Lineup Archive

Newport Folk 1989 lineup

The Newport Folk line-up page lists 23 acts for Newport Folk 1989. 15 acts appeared at Newport Folk for the first time in our records.

23acts
65%first time at Newport Folk
Theodore Bikel Buckwheat Zydeco The Clancy Brothers with Robbie O'Connell Shawn Colvin Ry Cooder Emmylou Harris John Hiatt John Lee Hooker
B.B. King Laura Nyro Odetta John Prine Leon Redbone Pete Seeger Cheryl Wheeler Ashley Cleveland Jack Hardy David Massengil Rod MacDonald Bill Morrisey Northern Lights Chris Smither Frank Tedesso

Full lineup

Lineup

  1. 1Theodore Bikel
  2. 2Buckwheat Zydeco
  3. 3The Clancy Brothers with Robbie O'Connell
  4. 4Shawn Colvin
  5. 5Ry Cooder
  6. 6Emmylou Harris
  7. 7John Hiatt
  8. 8John Lee Hooker
  9. 9B.B. King
  10. 10Laura Nyro
  11. 11Odetta
  12. 12John Prine
  13. 13Leon Redbone
  14. 14Pete Seeger
  15. 15Cheryl Wheeler
  16. 16Ashley Cleveland (Songwriting workshop)
  17. 17Jack Hardy (Songwriting workshop)
  18. 18David Massengil (Songwriting workshop)
  19. 19Rod MacDonald (Songwriting workshop)
  20. 20Bill Morrisey (Songwriting workshop)
  21. 21Northern Lights (Songwriting workshop)
  22. 22Chris Smither (Songwriting workshop)
  23. 23Frank Tedesso (Songwriting workshop)
On this bill

Their festival histories

Pete Seeger 11 appearances John Hiatt 9 appearances Shawn Colvin 9 appearances Theodore Bikel 8 appearances Cheryl Wheeler 7 appearances John Prine 7 appearances Odetta 7 appearances Emmylou Harris 6 appearances

First time at Newport Folk in 1989

Ashley ClevelandBill MorriseyBuckwheat ZydecoChris SmitherDavid MassengilEmmylou HarrisFrank TedessoJack HardyJohn HiattJohn PrineLaura NyroLeon RedboneNorthern LightsRod MacDonaldRy Cooder & David Lindley

Longest-awaited returns

  1. The Clancy Brothers with Robbie O'Connelllast played Newport Folk in 195930 years
  2. John Lee Hookerlast played Newport Folk in 196326 years
  3. B.B. Kinglast played Newport Folk in 196821 years
  4. Pete Seegerlast played Newport Folk in 196920 years
  5. Theodore Bikellast played Newport Folk in 196920 years

Other festivals in 1989

Glastonbury 1989Reading & Leeds 1989
Next yearNewport Folk 1990See the lineup →

Questions about Newport Folk 1989

How many acts are on the Newport Folk 1989 lineup?

The Newport Folk line-up page lists 23 acts for Newport Folk 1989. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Newport Folk for the first time in 1989?

15 acts on the 1989 lineup had not appeared at Newport Folk before in our records, including Ashley Cleveland, Bill Morrisey, Buckwheat Zydeco, Chris Smither and David Massengil.

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.