Lineup Archive

Newport Folk 1959 lineup

The Newport Folk line-up page lists 26 acts for Newport Folk 1959. This was the first Newport Folk.

26acts
Leon Bibb Oscar Brand Hylo Brown and the Timberliners with Earl Scruggs The Clancy Brothers Barbara Dane Reverend Gary Davis Bo Diddley Jimmy Driftwood
Billy Faier Bob Gibson with Joan Baez Cynthia Gooding Frank Hamilton The Kingston Trio Kossoy Sisters Tommy Makem Ed McCurdy Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry Memphis Slim The New Lost City Ramblers John Jacob Niles Odetta Martha Schlamme Jean Ritchie The Stanley Brothers with the Clinch Mountain Boys Pete Seeger Frank Warner

Full lineup

Lineup

  1. 1Leon Bibb
  2. 2Oscar Brand
  3. 3Hylo Brown and the Timberliners with Earl Scruggs
  4. 4The Clancy Brothers
  5. 5Barbara Dane
  6. 6Reverend Gary Davis
  7. 7Bo Diddley
  8. 8Jimmy Driftwood
  9. 9Billy Faier
  10. 10Bob Gibson with Joan Baez
  11. 11Cynthia Gooding
  12. 12Frank Hamilton
  13. 13The Kingston Trio
  14. 14Kossoy Sisters
  15. 15Tommy Makem
  16. 16Ed McCurdy
  17. 17Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry
  18. 18Memphis Slim
  19. 19The New Lost City Ramblers
  20. 20John Jacob Niles
  21. 21Odetta
  22. 22Martha Schlamme
  23. 23Jean Ritchie
  24. 24The Stanley Brothers with the Clinch Mountain Boys
  25. 25Pete Seeger
  26. 26Frank Warner
On this bill

Their festival histories

Pete Seeger 11 appearances Odetta 7 appearances Jean Ritchie 5 appearances The New Lost City Ramblers 5 appearances Oscar Brand 5 appearances Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry 3 appearances Ed McCurdy 3 appearances Jimmy Driftwood 3 appearances

First time at Newport Folk in 1959

Barbara DaneBilly FaierBo DiddleyBob GibsonBrownie McGhee and Sonny TerryThe Clancy Brothers with Robbie O'ConnellCynthia GoodingEd McCurdyFrank HamiltonFrank WarnerHylo Brown and the Timberliners with Earl ScruggsJean RitchieJimmy DriftwoodJohn Jacob NilesThe Kingston TrioKossoy SistersLeon BibbMartha SchlammeMemphis SlimThe New Lost City RamblersOdettaOscar BrandPete SeegerReverend Gary DavisThe Stanley BrothersTommy Makem
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The Newport Folk line-up page lists 26 acts for Newport Folk 1959. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

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.