Newport Folk Festival

The Newport Folk Festival is a folk-oriented music festival held annually at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, Rhode Island. Since its founding in 1959, the festival has been the site of musical performances by such established artists as Pete Seeger and Johnny Cash, and notably provided the first national exposure of Joan Baez and Bob Dylan. Later in 2014, after Seeger's passing, a concert program titled "For Pete's Sake" was launched in his honor.
==2019==
Kermit the Frog made a surprise appearance at the festival on July 28, 2019. He opened that Sunday's "For Pete's Sake" program with a performance of "Rainbow Connection," joined by My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James. The backing band was led by guitarist Chris Funk of The Decemberists, and also included Chris Pandolfi (of The Infamous Stringdusters) who played Kermit's banjo, drummer Janet Weiss (former member of Sleater-Kinney), keyboardist Benmont Tench (of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers), and bassist John Stirratt (of Wilco). Other people involved with the appearance included Peter Linz, who assisted Matt Vogel, and Peter MacKennan as the puppet wrangler.
RainbowConnection-NFF19.jpg
File:Kermit-JimJames-NFF-072819.jpg|Peter Linz can be seen at the bottom-center assisting for Kermit.
==2023==
On July 28, 2023, Animal made a surprise appearance at the festival, performing "One Big Holiday" with My Morning Jacket. He made another appearance the following day during Goose's set to play drums on the song "Animal."
Floyd Pepper also appeared on July 30, performing "Midnight Train to Georgia" with Valerie June as a part of the "Family Folk Revue."
Newport-MMJAnimal.jpg|Animal and My Morning Jacket
Newport-AnimalGoose01.jpg|Animal and Goose
Newport-AnimalGoose02.jpg|Animal at the drums during Goose's set
NewportFolk-Floyd.jpg|Floyd and Valerie June
==External links==
*YouTube: Behind the Scenes w/Matt Vogel
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Category:Live Appearances