Lineup Archive

Newport Folk 1986 lineup

The Newport Folk line-up page lists 18 acts for Newport Folk 1986. 15 acts appeared at Newport Folk for the first time in our records.

18acts
83%first time at Newport Folk
David Bromberg The Chicken Chokers Nanci Griffith Richie Havens Hot Rize Si Kahn Alison Krauss Patty Larkin
Christine Lavin Kate & Anna McGarrigle Odetta Tom Rush Claudia Schmidt Savoy-Doucet Band John Sebastian Corky Siegel Bill Staines Sweet Honey in the Rock

Full lineup

Lineup

  1. 1David Bromberg
  2. 2The Chicken Chokers
  3. 3Nanci Griffith
  4. 4Richie Havens
  5. 5Hot Rize
  6. 6Si Kahn
  7. 7Alison Krauss
  8. 8Patty Larkin
  9. 9Christine Lavin
  10. 10Kate & Anna McGarrigle
  11. 11Odetta
  12. 12Tom Rush
  13. 13Claudia Schmidt
  14. 14Savoy-Doucet Band
  15. 15John Sebastian
  16. 16Corky Siegel
  17. 17Bill Staines
  18. 18Sweet Honey in the Rock
On this bill

Their festival histories

Patty Larkin 8 appearances Nanci Griffith 7 appearances Odetta 7 appearances Richie Havens 6 appearances Alison Krauss 4 appearances Sweet Honey in the Rock 4 appearances Kate & Anna McGarrigle 3 appearances Christine Lavin 2 appearances

First time at Newport Folk in 1986

Alison KraussBill StainesThe Chicken ChokersChristine LavinClaudia SchmidtCorky SiegelDavid BrombergHot RizeJohn SebastianKate & Anna McGarrigleNanci GriffithPatty LarkinSavoy-Doucet BandSi KahnTom Rush

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Odettalast played Newport Folk in 196521 years
  2. Richie Havenslast played Newport Folk in 196818 years

Other festivals in 1986

Glastonbury 1986Reading & Leeds 1986
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Questions about Newport Folk 1986

How many acts are on the Newport Folk 1986 lineup?

The Newport Folk line-up page lists 18 acts for Newport Folk 1986. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Newport Folk for the first time in 1986?

15 acts on the 1986 lineup had not appeared at Newport Folk before in our records, including Alison Krauss, Bill Staines, The Chicken Chokers, Christine Lavin and Claudia Schmidt.

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.