Disappointed by the Coachella-drained Spring Weekend lineup this year?  Consider giving the Newport Folk Festival on July 30-31 a try.  Held every summer in Newport, RI, the Newport Folk Festival plays host to various modern and progressive folk and rock groups.  This year, the lineup will include some up-and-coming acts alongside some big (real big, not, like, Spring Weekend big) names, including The Decemberists, Emmylou Harris, Elvis Costello, and Tegan & Sara.  For a full list of performers, check out www.newportfolkfest.net.

It’s an eclectic program, to be sure, but we certainly appreciate the festival organizers’ apparent effort to secure a diverse, but relatively well known set of acts this year.  Tickets go on sale today, March 31, at 10:00 am on the festival’s website.

Newport Folk Festival

all day and evening, today and tomorrow

If you’re in the Rhode Island area, get in your car right now and drive down to the Newport Folk Festival, our local annual music festival. Artists are playing all day today and tomorrow. You can check you more info on the schedule here! And here’s how to get there.

Check out NPR’s ‘All Songs Considered’ preview of the festival to get acquainted with some of the bands! You might have even heard of a couple of them.

And be sure to enjoy a lobster roll while you’re at the coast.