What does the Newport Folk Festival mean in 2025? For some, it means speaking truth to power. At this year’s festival, there was certainly a dose of that (though perhaps less than one might think).

Yesterday, July 25, Newport Folk Festival returned to its longtime home of Newport, R.I.’s Fort Adams State Park. 66 years after its earth-shaking debut, the musical institution showcased its ...

“Newport & the Great Folk Dream” is a rapturous documentary — elegant and transporting, full of scratchy lyrical black-and-white images and performances that have a timeless power. The movie tells the ...

The excitement for the Newport Folk Festival builds even before the performers are announced. Tickets sell out without any knowledge of who is coming to Fort Adams, and the energy builds are the acts ...

NEWPORT, R.I. — The Newport Folk Festival is kicking off three days of music at Fort Adams, and plans some surprises to mark the 50th anniversary of the moment Bob Dylan went electric. Acts playing ...

NEWPORT, R.I. (WHDH) - The Newport Folk Festival wrapped up another successful weekend. This year’s annual festival kicked off early Thursday with a benefit softball game in support of free local ...

Newport Folk Festival will return to its longtime home of Newport, R.I.’s Fort Adams State Park from July 25-27, bringing with it an unparalleled assembly of the most acclaimed and accomplished ...

NEWPORT, R.I. (WJAR) — The annual Newport Folk Festival is filling up with thousands of fans ahead of this weekend's big event. Anyone heading to Newport will see the impact the festival brings to the ...

The 2024 Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown introduced the history of the Newport Folk Festival to an entirely new generation of music fans. But recreations of the 1963, 1964, and 1965 festivals were ...

A sign near the entrance of the Newport Folk Festival, reminding festival goers to "Be present. Be kind. Be open. Be together." July 25, 2025, Rhode Island.(Courtesy Sara Shukla) When I describe the ...