The Festival is renowned for introducing a number of performers who went on to become major stars, most notably (who appeared as an unannounced guest of in ), and (managed by Grossman), whose first Newport appearance in is generally regarded as his premiere national performance. Dylan became the artist most famously (and infamously) associated with the festival. In and , Dylan was accompanied by (who in turn had been one of the first discoveries of the first Newport Folk Festival, in the company of Chicago musician Bob Gibson).
The festival draws on folk music in a wide and loosened sense. For instance, in the 1960s there were famous performances by and , artists usually described as representing and respectively. The festival was associated with the 1960s , where artists "lost" since the 1940s (e.
g. singers) were "rediscovered".
Concerts have been a rich source of recordings (see "Albums recorded at the festival").
directed the film based on the 1963-1965 festivals.
Rev. Gary Davis, John Hammond, John Lee Hooker, Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry, Mississippi John Hurt
Clarence "Tom" Ashley, Clint Howard, Jim and Jesse and The Virginia Boys, Tex Logan, The Morris Brothers, The New Lost City Ramblers, Fred Price, Doc Watson, Mac Wiseman, and The Country Boys.
Clarence "Tom" Ashley, Docl Boggs, Maybelle Carter, Jenes Cottrell, Dorsey Dixon, Clint Howard, Fred Price, Doc Watson
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