04-18-2008, 08:14 PM
The Newport Folk Festival is the premier music event in New England and one of the most famous in the world. This is where Dylan went electric in 1965, a date Rolling Stone Magazine honors as one of the "50 Moments that Changed the History of Rock n Roll". Janis Joplin with Big Brother and the Holding Company played in 1968.
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6...ic_in_1965
The modern Newport Folk Festival, revived in 1985, takes place in one of the most spectacular settings for a concert anywhere, Fort Adams State Park at the southern tip of Newport, between Newport Harbor and the East Passage of Narragansett Bay. Of places I have personally watched music, only Colorado's Red Rocks Pavilion tops it.
I've been a couple times and it's just a perfect event. I've seen acts like Shawn Colvin, the Band, Mary Chaptin Carpenter and John Hiatt -- watched Ben AND Jerry step over my beach blanket.
The 2008 Festival dates and line-up have been announced, and the Festival is getting an upgrade..
The main dates are Saturday August 2 and 3.
The name that surprises me most is Jimmy Buffett, he who can fill Gillette stadium and its parking lot with Parrotheads. I did read this will be an unplugged set. This could be the prime ticket of the New England summer music season.
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6...ic_in_1965
The modern Newport Folk Festival, revived in 1985, takes place in one of the most spectacular settings for a concert anywhere, Fort Adams State Park at the southern tip of Newport, between Newport Harbor and the East Passage of Narragansett Bay. Of places I have personally watched music, only Colorado's Red Rocks Pavilion tops it.
I've been a couple times and it's just a perfect event. I've seen acts like Shawn Colvin, the Band, Mary Chaptin Carpenter and John Hiatt -- watched Ben AND Jerry step over my beach blanket.
The 2008 Festival dates and line-up have been announced, and the Festival is getting an upgrade..
The main dates are Saturday August 2 and 3.
The name that surprises me most is Jimmy Buffett, he who can fill Gillette stadium and its parking lot with Parrotheads. I did read this will be an unplugged set. This could be the prime ticket of the New England summer music season.
Quote:
Under new management and with a young producer at the helm, the venerable Newport Folk Festival is stepping out of the past and into the rock 'n' roll mainstream. Gone are the jug bands, Cape Breton fiddlers, and bluegrass patriarch Ralph Stanley. This year's lineup features good-time tunesmith Jimmy Buffett, swaggering rockers The Black Crowes, and indie-soul chanteuse Cat Power.
"For me the theme was bridging the gap," says Jay Sweet, a 37-year-old editor at Paste, an indie-oriented music magazine. Sweet is coproducer of this year's event, which takes place Aug. 1-3 at Fort Adams State Park. "We're going to try to bring in more sizzle, in the artistic sense. We're creating a festival for musical omnivores."
In the bargain, they're creating New England's first real rock festival, which Sweet hopes will someday rival the genre-spanning sprawl of Tennessee's Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. "If we do it right and book it right, the kids will come," he says.
"For me the theme was bridging the gap," says Jay Sweet, a 37-year-old editor at Paste, an indie-oriented music magazine. Sweet is coproducer of this year's event, which takes place Aug. 1-3 at Fort Adams State Park. "We're going to try to bring in more sizzle, in the artistic sense. We're creating a festival for musical omnivores."
In the bargain, they're creating New England's first real rock festival, which Sweet hopes will someday rival the genre-spanning sprawl of Tennessee's Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. "If we do it right and book it right, the kids will come," he says.
http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/...raditions/
Saturday, August 2 Fort Adams State Park
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
Jesca Hoop
Sunday, August 3 Fort Adams State Park
Jimmy Buffett
Levon Helm
Gillian Welch
The Avett Brothers
Calexico
Brandi Carlile
Kaki King
Over The Rhine
Jake Shimabukuro
Kate Taylor
Richard Julian
There will also be a Friday night concert yet to be announced. Single day tickets or Two-Day Passes will be available.
This is the site for ticket information
http://www.festivalnetwork.com/events/details.php?ID=49