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The Newport Folk Festival will return to Fort Adams State Park in Rhode Island to celebrate its 65th anniversary. One of the longest-running and most storied festivals in America will return July ...
The 2024 Newport Folk Festival is ready to jam out July 26-28 and the Newport Jazz Festival is set to take over the Fort the following weekend from Aug. 2-4. ... USA TODAY Sports.
The Newport Folk Festival is this weekend, and fans are already speculating as to who the special guest performer (or performers!) could be.. Special guest performers have graced the stage many ...
The Newport Folk Festival is an annual American folk-oriented music festival in Newport, Rhode Island, which began in 1959 as a counterpart to the Newport Jazz Festival. The festival was founded by music promoter and Jazz Festival founder George Wein , music manager Albert Grossman , and folk singers Pete Seeger , Theodore Bikel , and Oscar Brand .
Going to Folk Fest has become a tradition for many, including Newport resident Elizabeth Meeks. De La Soul's Kelvin Mercer performs during the 2024 Newport Folk Festival on Sunday.
Most intriguing is the revelation that the Newport Folk Festival, which usually takes place on a three-day weekend, will now be spread across six days, July 23-28… which doesn’t mean that it ...
He established the Newport Jazz Festival-Saratoga and remained in New York City, retaining the Newport Jazz Festival-New York in what amounted to an expansion. [ 25 ] [ 26 ] The Saratoga addition began a trend of using the "Newport Jazz Festival" name outside of Newport, as in the Newport Jazz Festival in Madarao , Japan, from 1982 to 2004.
The Newport Folk Festival has often played host to jaw-dropping surprise performances, none more than Joni Mitchell’s first proper concert in more than 20 years in 2022.