Newport Jazz Festival has announced its 2020 edition, happening August 7-9 at Fort Adams State Park and the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino in Newport, RI. The fest has revealed its initial lineup, which currently includes headliners Norah Jones, Wynton Marsalis and Diana Krall, along with Robert Glasper (who’s doing a three-day residency with “something new at each performance”), Angélique Kidjo (performing her reworked Remain in Light), and other acts The Comet is Coming, Khruangbin, Jimmy Cliff, The Soul Rebels, Makaya McCraven, A Christian McBride Situation, Cory Wong, Hiromi, and lots more still TBA.
Tickets and multi-day passes are on sale now. You can also view the current day-by-day lineups below.
The Jazz Festival happens the weekend after Adams State Park hosts the Newport Folk Festival (which still hasn’t revealed its full lineup).
Friday, August 7, 2020
Norah Jones
Jimmy Cliff
Robert Glasper
A Christian McBride Situation
Chris Potter Circuits Trio
Nicholas Payton
Catherine Russell
Tuba Skinny*
Vince Giordano & The Night Hawks*
David Ostwald’s Louis Armstrong Eternity Band*
Mike Davis’ The New Wonders*
Colin Hancock & His Signature Seven*
*- “The History of Jazz” set
Saturday, August 8, 2020
Wynton Marsalis
Angélique Kidjo’s Remain In Light
Robert Glasper
Charles Lloyd Kindred Spirits
Makaya McCraven
Nate Smith + KINFOLK
The Jazz Gallery All-Stars
The Comet is Coming
Arturo/Zack/Adam O’Farrill Quintet
Avery*Sunshine
Michela Marino Lerman – Love Movement
Miguel Zenón Quartet
Sunday, August 9, 2020
Diana Krall
Khruangbin
Robert Glasper
Maria Schneider Orchestra
Joe Lovano “Trio Tapestry”
Hiromi
Cory Wong
The Soul Rebels
Jeff “Tain” Watts
Nubya Garcia
Warren Wolf and Wolfpack
Somi