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.
2013 Artist Lineup
Beck
The Lumineers
- amanda palmer
- andrew bird
- beck
- berklee gospel roots choir
- beth orton
- black prairie
- blake mills
- bombino
- bonnie prince billy and dawn mccarthy
- cold specks
- colin meloy
- elizabeth mitchell
- father john misty
- feist
- frank turner
- hey marseilles
- houndmouth
- hurray for the riff raff
- iris dement
- jason isbell
- jd mcpherson
- jim james
- joe fletcher
- john mccauley
- justin townes earle
- kingsley flood
- langhorne slim the law
- lord huron
- michael hurley
- michael kiwanuka
- mountain goats
- newport homegrown
- nicki bluhm and the gramblers
- old crow medicine show
- phosphorescent
- rayland baxter
- sarah jarosz
- Shovels and Rope
- spirit family reunion
- the avett brothers
- the felice brothers
- the last bison
- The Lone Bellow
- the lumineers
- the milk carton kids
- tift merritt
- trombone shorty
- wheeler brothers