The Newport Folk Festival began its tradition of a rolling lineup announcement for its 2023 festival on February 2.
The sold-out 2023 Newport Folk Festival will take place at Fort Adams State Park on Friday, July 28; Saturday, July 29; and Sunday, July 30. General admission tickets for the festival went on sale on Wednesday, February 1, and sold out within minutes.
CAAMP, the folk-indie band from Athens, Ohio, kicked off the 2023 Newport Folk Lineup. The band has played at the festival twice before ( in 2019 and 2021).
In 2019, Newport Folk Festival began making donations on behalf of each artist to a charity/nonprofit of the artist’s choice. Through their Artist Gives program, Newport Folk says they will again be making grants to music education programs on behalf of every artist on the lineup.
For more information about the festival, visit https://newportfolk.org/.
2023 Newport Folk Festival Lineup
There are typically between 50 – 60 lineup announcements in any given year. What’s Up Newp will continue to post lineup announcements below as they happen.
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Friday, July 28
Newport Folk Festival kicks off lineup announcements; CAAMP is returning to Newport
CAAMP, the folk-indie band from Athens, Ohio, kicks off the 2023 Newport Folk Lineup. The band has played at the festival twice before.
The Beths added to 2023 Newport Folk Festival lineup
Will perform at Newport Folk Festival on Friday, July 28.
Mdou Moctar to perform at the 2023 Newport Folk Festival
The Tuareg rock band from Agadez, Niger will perform on Friday, July 28, 2023, at Fort Adams State Park.
Free Range added to the 2023 Newport Folk Festival lineup
Free Range is the project of Chicago-based musician Sofia Jensen
Newport Folk Festival adds The Heavy Heavy to its 2023 lineup
The Heavy Heavy will perform on Friday, July 28.
Noah Kahan added to the 2023 Newport Folk Festival lineup
Noah Kahan will perform at Fort Adams State Park on Friday, July 28, 2023.
Newport Folk Festival adds Eastern Medicine Singers with Yonatan Gat and Lee Ranaldo to its 2023 lineup
According to the group’s Facebook Page, Eastern Medicine Singers is an eastern Algonquin language drum group preserving the language by song.
Saturday, July 29
The Backseat Lovers added to 2023 Newport Folk Festival lineup
Newport Folk Festival today announced that The Backseat Lovers will return to Newport for its 2023 festival, performing on Saturday, July 29.
Bartees Strange will perform at the 2023 Newport Folk Festival
Bartees Strange is a rising musician and songwriter hailing from Mustang, Oklahoma, who has been making waves in the music industry with his unique blend of rock, hip-hop, and indie-pop.
Nanna added to the 2023 Newport Folk Festival lineup
Nanna Hilmarsdóttir is an Icelandic singer-songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist of the indie folk-pop band Of Monsters and Men.
Danielle Ponder will perform at 2023 Newport Folk Festival
Danielle Ponder, a R&B/Soul artist from Rochester, NY, will make her return to Newport for the 2023 Newport Folk Festival.
Aimee Mann has been added to the 2023 Newport Folk Festival lineup
Aimee Mann is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and bassist known for her distinctive voice and introspective, often melancholy lyrics
Newport Folk Festival adds Alice Phoebe Lou to 2023 lineup
Alice Phoebe Lou is a singer-songwriter and musician from Cape Town, South Africa. She is known for her unique, soulful voice and her ability to blend elements of folk, blues, and jazz into her music.
Goose to perform at the 2023 Newport Folk Festival
For their Artist Give, Goose asked Newport Festivals Foundation to provide a grant to TeachRock, which uses music to make history, science, math, language arts and other subject areas exciting and relevant to young people.
Newport Folk adds Jaime Wyatt to 2023 lineup
Jaime Wyatt is a rising star in the country music scene, known for her distinctive voice and authentic storytelling.
Willi Carlisle will perform at the 2023 Newport Folk Festival
Willi Carlisle is an award-winning folksinger, writer, and theater artist from Northwest Arkansas
Indigo De Souza joins the 2023 Newport Folk Festival lineup
Indigo De Souza, a singer-songwriter from Asheville, North Carolina, will perform on Saturday, July 29.
Angel Olsen to perform at the 2023 Newport Folk Festival
Olsen, an American singer-songwriter from St. Louis, Missouri who lives in Asheville, North Carolina, will perform on Saturday, July 29, 2023.
Sunday, July 30
Billy Strings is returning to Newport for Newport Folk Festival
Billy Strings joins The Beths and CAAMP in 2023 Newport Folk Festival lineup announcements.
Jonathan Richman added to 2023 Newport Folk Festival lineup
Jonathan Richman is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist known for his minimalist, acoustic sound and quirky, often humorous lyrics.
Jupiter & Okwess joins the 2023 Newport Folk Festival lineup
Jupiter & Okwess is a Congolese band that has garnered international recognition for its unique fusion of traditional Congolese rhythms with contemporary rock and funk influences.
Orville Peck will perform at the 2023 Newport Folk Festival
On Orville’s behalf, Newport Festivals Foundation has made a grant to Fender Play Foundation which provides new Fender guitars, basses, and ukuleles to elementary and middle school students.
Abraham Alexander added to the 2023 Newport Folk Festival lineup
On Abraham’s behalf, Newport Festivals Foundation has made a grant to Gladney Center for Adoption, a nonprofit based in Fort Worth, Texas.
Newport Folk Festival adds Madison Cunningham to its 2023 lineup
Madison Cunningham is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist who first gained recognition for her virtuosic guitar playing and introspective songwriting.
The Earls of Leicester added to the 2023 Newport Folk Festival lineup
The Earls of Leicester is a bluegrass band that pays tribute to the music of Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs.
Gregory Alan Isakov added to the 2023 Newport Folk Festival lineup
Gregory Alan Isakov, who will perform at Newport Folk Festival, on Sunday, July 30, 2023, is an American singer-songwriter who has gained recognition for his heartfelt and introspective folk music.
Remi Wolf joins 2023 Newport Folk Festival lineup
Wolf, an American singer and songwriter from California, will perform on Sunday, July 30.
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