Recent Years
2009 marked the 50th celebration of the Newport Folk Festival, featuring established folk artists like Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Ramblin' Jack Elliott and Pete Seeger, along with newer musicians like the Decemberists, Fleet Foxes, the Avett Brothers, and Neko Case. 2010 was headlined by Levon Helm, John Prine, the Avett Brothers, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, and Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings.
SPIN Magazine described the disparate music of the 2010 event as part of the festival's "rich history of uniting disparate genres of music...The one common thread: each artist's sound is celebration of American music, thus qualifying it as "folk," or "carriers of culture."
Rolling Stone Magazine described the festival: "The venue featured plenty of high-energy performances from both old timers and young indie acts. There were veterans like Doc Watson, Ritchie Havens and John Prine alongside the manic O'Death and freak folk troupe Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros."
In January 2011 it was announced that the festival has returned to being a non-profit event which will be produced under the umbrella of Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc.
The 2012 festival is being headlined by My Morning Jacket and Jackson Browne.
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