The Newport Folk Festival is an American annual folk-oriented music festival in Newport, Rhode Island, which began in 1959 as a counterpart to the previously established Newport Jazz Festival. The festival features performances by folk, blues, country, bluegrass and folk rock musicians, and since the 1990s has featured performers from related contemporary genres, such as alternative country, indie folk and folk punk.
Ticket Price: $85 (Single Day)
Headliners
Festival lineup
- Alabama Shakes
- Amasha Hines
- Amy Helm
- Aoife O'Donovan
- Banditos
- Basia Bulat
- Berklee Gospel & Roots Choir
- Brett Dennen
- Brian Fallon
- Dave Simonett & Dave Carroll
- Del & Dawg (Del McCoury and David Grisman)
- Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
- Elvis Costello
- Father John Misty
- Flight of the Conchords
- Freakwater
- Frightened Rabbit
- Fruit Bats
- Glen Hansard
- Graham Nash
- Hayes Carll
- Ian Fitzgerald with Smith & Weeden
- JP Harris
- Joan Shelley
- John Moreland
- Julien Baker
- Lady Lamb
- Margo Price
- Matthew Logan Vasquez
- Middle Brother
- Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
- Neko Case, k.d. lang, and Laura Veirs
- Norah Jones
- Patti Smith
- Phil Cook presents "Southland Revue"
- Preservation Hall Jazz Band
- Radical Face
- Raury
- Ray LaMontagne
- Rayland Baxter
- River Whyless
- Ruby Amanfu
- Ryan Adams with The Infamous Stringdusters and Nicki Bluhm
- Son Little
- Songhoy Blues
- St. Paul & The Broken Bones
- The Arcs
- The Cactus Blossoms
- The Oh Hellos
- The Staves
- The Strumbellas
- Villagers
- Violent Femmes
- Wild Child
Festival News and Rumors
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