Lineup Archive

Newport Folk 1968 lineup

The Newport Folk line-up page lists 29 acts for Newport Folk 1968. 17 acts appeared at Newport Folk for the first time in our records.

29acts
59%first time at Newport Folk
Roy Acuff Joan Baez Big Brother and the Holding Company Theodore Bikel Bread and Puppet Theater Tim Buckley Elizabeth Cotten Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Mimi Fariña Arlo Guthrie Buddy Guy and Junior Wells George Hamilton IV John Hartford Richie Havens Joe Heaney Janis Ian Buell Kazee B.B. King Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick Jim Kweskin Taj Mahal Fred McDowell Jerry Merrick Joni Mitchell Katy Bell Nubin Pete Seeger Eric Von Schmidt Doc Watson The Young Tradition

Full lineup

Lineup

  1. 1Roy Acuff
  2. 2Joan Baez
  3. 3Big Brother and the Holding Company
  4. 4Theodore Bikel
  5. 5Bread and Puppet Theater
  6. 6Tim Buckley
  7. 7Elizabeth Cotten
  8. 8Ramblin' Jack Elliott
  9. 9Mimi Fariña
  10. 10Arlo Guthrie
  11. 11Buddy Guy and Junior Wells
  12. 12George Hamilton IV
  13. 13John Hartford
  14. 14Richie Havens
  15. 15Joe Heaney
  16. 16Janis Ian
  17. 17Buell Kazee
  18. 18B.B. King
  19. 19Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick
  20. 20Jim Kweskin
  21. 21Taj Mahal
  22. 22Fred McDowell
  23. 23Jerry Merrick
  24. 24Joni Mitchell
  25. 25Katy Bell Nubin
  26. 26Pete Seeger
  27. 27Eric Von Schmidt
  28. 28Doc Watson
  29. 29The Young Tradition
On this bill

Their festival histories

Joan Baez 16 appearances Pete Seeger 11 appearances Taj Mahal 10 appearances · headlined 2× Arlo Guthrie 9 appearances Ramblin' Jack Elliott 9 appearances Theodore Bikel 8 appearances Doc Watson 7 appearances Richie Havens 6 appearances

First time at Newport Folk in 1968

B.B. KingBig Brother and the Holding CompanyBread and Puppet TheaterBuddy GuyBuell KazeeFred McDowellFrederick Douglass Kirkpatrick and R.L. KirkpatrickGeorge Hamilton IVJerry MerrickJim KweskinJoe HeaneyJohn HartfordKaty Bell NubinRoy AcuffTaj MahalTim BuckleyThe Young Tradition

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Doc Watsonlast played Newport Folk in 19644 years
  2. Elizabeth Cottenlast played Newport Folk in 19644 years
  3. Eric Von Schmidtlast played Newport Folk in 19653 years
  4. Ramblin' Jack Elliottlast played Newport Folk in 19662 years
  5. Richie Havenslast played Newport Folk in 19662 years

Other festivals in 1968

Reading & Leeds 1968
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Questions about Newport Folk 1968

How many acts are on the Newport Folk 1968 lineup?

The Newport Folk line-up page lists 29 acts for Newport Folk 1968. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Newport Folk for the first time in 1968?

17 acts on the 1968 lineup had not appeared at Newport Folk before in our records, including B.B. King, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Bread and Puppet Theater, Buddy Guy and Buell Kazee.

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.