Newport Folk Festival lineups by year

This is a list of Newport Folk Festival lineups by year.

The Newport Folk Festival was founded in 1959 is held annually in Newport, Rhode Island. The festival was first held at Freebody Park in downtown Newport, and moved to the Festival Field site in 1965. The festival was held at the field until 1969, and no festival was held in 1970. The festival returned to Newport at the Fort Adams State Park in 1985, and it has been held at the park annually since then.

Lineups Artists are listed in alphabetical order, with solo artists listed by last name.

1950s and 1960s

Year Lineup Ref.1959Leon Bibb, Oscar Brand, Hylo Brown and the Timberliners with Earl Scruggs, The Clancy Brothers, Barbara Dane, Reverend Gary Davis, Bo Diddley, Jimmy Driftwood, Billy Faier, Bob Gibson with Joan Baez, Cynthia Gooding, Frank Hamilton, The Kingston Trio, Kossoy Sisters, Tommy Makem, Ed McCurdy, Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry, Memphis Slim, The New Lost City Ramblers, John Jacob Niles, Odetta, Martha Schlamme, Jean Ritchie, The Stanley Brothers with the Clinch Mountain Boys, Pete Seeger, Frank Warner. 1960Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir, Joan Baez, Theodore Bikel, Oscar Brand, The Brothers Four, Fleming Brown, Bud & Travis, Jean Carignan, The Clancy Brothers with Tommy Makem, The Robert De Cormier Chorale, Jimmy Driftwood, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs with the Foggy Mountain Boys, Jesse Fuller, Gateway Singers, Bob Gibson, Will Holt, John Lee Hooker, Cisco Houston, Mahalia Jackson, Bill Lee, The Limeliters, Ewan MacColl, Ed McCurdy, Alan Mills, The New Lost City Ramblers, John Jacob Niles, Odetta, Sabicas, Peggy Seeger, Pete Seeger, The Tarriers, Studs Terkel, Frank Warner, The Weavers, Robert Pete Williams.1961No festival.1962No festival.1963Clarence Ashley, Joan Baez, Hélène Baillargeon, Theodore Bikel, Jean Carignan, Maybelle Carter, Paul Clayton, Judy Collins, Reverend Gary Davis, The Dillards, Bob Dylan, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Freedom Singers, John Hammond, Sam Hinton, John Lee Hooker, Mississippi John Hurt, Ian & Sylvia, Jim & Jesse and the Virginia Boys, Bernice Johnson, Bessie Jones and the Sea Island Singers, Tex Logan, Kiva American Indian Group, Ed McCurdy, Raun MacKinnon, Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry, Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys, The Morris Brothers, The New Lost City Ramblers, Peter, Paul & Mary, Frank Proffitt, Jean Redpath, Jean Ritchie, The Rooftop Singers, Pete Seeger, Mike Settle, The Tarriers, Dave Van Ronk, Jackie Washington, Doc Watson, Mac Wiseman.1964Joan Baez, Ken and Neriah Benfield, Theodore Bikel, Blue Ridge Mountain Dancers, Cajun band (performers not specified), Guy Carawan and the Freedom Group, Gaither Carlton, Johnny Cash, Len Chandler, Sam Charters, The Clancy Brothers with Tommy Makem, Tristram P. Coffin, Elizabeth Cotten, John Davis, Willie Doss, Jimmy Driftwood, Bob Dylan, Hamza El Din, Ran Eliran, Séamus Ennis, Sleepy John Estes, José Feliciano, Jesse Fuller, Ollie Gilbert, Ronnie Gilbert and Ralph Rinzler, The Greenbriar Boys, Sarah Gunning, Herbert Halpert, Elgia Hickok, Hindman Settlement School Dancers, Son House, Mississippi John Hurt, Willis James, Bessie Jones and the Georgia Sea Island Singers, Bill Keith, The Kentucky Colonels, Koerner, Ray & Glover, Jim Kweskin Jug Band, Billy Ray Latham, Alan Lomax, Noelani Mahoe, Fred and Annie Mae McDowell, Clayton McMichen, The Chad Mitchell Trio, Moving Star Hall Singers, Hammie Nixon and Yank Rachell, Phil Ochs, Odetta, Glenn Ohrlin, Osborne Brothers, Tom Paxton, Chet Parker, Joe Patterson, Peter, Paul & Mary, Phipps Family, Frank Proffitt, Doc Reese, Dock Reese, Malvina Reynolds, Almeda Riddle, Judy Roderick, The Rodriguez Brothers, Sacred Harp Singers, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Mike Seeger and Jean Ritchie, Pete Seeger, Dewey Shepherd, Hobart Smith, The Stanley Brothers, Carter Stanley, Ralph Stanley, The Staple Singers, Don Stover, The Swan Silvertones, Bill Thatcher, Mary Travers, Louis Vinis LeJeune, Muddy Waters, Arnold Watson, Doc Watson, The Watson Family with Doc Watson, Hedy West, Clarence White, D. K. Wilgus, Robert Wilkins, Robert Pete Williams, Kaupena Wong, Peter Yarrow.1965Joan Baez with Donovan, Horton Barker, Margaret Barry and Michael Gorman, Samuel Bayard, Katie Bell Nubin, Fiddler Beers Family, Byron and Lue Berline, Theodore Bikel, Blue Ridge Mountain Dancers, Oscar Brand, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Cajun Band (performers not specified), Hamilton Camp, Cape Breton Singers, Maybelle Carter, The Chambers Brothers, Len Chandler, Charles River Valley Boys, Cousin Emmy, Reverend Gary Davis, Bob Dylan (electric performance), Richard and Mimi Fariña, Ronnie Gilbert, Fannie Lou Hamer, Roscoe Holcomb, Kathy and Carol, Lightnin' Hopkins, Son House, Rev. Francis Hubbard, Mississippi John Hurt, Ian & Sylvia, Ishangi Dance Troupe, Willis James, Norman Kennedy, Jim Kweskin Jug Band, Gordon Lightfoot, Mance Lipscomb, The Lilly Brothers and Tex Logan, A. L. Lloyd, Alan Lomax, Sam and Kirk McGee with Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon, Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys, Moving Star Hall Singers, New England Contra Dancers, The New Lost City Ramblers, New York Street Games, Odetta, Joe Patterson, Peter, Paul & Mary, Dock Reese and the Texas Work Song Group, Jean Ritchie, Eck Robertson, Charles Seeger, Pete Seeger, Beth Van Over, Eric Von Schmidt, Annie Walters, Josh White, Ed Young and the Southern Drum and Fife Corps.1966Dorothy Love Coates & The Original Gospel Harmonettes, Judy Collins, Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard, Tim Hardin, Dixie Hummingbirds, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Skip James, Jim & Jessie and the Virginia Boys, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys, Mitch Greenhill and Jeff Gutcheon, Jim Kweskin Jug Band with Geoff Muldaur, Long Gone Niles, Richie Havens, Son House, Howlin' Wolf, Ali Akbar Khan, The Lovin' Spoonful, Phil Ochs, Tom Paxton, Preservation Hall Jazz Band with Billie and De De Pierce, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Pete Seeger, Joseph Spence, The Swan Silvertones with Claude Jeter, Yomo Toro, Bukka White, Ed Young and the Southern Fife and Drum Corps.1967Jack Andrews, Joan Baez, Theodore Bikel, Oscar Brand, Maybelle and Sara Carter, The Chambers Brothers, Leonard Cohen, Judy Collins, Dave Dudley, Mimi Fariña, Russell Fluharty, Arlo Guthrie, Janis Ian, The Incredible String Band, Galaz String Band, Grandpa Jones, Gordon Lightfoot, Jim Kweskin Jug Band, Raymond Melton, Joni Mitchell, Bill Monroe, Jean Ritchie, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Pete Seeger, Siegel–Schwall Band, J.B. Smith, The Staple Singers, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Merle Travis, Peter Walker, Sippie Wallace, Muddy Waters, Robert Pete Williams.1968Roy Acuff, Joan Baez, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Theodore Bikel, Bread and Puppet Theater, Tim Buckley, Elizabeth Cotten, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Mimi Fariña, Arlo Guthrie, Buddy Guy and Junior Wells, George Hamilton IV, John Hartford, Richie Havens, Joe Heaney, Janis Ian, Buell Kazee, B.B. King, Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick, Jim Kweskin, Taj Mahal, Fred McDowell, Jerry Merrick, Joni Mitchell, Katy Bell Nubin, Pete Seeger, Eric Von Schmidt, Doc Watson, The Young Tradition.1969The B.C. Harmonizers, Bozinos Belios, Theodore Bikel, Oscar Brand, Jaime Brockett, John Allan Cameron, Johnny Cash (with June Carter, Doug Kershaw, and Kris Kristofferson), Len Chandler, Chris & Barbara, The Cook Country Singing Convention, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Sleepy John Estes and Yank Rachell, The Everly Brothers, Fiddler's Club of Rhode Island, Jesse Fuller, Tret Fure, Fred Gerlach, Arlo Guthrie, The Ham Fat Spasm Band, Carlton Haney, John Hartford, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Bill Keith, Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick and R.L. Kirkpatrick, The Key West Junkanoo Band, John Koerner and Willie Murphy, Son House, Lera and the Macedonian Ensemble, Tex Logan and Don Stover, Taj Mahal, Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry, Joni Mitchell, Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys, Van Morrison, Buddy Moss and Brownie McGhee, Jean Bosco Mwenda, The New Lost City Ramblers, The Newport Bridge & American Devil Association, Oldtimer's String Band with Fred Cockerham, Panacea Jug Band, Pentangle, The Pennsylvania Tambouritza Orchestra, Carl Perkins and The Tennessee Three, Frank Proffitt Jr., the Reindeau Family, Don Reno and Bill Harrell and the Bluegrass Cutups, Jean Ritchie, Jim Rooney, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Mike Seeger, Pete Seeger, Jay Silver, Björn Ståbi and Ole Hjorth, James Taylor, Big Mama Thornton, Artie and Happy Traum, Jerry Jeff Walker with David Bromberg, Muddy Waters, Billy Edd Wheeler, Mac Wiseman, Steve Young.

1980s Year Lineup Ref.1985Joan Baez, Greg Brown, David Buskin and Robin Batteau, Judy Collins, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Mimi Fariña, Arlo Guthrie, Bill Keith and Jim Rooney, Taj Mahal, David Massengill, David Mallett, Bill Morrissey, New Grass Revival, Mark O'Connor, Tom Paxton, Bonnie Raitt, Peter Rowan, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Dave Van Ronk, Doc and Merle Watson.1986David Bromberg, The Chicken Chokers, Nanci Griffith, Richie Havens, Hot Rize, Si Kahn, Alison Krauss, Patty Larkin, Christine Lavin, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Odetta, Tom Rush, Claudia Schmidt, Savoy-Doucet Band, John Sebastian, Corky Siegel, Bill Staines, Sweet Honey in the Rock.1987Joan Baez, The Bobs, Billy Bragg, Johnny Copeland, Judy Collins, Folk Kaleidoscope (with George Gritzbach, Cormac McCarthy, Bill Morrissey, Northern Lights, and Moses Rascoe), Arlo Guthrie, John Hammond, Patty Larkin, Alison Krauss, Jim Kweskin Jug Band (with Richard Greene, Bill Keith, Geoff Muldaur, Maria Muldaur, Fritz Richmond, and John Sebastian), New Grass Revival, Tom Paxton, Bonnie Raitt, Schooner Fare, Eric and Caitlin Von Schmidt, Katie Webster.1988Shawn Colvin, Robert Cray, Dr. John, Patty Larkin, Los Lobos, Odadda!, Taj Mahal, Nashville Bluegrass Band, Holly Near, Tom Paxton, Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Zydeco Band, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Richard Thompson, Artie and Happy Traum, Doc Watson, Cheryl Wheeler.1989Theodore Bikel, Buckwheat Zydeco, The Clancy Brothers with Robbie O'Connell, Shawn Colvin, Ry Cooder, Emmylou Harris, John Hiatt, John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, Laura Nyro, Odetta, John Prine, Leon Redbone, Pete Seeger, Cheryl Wheeler, Songwriting workshop (with Ashley Cleveland, Jack Hardy, David Massengil, Rod MacDonald, Bill Morrisey, Northern Lights, Chris Smither, and Frank Tedesso).

1990s