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Courtney Barnett, Laura Marling, J Mascis, First Aid Kit and Iron & Wine and Ben Bridwell are set to play at this year’s Newport Folk Festival, held July 24 to July 26, in Newport, Rhode Island.
The festival, which began in 1959, was founded by George Wein, along with Pete Seeger, Theodore Bikel, Oscar Brand, and Albert Grossman.
The festival often introduces new up-and-coming artists in the alternative and folk music genre, and has previously seen performances from the likes of Joan Baez (who appeared as an unannounced guest of Bob Gibson in 1959), and Bob Dylan (whose first Newport appearance was to play as a guest of Joan Baez in 1963).
There are still many acts yet to be announced, as this is only the first half of the lineup.
Playing the Newport Folk Festival will be:
Iron & Wine And Ben Bridwell
The Lone Bellow
Calexico
Heartless Bastards
Bahamaas
Leon Bridges
Haunt The House
Brandi Carlile
Sturgill Simpson
Courtney Barnett
Langhorne Slim & The Law
Traveller – Cory Chisel, Jonny Fritz & Robert Ellis
Nikki Lane
Madisen Ward & Mama Bear
The Suffers
First Aid Kit
Laura Marling
Shakey Graves
J Mascis
Blake Mills
Field Report
The Jones Family Singers
