Music in real places
MusicFormer festival site on Connell Highway, Newport, Rhode Island; boundaries not established
These historical places remain in the list while their map positions are researched.
25 July 1965
Bob Dylan’s electric performance at the Newport Folk Festival on 25 July 1965 took place in the Festival Field setting identified by the 1965 programme and the contextual history of the festival’s move to Connell Highway.
The research identifies a former festival site on Connell Highway, not a precise surviving stage or public visitor entrance. No coordinate is supplied. Do not use the present Fort Adams festival site as the location of the 1965 performance.
This place remains listed without a map pin.
