Bars & Live Music

Cold, tasty beer, warm evening breezes and hot local bands combine for fun times with family and friends this summer. Locally-crafted beers have caught on big time throughout the Newport News area, and lots of free outdoor concerts are within earshot too. Here’s your go-to guide for some of the region’s specialty brews and toe-tappin’ tunes. Cheers to Summer!

Craft Beer Spots

Tradition Brewing Company

Craft 60 Alehouse  

Second Street American Bistro

Crab Shack on the James

Harpoon Larry’s  

Circa 1918 

Fin Seafood Restaurant   

Schlesinger’s 

Rick and Libby’s  

Cove Tavern  

BJ’s Restaurant and Brewhouse 

Neo Kitchen and Bar

Mellow Mushroom

 

Free Outdoor Concerts

Wednesdays through August: Summer Concert Series, Port Warwick

Thursdays through August: Thursdays by the Lake, The Mariners’ Museum

Thursdays through August: Music Under the Stars, Fort Eustis 

Fridays through August: Fridays at the Fountain, City Center

See more bars and outdoor concerts in the area

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