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Updated July 30, 2021 at 2:52 PM ET When Cheyenne Shaffer walked onto the grounds of the 2021 Newport Folk Festival, she was dressed for the occasion. "I mean, it's so cheesy — but it's like a homecoming!" she gushed, wearing a Newport Folk trucker hat and a bandana emblazoned with the festival's logo, a flying seagull clutching a guitar case by the handle. A regular patron since 2012, Shaffer broke out her beloved official merch for the long-anticipated return to Fort Adams State Park on Friday, along with a DIY garment: a sleeveless denim shirt with four words embroidered across her back ...

Newport Jazz and Folk Festivals are about to return to the main stage Alexa Gagosz © REUTERS Fans cheer as rock band Deer Tick performs at the Newport Folk Festival. The three-day festival was founded in 1959. NEWPORT, R.I. — It’s where Bob Dylan shocked audiences and amped up his electric Fender guitar for the first time in front of a major audience, debuting a new rock n’ roll sound. It’s where Johnny Cash introduced the young and relatively unknown Kris Kristofferson, a singer who would launch his career there on stage. And it’s where legends like Led Zeppelin,...

Newport’s iconic folk and jazz festivals are returning to Fort Adams State Park this summer, after being canceled last year because of the pandemic. This time around, Newport Folk has been split into two three-day events, and tickets go on sale Tuesday morning. Reporter Antonia Ayres-Brown spoke with Jay Sweet, the executive producer of Newport Folk and Newport Jazz, to discuss what fans can expect this summer.

That faint sound you hear? It’s the eventual return of live music By James Sullivan Globe correspondent,Updated April 22, 2021, 10:00 a.m. Email to a Friend George Clinton performed with Parliament Funkadelic at the 2018 Newport Jazz Festival at Fort Adams State Park in Rhode Island. After last summer's cancellations, the jazz and folk festivals will return this year at reduced capacities, but with added days.Ben Stas for The Boston Globe One fine day in the not too distant future, the sound of a live singing voice — or a ringing guitar, or maybe an electric piano — will hit th...