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25 July 2026 – Newport Folk Makes Saturday A Communal Reckoning
By Editorial Team - July 25, 2026
Summary
Newport Folk Festival enters Saturday at Fort Adams with The Lumineers, Lizzy McAlpine, Punch Brothers, and Gillian Welch & David Rawlings.
Key Facts
- Newport Folk Festival Day 2 at Fort Adams State Park in Rhode Island.
- Saturday headliners include The Lumineers, Lizzy McAlpine, and Gillian Welch.
- Welch and Rawlings perform a special Grateful Dead acoustic set.
- Entities: Newport Folk Festival, Fort Adams State Park, The Lumineers, Lizzy McAlpine, Gillian Welch, David Rawlings, Punch Brothers
- Tags: newport-folk-festival, the-lumineers, lizzy-mcalpine, gillian-welch, americana
Historic institution <a href="/tags/newport-folk-festival">Newport Folk Festival</a> enters its second day at Fort Adams State Park with a Saturday programme led by The Lumineers, Lizzy McAlpine, Punch Brothers and Gillian Welch with David Rawlings. Welch and Rawlings are scheduled to revisit the Grateful Dead’s acoustic legacy, while emerging performers and intimate side-stage appearances continue the festival’s tradition of placing discovery beside established names.
Newport’s importance has always extended beyond ordinary headline hierarchy. Collaborations, surprise appearances and reinterpretations regularly become as significant as the advertised sets. The sold-out festival runs through Sunday beside the Rhode Island waterfront, offering folk, Americana, indie and roots music in a setting with enough history to make every amplified instrument slightly self-conscious. Fortunately, the audience appears accustomed to musical tradition being respectfully rearranged. Browse more folk coverage in our <a href="/genres/folk">Indie Folk</a> section.