Lineup Archive

Newport Folk 1987 lineup

The Newport Folk line-up page lists 17 acts for Newport Folk 1987. 7 acts appeared at Newport Folk for the first time in our records.

17acts
41%first time at Newport Folk
Joan Baez The Bobs Billy Bragg Johnny Copeland Judy Collins Folk Kaleidoscope Arlo Guthrie John Hammond
Patty Larkin Alison Krauss Jim Kweskin Jug Band New Grass Revival Tom Paxton Bonnie Raitt Schooner Fare Eric and Caitlin Von Schmidt Katie Webster

Full lineup

Lineup

  1. 1Joan Baez
  2. 2The Bobs
  3. 3Billy Bragg
  4. 4Johnny Copeland
  5. 5Judy Collins
  6. 6Folk Kaleidoscope (with George Gritzbach, Cormac McCarthy, Bill Morrissey, Northern Lights, and Moses Rascoe)
  7. 7Arlo Guthrie
  8. 8John Hammond
  9. 9Patty Larkin
  10. 10Alison Krauss
  11. 11Jim Kweskin Jug Band (with Richard Greene, Bill Keith, Geoff Muldaur, Maria Muldaur, Fritz Richmond, and John Sebastian)
  12. 12New Grass Revival
  13. 13Tom Paxton
  14. 14Bonnie Raitt
  15. 15Schooner Fare
  16. 16Eric and Caitlin Von Schmidt
  17. 17Katie Webster
On this bill

Their festival histories

Billy Bragg 18 appearances Joan Baez 16 appearances Arlo Guthrie 9 appearances Patty Larkin 8 appearances Judy Collins 7 appearances Tom Paxton 6 appearances Alison Krauss 4 appearances Jim Kweskin Jug Band 4 appearances

First time at Newport Folk in 1987

Billy BraggThe BobsEric and Caitlin Von SchmidtFolk KaleidoscopeJohnny CopelandKatie WebsterSchooner Fare

Longest-awaited returns

  1. John Hammondlast played Newport Folk in 196324 years
  2. Jim Kweskin Jug Bandlast played Newport Folk in 196720 years
  3. Arlo Guthrielast played Newport Folk in 19852 years
  4. Bonnie Raittlast played Newport Folk in 19852 years
  5. Joan Baezlast played Newport Folk in 19852 years

Other festivals in 1987

Glastonbury 1987Reading & Leeds 1987
Next yearNewport Folk 1988See the lineup →

Questions about Newport Folk 1987

How many acts are on the Newport Folk 1987 lineup?

The Newport Folk line-up page lists 17 acts for Newport Folk 1987. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Newport Folk for the first time in 1987?

7 acts on the 1987 lineup had not appeared at Newport Folk before in our records, including Billy Bragg, The Bobs, Eric and Caitlin Von Schmidt, Folk Kaleidoscope and Johnny Copeland.

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.