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.
    The festival was held annually from 1959 to 1969 in Freebody Park on Rhode Island, barring two years of inactivity in 1961 and 1962. Following a 16-year hiatus, the festival returned to Newport in 1985, and it has been held at Fort Adams State Park annually since then. 

    1965 is a very important year in the history of the Festival. For his third and last visit in the 60's, 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:

Saturday 24 July 1965   "Contemporary Songs" Afternoon Workshop

Sunday 25 July 1965

Maggie's Farm*

*Bob Dylan (vocal & electric guitar), Michael Bloomfield (electric guitar),
Barry Goldberg (organ), Al Kooper (organ),

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):