Each time I open a news app or website, some new turn of events awaits, writes Jonathan D. Fitzgerald. But for one weekend a year, Newport Folk Festival invites us to “be open,” and maybe even surprised by joy.
Sunset at Newport Folk Festival at Fort Adams State Park in Rhode Island, overlooking Newport Harbor, July 2023. way — but concretely. I think of the last weekend of July when I will join 10,000 other music lovers at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, Rhode Island, for the
Of course, contemporary life is also full of surprises, but not always the good kind. Every time a notification pops up on my tablet’s screen, each time I open a news app or website, some new turn of events awaits, but rather than excitement, dread sets in. I often find myself thinking,All the more reason to delight in a three-day hiatus where the notifications are mostly good news.
Obviously, Newport Folk is, in many ways, not real life. But for a few days, thousands leave behind the responsibilities of our jobs and families and even the news cycle to listen to incredible music in a most beautiful setting. People are famously kind, the Del’s lemonade is refreshingly cold, and the vibes are overwhelmingly good. For one weekend a year, this, whom I’ve been a fan of since the late ‘90s, and Gillian Welch, whose music I’ve loved for almost as long.
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