Lineup Archive

Newport Folk 1996 lineup

The Newport Folk line-up page lists 17 acts for Newport Folk 1996. 6 acts appeared at Newport Folk for the first time in our records.

17acts
35%first time at Newport Folk
Joan Armatrading Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown Bruce Cockburn Cordelia's Dad Ani DiFranco Jerry Douglas John Gorka John Hiatt
Indigo Girls Patty Larkin Lisa Loeb Maura O'Connell Peter Rowan Michelle Shocked Cheryl Wheeler Suzanne Vega David Wilcox

Full lineup

Lineup

  1. 1Joan Armatrading
  2. 2Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
  3. 3Bruce Cockburn
  4. 4Cordelia's Dad
  5. 5Ani DiFranco
  6. 6Jerry Douglas
  7. 7John Gorka
  8. 8John Hiatt
  9. 9Indigo Girls
  10. 10Patty Larkin
  11. 11Lisa Loeb
  12. 12Maura O'Connell
  13. 13Peter Rowan
  14. 14Michelle Shocked
  15. 15Cheryl Wheeler
  16. 16Suzanne Vega
  17. 17David Wilcox
On this bill

Their festival histories

Indigo Girls 11 appearances John Hiatt 9 appearances Patty Larkin 8 appearances Suzanne Vega 8 appearances Cheryl Wheeler 7 appearances Joan Armatrading 6 appearances John Gorka 6 appearances Ani DiFranco 5 appearances

First time at Newport Folk in 1996

Clarence "Gatemouth" BrownCordelia's DadJerry DouglasJoan ArmatradingLisa LoebMaura O'Connell

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Peter Rowanlast played Newport Folk in 198511 years
  2. Bruce Cockburnlast played Newport Folk in 19924 years
  3. David Wilcoxlast played Newport Folk in 19924 years
  4. Suzanne Vegalast played Newport Folk in 19924 years
  5. John Gorkalast played Newport Folk in 19933 years

Other festivals in 1996

Reading & Leeds 1996Lollapalooza 1996
Next yearNewport Folk 1997See the lineup →

Questions about Newport Folk 1996

How many acts are on the Newport Folk 1996 lineup?

The Newport Folk line-up page lists 17 acts for Newport Folk 1996. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Newport Folk for the first time in 1996?

6 acts on the 1996 lineup had not appeared at Newport Folk before in our records, including Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Cordelia's Dad, Jerry Douglas, Joan Armatrading and Lisa Loeb.

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.