Industry · non-profit organisation
Newport Festivals Foundation
Newport Festivals Foundation identifies Newport Folk Festival and Newport Jazz Festival as its productions. The organization describes itself as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and connects the festivals to music education programs. Production responsibility is recorded separately from ownership.
- Current relationships
- 1
- Historical
- 0
- Publishers cited
- 1
- Latest evidence check
- 2026-10-03
What does Newport Festivals Foundation own or operate in live music?
- Newport Festivals Foundation produces Newport Folk Festival. Festival production · Confirmed · verified 2026-10-03
Relationship evidence
Each row is one sourced assertion. Ownership, operation, booking, promotion, ticketing, management and roles are recorded separately and never merged. "Unknown" means the cited source does not state it.
| Relationship | Counterparty | Scope / territory | Status | Date / basis | Checked | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operator of recordlisted as operator of record for | Newport Folk Festival | Unknown | reported | Unknown | 2026-08-23 | Newport Folk Festival |
| Operator of recordlisted as operator of record for | Newport Jazz Festival | Unknown | reported | Unknown | 2026-08-23 | Newport Jazz Festival |
| Producerproduces | Newport Folk Festival | UnknownLimitation: Production responsibility only; no equity ownership is asserted. | confirmed | Unknown | 2026-10-03 | Newport Festivals Foundation1 source
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| Producerproduces | Newport Jazz Festival | UnknownLimitation: Production responsibility only; no equity ownership is asserted. | confirmed | Unknown | 2026-10-03 | Newport Festivals Foundation1 source
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The record
- Type
- Non-profit organisation
- Location
- Newport, Rhode Island
- Founded
- 2011
- Also published as
- Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc.
- Official site
- newportfestivals.org
Evidence for this record
- Newport Festivals Foundation — Newport Festivals Foundation. Official website of the entity. Retrieved 2026-08-20.States: The foundation states that it produces the Newport Folk Festival and Newport Jazz Festival as a non-profit organisation.
- Newport Festivals Foundation — Newport Festivals Foundation. Official website of the entity. Retrieved 2026-10-03.States: The footer names Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, as producer of both festivals; the homepage dates Newport Folk to 1959.
Operation, booking and promotion
| Relationship | Type | Period | Status | Verified | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newport Festivals Foundation produces Newport Folk Festival. | Festival production | — | Confirmed | 2026-10-03 | Newport Festivals Foundation |
Cite this reference
- Plain
- Live Index, "Newport Festivals Foundation — industry register record", Live Index, https://liveindex.io/industry/organizations/newport-festivals-foundation
- APA
- Live Index (n.d.). Newport Festivals Foundation — industry register record [Reference guide]. Live Index. https://liveindex.io/industry/organizations/newport-festivals-foundation
- Chicago
- Live Index. "Newport Festivals Foundation — industry register record." Live Index. https://liveindex.io/industry/organizations/newport-festivals-foundation.
- BibTeX
- @online{industry-organizations-newport-festivals-foundation, author = {{Live Index}}, title = {Newport Festivals Foundation — industry register record}, organization = {Live Index}, url = {https://liveindex.io/industry/organizations/newport-festivals-foundation} }
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