Newport Folk Festival
ニューポート・フォーク・フェスティバル
music festival
Newport · United States of America
No edition recorded for several years — the festival may no longer exist.
🗓️ When?
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No date recorded — please check with the organiser.
- Month
- July (derived from the last edition)
- Last known edition
- July 25, 1965
- Founded
- 1959
📍 Where?
- Town
- Newport
- Country
- United States of America
- How precise?
- the festival's own coordinate
ℹ️ Details
- Website
- newportfolk.org
- Status
- unclear
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📖 Excerpt from the Wikipedia article
The Newport Folk Festival is an annual American folk-oriented music festival in Newport, Rhode Island, which began in 1959 as a counterpart to the Newport Jazz Festival. The festival was founded by music promoter and Jazz Festival founder George Wein, music manager Albert Grossman, and folk singers Pete Seeger, Theodore Bikel, and Oscar Brand. It was one of the first modern music festivals in America and remains a focal point in folk music. The festival was held in 1959 and 1960, then annually from 1963 to 1969, first at Freebody Park and then at Festival Field. In 1985, Wein revived the festival; it has since been staged annually at Fort Adams State Park.
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