I used to go to this back in the mid-nineties with my wife, who was a big folk music fan. I didn't care all that much for the music, but it was a nice excuse to lay out in the sun for two days, take a dip in the ocean and see the sights of Newport, which is a beautiful city.

We stopped going when we had our first child, which made it too difficult to go. And besides, at that point it had started to evolve into nothing more than an annual Indigo Girls concert with twelve opening acts. And man, what a freak-show it was. Aging ex-hippies, lesbians with unshaven armpits and ponytailed "new age" guys in wall-to-wall tie-dye. It was like going to the zoo (as you can tell from the photo).

Anyway, I'm sure that nowadays the event is mostly wild-eyed Bush-bashing set to music. It's a shame. Even if I enjoyed the music, I wouldn't ever go into such a hostile environment again.

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