13^th Annual Potato and Corn Festival –  (PoCo Festival) - Augur Field  North Brandford – July 31 – August 3. The festival features rides, food, crafts, tractor pulls, live music, a classic car show, performances and much more. There will be fireworks on Saturday night at 9:15, and a folk music festival on Sunday. There will also be several contests and races such as: a cross-country race, pie-eating contests, potato tosses, three-legged races and corn-eating contests. www.nbpotatofest.com

The 60^th Anniversary of the Newport Jazz Festival  - Fort Adams – Newport -  Rhode Island  -August 1 – 3 – All day and night The Newport Jazz Festival is a music festival held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island, USA. It was established in 1954 by socialite Elaine Lorillard, who, together with husband Louis Lorillard, financed the festival for many years. The festival features three full days of jazz, on August 1, 2 & 3, on three different stages at Fort Adams, one of the Park system's national treasures situated at the mouth of Newport Harbor with panoramic views of the Newport Bridge and the East Passage. In between sets, in addition to enjoying the breathtaking views and ocean breeze, patrons can also enjoy the unique food and crafts areas throughout the festival site, or relax in one of the Louis Jadot Wine Cafés where wine, beer and food is served. http://www.newportjazzfest.org

Turbing on the Farmington - Farmington River  - New Hartford Tubing rents tubes at Satan's Kingdom Recreation Area, 92 Main St., Route 44, in New Hartford. Farmington River Tubing will put you and your friends in our specially designed river tubes for a 2.5 mile ride down the wild and scenic Farmington River. Traveling over three sets of rapids, you'll experience a thrill as you splash through the white water. Some of the trip is gentle drifting, some is through rapids where lifeguards are stationed: farmingtonrivertubing.com.