The Scene
The 60-year strong Newport Folk Festival takes place annually in Rhode Island and features a lineup of diverse musicians guided by the spirit of kindred folk tradition. The festival has a historic reputation of artists collaborating together on music playing homage to current social justice initiatives. Quickly selling out each year, the Newport Folk Festival is also known `for revealing surprise artists and collaborations.
2014 Artist Lineup
Band of Horses
Trampled By Turtles
- AGES AND AGES
- ANAIS MITCHELL & JEFFERSON HAMER
- AOIFE O’DONOVAN
- BAND OF HORSES
- BENJAMIN BOOKER
- BERKLEE GOSPEL & ROOTS CHOIR
- CAITLIN ROSE
- DAWES
- DEATH VESSEL
- DEER TICK
- GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV
- HOUNDMOUTH
- HOZIER
- HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF
- J. ROODY WALSTON & THE BUSINESS
- JACK WHITE
- JEFF TWEEDY
- JENNY LEWIS
- JOHN REILLY 7 FRIENDS
- KURT VILE & THE VIOLATORS
- LAKE STREET DIVE
- LEIF VOLLEBEKK
- LUCERO
- LUCIUS
- MANDOLIN ORANGE
- MAVIS STAPLES
- NICKEL CREEK
- NOAH GUNDERSON
- PEGI YOUNG & THE SURVIVORS
- PHOX
- POKEY LAFARGE
- PUSS N’BOOTS
- REIGNWOLF
- ROBERT HUNTER
- RODRIGO Y GABRIELA
- RYAN ADAMS
- SHAKEY GRAVES
- SHOVELS & ROPE
- SUN KIL MOON
- TALL TALL TREES
- THAO & THE GET DOWN STAY DOWN
- THE DESLONDES
- THE DEVIL MAKES THREE
- THE HADEN TIPLETS
- THE LONSOME TRIO
- THE MILK CARTON KIDS
- THE OH HELLOS
- TRAMPLED BY TURTLES
- VALERIE JUNE
- WILLIE WATSON