The 2017 Newport Folk Festival ended on multiple high notes on Sunday, July 30th, including amazing performances by John Prine, Nathaniel Rateliffe, Suzanne Bega and so many more. Of course, the talk of the town will once again be a very special surprise performance by Roger Waters.

Here’s what day #3 looked like.

Photo credit Ken Abrams/What’sUpNewp & Patrick Murphy/What’sUpNewp.

Ryan Belmore is the owner and publisher of What's Up Newp. He took over the publication in 2012 and has grown it into a three-time Rhode Island Monthly Best Local News Blog (2018, 2019, 2020). He was named LION Publishers Member of the Year in 2020 and received the Dominique Award from the Arts & Cultural Society of Newport County the same year. He has been awarded grants for investigative and community journalism, and continues to coach and mentor new local news publications nationwide. Ryan...