Newport Folk Festival & Yacht Charter

Combine the Newport Folk Festival with a Yacht Charter and perhaps the Newport Jazz Festival the following weekend, too. We have a large selection of yachts with a wide range of pricing & amenities available.

. Fort Adams State Park

Bannisters Wharf

Newport Mansions Cliff Walk

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George Wein's Folk Festival 50 celebrates five decades of music and will take place at the Fort Adams State Park in Newport, Rhode Island, August 1-2, 2009 from 11:30am to 7pm.

Saturday's Line Up:
Pete Seeger, The Decemberists, Fleet Foxes, Gillian Welch, The Avett Brothers, Billy Bragg, Iron & Wine, Mavis Staples, Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Ben Kweller, The Low Anthem, Brett Dennen, Tift Merritt, Tao Rodriguez Seeger, Langhorne Slim

Sunday's Line Up:
Pete Seeger with Judy Collins, Joan Baez, Arlo Guthrie Neko Case, The Campbell Brothers, Josh Ritter, Elvis Perkins in Dearland, Tim Eriksen & Shape Note Singers Del McCoury, Guy Clark, David Rawlings Machine, Deer Tick, Balfa Toujours, Joe Pug

Look at this 4-day sailing itinerary that would nicely round off your week.

Or, how does this sound for you music buffs: Do the Newport Folk festival, go do a bit of sailing, then come back for the Newport Jazz festival (see our post) on August 7-9!

We plan to be anchored off Fort Adams & hope to see you there!

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