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= Newport Fiddle and Folk Festival =

The Newport Fiddle and Folk Festival is a community folk music festival held for the first time on 4, 5 and 6 July 2008 in Newport, a western suburb of Melbourne, Australia. The festival was organised by the Newport Fiddle and Folk Club. (This event should not be confused with the American Newport Folk Festival which has been running in Newport, Rhode Island since 1959.)

The Newport Fiddle and Folk Festival comprised 20 events over 3 days, including an "open mike" concert, sessions for guitarists, fiddlers, songwriters and ukulele players, a gospel singing session and a bush dance.

Performers included Greg O'Leary, Wendy Jacksonand local women's community choir Willin Wimmin. Many performers were non-professional musicians from the western suburbs of Melbourne.