Lineup Archive

Newport Folk 1966 lineup

The Newport Folk line-up page lists 27 acts for Newport Folk 1966. 20 acts appeared at Newport Folk for the first time in our records.

27acts
74%first time at Newport Folk
Dorothy Love Coates & The Original Gospel Harmonettes Judy Collins Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard Tim Hardin Dixie Hummingbirds Ramblin' Jack Elliott Skip James Jim & Jessie and the Virginia Boys
Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys Mitch Greenhill and Jeff Gutcheon Jim Kweskin Jug Band with Geoff Muldaur Long Gone Niles Richie Havens Son House Howlin' Wolf Ali Akbar Khan The Lovin' Spoonful Phil Ochs Tom Paxton Preservation Hall Jazz Band with Billie and De De Pierce Buffy Sainte-Marie Pete Seeger Joseph Spence The Swan Silvertones with Claude Jeter Yomo Toro Bukka White Ed Young and the Southern Fife and Drum Corps

Full lineup

Lineup

  1. 1Dorothy Love Coates & The Original Gospel Harmonettes
  2. 2Judy Collins
  3. 3Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard
  4. 4Tim Hardin
  5. 5Dixie Hummingbirds
  6. 6Ramblin' Jack Elliott
  7. 7Skip James
  8. 8Jim & Jessie and the Virginia Boys
  9. 9Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys
  10. 10Mitch Greenhill and Jeff Gutcheon
  11. 11Jim Kweskin Jug Band with Geoff Muldaur
  12. 12Long Gone Niles
  13. 13Richie Havens
  14. 14Son House
  15. 15Howlin' Wolf
  16. 16Ali Akbar Khan
  17. 17The Lovin' Spoonful
  18. 18Phil Ochs
  19. 19Tom Paxton
  20. 20Preservation Hall Jazz Band with Billie and De De Pierce
  21. 21Buffy Sainte-Marie
  22. 22Pete Seeger
  23. 23Joseph Spence
  24. 24The Swan Silvertones with Claude Jeter
  25. 25Yomo Toro
  26. 26Bukka White
  27. 27Ed Young and the Southern Fife and Drum Corps
On this bill

Their festival histories

Preservation Hall Jazz Band 13 appearances Pete Seeger 11 appearances Ramblin' Jack Elliott 9 appearances Judy Collins 7 appearances Richie Havens 6 appearances Tom Paxton 6 appearances Buffy Sainte-Marie 5 appearances Son House 4 appearances

First time at Newport Folk in 1966

Ali Akbar KhanBukka WhiteThe Dixie Hummingbirds with Levon Helm and Garth HudsonDorothy Love Coates & The Original Gospel HarmonettesEd Young and the Southern Fife and Drum CorpsHazel Dickens and Alice GerrardHowlin' WolfJim & Jessie and the Virginia BoysJim Kweskin Jug Band with Geoff MuldaurJoseph SpenceLester Flatt and Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain BoysLong Gone NilesThe Lovin' SpoonfulMitch Greenhill and Jeff GutcheonPreservation Hall Jazz BandRichie HavensSkip JamesThe Swan Silvertones with Claude JeterTim HardinYomo Toro

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Judy Collinslast played Newport Folk in 19633 years
  2. Ramblin' Jack Elliottlast played Newport Folk in 19633 years
  3. Buffy Sainte-Marielast played Newport Folk in 19642 years
  4. Phil Ochslast played Newport Folk in 19642 years
  5. Tom Paxtonlast played Newport Folk in 19642 years

Other festivals in 1966

Reading & Leeds 1966
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Questions about Newport Folk 1966

How many acts are on the Newport Folk 1966 lineup?

The Newport Folk line-up page lists 27 acts for Newport Folk 1966. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Newport Folk for the first time in 1966?

20 acts on the 1966 lineup had not appeared at Newport Folk before in our records, including Ali Akbar Khan, Bukka White, The Dixie Hummingbirds with Levon Helm and Garth Hudson, Dorothy Love Coates & The Original Gospel Harmonettes and Ed Young and the Southern Fife and Drum Corps.

Source: Wikipedia, "Newport Folk Festival lineups by year" (revision 1378953340), CC BY-SA 4.0. The lineup covers the stages and acts that page lists. Billing order follows the order acts are listed there; headliners are the acts it marks as headliners. This festival's source lists acts alphabetically, so the order says nothing about billing. "First time" means no earlier appearance in this archive. Spotted an error? Tell us.