Lineup Archive

Newport Folk 1960 lineup

The Newport Folk line-up page lists 35 acts for Newport Folk 1960. 26 acts appeared at Newport Folk for the first time in our records.

35acts
74%first time at Newport Folk
Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir Joan Baez Theodore Bikel Oscar Brand The Brothers Four Fleming Brown Bud & Travis Jean Carignan
The Clancy Brothers with Tommy Makem The Robert De Cormier Chorale Jimmy Driftwood Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs with the Foggy Mountain Boys Jesse Fuller Gateway Singers Bob Gibson Will Holt John Lee Hooker Cisco Houston Mahalia Jackson Bill Lee The Limeliters Ewan MacColl Ed McCurdy Alan Mills The New Lost City Ramblers John Jacob Niles Odetta Sabicas Peggy Seeger Pete Seeger The Tarriers Studs Terkel Frank Warner The Weavers Robert Pete Williams

Full lineup

Lineup

  1. 1Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir
  2. 2Joan Baez
  3. 3Theodore Bikel
  4. 4Oscar Brand
  5. 5The Brothers Four
  6. 6Fleming Brown
  7. 7Bud & Travis
  8. 8Jean Carignan
  9. 9The Clancy Brothers with Tommy Makem
  10. 10The Robert De Cormier Chorale
  11. 11Jimmy Driftwood
  12. 12Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs with the Foggy Mountain Boys
  13. 13Jesse Fuller
  14. 14Gateway Singers
  15. 15Bob Gibson
  16. 16Will Holt
  17. 17John Lee Hooker
  18. 18Cisco Houston
  19. 19Mahalia Jackson
  20. 20Bill Lee
  21. 21The Limeliters
  22. 22Ewan MacColl
  23. 23Ed McCurdy
  24. 24Alan Mills
  25. 25The New Lost City Ramblers
  26. 26John Jacob Niles
  27. 27Odetta
  28. 28Sabicas
  29. 29Peggy Seeger
  30. 30Pete Seeger
  31. 31The Tarriers
  32. 32Studs Terkel
  33. 33Frank Warner
  34. 34The Weavers
  35. 35Robert Pete Williams
On this bill

Their festival histories

Joan Baez 16 appearances Pete Seeger 11 appearances Theodore Bikel 8 appearances Odetta 7 appearances The New Lost City Ramblers 5 appearances Oscar Brand 5 appearances Ed McCurdy 3 appearances Jesse Fuller 3 appearances

First time at Newport Folk in 1960

Abyssinian Baptist Gospel ChoirAlan MillsBill LeeThe Brothers FourBud & TravisCisco HoustonThe Clancy Brothers with Tommy MakemEwan MacCollFleming BrownGateway SingersJean CarignanJesse FullerJoan BaezJohn Lee HookerLester Flatt and Earl Scruggs with the Foggy Mountain BoysThe LimelitersMahalia JacksonPeggy SeegerThe Robert De Cormier ChoraleRobert Pete WilliamsSabicasStuds TerkelThe TarriersTheodore BikelThe WeaversWill Holt
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Questions about Newport Folk 1960

How many acts are on the Newport Folk 1960 lineup?

The Newport Folk line-up page lists 35 acts for Newport Folk 1960. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Newport Folk for the first time in 1960?

26 acts on the 1960 lineup had not appeared at Newport Folk before in our records, including Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir, Alan Mills, Bill Lee, The Brothers Four and Bud & Travis.

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.