Lineup Archive

Newport Folk 2012 lineup

The Newport Folk line-up page lists 42 acts for Newport Folk 2012. 31 acts appeared at Newport Folk for the first time in our records.

42acts
74%first time at Newport Folk
Alabama Shakes The Apache Relay The Berklee City Music Choir Blind Pilot Charles Bradley Carl Broemel Brown Bird Jackson Browne
City and Colour Gary Clark Jr. Jonny Corndawg Dawes The Deep Dark Woods Deer Tick Robert Ellis Frank Fairfield First Aid Kit Joe Fletcher and the Wrong Reasons Patty Griffin Guthrie Family Reunion with Arlo Guthrie The Head and the Heart Honeyhoney Iron & Wine Spider John Koerner and His Rag Tag Boys Kossoy Sisters New Multitudes Elizabeth Mitchell Tom Morello My Morning Jacket Conor Oberst Of Monsters and Men Punch Brothers Preservation Hall Jazz Band Joel Rafael Sleepy Man Banjo Boys Spirit Family Reunion The Tallest Man on Earth Trampled by Turtles +4 more

Full lineup

Lineup

  1. 1Alabama Shakes
  2. 2The Apache Relay
  3. 3The Berklee City Music Choir
  4. 4Blind Pilot
  5. 5Charles Bradley
  6. 6Carl Broemel
  7. 7Brown Bird
  8. 8Jackson Browne
  9. 9City and Colour
  10. 10Gary Clark Jr.
  11. 11Jonny Corndawg
  12. 12Dawes
  13. 13The Deep Dark Woods
  14. 14Deer Tick
  15. 15Robert Ellis
  16. 16Frank Fairfield
  17. 17First Aid Kit
  18. 18Joe Fletcher and the Wrong Reasons
  19. 19Patty Griffin
  20. 20Guthrie Family Reunion with Arlo Guthrie
  21. 21The Head and the Heart
  22. 22Honeyhoney
  23. 23Iron & Wine
  24. 24Spider John Koerner and His Rag Tag Boys
  25. 25Kossoy Sisters
  26. 26New Multitudes (Jay Farrar, Jim James, Will Johnson, and Anders Parker)
  27. 27Elizabeth Mitchell
  28. 28Tom Morello
  29. 29My Morning Jacket
  30. 30Conor Oberst
  31. 31Of Monsters and Men
  32. 32Punch Brothers
  33. 33Preservation Hall Jazz Band
  34. 34Joel Rafael
  35. 35Sleepy Man Banjo Boys
  36. 36Spirit Family Reunion
  37. 37The Tallest Man on Earth
  38. 38Trampled by Turtles
  39. 39Tune-Yards
  40. 40Sara Watkins
  41. 41Jonathan Wilson
  42. 42Sharon Van Etten
On this bill

Their festival histories

My Morning Jacket 20 appearances · headlined 1× Gary Clark Jr. 19 appearances The Head and the Heart 18 appearances Dawes 16 appearances Of Monsters and Men 16 appearances · headlined 1× First Aid Kit 15 appearances Alabama Shakes 13 appearances · headlined 1× Preservation Hall Jazz Band 13 appearances

First time at Newport Folk in 2012

Alabama ShakesThe Apache RelayThe Berklee City Music ChoirBlind PilotCarl BroemelCharles BradleyCity and ColourConor OberstThe Deep Dark WoodsElizabeth MitchellFirst Aid KitFrank FairfieldGary Clark Jr.Guthrie Family Reunion with Arlo GuthrieHoneyhoneyJackson BrowneJoe Fletcher and the Wrong ReasonsJoel RafaelJonathan WilsonJonny CorndawgMy Morning JacketNew MultitudesOf Monsters and MenRobert EllisSara WatkinsSharon Van EttenSleepy ManSpirit Family ReunionThe Tallest Man on EarthTom MorelloTune-Yards

Longest-awaited returns

  1. Kossoy Sisterslast played Newport Folk in 195953 years
  2. Spider John Koerner and His Rag Tag Boyslast played Newport Folk in 196943 years
  3. Patty Griffinlast played Newport Folk in 20057 years
  4. Deer Ticklast played Newport Folk in 20093 years
  5. Iron & Winelast played Newport Folk in 20093 years

Other festivals in 2012

Coachella 2012 6 sharedReading & Leeds 2012 1 sharedLollapalooza 2012 10 sharedAustin City Limits 2012 6 sharedOutside Lands 2012 6 sharedGovernors Ball 2012Hangout 2012 4 sharedSplendour in the Grass 2012
Next yearNewport Folk 2013See the lineup →

Questions about Newport Folk 2012

How many acts are on the Newport Folk 2012 lineup?

The Newport Folk line-up page lists 42 acts for Newport Folk 2012. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Newport Folk for the first time in 2012?

31 acts on the 2012 lineup had not appeared at Newport Folk before in our records, including Alabama Shakes, The Apache Relay, The Berklee City Music Choir, Blind Pilot and Carl Broemel.

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.