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Elaine Lorillard established the Newport Jazz Festival in 1954 — making it the first annual jazz festival in America — and she and her husband financed it for years. The festival found its permanent home at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, Rhode Island, where it has run every summer since returning there in 1981. It is produced today by Newport Festivals Foundation, a nonprofit organization. The 2026 festival is sold out.
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