Newport and the Great Folk Dream

Director Robert Gordon is scheduled to be in attendance.

Newport and the Great Folk Dream transports audiences back to the electric years of 1963–1966, when the Newport Folk Festival became the beating heart of American music and a catalyst for cultural revolution. In those transformative summers, a generation gathered to hear voices that would define an era—Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, Howlin’ Wolf, and many more. Through brilliantly restored performance footage and immersive storytelling, the film captures the raw energy, political awakening, and artistic daring that reshaped popular music forever.

From intimate acoustic ballads to boundary-shattering moments that changed rock history, Newport and the Great Folk Dream is both a time capsule and a celebration—an exhilarating reminder of when music truly moved the world.