NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL JULY 22-25 1965 The Newport Folk Festival is an American annual folk-oriented music festival in Newport, Rhode Island, which began in July 1959 as a counterpart to the previously established Newport Jazz Festival. 1965 is a very important year in the history of the Festival. For his third and last visit, on 25 July 1965, Bob Dylan broke the rules and came on stage with an electic band: this was a giant step in his career Bob Dylan performed twice during the Festival: 24 July 1965 "Contemporary Songs" Afternoon Workshop. All I Really Want To Do Tombstone Blues Mr. Tambourine Man If You Gotta Go, Go Now Love Minus Zero/No Limit
25 July 1965 Maggie's Farm* Like A Rolling Stone* Phantom Engineer (It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry)* It's all Over Now, Baby Blue Mr. Tambourine Man
*Bob Dylan (vocal & electric guitar), Michael Bloomfield (electric guitar), Jerome Arnold (bass), Sam Lay (drums).
Festival programme: front cover and Dylan pages. Many thanks to Robert Schlockoff for these scans.
Below: Ticket order leaflet (unfolded, front and back):
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