Listen to coverage on
NPR Talk of the Nation will be reporting on the 50th anniv of Newport
http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2009/07/newport_folk_festival.html
http://www.npr.org/music/newportfolk/index2.html

This Saturday & Sunday, August 1 and 2, Folk Alley will be on-site for George Wein's Folk Festival 50 - celebrating 50 years of folk at Newport! We'll be joining NPR, WFUV and mvyradio to bring you complete coverage of this very special event. Hosted by NPR's Bob Boilen and Rita Houston from WFUV, you can listen to the live webcast online starting at noon on Saturday and 11:30am on Sunday (all times EDT); in addition we will record and post many of the stage performances for on-demand listening, along with photos, blog updates, special features and more.

http://www.folkalley.com/newport/
http://www.folkfestival50.com/