Lineup Archive

Newport Folk 1998 lineup

The Newport Folk line-up page lists 23 acts for Newport Folk 1998. 11 acts appeared at Newport Folk for the first time in our records.

23acts
48%first time at Newport Folk
David Bromberg Dee Carstensen Marc Cohn Rodney Crowell Ani DiFranco Donna the Buffalo Béla Fleck Vance Gilbert
Nanci Griffith Trina Hamlin Janis Ian Indigo Girls Alison Krauss Lyle Lovett Raymond Myles and the Rams Tom Rush Eric Taylor Violent Femmes Loudon Wainwright III Susan Werner Cheryl Wheeler Brooks Williams Dar Williams

Full lineup

Lineup

  1. 1David Bromberg
  2. 2Dee Carstensen
  3. 3Marc Cohn
  4. 4Rodney Crowell
  5. 5Ani DiFranco
  6. 6Donna the Buffalo
  7. 7Béla Fleck
  8. 8Vance Gilbert
  9. 9Nanci Griffith
  10. 10Trina Hamlin
  11. 11Janis Ian
  12. 12Indigo Girls
  13. 13Alison Krauss
  14. 14Lyle Lovett
  15. 15Raymond Myles and the Rams
  16. 16Tom Rush
  17. 17Eric Taylor
  18. 18Violent Femmes
  19. 19Loudon Wainwright III
  20. 20Susan Werner
  21. 21Cheryl Wheeler
  22. 22Brooks Williams
  23. 23Dar Williams
On this bill

Their festival histories

Indigo Girls 11 appearances Cheryl Wheeler 7 appearances Nanci Griffith 7 appearances Violent Femmes 7 appearances Dar Williams 6 appearances Ani DiFranco 5 appearances Alison Krauss 4 appearances Béla Fleck 4 appearances

First time at Newport Folk in 1998

Béla FleckBrooks WilliamsDee CarstensenDonna the BuffaloLyle LovettMarc CohnRaymond Myles and the RamsRodney CrowellSusan WernerTrina HamlinVance Gilbert

Longest-awaited returns

  1. David Bromberglast played Newport Folk in 198612 years
  2. Tom Rushlast played Newport Folk in 198612 years
  3. Alison Krausslast played Newport Folk in 198711 years
  4. Loudon Wainwright IIIlast played Newport Folk in 19926 years
  5. Nanci Griffithlast played Newport Folk in 19935 years

Other festivals in 1998

Glastonbury 1998Reading & Leeds 1998
Next yearNewport Folk 1999See the lineup →

Questions about Newport Folk 1998

How many acts are on the Newport Folk 1998 lineup?

The Newport Folk line-up page lists 23 acts for Newport Folk 1998. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Newport Folk for the first time in 1998?

11 acts on the 1998 lineup had not appeared at Newport Folk before in our records, including Béla Fleck, Brooks Williams, Dee Carstensen, Donna the Buffalo and Lyle Lovett.

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.