PROGRAM

PROGRAM

The First Annual

Newport Folk Festival
July 11 & 12, 1959

FOLK MUSIC TODAY An article by Billy Faier

SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1959

PART ONE

PART TWO

PART THREE

SUNDAY, JULY 12, 1959 AT 2:30 P.M.
PART ONE PETE SEEGER THE NEW LOST CITY RAMBLERS MEMPHIS SLIM THE CLANCY BROTHERS THE NEW ENGLAND FOLK DANCE SOCIETY	PART TWO PETE SEEGER BILLY FAIER FRANK HAMILTON JIMMY DRIFTWOOD EARL SCRUGGS WITH HYLO BROWN AND THE TIMBERLINERS

SUNDAY, JULY 12, 1959 AT 8:30 P.M.
PART ONE OSCAR BRAND JEAN RITCHIE BILLY FAIER ED McCURDY LEON BIBB	PART TWO REV. GARY DAVIS MEMPHIS SLIM THE STANLEY BROTHERS BARBARA DANE
PART THREE BOB GIBSON JIMMY DRIFTWOOD EARL SCRUGGS WITH HYLO BROWN AND THE TIMBERLINERS THE KINGSTON TRIO

-- THANK YOU to Reed Blair for sharing scans
of the NEWPORT FESTIVAL program and images for our reading enjoyment.


Last revised: February 23, 2006.