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…

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 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…