Lineup Archive

Newport Folk 1988 lineup

The Newport Folk line-up page lists 16 acts for Newport Folk 1988. 10 acts appeared at Newport Folk for the first time in our records.

16acts
62%first time at Newport Folk
Shawn Colvin Robert Cray Dr. John Patty Larkin Los Lobos Odadda! Taj Mahal Nashville Bluegrass Band
Holly Near Tom Paxton Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Zydeco Band Buffy Sainte-Marie Richard Thompson Artie and Happy Traum Doc Watson Cheryl Wheeler

Full lineup

Lineup

  1. 1Shawn Colvin
  2. 2Robert Cray
  3. 3Dr. John
  4. 4Patty Larkin
  5. 5Los Lobos
  6. 6Odadda!
  7. 7Taj Mahal
  8. 8Nashville Bluegrass Band
  9. 9Holly Near
  10. 10Tom Paxton
  11. 11Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Zydeco Band
  12. 12Buffy Sainte-Marie
  13. 13Richard Thompson
  14. 14Artie and Happy Traum
  15. 15Doc Watson
  16. 16Cheryl Wheeler
On this bill

Their festival histories

Taj Mahal 10 appearances · headlined 2× Richard Thompson 9 appearances Shawn Colvin 9 appearances Patty Larkin 8 appearances Cheryl Wheeler 7 appearances Doc Watson 7 appearances Los Lobos 7 appearances Tom Paxton 6 appearances

First time at Newport Folk in 1988

Cheryl WheelerDr. JohnHolly NearLos LobosNashville Bluegrass BandOdadda!Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Zydeco BandRichard ThompsonRobert CrayShawn Colvin

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Artie and Happy Traumlast played Newport Folk in 196919 years
  2. Buffy Sainte-Marielast played Newport Folk in 196919 years
  3. Doc Watsonlast played Newport Folk in 19853 years
  4. Taj Mahallast played Newport Folk in 19853 years

Other festivals in 1988

Reading & Leeds 1988
Next yearNewport Folk 1989See the lineup →

Questions about Newport Folk 1988

How many acts are on the Newport Folk 1988 lineup?

The Newport Folk line-up page lists 16 acts for Newport Folk 1988. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Newport Folk for the first time in 1988?

10 acts on the 1988 lineup had not appeared at Newport Folk before in our records, including Cheryl Wheeler, Dr. John, Holly Near, Los Lobos and Nashville Bluegrass Band.

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.