In a move that outraged folk purists, Bob Dylan went electric at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. But was the crowd's anger ...

Yesterday, July 25, Newport Folk Festival returned to its longtime home of Newport, R.I.’s Fort Adams State Park. 66 years after its earth-shaking debut, the musical institution showcased its ...

NEWPORT, R.I. (WPRI) — Newport Folk Fest is set to resume after strong storms moved through the area on Friday. Attendees got the go-ahead to return to Fort Adams around 5 p.m. They were ordered to ...

“Newport & the Great Folk Dream” is a rapturous documentary — elegant and transporting, full of scratchy lyrical black-and-white images and performances that have a timeless power. The movie tells the ...

The excitement for the Newport Folk Festival builds even before the performers are announced. Tickets sell out without any knowledge of who is coming to Fort Adams, and the energy builds are the acts ...

NEWPORT, R.I. (WHDH) - The Newport Folk Festival wrapped up another successful weekend. This year’s annual festival kicked off early Thursday with a benefit softball game in support of free local ...

NEWPORT, R.I. (WJAR) — The annual Newport Folk Festival is filling up with thousands of fans ahead of this weekend's big event. Anyone heading to Newport will see the impact the festival brings to the ...

NEWPORT, R.I. — The Newport Folk Festival is kicking off three days of music at Fort Adams, and plans some surprises to mark the 50th anniversary of the moment Bob Dylan went electric. Acts playing ...

Robert Gordon's transporting film draws on 100 hours of footage that has never been seen before, presenting performances of timeless power. The movie presents a far richer, more wide-ranging and ...