Newport Folk Festival Adds Wilco To 2017 Lineup

Organizers of the 2017 Newport Folk Festival continue to reveal the acts performing at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, Rhode Island on July 28 – 30. Today, Chicago-based rockers Wilco have been confirmed to perform at this year’s annual event.

Wilco will headline the Saturday, July 29 slate of performances that also includes The Avett Brothers, Jim James, Drive-By Truckers and others. Newport Folk 2017 will showcase performances on Friday, July 28 by the likes of Fleet Foxes, The Head And The Heart, Shovels & Rope, Alone & Together and Ben Gibbard, among others. Performing on Sunday, July 30 will be John Prine, American Acoustic, Dr. Dog, Rhiannon Giddens, Michael Kiwanuka and many more, including a tribute to Chuck Berry.

Newport Folk Festival 2017 Lineup

• Fleet Foxes
• Wilco
• John Prine
• The Avett Brothers
• The Head and the Heart
• Jim James
• Punch Brothers
• I’m With Her
• Shovels & Rope
• Drive-By Truckers
• Dr. Dog
• Regina Spektor
• Billy Bragg & Joe Henry
• Rhiannon Giddens
• Ben Gibbard
• Angel Olsen
• Michael Kiwanuka
• Hurray for the Riff Raff
• Nikki Lane
• A Tribute To Chuck
• Alone & Together
• Mandolin Orange
• John Paul White
• Nancy and Beth
• Grandma’s Hands Band
• Margaret Glaspy
• Carl Broemel
• Joseph
• Steelism with Ruby Amanfu & Nicole Atkins
• Aaron Lee Tasjan
• Robert Ellis
• Pinegrove
• Brent Cobb
• Chicano Batman
• C.W. Stoneking
• Seratones
• J.P. Harris & Chance McCoy
• Choir! Choir! Choir!
• Big Thief
• Marlon Williams
• Berklee Gospel & Roots Choir
• L.A. Salami
• Julia Jacklin
• The Wild Reeds
• Mt. Joy
• Joshua Hedley
• Matt the Electrician