Weddings
Corporate Events
Fort Adams is an idyllic backdrop for your special event.
Our offerings include waterfront and sunset views, along with the Newport Pell Bridge and 200-year-old architecture. This unique venue will amaze and impress your guests with its grandiose structure and breathtaking views. Whether it be an intimate celebration or a huge party, Fort Adams is the space for you! Fort Adams is the perfect place to host your public event, wedding, family or social gathering, private event, or corporate event. Fort Adams has a variety of indoor and outdoor locations suitable for 10 – 400 people or more. There is ample free parking and accessible to downtown via a seasonal water shuttle.
Based where Narragansett Bay meets Newport Harbor
Fort Adams is an idyllic backdrop for your big day. Our offerings include waterfront and sunset views, along with the Newport Pell Bridge and 200-year-old architecture. This unique venue will amaze and impress your guests with its grandiose structure and breathtaking views. Whether it be an intimate celebration or a huge party, Fort Adams is the space for you!
Venue Options
Space won’t be an issue when planning your wedding here at Fort Adams. With several locations available you can customize your day based on your vision. Whether you opt to rent one space, multiple spaces or even all of them you are sure to get one-of-a-kind views.
- Parade Field & North Casemates
- North Lawn
- West Lawn
Locations
A sprawling lawn overlooking the Narragansett Bay & Newport Harbor. Magnificent panoramic water views.
- Lighted North Wall provides a beautiful backdrop.
- Home to the Newport Folk & Jazz Festivals.
- Accommodates 20 – 600+ guests. Tenting is required.
An intimate water view overlooking Narragansett Bay and the Pell Bridge. Magnificent panoramic water views.
- Walls of the Fort provide a beautiful back drop
- Smaller lawn provides an quiet place for wedding ceremonies
- Accommodates 20 – 150 guests. Tenting is required for events other than ceremonies.
The perfect setting for weddings, family gatherings, and corporate functions. This stately mansion, built in 1873, commands breathtaking views of Newport Harbor and Narragansett Bay.
- Once the summer White House of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
- Accommodates 20-150 Guests
- Tenting location available adjacent to the house
To inquire about renting The Eisenhower House for a function, please contact Mallory Coelho.
Is a 6.5 acre field inside the walls of the Fortress.
- Your guests will be surrounded by unique and interesting architecture, period lighting, and a feeling that you just stepped back in time.
- Accommodates 20 – 600+ guests.
- Tenting is required.
A truly unique interior space, is located within the walls of the Fortress.
- Three vaulted, arched chambers with brick ceilings and granite walls overlook the Parade Field.
- Windows – formerly ‘embrasures’ or “gun ports” for large cannons, provide water views of the Narragansett Bay & Newport Harbor.
- Exterior brick walkways add additional space.
- Accommodates 20 – 200 guests.
Offers an intimate space with many distinctive architectural characteristics.
- Restored area inside the walls of the Fort overlooking the Parade Field.
- Brick interior, polished hardwood floors.
- Furnished with hardwood banquet-style tables and bench
- Seating (other seating options available).
- Accommodates up to 40 guests.
