Newport Folk Festival 2023 - July 28-30

Stickied

What about my favorite singer Alanis Morissette? Is she gonna headline Newport Folk Festival.

I’m thinking the dates will the 28th-30th. Those were the dates in 2017 with the same calendar set up.

Would love:
- Orville Peck and Trixie Mattel: Would be great for both to have their own sets and then host an after party while they’re at it.
- More bluegrass/country sets. Would love to see Tyler Childers again. Wonder what Sturgill Simpson is up to too.
- King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
- The return of Big Thief
- Keith Richards - always
- Amigo the Devil

Could go on and on

Yes to all of this. I'd also love (but not sure what he's up to lately ..it's been a while since I looked him up) a Keller Williams bluegrass grateful dead set would be super fun

since we were babies, kids, teens and young adults

Well hello there.

Mock 2 would be incredible but I think there's too many headliner level artists there. Leon, Fiona, Florence, Vedder, Springsteen seems like too much. 

The War On Drugs is pretty high up on my wishlist for next year, and damnnn a run like "Orville Peck > Maggie Rogers > The War On Drugs" would be incredible

It might be years before sturgill performs again. He has used his recovery time to pursue other interests like acting. (I think he is in Scorsese’s upcoming film.)

I thought he said he’d be back but won’t ever perform as a solo artist “under his name” again

Sturgill Simpson might be out.

I got shut out on membership

Follow Newport Folk Festival on all socials or at the very least check this board pretty much daily. Things change every year. I've been going since 2013 and tickets have gone on sale as early as November and I think as late as January or February. Newport will only give about one week heads up before the on sale date. When tickets go on sale there won't be any artists announced yet so you have to be committed. Tickets will likely sell out the day they go on sale... usually within minutes. Tickets will basically be about $100 per day. If you're travelling to go to the festival and need a place to stay, you should think about booking a hotel or airbnb now. I made an airbnb wishlist on Monday. Dates for 2023 were announced yesterday and by the time I got home 6 of the 20 or so places on my wish list were already booked. I got a nice place in Middletown (basically as close as you can get to the festival) with two other couples. The bulk of the cost of attending the festival is in accommodations - Our place is Thursday - Monday and we're paying about $500 per person which is way more than I've spent in the past. 

If you are unable to get tickets the day they go on sale, sign up for the waitlist. If you sign up day of you should get tickets by July. A couple we brought this year for their first time were shutout when tickets went on sale - signed up for the waitlist that day - got Friday/Saturday tickets 1 week before the festival and got Sunday tickets on Saturday which they did not end up purchasing. 

Once tickets go on sale, Newport will start announcing two to three artists per week which is like Christmas every day. It helps to be able to dedicate an entire day to an artist you may not have heard of and decide if you want to see them or not.