Sit back and enjoy the music of America and the beauty of the city by the sea with a bid on two (2) tickets to the Newport Folk Festival held on Saturday, July 31, 2010.

The spirit of an open-hearted, old-fashioned family reunion is being summoned to life for this year’s 51st edition of George Wein’s Newport Folk Festival®, which begins July 30 at the International Tennis Hall of Fame at Newport Casino and continues July 31 and August 1 at Fort Adams State Park.

George Wein’s New Festival Productions continues to build on the festival’s historic past by featuring emerging young artists alongside some of folk music’s most venerable names. Many of these musicians have performed and recorded together or crossed paths along the musical highway and they see this storied festival as being so steeped in cultural and historic importance that they liken it to “coming home” to the very roots of the folk-music tradition.

Wein has, since 1959, found Newport a scenic and hospitable venue for presenting the very best of this country’s blues, roots, gospel, country, bluegrass, Cajun and traditional folk music. Last year’s 50th anniversary edition paid tribute to the great performers who wrote the proud history of this festival, notably co-founder Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Ramblin’ Jack Elliot, Arlo Guthrie and Mavis Staples.

Featured Performers – Saturday, July 31^st

• John Prine


• Andrew Bird


• Yim Yames of My Morning Jacket


• Calexico


• Brandi Carlile


• Doc Watson & David Holt


• Sam Bush


• Blitzen Trapper


• The Low Anthem


• Dawes


• A.A. Bondy


• Nneka


• Horse Feathers


• Sarah Jarosz


• O’Death


• Liz Longley