Lineup Archive

Newport Folk 1999 lineup

The Newport Folk line-up page lists 32 acts for Newport Folk 1999. 18 acts appeared at Newport Folk for the first time in our records.

32acts
56%first time at Newport Folk
Joan Armatrading Mary Black Catie Curtis Cry Cry Cry Tico Da Costa Stacey Earle Steve Earle and the Dukes with Tim O'Brien Seth Farber
Melissa Ferrick Paul Geremia Indigo Girls Patty Griffin Alvin Youngblood Hart Ray Wylie Hubbard Robert Earl Keen Jennifer Kimball Dana and Karen Kletter with Merrie Amsterburg Ladysmith Black Mambazo Pamela Means Lori McKenna Bill Morrissey Katryna and Nerissa Nields Northern Lights David Olney Beth Orton Ellis Paul Liz Queler Martin Sexton Susan Tedeschi Suzanne Vega Whirligig Wilco

Full lineup

Lineup

  1. 1Joan Armatrading
  2. 2Mary Black
  3. 3Catie Curtis
  4. 4Cry Cry Cry
  5. 5Tico Da Costa
  6. 6Stacey Earle
  7. 7Steve Earle and the Dukes with Tim O'Brien
  8. 8Seth Farber
  9. 9Melissa Ferrick
  10. 10Paul Geremia
  11. 11Indigo Girls
  12. 12Patty Griffin
  13. 13Alvin Youngblood Hart
  14. 14Ray Wylie Hubbard
  15. 15Robert Earl Keen
  16. 16Jennifer Kimball
  17. 17Dana and Karen Kletter with Merrie Amsterburg
  18. 18Ladysmith Black Mambazo
  19. 19Pamela Means
  20. 20Lori McKenna
  21. 21Bill Morrissey
  22. 22Katryna and Nerissa Nields
  23. 23Northern Lights
  24. 24David Olney
  25. 25Beth Orton
  26. 26Ellis Paul
  27. 27Liz Queler
  28. 28Martin Sexton
  29. 29Susan Tedeschi
  30. 30Suzanne Vega
  31. 31Whirligig
  32. 32Wilco
On this bill

Their festival histories

Wilco 17 appearances · headlined 2× Indigo Girls 11 appearances Steve Earle 9 appearances Patty Griffin 8 appearances Robert Earl Keen 8 appearances Suzanne Vega 8 appearances Beth Orton 6 appearances Joan Armatrading 6 appearances

First time at Newport Folk in 1999

Alvin Youngblood HartBeth OrtonCatie CurtisCry Cry CryDana and Karen Kletter with Merrie AmsterburgJennifer KimballLiz QuelerLori McKennaMelissa FerrickPamela MeansPatty GriffinRay Wylie HubbardSeth FarberStacey EarleSteve EarleSusan TedeschiTico Da CostaWhirligig

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Northern Lightslast played Newport Folk in 198910 years
  2. David Olneylast played Newport Folk in 19909 years
  3. Ladysmith Black Mambazolast played Newport Folk in 19909 years
  4. Robert Earl Keenlast played Newport Folk in 19909 years
  5. Paul Geremialast played Newport Folk in 19918 years

Other festivals in 1999

Coachella 1999Glastonbury 1999 2 sharedReading & Leeds 1999 1 shared
Next yearNewport Folk 2000See the lineup →

Questions about Newport Folk 1999

How many acts are on the Newport Folk 1999 lineup?

The Newport Folk line-up page lists 32 acts for Newport Folk 1999. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Newport Folk for the first time in 1999?

18 acts on the 1999 lineup had not appeared at Newport Folk before in our records, including Alvin Youngblood Hart, Beth Orton, Catie Curtis, Cry Cry Cry and Dana and Karen Kletter with Merrie Amsterburg.

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.