Lineup Archive

Newport Folk 1991 lineup

The Newport Folk line-up page lists 17 acts for Newport Folk 1991. 6 acts appeared at Newport Folk for the first time in our records.

17acts
35%first time at Newport Folk
Luka Bloom Mary Chapin Carpenter Boozoo Chavis Judy Collins Shawn Colvin Cliff Eberhardt Paul Geremia Indigo Girls
Nanci Griffith John Hiatt Kate & Anna McGarrigle Bill Morrissey Randy Newman John Prine The Staple Singers Richard Thompson Suzanne Vega

Full lineup

Lineup

  1. 1Luka Bloom
  2. 2Mary Chapin Carpenter
  3. 3Boozoo Chavis
  4. 4Judy Collins
  5. 5Shawn Colvin
  6. 6Cliff Eberhardt
  7. 7Paul Geremia
  8. 8Indigo Girls
  9. 9Nanci Griffith
  10. 10John Hiatt
  11. 11Kate & Anna McGarrigle
  12. 12Bill Morrissey
  13. 13Randy Newman
  14. 14John Prine
  15. 15The Staple Singers
  16. 16Richard Thompson
  17. 17Suzanne Vega
On this bill

Their festival histories

Indigo Girls 11 appearances John Hiatt 9 appearances Richard Thompson 9 appearances Shawn Colvin 9 appearances Suzanne Vega 8 appearances John Prine 7 appearances Judy Collins 7 appearances Nanci Griffith 7 appearances

First time at Newport Folk in 1991

Boozoo ChavisCliff EberhardtMary Chapin CarpenterPaul GeremiaRandy NewmanSuzanne Vega

Longest-awaited returns

  1. The Staple Singerslast played Newport Folk in 196724 years
  2. Bill Morrisseylast played Newport Folk in 19856 years
  3. Kate & Anna McGarriglelast played Newport Folk in 19865 years
  4. Nanci Griffithlast played Newport Folk in 19865 years
  5. Judy Collinslast played Newport Folk in 19874 years

Other festivals in 1991

Reading & Leeds 1991Lollapalooza 1991
Next yearNewport Folk 1992See the lineup →

Questions about Newport Folk 1991

How many acts are on the Newport Folk 1991 lineup?

The Newport Folk line-up page lists 17 acts for Newport Folk 1991. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Newport Folk for the first time in 1991?

6 acts on the 1991 lineup had not appeared at Newport Folk before in our records, including Boozoo Chavis, Cliff Eberhardt, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Paul Geremia and Randy Newman.

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.