Ticket Alert 2: Folk Fest

Published May 18 2005, 01:27 PM by webteam

Newport on smash! Big news is Elvis, Emmylou, and Conor O./Jim James/M. Ward on Folk Sunday.

2005 DUNKIN' DONUTS® NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL!
SAT/SUN AUG 6-7
LINEUP ANNOUNCED: TICKETS ON SALE THURSDAY, MAY 19 AT 10 AM

Saturday, August 6th
Fort Adams State Park [from 11:30 am to 6:30 pm].
Richard Thompson (solo acoustic); Patty Griffin; the Bela Fleck Acoustic Trio featuring Bryan Sutton & Casey Driessen; the Del McCoury Band; Ray Lamontagne; Odetta; the Holmes Brothers; The Kennedys; the Lonesome Sisters; Caitlin Cary & Thad Cockrell; Teddy Thompson; and Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion. On the Waterside Stage: Foghorn Stringband, Jim & Jennie and the Pinetops; the Wiyos; and the Cajun sounds of Jesse Lege & Bayou Brew.

Sunday, August 7th
[from 11:30 am to 7:00 pm] Elvis Costello; Emmylou Harris; Bright Eyes; Kasey Chambers; Buddy Miller; Jim James; M. Ward; Jane Siberry; Old Crow Medicine Show; Jim Lauderdale; Kaki King; and Larry Campbell. On the Waterside Stage, don’t miss Old School Freight Train; Hot Buttered Rum String Band; Woody Russell; and a very special return of The Mammals to the stage they helped inspire.