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Gates to the 2016 Newport Folk Festival will open at 10 a.m. this morning at Fort Adams State Park.
One of the ones that were left behind without a ticket? Newport Folk Festival is here to soften the pain with live audio feeds from the festival.
Here’s what to know;
| Our partners at TuneIn, the world’s largest audio network, helped us launch Newport Folk Radio in 2015, a year-round, human hosted custom radio station featuring music by all of your favorite festival artists, as well as on-demand interviews and exclusive performances. TuneIn is back at the Fort this summer to live stream 3 incredible days of music on Newport Folk Radio. If you’re on the go and can’t be at the fest, download the TuneIn app and look for Newport Folk Radio or simply hit play on the embedded player at NewportFolk.org. Don’t miss a set!
 | FRIDAY – Wild Child – Basia Bulat – Fruit Bats – St. Paul & The Broken Bones – Mathew Logan Vasquez – Radical Face – Brett Dennen | SATURDAY – Rayland Baxter – Ruby Amanfu – John Moreland – Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats – Frightened Rabbit (schedule permitting). – Ryan Adams w/ the Infamous Stringdusters featuring Nicki Bluhm – Father John Misty | SUNDAY – River Whyless – The Oh Hellos – Villagers – Julien Baker – Middle Brother – Phil Cook’s Southland Revue – Elvis Costello – Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros – Alabama Shakes |  |  Stay tuned to the latest stories happening at the Festival this weekend. Follow us on our social channels for real-time updates:  | |  After the festival, our friends at NPR will be posting audio from select sets from this year. Stay tuned to our social channels for more details. | | ||||||||||||||||||
Our partners at TuneIn, the world’s largest audio network, helped us launch Newport Folk Radio in 2015, a year-round, human hosted custom radio station featuring music by all of your favorite festival artists, as well as on-demand interviews and exclusive performances. TuneIn is back at the Fort this summer to live stream 3 incredible days of music on Newport Folk Radio. If you’re on the go and can’t be at the fest, download the TuneIn app and look for Newport Folk Radio or simply hit play on the embedded player at NewportFolk.org. Don’t miss a set!
| FRIDAY – Wild Child – Basia Bulat – Fruit Bats – St. Paul & The Broken Bones – Mathew Logan Vasquez – Radical Face – Brett Dennen | SATURDAY – Rayland Baxter – Ruby Amanfu – John Moreland – Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats – Frightened Rabbit (schedule permitting). – Ryan Adams w/ the Infamous Stringdusters featuring Nicki Bluhm – Father John Misty | SUNDAY – River Whyless – The Oh Hellos – Villagers – Julien Baker – Middle Brother – Phil Cook’s Southland Revue – Elvis Costello – Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros – Alabama Shakes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FRIDAY – Wild Child – Basia Bulat – Fruit Bats – St. Paul & The Broken Bones – Mathew Logan Vasquez – Radical Face – Brett Dennen | SATURDAY – Rayland Baxter – Ruby Amanfu – John Moreland – Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats – Frightened Rabbit (schedule permitting). – Ryan Adams w/ the Infamous Stringdusters featuring Nicki Bluhm – Father John Misty | SUNDAY – River Whyless – The Oh Hellos – Villagers – Julien Baker – Middle Brother – Phil Cook’s Southland Revue – Elvis Costello – Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros – Alabama Shakes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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After the festival, our friends at NPR will be posting audio from select sets from this year. Stay tuned to our social channels for more details. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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