Newport News Approves $3M Grant for 2026 Music and Culture Festival

Newport News approves $3M grant for 2026 music and culture festival

Newport News aims to invigorate downtown with a 2026 Memorial Day weekend music and culture festival.

Music festival green-lit in Newport News, but most details not released

Newport News City Council has approved $3 million in year-end surplus funds for a music festival planned for Memorial Day weekend 2026, though specific details about the event remain limited.The festival will be held at multiple sites in downtown Newport News, according to city council documents.The Port Warwick Foundation, which manages arts and entertainment events in the city including the summer concert series, will receive the funding and w…

Newport News to give $3M for Memorial Day music festival

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) -- Newport News City Council could spend more than $3 million to bring a "first-class" festival to the Peninsula on Memorial Day weekend. Tuesday night, at its final meeting of 2025, City Council will vote on a proposal to give the Port Warwick Foundation the money in order to organize a [...]