Newport Jazz Festival Announces First Participants

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Newport Jazz Festival Announces First Group of 2016 Artists
Kamasi, Corea and Kidjo among headliners

By JazzTimes

The Newport Jazz Festival has begun rolling out the names of
artists who will perform at the 2016 event, set for July 29-31.
Announced so far are Chick Corea, Angelique Kidjo, Kamasi Washington and
Tierney Sutton as well as George Wein/Doris Duke Artistic Programming
Fund commissions from Peter Apfelbaum & Sparkler, Tyshawn Sorey
& Alloy, Sullivan Fortner Quartet and Ben Williams & Sound
Effect. Shows will take place, as always, at Fort Adams State Park and
the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino.  

Flex tickets ($59) can be used for general admission to concerts at
Fort Adams State Park on any day of the festival. Regularly priced adult
tickets will be $45 for Friday and $79-89 for Saturday and Sunday. Flex
tickets can be purchased at Newport Jazz and in person at the Newport Visitors Information Center, 23 America's Cup Avenue. 
Festival founder George Wein will announce additions to the festival
lineup via his blog, The Wein Machine, through January 21 when all
tickets go on sale.

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	Newport Jazz Festival Announces First Group of 2016 Artists Kamasi, Corea and Kidjo among headliners By JazzTimes The Newport Jazz Festival has begun rolling out the names of artists who will perform at the 2016 event, set for July 29-31. Announced so far are Chick Corea, Angelique Kidjo, Kamasi Washington and Tierney Sutton as well as George Wein/Doris Duke Artistic Programming Fund commissions from Peter Apfelbaum & Sparkler, Tyshawn Sorey & Alloy, Sullivan Fortner Quartet and Ben Williams & Sound Effect. Shows will take place, as always, at Fort Adams State Park and the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino. Flex tickets ($59) can be used for general admission to concerts at Fort Adams State Park on any day of the festival. Regularly priced adult tickets will be $45 for Friday and $79-89 for Saturday and Sunday. Flex tickets can be purchased at Newport Jazz and in person at the Newport Visitors Information Center, 23 America's Cup Avenue. Festival founder George Wein will announce additions to the festival lineup via his blog, The Wein Machine, through January 21 when all tickets go on sale.