Get Ready Newport!
If you like banjo’s and bluegrass, then Rhode Island is the place to be this weekend! The Newport Folk Festival will begin tomorrow, Friday July 30th and remain in full swing through Sunday August 1st.
Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers will be kicking off Friday nights festivities. Show time is 8pm and will commence at The International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino. It features an open air stadium with both covered and non covered seating.
Saturday and Sunday’s events will be hosted at the Fort Adams State Park. Gates open at 10am. Parking lots open at 8am and shuttle service will start at 9am. Festival attendees also have the option of arriving by water taxi, with the first setting course at 7am. Food and Crafts are available starting at 10am with music performances spanning three stages awakening at 11:30am.
Other artists joining in on the fun include Andrew Bird, April Smith and the Great Picture Show, Ben Sollee & Daniel Martin Moore, Blitzen Trapper, Levon Helm, Brandi Carlile, Calexico, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, The Swell Season, Richie Havens, Tao Seeger Band, The Avett Brothers, and many more!
And if your not local to the Newport area, you’re in luck! NPR Music will be steaming live webcasts, chats, artist interviews and photo streams.
Keep checking back for the latest Steve Martin news.
Thursday, July 29, 2010 at 8:11 pm by elizabeth
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