Lineup Archive

Newport Folk 1990 lineup

The Newport Folk line-up page lists 18 acts for Newport Folk 1990. 10 acts appeared at Newport Folk for the first time in our records.

18acts
56%first time at Newport Folk
Joan Baez Luka Bloom Greg Brown Ashley Cleveland Ry Cooder and David Lindley Indigo Girls Flaco Jiménez Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Christine Lavin Robert Earl Keen David Olney The Roches Michelle Shocked with Tower of Power Chris Smither Sweet Honey in the Rock The Subdudes Richard Thompson The Wild Magnolias with Rebirth Brass Band

Full lineup

Lineup

  1. 1Joan Baez
  2. 2Luka Bloom
  3. 3Greg Brown
  4. 4Ashley Cleveland
  5. 5Ry Cooder and David Lindley
  6. 6Indigo Girls
  7. 7Flaco Jiménez
  8. 8Ladysmith Black Mambazo
  9. 9Christine Lavin
  10. 10Robert Earl Keen
  11. 11David Olney
  12. 12The Roches
  13. 13Michelle Shocked with Tower of Power
  14. 14Chris Smither
  15. 15Sweet Honey in the Rock
  16. 16The Subdudes
  17. 17Richard Thompson
  18. 18The Wild Magnolias with Rebirth Brass Band
On this bill

Their festival histories

Joan Baez 16 appearances Indigo Girls 11 appearances Richard Thompson 9 appearances Robert Earl Keen 8 appearances Michelle Shocked 5 appearances Ashley Cleveland 4 appearances Ladysmith Black Mambazo 4 appearances · headlined 1× Luka Bloom 4 appearances

First time at Newport Folk in 1990

David OlneyFlaco JiménezIndigo GirlsLadysmith Black MambazoLuka BloomMichelle ShockedRobert Earl KeenThe RochesThe SubdudesThe Wild Magnolias with Rebirth Brass Band

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Greg Brownlast played Newport Folk in 19855 years
  2. Christine Lavinlast played Newport Folk in 19864 years
  3. Sweet Honey in the Rocklast played Newport Folk in 19864 years
  4. Joan Baezlast played Newport Folk in 19873 years
  5. Richard Thompsonlast played Newport Folk in 19882 years

Other festivals in 1990

Glastonbury 1990 3 sharedReading & Leeds 1990 1 shared
Next yearNewport Folk 1991See the lineup →

Questions about Newport Folk 1990

How many acts are on the Newport Folk 1990 lineup?

The Newport Folk line-up page lists 18 acts for Newport Folk 1990. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Newport Folk for the first time in 1990?

10 acts on the 1990 lineup had not appeared at Newport Folk before in our records, including David Olney, Flaco Jiménez, Indigo Girls, Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Luka Bloom.

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.