Lineup Archive

Newport Folk 2017 lineup

The Newport Folk line-up page lists 27 acts for Newport Folk 2017. 16 acts appeared at Newport Folk for the first time in our records.

27acts
59%first time at Newport Folk
The Avett Brothers Big Thief Billy Bragg and Joe Henry Chicano Batman Dr. Dog Drive-By Truckers Rhiannon Giddens Ben Gibbard
Margaret Glaspy Grandma's Hands Band Hurray for the Riff Raff I'm With Her Julia Jacklin Fleet Foxes Michael Kiwanuka Jim James Mandolin Orange Offa Rex Angel Olsen Pinegrove John Prine with Roger Waters and Lucius Shovels & Rope Regina Spektor Suzanne Vega John Paul White Whitney Wilco

Full lineup

Lineup

  1. 1The Avett Brothers
  2. 2Big Thief
  3. 3Billy Bragg and Joe Henry
  4. 4Chicano Batman
  5. 5Dr. Dog
  6. 6Drive-By Truckers
  7. 7Rhiannon Giddens
  8. 8Ben Gibbard
  9. 9Margaret Glaspy
  10. 10Grandma's Hands Band (Justin Vernon with Natalie Prass, Patterson Hood, and Hiss Golden Messenger)
  11. 11Hurray for the Riff Raff
  12. 12I'm With Her
  13. 13Julia Jacklin
  14. 14Fleet Foxes
  15. 15Michael Kiwanuka
  16. 16Jim James
  17. 17Mandolin Orange
  18. 18Offa Rex (The Decemberists with Olivia Chaney)
  19. 19Angel Olsen
  20. 20Pinegrove
  21. 21John Prine with Roger Waters and Lucius
  22. 22Shovels & Rope
  23. 23Regina Spektor
  24. 24Suzanne Vega
  25. 25John Paul White
  26. 26Whitney
  27. 27Wilco
On this bill

Their festival histories

Billy Bragg 18 appearances The Avett Brothers 17 appearances Wilco 17 appearances · headlined 2× Michael Kiwanuka 12 appearances Dr. Dog 11 appearances Drive-By Truckers 11 appearances Fleet Foxes 10 appearances Angel Olsen 8 appearances

First time at Newport Folk in 2017

Ben GibbardBig ThiefChicano BatmanDr. DogDrive-By TruckersGrandma's Hands BandI'm With HerJohn Paul WhiteJohn Prine with Roger Waters and LuciusJulia JacklinMargaret GlaspyOffa RexPinegroveRegina SpektorRhiannon GiddensWhitney

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Suzanne Vegalast played Newport Folk in 199918 years
  2. Wilcolast played Newport Folk in 200413 years
  3. Billy Bragglast played Newport Folk in 20098 years
  4. Fleet Foxeslast played Newport Folk in 20098 years
  5. The Avett Brotherslast played Newport Folk in 20134 years

Other festivals in 2017

Coachella 2017 2 sharedGlastonbury 2017 4 sharedReading & Leeds 2017Lollapalooza 2017 2 sharedAustin City Limits 2017 2 sharedOutside Lands 2017 2 sharedGovernors Ball 2017 1 sharedHangout 2017 1 sharedSplendour in the Grass 2017 1 shared
Next yearNewport Folk 2018See the lineup →

Questions about Newport Folk 2017

How many acts are on the Newport Folk 2017 lineup?

The Newport Folk line-up page lists 27 acts for Newport Folk 2017. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Newport Folk for the first time in 2017?

16 acts on the 2017 lineup had not appeared at Newport Folk before in our records, including Ben Gibbard, Big Thief, Chicano Batman, Dr. Dog and Drive-By Truckers.

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.