Lineup Archive

Newport Folk 2005 lineup

The Newport Folk line-up page lists 29 acts for Newport Folk 2005. 20 acts appeared at Newport Folk for the first time in our records.

29acts
69%first time at Newport Folk
Bright Eyes Caitlin Cary Kasey Chambers Thad Cockrell Elvis Costello and the Imposters Béla Fleck Foghorn Stringband Patty Griffin
Arlo Guthrie Nanci Griffith Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion Emmylou Harris The Holmes Brothers Jim James Kaki King The Kennedys Ray LaMontagne Jim Lauderdale The Lonesome Sisters The Mammals Buddy Miller Del McCoury Old Crow Medicine Show Old School Freight Train Pixies Jane Siberry Richard Thompson Teddy Thompson M. Ward

Full lineup

Lineup

  1. 1Bright Eyes
  2. 2Caitlin Cary
  3. 3Kasey Chambers
  4. 4Thad Cockrell
  5. 5Elvis Costello and the Imposters
  6. 6Béla Fleck
  7. 7Foghorn Stringband
  8. 8Patty Griffin
  9. 9Arlo Guthrie
  10. 10Nanci Griffith
  11. 11Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion
  12. 12Emmylou Harris
  13. 13The Holmes Brothers
  14. 14Jim James
  15. 15Kaki King
  16. 16The Kennedys
  17. 17Ray LaMontagne
  18. 18Jim Lauderdale
  19. 19The Lonesome Sisters
  20. 20The Mammals
  21. 21Buddy Miller
  22. 22Del McCoury
  23. 23Old Crow Medicine Show
  24. 24Old School Freight Train
  25. 25Pixies
  26. 26Jane Siberry
  27. 27Richard Thompson
  28. 28Teddy Thompson
  29. 29M. Ward
On this bill

Their festival histories

Bright Eyes 12 appearances Pixies 12 appearances · headlined 3× M. Ward 10 appearances Arlo Guthrie 9 appearances Richard Thompson 9 appearances Elvis Costello 8 appearances · headlined 2× Patty Griffin 8 appearances Jim James 7 appearances

First time at Newport Folk in 2005

Bright EyesBuddy MillerCaitlin CaryDel McCouryElvis CostelloFoghorn StringbandThe Holmes BrothersJane SiberryJim JamesJim LauderdaleKaki KingKasey ChambersThe KennedysThe Lonesome SistersM. WardOld School Freight TrainPixiesRay LaMontagneTeddy ThompsonThad Cockrell

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Richard Thompsonlast played Newport Folk in 199411 years
  2. Béla Flecklast played Newport Folk in 19987 years
  3. Patty Griffinlast played Newport Folk in 19996 years
  4. Emmylou Harrislast played Newport Folk in 20014 years
  5. Nanci Griffithlast played Newport Folk in 20014 years

Other festivals in 2005

Coachella 2005 1 sharedGlastonbury 2005 3 sharedReading & Leeds 2005 1 sharedLollapalooza 2005 1 sharedAustin City Limits 2005Splendour in the Grass 2005
Next yearNewport Folk 2006See the lineup →

Questions about Newport Folk 2005

How many acts are on the Newport Folk 2005 lineup?

The Newport Folk line-up page lists 29 acts for Newport Folk 2005. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Newport Folk for the first time in 2005?

20 acts on the 2005 lineup had not appeared at Newport Folk before in our records, including Bright Eyes, Buddy Miller, Caitlin Cary, Del McCoury and Elvis Costello.

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.