Lineup Archive

Newport Folk 2003 lineup

The Newport Folk line-up page lists 31 acts for Newport Folk 2003. 20 acts appeared at Newport Folk for the first time in our records.

31acts
64%first time at Newport Folk
The Amerdings Joan Armatrading Alison Brown Sam Bush Guy Clark and Joe Ely Slaid Cleaves Ani DiFranco Mary Gauthier
The Georgia Sea Island Singers Eliza Gilkyson Michael Fracasso John Hiatt Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion Angélique Kidjo Jimmy LaFave Lake Effect Lyle Lovett The Mammals Keb' Mo' Aimee Mann Tift Merritt Nickel Creek Out of the Blue Ellis Paul John Prine Kim Richey Sol y Canto The Ben Taylor Band Troupe Baden'ya The Waifs Dan Zanes

Full lineup

Lineup

  1. 1The Amerdings (Jake Armerding, Rachel Davis, Kris Delmhorst, and Mark Erelli)
  2. 2Joan Armatrading
  3. 3Alison Brown
  4. 4Sam Bush
  5. 5Guy Clark and Joe Ely
  6. 6Slaid Cleaves
  7. 7Ani DiFranco
  8. 8Mary Gauthier
  9. 9The Georgia Sea Island Singers
  10. 10Eliza Gilkyson
  11. 11Michael Fracasso
  12. 12John Hiatt
  13. 13Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion
  14. 14Angélique Kidjo
  15. 15Jimmy LaFave
  16. 16Lake Effect
  17. 17Lyle Lovett
  18. 18The Mammals
  19. 19Keb' Mo'
  20. 20Aimee Mann
  21. 21Tift Merritt
  22. 22Nickel Creek
  23. 23Out of the Blue (Ray Bonneville, Precious Bryant, John Herald, and David Jacobs-Strain)
  24. 24Ellis Paul
  25. 25John Prine
  26. 26Kim Richey
  27. 27Sol y Canto
  28. 28The Ben Taylor Band
  29. 29Troupe Baden'ya
  30. 30The Waifs
  31. 31Dan Zanes
On this bill

Their festival histories

John Hiatt 9 appearances Nickel Creek 8 appearances John Prine 7 appearances Joan Armatrading 6 appearances Ani DiFranco 5 appearances Ellis Paul 5 appearances Tift Merritt 5 appearances Slaid Cleaves 4 appearances

First time at Newport Folk in 2003

Aimee MannAlison BrownThe AmerdingsAngelique KidjoThe Ben Taylor BandDan ZanesEliza GilkysonThe Georgia Sea Island SingersGuy Clark and Joe ElyJimmy LaFaveKim RicheyLake EffectThe MammalsMichael FracassoNickel CreekOut of the BlueSarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny IrionSol y CantoTift MerrittTroupe Baden'ya

Longest-awaited returns

  1. John Prinelast played Newport Folk in 199310 years
  2. Keb' Mo'last played Newport Folk in 19958 years
  3. Ani DiFrancolast played Newport Folk in 19985 years
  4. John Hiattlast played Newport Folk in 19985 years
  5. Lyle Lovettlast played Newport Folk in 19985 years

Other festivals in 2003

Coachella 2003Glastonbury 2003Reading & Leeds 2003Lollapalooza 2003Austin City Limits 2003 3 sharedSplendour in the Grass 2003
Next yearNewport Folk 2004See the lineup →

Questions about Newport Folk 2003

How many acts are on the Newport Folk 2003 lineup?

The Newport Folk line-up page lists 31 acts for Newport Folk 2003. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Newport Folk for the first time in 2003?

20 acts on the 2003 lineup had not appeared at Newport Folk before in our records, including Aimee Mann, Alison Brown, The Amerdings, Angelique Kidjo and The Ben Taylor Band.

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.