Lineup Archive

Newport Folk 2016 lineup

The Newport Folk line-up page lists 35 acts for Newport Folk 2016. 20 acts appeared at Newport Folk for the first time in our records.

35acts
57%first time at Newport Folk
Ryan Adams Alabama Shakes Ruby Amanfu The Arcs Julien Baker Rayland Baxter Basia Bulat case/lang/veirs
Elvis Costello Brett Dennen Brian Fallon Flight of the Conchords Frightened Rabbit Fruit Bats Glen Hansard Norah Jones Lady Lamb Ray LaMontagne Del McCoury and David Grisman Middle Brother Father John Misty John Moreland Graham Nash Aoife O'Donovan Preservation Hall Jazz Band Margo Price Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats Raury River Whyless Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros Patti Smith Songhoy Blues The Strumbellas The Texas Gentlemen with Joe Ely and Kris Kristofferson Violent Femmes

Full lineup

Lineup

  1. 1Ryan Adams
  2. 2Alabama Shakes
  3. 3Ruby Amanfu
  4. 4The Arcs
  5. 5Julien Baker
  6. 6Rayland Baxter
  7. 7Basia Bulat
  8. 8case/lang/veirs
  9. 9Elvis Costello
  10. 10Brett Dennen
  11. 11Brian Fallon
  12. 12Flight of the Conchords
  13. 13Frightened Rabbit
  14. 14Fruit Bats
  15. 15Glen Hansard
  16. 16Norah Jones
  17. 17Lady Lamb
  18. 18Ray LaMontagne
  19. 19Del McCoury and David Grisman
  20. 20Middle Brother
  21. 21Father John Misty
  22. 22John Moreland
  23. 23Graham Nash
  24. 24Aoife O'Donovan
  25. 25Preservation Hall Jazz Band
  26. 26Margo Price
  27. 27Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats
  28. 28Raury
  29. 29River Whyless
  30. 30Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
  31. 31Patti Smith
  32. 32Songhoy Blues
  33. 33The Strumbellas
  34. 34The Texas Gentlemen with Joe Ely and Kris Kristofferson
  35. 35Violent Femmes
On this bill

Their festival histories

Father John Misty 21 appearances Alabama Shakes 13 appearances · headlined 1× Preservation Hall Jazz Band 13 appearances Ryan Adams 13 appearances · headlined 2× Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros 11 appearances Frightened Rabbit 10 appearances Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats 10 appearances Brett Dennen 8 appearances

First time at Newport Folk in 2016

The ArcsBasia Bulatcase/lang/veirsFlight of the ConchordsFrightened RabbitFruit BatsGlen HansardGraham NashJohn MorelandJulien BakerLady LambMargo PriceNorah JonesPatti SmithRauryRiver WhylessRuby AmanfuSonghoy BluesThe StrumbellasThe Texas Gentlemen with Joe Ely and Kris Kristofferson

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Violent Femmeslast played Newport Folk in 199818 years
  2. Ray LaMontagnelast played Newport Folk in 200511 years
  3. Brett Dennenlast played Newport Folk in 20097 years
  4. Del McCourylast played Newport Folk in 20097 years
  5. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroslast played Newport Folk in 20106 years

Other festivals in 2016

Coachella 2016 2 sharedGlastonbury 2016 2 sharedReading & Leeds 2016 1 sharedLollapalooza 2016 4 sharedAustin City Limits 2016 8 sharedOutside Lands 2016 3 sharedGovernors Ball 2016 1 sharedHangout 2016 3 sharedSplendour in the Grass 2016
Next yearNewport Folk 2017See the lineup →

Questions about Newport Folk 2016

How many acts are on the Newport Folk 2016 lineup?

The Newport Folk line-up page lists 35 acts for Newport Folk 2016. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Newport Folk for the first time in 2016?

20 acts on the 2016 lineup had not appeared at Newport Folk before in our records, including The Arcs, Basia Bulat, case/lang/veirs, Flight of the Conchords and Frightened Rabbit.

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.