Newport Folk Festival Adds Jon Batiste & Dap-Kings Set Called “A Change Is Gonna Come”

Today, Newport Folk Festival announced another performance for its already extensive lineup on Sunday, July 29th. Titled A Change Is Gonna Come, the newly announced set will be hosted by Jon Batiste of Jon Batiste and Stay Human (currently the house back for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert) playing alongside The Dap-Kings. While there has been relatively little information announced about this new set, in a Facebook post, Batiste promised that he’ll “be playing with The Dap-Kings and some INCREDIBLE surprise guests.”

The festival announced this new set paired with a collage featuring signs and other images used in civil rights protests across history from as recently as now through to the 1960’s. As pointed out by JamBase, “One of the highlights from last year’s Newport Folk Festival was a set of protest songs called Speak Out,” so its likely that Batiste and The Dap-Kings’ set could take on a similar focus. Tickets for the Newport Folk Festival are currently sold out.