Lineup Archive

Newport Folk 1997 lineup

The Newport Folk line-up page lists 27 acts for Newport Folk 1997. 17 acts appeared at Newport Folk for the first time in our records.

27acts
63%first time at Newport Folk
Joan Baez Mary Black The Borrowers Jonatha Brooke Rosanne Cash Guy Davis Betty Elders Ramblin' Jack Elliott
John Gorka Hart-Rouge John Hiatt Janis Ian Lucy Kaplansky Little Feat Sinéad Lohan Moxy Früvous Peter Mulvey The Nields U. Utah Phillips Suzzy Roche Martin Sexton Richard Shindell Eric Taylor James Taylor Violent Femmes Gillian Welch and David Rawlings Dar Williams

Full lineup

Lineup

  1. 1Joan Baez
  2. 2Mary Black
  3. 3The Borrowers
  4. 4Jonatha Brooke
  5. 5Rosanne Cash
  6. 6Guy Davis
  7. 7Betty Elders
  8. 8Ramblin' Jack Elliott
  9. 9John Gorka
  10. 10Hart-Rouge
  11. 11John Hiatt
  12. 12Janis Ian
  13. 13Lucy Kaplansky
  14. 14Little Feat
  15. 15Sinéad Lohan
  16. 16Moxy Früvous
  17. 17Peter Mulvey
  18. 18The Nields
  19. 19U. Utah Phillips
  20. 20Suzzy Roche
  21. 21Martin Sexton
  22. 22Richard Shindell
  23. 23Eric Taylor
  24. 24James Taylor
  25. 25Violent Femmes
  26. 26Gillian Welch and David Rawlings
  27. 27Dar Williams
On this bill

Their festival histories

Joan Baez 16 appearances Gillian Welch 11 appearances John Hiatt 9 appearances Ramblin' Jack Elliott 9 appearances Violent Femmes 7 appearances Dar Williams 6 appearances John Gorka 6 appearances Martin Sexton 5 appearances

First time at Newport Folk in 1997

Betty EldersThe BorrowersEric TaylorGillian WelchGuy DavisHart-RougeJonatha BrookeLittle FeatLucy KaplanskyMartin SextonMoxy FrüvousPeter MulveyRosanne CashSinéad LohanSuzzy RocheU. Utah PhillipsViolent Femmes

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Janis Ianlast played Newport Folk in 196829 years
  2. James Taylorlast played Newport Folk in 196928 years
  3. Ramblin' Jack Elliottlast played Newport Folk in 198512 years
  4. Dar Williamslast played Newport Folk in 19943 years
  5. The Nieldslast played Newport Folk in 19943 years

Other festivals in 1997

Glastonbury 1997Reading & Leeds 1997Lollapalooza 1997
Next yearNewport Folk 1998See the lineup →

Questions about Newport Folk 1997

How many acts are on the Newport Folk 1997 lineup?

The Newport Folk line-up page lists 27 acts for Newport Folk 1997. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Newport Folk for the first time in 1997?

17 acts on the 1997 lineup had not appeared at Newport Folk before in our records, including Betty Elders, The Borrowers, Eric Taylor, Gillian Welch and Guy Davis.

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.