The Newport Folk Festival continues its lineup announcements and the week started with an extremely interesting announcement!

Newport Folk Festival Trademarked Logo

The announcements made over the past week are:

65 Revisited – a celebration of the iconic moment when Bob Dylan went electric at the 1965 Festival. There’s no word on who this will be; I believe I read somewhere that it will NOT be Dylan…

The Ballroom Thieves – I love this band! This is a fabulous addition to the lineup

Berklee [College] Gospel and Roots Choir – I’m guessing they will start the music on Sunday as they did the past two years and they are a great way to start the day!

I continue to be thrilled that I have a three-day ticket.

I plan to post the announcements weekly until NFF has completed the entire lineup. At that point, I might offer my opinions on which acts to see, once I know who is performing which day.

At this point, the only remaining type of ticket is the Friday single-day ticket. This is an amazing festival – even going for one day is worth it. Get your tickets now!!!

Friday: Haunt the House, Leon Bridges, The Lone Bellow, Bahamas, Heartless Bastards, Calexico, Iron & Wine and Sam Bridwell, Joe Pug, Watkins Family Hour, Angel Olsen, Hiss Golden Messenger, The Tallest Man on Earth, Elephant Revival, Strand of Oaks, New Breed Brass Band, The Goodbye Girls, Roger Waters

Saturday:  Courtney Barnett, Sturgill Simpson, Madisen Ward and The Mama Bear, Langhorne Slim & The Law, Brandi Carlile, The Suffers, Traveller, Nikki Lane, José González, The Decemberists, Sufjan Stevens, Spirit Family Reunion, The Barr Brothers, Andy Shauf, Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn, Tommy Stinson, Jason Isbell, Luluc

Sunday: Field Report, J Mascis, First Aid Kit, The Jones Family Singers, Laura Marling, Blake Mills, Shakey Graves, Lord Huron, Christopher Paul Stelling, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats, The Felice Brothers, Rodrigo Amarante, Brian Fallon, 65 Revisited, The Ballroom Thieves, Berklee Gospel and Roots Choir