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Newport Folk Festival When: July 26th – 28th, 2019 Where: Newport, RI, USA
Pitchfork Music Festival When: July 19th – 21st, 2019 Where: Chicago, Il, USA
Why: The Newport Folk Festival takes place every year at Fort Adams State Park, in Newport, Rhode Island, which began in 1962 and is now the longest continuously running music festival in North America. The festival’s over 60 artist performances take place over the four stages located at Fort Adams which is well known for its beautiful setting. The festival features performances by folk, blues, country, bluegrass and folk-rock musi- cians, and since the 1990s has featured performers from related contemporary genres, such as alternative country, indie folk and folk punk. Since 1959, the Newport Folk Festival has held a unique place in America’s musical and cultural history as the granddaddy of all American music festivals. That influence contin- ues today, serving the fans who crave innovation but appreciate tradition. If you want this festival on your bucket list you need to do it early as this years event is already SOLD OUT, which is why we have selected it as one of our top picks for this Summer.
Why: This year the Pitchfork Music Festival is celebrating 14th year by hosting over 60,000 attendees of all ages from 45 states and 26 countries for an amazing three-day festival in July that will showcase over 40 artists and bands from alternative rock, rap & hip-hop, electronica, and dance music, performing on three stages, providing festival goers with a dynamic festival experience since 2006. What put this internationally recognized festival on our top picks is not only the amazing talent and venue, which is Chicago’s Union Park, but that the festival maintains a commit- ment to keeping ticket prices low something that festival goers, vendors and businesses appreciate.
This year’s festival highlights will showcase the best in the business having a pleasant mix of iconic artists along with the best in new and emerging musical talent.
The Pitchfork Music Festival is an independently run festival, has support of local busi- nesses while promoting the Chicago arts and food communities as a whole and when you are working with the city’s best local vendors and mix in amazing music talent it makes this one of the best festivals and one that is not to be missed.
For more information on the Newport Folk Festival: http://www.newportfolk.org/
For more information on the Pitchfork Music http://pitchfork.com/festival/chicago Ticket Prices: $75.00 USD - $400.00 USD
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Ticket Prices: $90.00 USD - $210.00 USD
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