Newport Folk Festival

After a year of silence, Newport Folk returned to Fort Adams this weekend with the first of two three-day events dubbed "Folk On." The first notes to grace a Newport Festival Stage in two years were from the Resistance Revival Choir,…

The lead-up to Newport Folk Fests in recent years have generally been shrouded in a bit of mystery. Surprises are the norm, leaving fans with clues to decipher and history-making to anticipate. This year, for all the obvious reasons, the…

One of the East-coast's most popular summer events, Newport Folk Festival will be held at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, Rhode Island July 26 – 28.  The festival made a huge announcement Thursday, adding Phil Lesh & The Terrapin…

2019 Newport Folk Festival tickets went on sale last Thursday and completely sold out all three days within a matter of hours. This news is not particularly surprising as the festival has been selling out with increasing quickness over the…

Music festivals are great places to get a sample of a ton of different music in a short period of time. Get a taste of this band, then that, and on and on without much rhyme or reason. At the Newport Folk Festival, each set felt less like a…

The Newport Folk Festival has been sold out since the day tickets went on sale last November. Not a single artist was announced but it's reputation is such that it didn't matter. The lineup began it's reveal in late January with Australian…

The legendary Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals will host a formal non-profits village for the first time since their foundings in the 1950s. Non-profit organizations from Rhode Island and the surrounding states will be part of the…