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The Newport Folk Festival is a multi-day, multi-stage music festival held at the historic
International Tennis Hall of Fame and
Fort Adams State Park in
Newport, Rhode Island. The Newport Folk Festival brings together some of the most prolific performers of our times with roots to folk music.
This year’s event will kick off on
Friday, August 1st, with an evening concert at the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino; followed by two full days of ground-breaking performances across three stages at the historic Fort Adams State Park on
August 2nd and 3rd.
A partial lineup for the 2008 Newport Folk Festival has been announced! Single day tickets for Saturday and Sunday, as well as a limited number of special Two-Day Passes are on-sale now!
Saturday, August 2, lineup features: The Black
Crowes, Cat Power, Stephen & Damian Marley, Cowboy Junkies, Jim James (of My Morning Jacket), She & Him (feat.
Zooey Deschanel & M. Ward), Jakob Dylan, Willy Mason, The Felice Brothers and
Jesca Hoop.
Sunday, August 3, lineup features: Jimmy
Buffett, Levon Helm, Gillian
Welch, The
Avett Brothers,
Calexico, Brandi
Carlile,
Kaki King, Over The Rhine, Jake
Shimabukuro, Kate Taylor and Richard Julian.
Tickets are available at:
Newport Folk FestivalHydrangea House Inn has some
limited availability at the time of this posting.