Lineup Archive

Newport Folk 2011 lineup

The Newport Folk line-up page lists 39 acts for Newport Folk 2011. 23 acts appeared at Newport Folk for the first time in our records.

39acts
59%first time at Newport Folk
Brown Bird Carolina Chocolate Drops The Cave Singers The Civil Wars Elvis Costello David Wax Museum The Decemberists Delta Spirit
The Devil Makes Three Justin Townes Earle The Ebony Hillbillies Ramblin' Jack Elliott The Felice Brothers Freelance Whales Gogol Bordello John Gorka Emmylou Harris The Head and the Heart Wanda Jackson Pokey LaFarge Amos Lee Middle Brother Mountain Man Ellis Paul PS22 Chorus Liz Queler River City Extension The Seeger Clogging All-Stars The Secret Sisters Earl Scruggs Mavis Staples Tegan and Sara Trampled by Turtles Typhoon The Wailin' Jennys M. Ward Gillian Welch What Cheer? Brigade +1 more

Full lineup

Lineup

  1. 1Brown Bird
  2. 2Carolina Chocolate Drops
  3. 3The Cave Singers
  4. 4The Civil Wars
  5. 5Elvis Costello
  6. 6David Wax Museum
  7. 7The Decemberists
  8. 8Delta Spirit
  9. 9The Devil Makes Three
  10. 10Justin Townes Earle
  11. 11The Ebony Hillbillies
  12. 12Ramblin' Jack Elliott
  13. 13The Felice Brothers
  14. 14Freelance Whales
  15. 15Gogol Bordello
  16. 16John Gorka
  17. 17Emmylou Harris
  18. 18The Head and the Heart
  19. 19Wanda Jackson
  20. 20Pokey LaFarge
  21. 21Amos Lee
  22. 22Middle Brother
  23. 23Mountain Man
  24. 24Ellis Paul
  25. 25PS22 Chorus
  26. 26Liz Queler
  27. 27River City Extension
  28. 28The Seeger Clogging All-Stars
  29. 29The Secret Sisters
  30. 30Earl Scruggs
  31. 31Mavis Staples
  32. 32Tegan and Sara
  33. 33Trampled by Turtles
  34. 34Typhoon
  35. 35The Wailin' Jennys
  36. 36M. Ward
  37. 37Gillian Welch
  38. 38What Cheer? Brigade
  39. 39Dar Williams
On this bill

Their festival histories

The Head and the Heart 18 appearances Gogol Bordello 17 appearances Tegan and Sara 15 appearances Mavis Staples 12 appearances Delta Spirit 11 appearances Gillian Welch 11 appearances The Decemberists 11 appearances M. Ward 10 appearances

First time at Newport Folk in 2011

Brown BirdThe Cave SingersThe Civil WarsDavid Wax MuseumDelta SpiritThe Devil Makes ThreeEarl ScruggsThe Ebony HillbilliesFreelance WhalesGogol BordelloThe Head and the HeartMiddle BrotherMountain ManPS22 ChorusRiver City ExtensionThe Secret SistersThe Seeger Clogging All-StarsTegan and SaraTrampled by TurtlesTyphoonThe Wailin' JennysWanda JacksonWhat Cheer? Brigade

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Liz Quelerlast played Newport Folk in 199912 years
  2. Dar Williamslast played Newport Folk in 20029 years
  3. John Gorkalast played Newport Folk in 20029 years
  4. Ellis Paullast played Newport Folk in 20038 years
  5. Elvis Costellolast played Newport Folk in 20056 years

Other festivals in 2011

Coachella 2011 4 sharedGlastonbury 2011Reading & Leeds 2011Lollapalooza 2011 2 sharedAustin City Limits 2011 7 sharedOutside Lands 2011 2 sharedGovernors Ball 2011Hangout 2011 2 sharedSplendour in the Grass 2011
Next yearNewport Folk 2012See the lineup →

Questions about Newport Folk 2011

How many acts are on the Newport Folk 2011 lineup?

The Newport Folk line-up page lists 39 acts for Newport Folk 2011. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Newport Folk for the first time in 2011?

23 acts on the 2011 lineup had not appeared at Newport Folk before in our records, including Brown Bird, The Cave Singers, The Civil Wars, David Wax Museum and Delta Spirit.

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.