As part of their ongoing lineup announcement, Newport Folk Festival today announced that Indigo De Souza has joined their lineup. Indigo De Souza, a singer-songwriter from Asheville, North Carolina, will perform on Saturday, July 29. Read Indigo De Souzas’ full bio here. For her Artist Give, Indigo asked Newport Festivals Foundation to make a grant […]
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Willi Carlisle will perform at the 2023 Newport Folk Festival
Newport Folk Festival kept their rolling lineup announcements going today with the news that Willi Carlisle will perform at Fort Adams State Park on Saturday, July 29, 2023. Willi Carlisle, an award-winning folksinger, writer, and theater artist from Northwest Arkansas, shares the following on his website as part of his bio; Willi Carlisle is a poet […]
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Noah Kahan added to the 2023 Newport Folk Festival lineup
Newport Folk Festival continued their rolling lineup announcements today with the news that Noah Kahan will perform at their 2023 festival on Friday, July 28, 2023. “As Noah Kahan changes, he casts those experiences onto songs like light through a film projector. At the core of the music’s upbeat energy and unfiltered lyrics, you’ll hear […]
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The Harlem Gospel Travelers will perform at the 2023 Newport Folk Festival
Newport Folk Festival kept their 2023 lineup announcements going today with the news that The Harlem Gospel Travelers will join them at Fort Adams State Park on Sunday, July 30, 2023. At their request, Newport Festivals Foundation has made a grant to Entertainment Community Fund, a nonprofit that provides programs and services such as emergency […]
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Newport Folk Festival adds The Heavy Heavy to its 2023 lineup
The Newport Folk Festival continued their 2023 lineup announcements today with the news that The Heavy Heavy has joined their lineup and will perform at Fort Adams State Park on Friday, July 28, 2023. The Heavy Heavy Shore Fire Media, a PR firm that represents musicians, shares the following biography on The Heavy Heavy on […]
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Gregory Alan Isakov added to the 2023 Newport Folk Festival lineup
Newport Folk Festival kept their rolling lineup announcements going today with the news that Gregory Alan Isakov will return to Newport to perform at the 2023 Newport Folk Festival at Fort Adams State Park. Gregory Alan Isakov, who will perform at Newport Folk Festival, on Sunday, July 30, 2023, is an American singer-songwriter who has […]
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Newport Folk adds Jaime Wyatt to 2023 lineup
The Newport Folk Festival today announced that Jaime Wyatt has been added to their 2023 lineup. Wyatt will perform at Fort Adams State Park on Saturday, July 29. Jaime Wyatt is a rising star in the country music scene, known for her distinctive voice and authentic storytelling. Born and raised in Southern California, Wyatt was […]
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The Earls of Leicester added to the 2023 Newport Folk Festival lineup
The Newport Folk Festival today announced that The Earls of Leicester has been added to their 2023 lineup. The legendary bluegrass band will perform on Sunday, July 30. The Earls of Leicester is a bluegrass band that pays tribute to the music of Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs. The band was founded in 2013 by […]
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Goose to perform at the 2023 Newport Folk Festival
The Newport Folk Festival today announced that Goose will return to Newport, performing at the 2023 Newport Folk Festival on Saturday, July 29. Goose is an American jam band hailing from Connecticut. The group was formed in 2006 and consists of members Peter Anspach on guitar and vocals, Rick Mitarotonda on guitar and vocals, Trevor […]
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Newport Folk Festival adds Alice Phoebe Lou to 2023 lineup
The Newport Folk Festival today announced that Alice Phoebe Lou will be heading to Fort Adams State Park to perform at the 2023 Newport Folk Festival. Alice will perform on Saturday, July 29, 2023. Alice Phoebe Lou is a singer-songwriter and musician from Cape Town, South Africa. She is known for her unique, soulful voice and […]
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Free Range added to the 2023 Newport Folk Festival lineup
The Newport Folk Festival today announced that Free Range, the project of Chicago-based musician Sofia Jensen, will be heading to Fort Adams State Park to perform at the 2023 Newport Folk Festival. Free Range will perform on Friday, July 28, 2023. On their behalf, Newport Festivals Foundation has made a grant to Afrorack, an audio arts organization […]
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Maggie Rogers added to the 2023 Newport Folk Festival lineup
The Newport Folk Festival today announced that Maggie Rogers will be returning to Fort Adams State Park to perform at the 2023 Newport Folk Festival. Rogers will perform on Friday, July 28, 2023. Maggie previously performed at the Newport Folk Festival in 2019. Maggie Rogers is an American singer-songwriter who first gained attention with her viral hit […]
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Newport Folk Festival adds Madison Cunningham to its 2023 lineup
The Newport Folk Festival today announced that Madison Cunningham has been added to the 2023 Newport Folk Festival lineup. Cunningham will perform at Fort Adams State Park on Sunday, July 30, 2023. Madison Cunningham is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist who first gained recognition for her virtuosic guitar playing and introspective songwriting. Born in 1996 in Orange […]
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Aimee Mann has been added to the 2023 Newport Folk Festival lineup
The Newport Folk Festival today announced that Aimee Mann has been added to the 2023 Newport Folk Festival lineup. Mann will perform at Fort Adams State Park on Saturday, July 29, 2023. Aimee Mann is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and bassist known for her distinctive voice and introspective, often melancholy lyrics. She was born in Richmond, Virginia […]
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Mdou Moctar to perform at the 2023 Newport Folk Festival
The Newport Folk Festival today announced that Mdou Moctar has been added to the 2023 Newport Folk Festival lineup. The Tuareg rock band from Agadez, Niger will perform on Friday, July 28, 2023, at Fort Adams State Park. More about the band from their website; Prodigious Tuareg guitarist and songwriter Mdou Moctar boldly reforges contemporary Saharan music […]
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Danielle Ponder will perform at 2023 Newport Folk Festival
Newport Folk Festival today announced that Danielle Ponder has joined its 2023 festival lineup. Ponder, who is making her return to Newport, is scheduled to perform at Fort Adams State Park on Saturday, July 29, 2023. More about Danielle Ponder from her bio on her website; Bravery can take many forms. For Danielle Ponder it […]
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Abraham Alexander added to the 2023 Newport Folk Festival lineup
Newport Folk Festival today announced that Abraham Alexander has joined its 2023 festival lineup. Abraham is scheduled to perform at Fort Adams State Park on Sunday, July 30, 2023. Born in Greece to parents of Nigerian descent, Abraham Alexander moved to Texas with his family at age 11, determined to escape the racial tensions they […]
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Nanna added to the 2023 Newport Folk Festival lineup
Newport Folk Festival today announced that Nanna has joined its 2023 festival lineup. Nanna is scheduled to perform at Fort Adams State Park on Saturday, July 29, 2023. 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. Born on May 6, […]
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Bartees Strange will perform at the 2023 Newport Folk Festival
Newport Folk Festival today announced that Bartees Strange has joined its 2023 festival lineup. Peck is scheduled to perform at Fort Adams State Park on Saturday, July 29, 2023. 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 […]
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Newport Folk Festival named Music Festival of the Year at Pollstar Awards
The 34th Annual Pollstar Awards were held on Wednesday evening in Beverly Hills California, and Newport Folk Festival had a big night – once being named Music Festival of the Year. According to Pollstar, the Pollstar Awards, presented by Live Nation, is the only peer-voted live entertainment industry awards and the most relevant and coveted recognition […]
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Orville Peck will perform at the 2023 Newport Folk Festival
Newport Folk Festival today announced that Orville Peck has joined its 2023 festival lineup. Peck is scheduled to perform on Sunday, July 30. Orville Peck is a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician, known for his distinctive style that blends classic country and western with dark, cinematic elements. He first gained attention in 2017 when he released […]
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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. The Backseat Lovers is an indie rock band from Salt Lake City, Utah. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Joshua Harmon, drummer Juice Welch, bassist and backing vocalist Jonas Swanson, and […]
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Jupiter & Okwess joins the 2023 Newport Folk Festival lineup
Newport Folk Festival has just announced the inclusion of Jupiter & Okwess in its lineup for the 2023 festival, set to take place from July 28-30 at Fort Adams State Park. The festival’s organizers have also revealed that on behalf of the Congolese band, a donation has been made to the Guitars not Guns Music […]
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WUN-ON-ONE: A conversation with Jay Sweet and Dan Swain, Newport Festivals Foundation
Jay Sweet and Dan Swain, the Executive Director and Development Director of Newport Festivals Foundation, joined What’sUpNewp today for a conversation about the Foundation, the Newport Folk Festival, Newport Jazz Festival, and more. You can listen to our conversation here, or watch and listen below. More About The Newport Festivals Foundation Newport Festivals Foundation is […]
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Jonathan Richman added to 2023 Newport Folk Festival lineup
The Newport Folk Festival continued its 2023 lineup announcements today, announcing that Jonathan Richman will perform at Fort Adams State Park on Sunday, July 30. Jonathan Richman is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist known for his minimalist, acoustic sound and quirky, often humorous lyrics. He first gained popularity as the frontman of the proto-punk […]