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The 24th Annual Rhythm & Roots Music Festival | Sept. 2nd-4th, 2022


 
LAGNIAPPE PRODUCTIONS AND GOODWORKS ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCE THE RETURN OF
RHYTHM & ROOTS MUSIC FESTIVAL
 
INITIAL LINEUP ANNOUNCEMENT COMING SOON
 
Rhythm & Roots Music Festival, a longstanding arts celebration, will return to Charlestown, RI, this Labor Day Weekend, September 2, 3, and 4. The event, now in its 24th year, will celebrate the end of summer in its original location, Ninigret Park.

The 23rd Annual Rhythm & Roots Festival | Sept. 3rd-5th, 2021


 
R & R is Happening!
Tickets on sale 10 a.m. May 12th
23rd Rhythm & Roots Festival Features
Rhiannon Giddens & Francesco Turrisi, John Hiatt,
Uprooted featuring Michael Glabicki of Rusted Root
Headliners Join Richard Thompson, Donna The Buffalo, and more
Tickets on Sale May 12 for Labor Day Weekend Festival, Set for Sept. 3-5
 
CHARLESTOWN, R.I. –– Lagniappe Productions is thrilled to announce that the 23rd Rhythm & Roots Music, Dance, and Food Festival will resume Sept. 3-5 at Ninigret Park with many of the well-loved musicians who agreed to play last year.

Second Wave of Artists Announced for the 65th Newport Jazz Festival® | August 2nd-4th, 2019


 
Second Wave of Artists Announced for the 65th Newport Jazz Festival®
Featuring
Kamasi Washington; Thundercat; Dianne Reeves with Peter Martin, Romero Lubambo, Reginald Veal & Terreon Gully; The Ron Carter Trio;
Dee Dee Bridgewater and the Memphis Soulphony, PJ Morton, Ghost-Note,
Billy Hart Quartet w/Ethan Iverson, Mark Turner & Ben Street;
Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society; Aaron Diehl; Hailu Mergia and More!
 
NEWPORT, RI, March 13, 2019 – Christian McBride, Artistic Director of the Newport Jazz Festival® presented by Natixis Investment Managers, today announced the Second Wave of artists.

First Wave of Artists Announced for the 65th Edition of the Newport Jazz Festival® | August 2nd-4th, 2019


 
First Wave of Artists Announced for the 65th Edition of the Newport Jazz Festival®
featuring
Herbie Hancock, Corinne Bailey Rae, The Bad Plus, Buika,
Terence Blanchard Featuring The E-Collective, Sons of Kemet, Makaya McCraven,
Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ravi Coltrane/David Virelles and Many More!
 
NEWPORT, RI, February 12, 2019 – Powerful pianists, singing storytellers, swinging big bands, a beat scientist and some of the baddest ensembles on the jazz scene make up the First Wave of artists announced today for the 65th edition of the Newport Jazz Festival® presented by Natixis Investment Managers.

2018 Newport Jazz Festival® Second Wave of Artists Announced | Aug. 3rd-5th, 2018

 

Newport Jazz Festival® Second Wave of Artists Features
PAT METHENY with Antonio Sanchez, Linda May Han Oh & Gwilym Simcock; BADBADNOTGOOD;
Lean On Me: José James Celebrates Bill Withers;
The DIVA Jazz Orchestra;
Trio 3 (Oliver Lake, Reggie Workman, Andrew Cyrille);
Tony Allen; Ambrose Akinmusire’s Origami Harvest; Grace Kelly;
Black Art Jazz Collective; Anat Cohen & Marcello Gonçalves;
Jane Bunnett & Maqueque; and Nate Smith + KINFOLK
Tickets Available at www.newportjazz.org

 

NEWPORT, RI, February 20, 2018 – The excitement continues as the Second Wave of artists are announced for the 2018 Newport Jazz Festival® presented by Natixis Investment Managers, which takes place at Fort Adams State Park and the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino August 3 – 5.

Paula Abdul Announces New Tour “STRAIGHT UP PAULA!” | Kicks Off Oct. 3rd, 2018


 
Paula Abdul Announces Solo Headlining Tour Celebrating 30 Years As A Pop And Dance Icon
 
Will Travel Across North America This Fall -Tickets On Sale to the General Public Starting Friday July 13th at PaulaAbdul.com
 
LOS ANGELES, July 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Grammy Award-winning pop legend and dance superstar Paula Abdul has announced a new North American tour this fall – STRAIGHT UP PAULA! – her first solo outing in over 25 years.

Newport Jazz Festival® Announces First Wave of Artists | Coming Aug. 3rd-5th, 2018


 
Newport Jazz Festival® Announces First Wave of Artists
Featuring Charles Lloyd’s 80th Birthday Celebration,
Andra Day, Living Colour, Artemis,
Rudresh Mahanthappa Indo-Pak Coalition,
Mary Halvorson’s Code Girl, Michel Camilo,
James Carter Organ Trio, Jazzmeia Horn
and Matthew Shipp Trio
 
Tickets On Sale Today at www.newportjazz.org
 
NEWPORT, RI, January 23, 2018 – George Wein and Christian McBride today announced the First Wave of artists for the 2018 Newport Jazz Festival® presented by Natixis Investment Managers, which takes place at Fort Adams State Park and the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino August 3 – 5.

The 2017 Newport Jazz Festival® | Aug. 4th-6th, 2017


 
2017 Newport Jazz Festival® Takes Over Aquidneck Island August 4 – 6
 
31 of 50 Bands Making Newport Jazz Festival Debuts
 
NEWPORT, RI, July 31, 2017 – More than 300 established and emerging jazz artists will take over Aquidneck Island when the annual Newport Jazz Festival® presented by Natixis Global Asset Management returns August 4 – 6. This year’s festival features more than 50 sets of non-stop music on four stages at historic Fort Adams State Park and a Friday evening performance at the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino.

2016 Newport Jazz Festival® | July 29th-31st, 2016

Angelique Kidjo - Newport 2016Robert Glasper - Newport 2016
 
George Wein Announces Lineup for 2016 Newport Jazz Festival®Set for July 29 – 31, Including Three Full Days of Performances by Some of the World’s Greatest Established and Emerging Artists
 
Newport Jazz Festival - 2016
 
Performers Include Chick Corea, Gregory Porter, Angélique Kidjo, Robert Glasper, Charles Lloyd, Kamasi Washington, Django Festival All Stars, Galactic, John Scofield/Joe Lovano, José James, Steve Coleman, Darcy James Argue, Mary Halvorson, Monty Alexander, Kneebody, Kenny Barron, The Bad Plus, Christian Scott and Many More
 
Tickets Go On Sale Thursday, January 21, 10:00 am
 
NEWPORT, RI, January 19, 2016 – With last year’s highly-celebrated festival behind him, George Wein, Festival producer and chairman of the Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc.™, today announced the lineup for the 2016 Newport Jazz Festival® presented by Natixis Global Asset Management, which will again take place in Newport, RI, July 29 – 31 at historic Fort Adams State Park and the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino.

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