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Newport Folk & Jazz Festivals
1963-1971
Newport Festivals story

 

Vanguard Vaults

Vanguard Records released many records from the Newport Folk Festivals dating back to 1959. Rather than condensing the info, go to Wirz' American Music website and his very excellent page: Newport Folk Festival discography . Selections by Odetta, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, and many more. Their last release was for the 1965 festival.

Alernately, you could to the special Discogs section on the Newport Folk Festivals or the Newport Jazz Festivals (various labels).


Fort Adams Park
Providence, RI


July 26-28, 1963
Among the performers:
Joan Baez
Bob Dylan
Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys
Judy Collins
Jim & Jesse
John Hammond
Ian & Sylvia
Pete Seeger
Peter, Paul & Mary
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Tom Paxton
Dave Van Ronk
Mississippi John Hurt

 


July 24-26, 1964
Among the performers:
Joan Baez
Bob Dylan
Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys
Judy Collins
Phil Ochs
Jesse Fuller
Johnny Cash
Peter, Paul & Mary
Pete Seeger
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Tom Paxton
Dave Van Ronk
Peter, Paul & Mary

 


July 22-25, 1965
Among the performers:
Joan Baez with Donovan
Bob Dylan
Peter, Paul & Mary
Gordon Lightfoot
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Mark Spoelstra
Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band
Pete Seeger
Richard & Mimi Fariņa
Hamilton Camp
Ian & Sylvia
The Chambers Brothers
Son House

 


July 21-24, 1966
Among the performers:
Richie Havens
Judy Collins
Chuck Berry
Pete Seeger
The Lovin' Spoonful
The Blues Project
Phil Ochs
Tom Paxton
Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band
Bukka White
Skip James
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Buffy Sainte-Marie

 


July 15-16, 1967
Among the performers:
Joan Baez
Judy Collins
Joni Mitchell
Leonard Cohen
Muddy Waters
Arlo Guthrie
Janis Ian
Mimi Fariņa
Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band
Peter, Paul & Mary
Tom Paxton
The Incredible String Band
Gordon Lightfoot
Buffy Sainte-Marie
David Blue

 


July 25-28, 1968
Among the performers:
Joan Baez
Richie Havens
Big Brother & The Holding Company
Kaleidoscope
Joni Mitchell
Arlo Guthrie
Happy & Artie Traum
Jim Kweskin
Taj Mahal
Tim Buckley
Janis Ian
Mimi Fariņa
Doc Watson
John Hartford

 


July 17-20, 1969
Among the performers:
Buffy Sainte-Marie
James Taylor
Arlo Guthrie
"Spider" John Koerner
Joni Mitchell
Van Morrison
Pentangle
Jerry Jeff Walker
Happy & Artie Traum
Big Mama Thornton
The Everly Brothers
Pete Seeger
Sleepy John Estes

 

1970 - 1984 NO SHOWS
Links!

1965 Newport Folk Festival
Both Festivals

 


Festival Field
Providence, RI


June 30-July 3, 1967
Among the performers:
Count Basie & Orchestra
Dizzy Gillespie
The Modern Jazz Quartet
Thelonious Monk
Herbie Mann
Gary Burton Quartet
Bill Evans Trio
Miles Davis
The Blues Project
Illinois Jacquet
Wes Montgomery Trio

 


July 4-July 7, 1968
Among the performers:
Gary Burton Quartet
Nina Simone & Trio
New Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra
Duke Ellington Orchestra
Dionne Warwick
Hugh Masekela Quintet
Ray Charles
Horace Silver Quintet
Roland Kirk
Count Basie & Orchestra
Mongo Santamaria Septet

 


July 3-6, 1969
Among the performers:
Sun Ra & Space Arkestra
Bill Evans/Jeremy Steig
Jeff Beck Group
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Ten Years After
Johnny Winter
Lighthouse
Jethro Tull
The Mothers Of Invention
John Mayall
Miles Davis Quintet
Sly & The Family Stone
Dave Brubeck
Led Zeppelin

 


July 10-12, 1970
Among the performers:
Louis Armstrong
Mahalia Jackson
Bobby Hackett Quintet
Ike & Tina Turner Review
Herbie Mann Quintet
Nina Simone
Ella Fitzgerald
Buddy Rich & His Orchestra
Roberta Flack Trio


 


July 2-5, 1971
Among the performers:
Roberta Flack
Duke Ellington
Mary Lou Williams Trio
Dave Brubeck with Gerry Mulligan
Charles Mingus Sextet
Ray Charles & Orchestra
B.B. King & His Band
Allman Brothers Band cancelled due to riot
Herbie Mann & Air
Dizzy Gillespie
The Soft Machine cancelled due to riot

 

1972 - 1977 NO SHOWS http://www.rirocks.net/Search/Newport%20Folk&%20Jazz%20Festival.htm https://www.wirz.de/music/newport.htm
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1969 Newport Jazz Festival
Both Festivals

 

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