzek and Dan Lilley, Forever Young original members also include Becky Chace and Pete Vendettuoli. John Amitrano and Phil Hicks were added to the band in December of 2007 to give the show a "Crazy Horse" kind of feel. All of the musicians performing as part of “Forever Young” are staples of the Rhode Island music scene. In addition, they are all fans and have been influenced by the music of Neil Young. Drawing on the 40+ year career of Neil Young; the two hour + show highlights many of Young’s popular songs and a few of the more obscure numbers. "Forever Young" takes you back, gets you singing, and puts those Neil Young songs in your head to linger long after the show!


   
Featured Artist:
GINA WESLEY & DREAMCATCHER
www.myspace.com/ginaanddreamcatcher

 

Gina Wesley & DreamCatcher is comprised of five outstanding musicians, who share that rare commitment to professionalism and musical integrity. Equally skilled and comfortable with music styles ranging from smooth jazz, blues, R&B to funk and disco. Their unique blending of these styles is exciting enough, but it is their performance, their delivery and attitude that set them apart as the premier Funk / R&B band in New England.

   
BOBBY COWSILL

 

Bobby Cowsill was a founding member of legendary family band The Cowsills, who enjoyed tremendous success throughout the 1960s and early 1970s, becoming one of the most popular bands on the American concert circuit and releasing several smash hit singles including “The Rain, The Park and Other Things,” “Indian Lake,” and their rendition of the title song from the hit musical Hair. They would later serve as the inspiration for the popular TV show, The Partridge Family.

   
EMMA JOY GALVIN

 

She acts, she dances, she sings, she plays piano, she plays guitar, and she's just 13 years old. The young Warwick native has been making headlines for several years now, having appeared in numerous films, television shows and onstage at New York's American Girl Theatre, as well as performing the national anthem at Harlem Globetrotters and Pawtucket Red Sox games. Now a member of the Nashville Songwriters Association, Emma Joy is an upcoming artist who writes and performs her own original music.

   
Featured Artist:
JIM HARVEY
www.myspace.com/jimharveymusic

 

Jim Harvey, a Rhode Island native, has been performing in the Tri-State area for over 25 years. With country music rising in the early nineties, Jim began his most successful endeavor… The country band, Sundown. This band went on to write and record ( in Nashville) an 11-song original CD, which sold approximately 1,500 copies. The band also provided Jim the opportunity to open up for several big name national acts such as, Kathy Mattea, Trace Adkins, Billy Ray Cyrus, Sammy Kershaw, Lori Morgan, Pam Tillis, just to name a few. Jim keeps a heavt schedule now performing all styles of music with some heavy emphasis on his love of country music.


   
Featured Artist:
PRIZM (duo)
www.myspace.com/jadewhatshoefly

 

"PRIZM" is a Two Chick Duo ! Lori Lacaille - Vocals, Guitar, and Percussion & Betsy Listenfelt - Vocals, Guitar, and Percussion. I don’t think there is a song they don’t know!!


   
Featured Artist:
OCCIDENTAL GYPSY JAZZ QUARTET
www.occidentalgypsy.com

 

“A Paris-based style of music that combines traditional Roma forms with elements of American jazz and swing. While the genre had its heyday in the 1920s and 1930s, it has never gone away and is enjoying a renaissance both here and abroad.” - Matt Wunsch

   
Featured Artist:
ERIK NARWHAL & THE MANATEES
www.myspace.com/eriknarwhal

 

The press says it all…….. "A consummate performer, a true professional, and only marginally insane--Erik Narwhal delivers. Never will a stage seem so empty, or a club seem so quiet as when Erik Narwhal has left the building."

-- Sean, RattleHead Records

 

"You've got to go see this guy. Again and again..."

-- Jim Benson, The Times