What I Did This Summer: Newport Folk Festival, Day 1

This summer we once again visited the legendary Newport Folk Festival in scenic Newport, RI. The weather was great, the people were great and the music, of course, was fantastic! For those of you that missed the sold-out festival or perhaps want to re-live it, this is what it looked like!

Fort Stage

The Decemberists
(more photos HERE)
Gillian Welch joined by David Rawlings
(more photos HERE)

Earl Scruggs
(more photos HERE)

Gogol Bordello
(more photos HERE)

The Wailin' Jennys
(more photos HERE)

Quad Stage

Mavis Staples
(more photos HERE)

Freelance Whales
(more photos HERE)

River City Extension
(more photos HERE)

Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside
(more photos HERE)

During their set, the sound went wonky and cut out. Plucky and professional lady that she is, Sallie Ford and her band made a quick set-up change and continued while the folks that handle the technical stuff sorted things out.

Alex and Ani Harbor Stage

Pokey LaFarge & The South City Three
(more photos HERE)

The Audience

In case you missed it, this is what we had to say about...

Earl Scruggs (from our sister site) http://www.lanitaadams.com/2011/08/newport-folk-festival-earl-scruggs.html

Mavis Staples http://www.quirkynychick.com/2011/08/newport-folk-festival-mavis-staples.html

Delta Spirit http://www.quirkynychick.com/2011/08/newport-folk-festival-delta-spirit.html

(from our sister site) http://www.lanitaadams.com/2011/08/my-favorite-images-delta-spirit.html

Day 2 What I Did This Summer: Newport Folk Festival, Day 2

Gillian Welch Announces Tour Dates

Gillian Welch has announced tour dates, see below. She and longtime partner David Rawlings will tour through the fall. She'll be in New York on Saturday, October 22 at the Beacon Theatre. There will also be a stop at the famed Newport Folk Festival on Saturday, July 30. The tour winds up in at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on Thursday, December 1.

Tour Dates:

• Thu Jul-07 - San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theatre
• Sat Jul-09 - Grants Pass, OR - Rogue Theatre
• Sun Jul-10 - Eugene, OR - McDonald Theatre
• Tue Jul-12 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
• Wed Jul-13 - Seattle, WA - Moore Theatre
• Fri Jul-15 - Vancouver, BC - Vancouver Folk Festival
• Sat Jul-16 - Olympia, WA - Capitol Theatre
• Sun Jul-17 - Missoula, MT - Wilma Theater
• Mon Jul-18 - Bozeman, MT - Emerson Center
• Wed Jul-20 - St. Paul, MN - Fitzgerald Theater
• Thu Jul-21 - Madison, WI - Capitol Theatre
• Fri Jul-22 - Chicago, IL - VIC Theatre
• Sat Jul-23 - Royal Oak, MI - Royal Oak Music Theatre
• Mon Jul-25 - Toronto, ON - Phoenix Concert Hall
• Sat Jul-30 - Newport, RI - Newport Folk Festival
• Tue Aug-02 - Bethesda, MD - Music Center at Strathmore
• Wed Aug-03 - Raleigh, NC - North Carolina Museum of Art
• Thu Aug-04 - Winston-Salem, NC - Ziggy's
• Fri Aug-05 - Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel
• Sat Aug-06 - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
• Thu Aug-11 - New Orleans, LA - Tipitinas Uptown
• Fri Aug-12 - Birmingham, AL - Workplay Soundstage
• Sat Aug-13 - Huntsville, AL - Von Braun Center Concert Hall
• Sun Aug-14 - Athens, GA - Georgia Theatre
• Wed Aug-17 - Roanoke, VA - Jefferson Cent/Shaftman Performance Hall
• Thu Aug-18 - Charlottesville, VA - Paramount Theatre
• Fri Aug-19 - Richmond, VA - Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
• Sat Aug-20 - Charlotte, NC - Knight Theater at Levine Cent. for the Arts
• Sun Aug-21 - Greenville, SC - Peace Center Concert Hall
• Tue Aug-23 - Bristol, VA - Paramount Center for the Arts
• Wed Aug-24 - Knoxville, TN - Tennessee Theater
• Fri Aug-26 - Boone, NC - Farthing Auditorium
• Sat Aug-27 - Wilmington, NC - Winoca Festival - Battleship Park
• Sun Aug-28 - Charleston, SC - Charleston Music Hall
• Tue Aug-30 - Louisville, KY - Brown Theatre
• Wed Aug-31 - Cincinnati, OH - Moonlite Gardens Amphitheatre
• Thu Sep-01 - Bloomington, IN - The Bluebird
• Sat Sep-03 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
• Sun Sep-04 - Lawrence, KS - Liberty Hall
• Tue Sep-06 - Boulder, CO - Chautauqua Auditorium
• Wed Sep-07 - Arvada, CO - Arvada Center
• Fri Sep-09 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kingsbury Hall
• Sat Sep-17 - Austin, TX - ACL Festival
• Wed Sep-28 - Pioneertown, CA - Pappy & Harriets
• Thu Sep-29 - Los Angeles, CA - Music Box @ Fonda
• Sat Oct-01 - San Francisco, CA - Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival
• Wed Oct-12 - Wichita, KS - Orpheum Theatre
• Thu Oct-13 - Lincoln, NE - Rococo Theatre
• Fri Oct-14 - Des Moines, IA - The Hoyt Sherman Place
• Mon Oct-17 - Grand Rapids, MI - Covenant Fine Arts Center at Calvin College
• Tue Oct-18 - Kent, OH - The Kent Stage
• Wed Oct-19 - Pittsburgh, PA - Byham Theater
• Thu Oct-20 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
• Sat Oct-22 - New York, NY- Beacon Theater
• Sun Oct-23 - Ithaca, NY - State Theatre
• Tue Oct-25 - Montreal, QC - Le National
• Wed Oct-26 - Burlington, VT - Flynn Center
• Thu Oct-27 - Boston, MA - Wilbur Theatre
• Sat Nov 26 - Portsmouth, NH - Music Hall
• Sun Nov-27 - Portland, ME - State Theatre
• Mon Nov-28 - Northampton, MA - Calvin Theater
• Thu Dec-01 - Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium